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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PUSS
Written by G.F. Christie. Illustrated by G.F. Christie.
Stock no. 2114317
Published by Rudd & Co.. Very good condition.

Paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Staples to spine have rusted. A little creasing to covers; a few grubby marks.

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FUN WITH MRS THUMB
Written by Jan Mark. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2114259
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Mrs. Thumb is a genteel wooden doll living quietly in her doll's house when one day, the cat comes to play... Text in rhyme. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744525349. Light wear to spine and corners. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is faded to spine, with a little edge-creasing.

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NICHOLAS CATCHES THE CROOKS
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1502385
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. circa 1956. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Nicholas Book No. 7. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Split to top of spine. Wear to corners and top and bottom of spine. Belongs to box completed in pencil. Illustrator's name underlined in blue on title page. Odd grubby fingermark and fox spot to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased. Also grubby with a few spots of surface paper damage.

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THE NINE LIVES OF CRUSOE - HIS THIRD LIFE
Written by Margaret Alleyne. Illustrated by Jennetta Vise.
Stock no. 1502317
Published by Herbert Joseph Limited. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Spine bumped. Wear to corners and cover edges. Grubby fingermarks to rear panel. Erased pencil writing to front endpaper. Partial light browning to endpapers. A couple of margin marks otherwise contents clean. Book leans to one side a little. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, panels grubby.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A SEASIDE HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2113326
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright colour lithographic illustrations throughout. Heavy bumping to a couple of corners. A little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to spine - 2/3rds of wrapper spine MISSING; other tears and chips; some with loss. Wrapper is also marked.

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THE POBBLE AND THE RUNCIBLE CAT
Written by Muriel Lamb. Illustrated by Virginia Smith.
Stock no. 1502244
Published by Blackie. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pobble and his great friend, the Runcible Cat, had a great many extraordinary, exciting and often quite frightening adventures after Pobble lost his toes... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. ISBN: 0216900492. A little bumping to spine and corners. Uneven fading to covers. Name in pen to front endpaper and some foxing to endpapers. A couple of stains to text block which have affected page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears and with small area of loss from bottom of front panel. Labels stuck to verso to strengthen edges. Foxing on verso.

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THE CUDDLY -KITTY BOOK
Written by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1402348
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Nursery Zoo series, The Second Cage. Cream boards with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations to each page. 15 pages. Spine is bumped and rubbed with small splits. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Rear board is unevenly browned. Front board is a little grubby. A few light foxspots and grubby marks but contents are generally clean. Undated reprint.

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THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY AND GILDEROY
Written by Marion B. Cothren; Algernon Blackwood. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
Stock no. 2113105
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Adapted from Algernon Blackwoods story. Yellow cloth with blue titles and vignette. B/w text illustrations to contents. 35 pages. Browning/darkening to top and bottom edges of covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and a few grubby marks. Wrapper is very faded and browned, with marks; edge-torn and chipped with some pieces of loss; creased.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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THE CHURCH MICE AT CHRISTMAS
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 2112845
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Another delightful tale in the Church Mice series. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333305493. Bookplate to front pastedown. Tape marks to very edges of pastedowns. Inscription in ink to title page, which also has large crease. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with tape marks to flaps; a little faded to spine.

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MARMALADE JIM AND THE FOX
Written by Alan Sillitoe. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1710120
Published by Robson Books. 1st 1984. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0860512878.

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THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 1311337
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Covers grubby with edge wear. Lower front corner is creased and there is a small tear to the lower edge of the rear cover. Staples rusty. Small marginal tears affect lower edges of last few pages. First few lower corner tips creased.

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