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CALICO PIE
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1504888
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1940. Very good condition.

Small format 4.5 x 3.5". Pictorial boards show birds flying to a tree, cloth spine. B/w illustrations. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned, and odd fox spot otherwise contents clean.

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KELLOGG'S FUNNY JUNGLELAND MOVING PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504887
Published by W.K. Kellogg. 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Card wraps. Pictures of jungle animals in strips which can be moved around to form peculiar creatures! A few lines of rhyme to each page. Covers creased and worn, small closed tear to top edge of front cover. Scribble to elephant's head on front cover, surface paper damage to centre of rear cover. Light marking to a couple of pages from light dampstain. Some creasing and wear. Staples rusty. All strips present. Some illustrations slightly off line.

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NICHOLAS AND TIMOTHY FARMYARD POP-UP STORY BOOK
Written by Kitty Styles.
Stock no. 1404434
Published by Sampson Low. circa 1954. Very good condition.

Timothy's Dad has to go to the vets to get medicine for Mr. Dubbin. So Timothy and Nicholas decide to help out on the farm. Spiral bound. Red pictorial boards. 5 pop-ups. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Wire of spiral coming away from bottom of spine. Contents clean. Pop-ups in very good working order. .

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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.
Stock no. 2118013
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Green/grey pictorial cloth with red/brown titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading and some scuffing to covers. Front endpaper and prelim text page are detached, with chipping and creasing, but loosely inserted. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. A few grubby margin marks. All plates are present - some tissue-guards are creased/detached. A reading copy.

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2117994
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is browned, with scuffing to title. Some scuffing also to title on front cover. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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MICKEY MOUSE: 3 WEE LITTLE BOOKS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 2117990
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

A set of three small format (3.5 x 3") books: Mickey Mouse at the Carnival; Mickey Mouse's Uphill Fight; Mickey Mouse's Misfortune. Each book has pictorial cardwraps, 32 pages, b/w text illustrations. Cover of 'At the Carnival' has now become detached. Other covers are starting to come loose (glue has aged). A little foxing. Some erased pencil writing to inside covers.

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THE GREEN FIDDLER
Written by George Kalkar. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 2117988
Published by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Black cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations featuring fairies. The Green Fiddler is a cricket. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some scuffing to cover edges. Grubby marks with some erased pencil marks to covers. Title page has small margin tear and is browned, with a little foxing. Colour illustrations are in beautiful condition - nice and bright, just a few foxspots to page margins. Last page (which is a plate page) has a large repaired tear.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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WE THREE AND GRANDPA
Written by J.D.. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Edith A. Cubitt; P.B. Hickling; et al..
Stock no. 1314906
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Almost very good condition.

A Picture Story Book For Little Ones. Large format (10.5 x 8"). Pictorial boards, front shows Grandpa guiding a donkey and cart with three little ones in the cart. First story is "A Windy Day". B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Front free-endpaper removed(?). A piece of white paper has been stuck to the front free-endpaper (covering previous inscription perhaps?). Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

Price: £78.00 £58.50.

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AUNT LOUISA'S BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mrs. L. Valentine.
Stock no. 1314901
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1904. Good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with black title to spine, gilt title (Animal Stories For Children) to front cover and vignette of boy on a donkey. 94 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Not sure if the book had free-endpapers, if it did then they have been removed. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Grubby fingermarks and some foxspots to contents.

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OSCAR THE GUARDIAN CAT
Written by Chiara Valentina Segre. Illustrated by Paolo Domeniconi.
Stock no. 2117940
Published by Ragged Bears Limited. 2015. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Oscar is no ordinary cat! He lives at Hope House; there are 73 bedrooms and a large park to play in. ISBN: 9781857144642. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE CHILDREN'S BLUE BIRD
Written by Georgette Leblanc. Illustrated by Albert Rothenstein.
Stock no. 1314890
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1913. Very good condition.

Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour plates. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges rubbed. Foxing to contents and a mark to one page (2) otherwise contents clean.

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