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KELLOGG'S FUNNY JUNGLELAND MOVING PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 230129
Published by W.K. Kellogg. 1909. Poor 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. One strip detached, and front cover missing, otherwise complete. Rear cover heavily rubbed with a closed tear. Remains of sellotape repair. A most unusal advertising item.

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DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 230590
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Unfold this clever pop-up book into six hilarious scenes, all in full dimension and with moveable parts! Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0241107326. Corners rubbed.

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ON THE SCENT
Written by Z.A.R. Nesbit.
Stock no. 231147
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1914. Good condition.

Big Book For Little People. Green cloth spine. Large format. Pictorial front cover showing dog digging at rabbit burrow. Rear joint broken. name to front endpaper. Corners worn.

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A PAIR OF SINNERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 231357
Published by Granada. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Full title on title-page of book: 'The history of A Pair of Sinners forgetting not their Ma who was one also'. Cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations to verse throughout. ISBN: 0246113251.

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THE TUNNEL
Written by Lucy Kincaid. Illustrated by Eric Kincaid.
Stock no. 232595
Published by Brimax Books. 1989. Fine condition.

Pre-School Books 3-5 years. ISBN: 0861125843.

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ADVENTURES IN OLD SHOE HOUSE
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 233167
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Small format. Buff pictorial boards. Colour illustrations.

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THE STORY BOOK OF TRANSPORTATION
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham. Illustrated by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 234002
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Wrapper torn with loss.

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THE BIRDIKIN FAMILY
Written by Archibald Marshall. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 234189
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1932. Slightly better than good condition.

Beige cloth, gilt and black titles. B/w illustrations. Contents very good but covers a little faded and rubbed.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 20TH YEAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 300475
Published by Ernest Nister. Good condition.

20th year of publication. Grey pictorial boards, front cover shows children dancing round a pole. 10 B/w plates and illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. 132 pages. 3 of 6 colour plates. Covers are slightly marked. Some foxing and margin marks. Joints cracked and some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Some silver foil paper was pressed between two pages and has left a residue.

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THE ADVENTURE OF ANN AND THE WHITE SEALS
Written by Harold Reckitt. Illustrated by Laurence Irving.
Stock no. 300819
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1930. Very good condition.

LIMITED EDITION of 365 copies. Large format. White boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Green and white pictorial endpapers. 5 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. 24 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Copy no. 162 SIGNED by the author and the artist. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a slightly grubby and stained. Some pale browning and foxing else contents clean. Original yellow silk page marker still present but a little frayed at end.

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AUNT LOUISA'S SUNDAY PICTURE BOOK
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 302005
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1871. Good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Comprising of Joseph and his Brethren, The Story of King David, The Wonders of Providence and The Proverbs of Solomon. Large square format. Red cloth, gilt titles. 24 pages of illustrations (2 to a page). Spine and corners are worn and slightly damaged with some darkening to cover edges. Front and rear joints are cracked and have possibly been repaired. Foxing and finger throughout and a couple of small marginal closed tears.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 26TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; M.A. Hoyer; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 305513
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Front cover still bright and clean, rear cover a little scuffed. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean, name in pencil on front endpaper.

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