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THE CITY CATS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328862
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exciting follow-up to King of the Vagabonds. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 135 pages. ISBN: 0091763703. Contents are browned and foxed. Erased pencil mark to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped, small indentation to top edge of front cover. Dustwrapper has a small tear to lower corner of front panel.

AMELIARANNE KEEPS SHOP
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1328857
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Good condition.

Buff brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine covering chipped with loss. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Some foxing. Grubby fingermarks to pages.

AMELIARANNE AND THE GREEN UMBRELLA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1328856
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1927. Good condition.

The First Ameliaranne book. Brown boards with pictorial onlay showing Ameliaranne standing underneath her green umbrella. Colour illustrations throughout. 7.5" x 5.5" approx. in size. Spine worn and chipped with loss of paper covering. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328853
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is faded to spine.

ETHEL'S BOOK; OR, TALES OF THE ANGELS
Written by Frederick William Faber.
Stock no. 1328850
Published by Thomas Richardson And Son. 1858. Good condition.

Green embossed cloth. Gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 147 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed and slightly darkened. Initials(?) in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear free-endpaper and fly-leaf missing. Foxing and grubby fingering to contents.

THE BOY AND THE DONKEY
Written by Diana Pullein-Thompson. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328849
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Duggie is left to look after Tammy the small grey donkey... Blue boards, silver title to spine. 191 numbered pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly marked. Foxing to endpapers. Light page browning throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and slightly chipped, grubby to rear panel.

THE WEATHERCOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1328846
Published by University of London Press. 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 12 stories. 128 pages Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Light finger creases to some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped, slightly grubby with minimal loss to spine.

"TUT-TUT"... RICHARD II
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1328842
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Oblong format, cardwraps with green string tie. 9 wonderul colour illustrations plus 1 double-spread at centre. Covers slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby with small marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to top corner of title-page. There is a light stain affecting the margins of the rear half of the book (8 pages).

PRETTY POLLY
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Stock no. 1328838
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Abigail's family think she's mad to try teaching a hen to talk!... ISBN: 0670836877. Slight foxing to top of textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

FOLLOW THE FOOTPRINTS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328835
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Author's first book. An adventure story of two children, who embark on a hunt for ancient treasure from their new home in Cumberland. Cream cloth. B/w text illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Mark to top of spine and covers (small) and small mark to top edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some pages. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

THE GREAT GALE
Written by Hester Burton. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328832
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Children's Library No. 12. The story of the floods that swept the Norfolk coats in 1953. Red boards, silver title to spine. 207 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192770527. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink and a crease to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut with a couple of small, light marks to rear panel.

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328831
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1928. Very good condition.

Orange decorated cloth with black title to spine, gilt title to front. 8 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 41 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.