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LUCY & TOM'S A.B.C.
Written by Shirley Hughes. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1321614
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures. ISBN: 0575033983. Spine and corners bumped. One gathering is pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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SHETLAND PEG
Written by Joanna Stubbs. Illustrated by Joanna Stubbs.
Stock no. 1321613
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. Very good condition.

Peg was a Shetland pony that liked to jump. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571083226. Early reprint without a date (assume it is not 1968 as it has a 10 digit ISBN which did not come into use until 1970). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents clean. Covers lightly browned.

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HOW THE WHALE BECAME
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1321607
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of stories about the days when the world was brand new, and the animals were still making up their minds just what they wanted to be. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned with a few light foxspots. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to base of spine, crease and tear to lower corner of rear panel and slightly grubby on rear.

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MR. BONZO COMES TO TOWN
Written by G.E. Studdy; George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1321603
Published by John Swain & Son Limited; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Full-page colour illustrations. Covers very creased, also causing light creasing to contents. Staples rusty. Grubby marks to rear cover.

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COLT & CO. IN THE VALLEY OF GOLD
Written by J.E. Macdonnell. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1321595
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and text block. Small black spot to fore-edge of text block. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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SEVEN YEARS AND A DAY
Written by Colette O'Hare. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1321588
Published by Collins. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

10.75" X 8.5". Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful story of a 'lucky' six toed cat. Illustrated by the distinguished painter, Beryl Cook, who has illustrated a book for first time. ISBN: 0001957457. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges, tiny white scratch mark to rear panel.

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THE COMING OF AGE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 2135311
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w frontis plate by D. Brook. Blue boards, gilt title and borders to spine. 224 pages. Some fading to spine and cover edges. Page edge browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MR. PIP
Written by F. Barrie Flint. Illustrated by Yolande Ellis.
Stock no. 1321567
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Good condition.

Orange cloth, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates. 91 pages. Spine and corners heavily bumped. Cloth rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper.

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LIONBOY
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1321566
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charlie Ashanti can speak Cat... when his mum and dad go missing the cats are the only friends he can turn to. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 0141380241. SIGNED by author title half title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly faded.

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THE STORY ABOUT PING
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321539
Published by The Bodley Head. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Ping is a beautiful young duck who lives on a boat on the Yangtze river. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some grubby marks to covers. Light foxing to contents. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still attached to covers.

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LEMUEL
Written by Edith Ray Gregorson. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1321538
Published by The Owl Press Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of Lemuel, the tree kangaroo. White boards with blue cloth spine. Small brown vignette and title to front. Simple brown text illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to covers and a few light fox spots to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, loss to top edge of front panel and grubby.

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SINBAD AND THE PI-RATS
Written by Lucy Pollen. Illustrated by Cecilia Pollen.
Stock no. 1321537
Published by Allan Wingate (publishers) Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Sinbad mouse is on a voyage and is boarded by pi-rats and is rescued by squirrels. Oblong format. White cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers are slightly grubby and lightly foxed. Staples are rusty. Contents clean.

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