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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1894
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al; Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; A. Hallward; et al..
Stock no. 1330501
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1894. Good condition.

Cream cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "A Long Ago Piano" by Mrs. Molesworth. Covers are edge worn and grubby, spine is browned. Some hinges pulled, joints cracked, this causes contents to be little loose but still tightly bound. There is a small hole to the centre of page 63/4 and a couple of large tears.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1893
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; G.C. France; C.S. Flint; et al..
Stock no. 1330500
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Ducks, not Geese" by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly browned. Name in ink to title-page. Endpapers are browned and there is some light fingering to page margins but the contents are generally clean. There are some small margin tears at lower edges.

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KING PIPPIN AND THE GIANT WITCH CATS AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330499
Published by James Henderson & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Young Folk's Tales No. 228. Green, red and black pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. For information, the competition closing date is September 1912. Covers are slightly grubby and a little edge chipped. Page browning to contents else clean.

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WRESTLING WITH A PENCIL: THE LIFE OF A FREELANCE ARTIST
Written by Norman Thelwell. Illustrated by Norman Thelwell.
Stock no. 1830643
Published by Methuen London Ltd. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Norman Thelwell's cartoons, drawings and landscape paintings have delighted millions of people all over the world. This is an autobiographical account of his life from early childhood to the present. Beige boards, gilt title to spine. Cream pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0413593207. Minor mark to front board. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-creased, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE LOYAL CAT
Written by Lensey Namioka. Illustrated by Aki Sogabe.
Stock no. 1330498
Published by Browndeer Press; Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A retelling of a charming Japanese fairy tale. Large format. Pictorial boards. Green endpapers. Colour cut paper illustrations. ISBN: 0152000925. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Small yellow old price sticker to front pastedown. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly browned at edges.

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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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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 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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