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THE CITY ADVENTURES OF MARMALADE JIM
Written by Alan Sillitoe. Illustrated by Dorothy Rice.
Stock no. 1330497
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures of Marmalade Jim the ginger cat. Authors first book for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed (especially on verso).

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CONVENT CAT
Written by Bunshu Iguchi; Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Bunshu Iguchi.
Stock no. 1330496
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A stray kitten finds its home in a convent and nearly loses it through misadventure. Translated from the Japanese by Willard. Large colour pictures. Easy to read text. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0241892252. Musty smell to contents. Light page browning and some evidence of erased pencil marks to title-page. Price-cut wrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased

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THREE LITTLE KITTENS IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST
Written by Hilary Aaron. Illustrated by Jonathan Langley.
Stock no. 1330495
Published by Collins. 1st 1995. Good condition.

A Pop-Up Adventure, help the kittens by taking the press-out figures through each of the wonderful pop-up pages. Paper engineering by Damian Johnston. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001374249. 3 figures and 1 pair of mittens detached from contents but still present. Turn the wheel to cave and goldilocks house is not working. Pull tab for the cave has been repaired with tape and 'pull tab' is now upside down!

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MR. FERDINAND FISK, CAT DETECTIVE
Written by Tony Linsell. Illustrated by Tony Linsell.
Stock no. 1330494
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A mystery story for the very young! Illustrated paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Large, easy to read text. Unpaginated. 10 x 7.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and some slight rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to contents and a light mark to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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THE BRAVE LITTLE KITTENS
Written by Piotr Wilkon. Illustrated by Jozef Wilkon.
Stock no. 1330493
Published by North-South Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three brave little kittens set off to explore the outdoors for the first time... Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Wonderful colour illustrations. ISBN: 1558581030. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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JALOPY THE TAXI-CAB CAT
Written by Louise Cochrane. Illustrated by Elizabeth Jackson.
Stock no. 1330492
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Jalopy is a rather scruffy cat who longs to see life. The discovery of an old, unwanted taxi gives him the chance of excitement. Pink pictorial boards, with flaps like a dustwrapper. Colour and b/w illustrations. 32 pages. Covers are edge rubbed, slightly marked and faded. Musty smell to contents and some light foxing, else clean.

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THE CHRISTMAS CAT
Written by Robert Westall. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1330491
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards, gilt titles. Wonderful black and white illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0416168221. Spine slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and has the tiniest of nicks to top front edge of spine.

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THE ALMOST ALL-WHITE RABBITY CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by H.B. Vestal.
Stock no. 1330490
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story about a remarkable cat and the remarkable people who lived in her apartment building; a happy book written by a master storyteller. Orange boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Full page b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718819985. Spine and corners bumped. Light staining to spine edges. Light foxing to textblock. Musty smell else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel. A small tape repair on verso to top of spine.

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SCAREDY CAT
Written by Phyllis Krasilovsky. Illustrated by Ninon.
Stock no. 1330489
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards, black spine. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Small tear to base of spine. Light foxing to contents and a musty smell.

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ORLANDO'S INVISIBLE PYJAMAS
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330488
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd.; Royle Publications Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Oblong pictorial cardwraps. Harlequin Books edited by Noel Carrington. 30 pages. Colour & b/w illustrations. Orlando the Marmalade Cat is not like other cats, he has the strangest adventures of which his Invisible Pyjamas is only one of them. Covers are grubby and edge rubbed, name in ink to top of front cover. Name in pencil to top margin of first page. A few small marks at page margins but generally contents clean.

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ORLANDO'S HOME LIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330487
Published by Royle Publications Ltd.; Transatlantic Arts Ltd.. 1st 1947. Good condition.

A Harlequin Picture Book. Oblong pictorial paperwraps show Orlando and his wife to front and three kittens to rear. Harlequin Books list to inside front cover numbers 1-6, with 6 being 'Story of Louisa'. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed, creased and grubby. Foxing to contents. Brown spots to inside front cover.

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THE CRIMINAL CAREER OF VINEGAR TOM
Written by David Fisher. Illustrated by David Fisher.
Stock no. 1330486
Published by Abelard-Schuman Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Vinegar Tom was the laziest cat in Bluebell Street... Yellow boards, black title to spine. Colour illustrations to each page. Spine slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Light damp spots to endpapers. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (twice) to front flap, is slightly edge rubbed and is heavily foxed.

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