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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813628
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Page edges are browned, with the odd foxspot. Wrapper is edge-chipped with surface paper damage, mainly to top of spine. Reduced from £160.

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CAT STUDIES
Written by Edward Greenly.
Stock no. 813572
Published by The Cats' protection League. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

All about the domestic cat. Chapters include the origin of domestic cats, the cult of the sacred cat, names of the cat, physical endowments and much more. Green boards, black title to spine. 79 pages. 10 b/w photos. Bookplate to front endpaper. Pale foxing to endpapers and text block else a nice, clean copy.

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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 627756
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Good condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Concertina folds worn leading to two pages being detached and last page fold fragile but holding. Edges rubbed. All figures present and in place. Light page bronwing. Colour illustrations and figures nice and bright.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 379626
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Red Cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers soiled. Foxing throughout, mainly to endpapers. Erased child's pencil writing to front endpaper. Initial 'F' in ink to margin of page 2. Some grubby marks to pages and to rear side of some plates but generally contents still clean. A desirable copy of a very scarce Wain item.

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CHIPPY 'I SQUEAK'
No author listed.
Stock no. 595499
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps, shaped book with a picture of a puppy with a slipper in his mouth to front cover. Adventures of Chippy the puppy and Puff the kitten. Part of the 'Collins Squeaker Books' serie. Press the middle of the book and Chippy squeaks! Slim volume just ten pages. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy.

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ANGUS AND THE CAT
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 594220
Published by The Bodley Head. 2nd Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Angus is an inquisitive Scottie dog who now has a cat living in his home - a cat who boxes Angus's ears and takes his food and sits in his sunshine... Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Rear cover a little grubby. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few finger marks to contents. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, a little edge-rubbed with a few tiny closed edge tears.

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LOUIS WAIN'S BABY'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 593893
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards with picture of cute kitten on the front cover. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats. REDUCED FROM £450. Edges rubbed, corners worn, backstrip worn with loss to bottom. Covers a little grubby. Front and rear joints cracked. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few repaired margin tears, slight margin loss to last two pages. A few marks present.

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TO NURSERY LAND WITH LOUIS WAIN
Written by Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626882
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Edited by Edric Vredenburg. Father Tuck's "Golden Gift" Series. Red cloth spine with black title. Pictorial boards show dozing mother cat with rocking cradle of three kittens in front of a fireplace. Colour frontis plus b/w and two tone illustrations of cats and some of dogs throughout. REDUCED FROM £460. Top of boards and frontispiece damp stained. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Slight margin loss at top of title page and next four pages. A few grubby marks to last page else contents lovely, clean and bright. A nice copy of a scarce title.

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MUSIC IN PUSSYTOWN
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626888
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Father Tuck's "Wonderland" Series. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full page colour illustrations plus two tone illustrations of Wain's anthropomorphic cats. Accompanied by rhyme. Oblong format. Backstrip missing. Base of spine to first stitch is split and therefore contents a little fragile. Vertical crease in centre of book. Small patch of surface paper loss to front spine edge corner. Light browning to contents else lovely and bright. A nice copy of an exceptionally rare Louis Wain title.

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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626891
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Poor condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Each plate has now separated (the spine has completely gone) so that four individual plates are left. Plates are nice and bright. Six of the fourteen cat figures are missing. One cat figure is missing the head. Some figures a little creased. Rear cover grubby and torn where pocket flap was (pocket flap missing).

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RAINING CATS AND DONKEYS
Written by Doreen Tovey. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 591952
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 156 pages. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of small nicks and a couple of very small edge-tears.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Christopher Logue. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 991684
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Wonderful full-colour pop-ups. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224013009. All pop-ups in excellent working order. Corners rubbed.

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