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VALIANT ANNUAL 1972
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330993
Published by IPC Magazines Ltd.. 1971. Almost very good condition.

ISBN: 0901267694. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint cracked showing webbing beneath. Pages browned else contents clean.

THUNDER ANNUAL 1972
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330991
Published by IPC Magazines Ltd.. 1972. Slightly better than good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901267864. Damage to lower page edges where pages have been roughly opened after the binding process. Light page browning throughout.

COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS
Written by Blair Whitton; Margaret Whitton.
Stock no. 1330990
Published by Hobby House Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Paper Dolls, Paper Toys, & Children's Books. Fascinating facts about the rise, fall and triumphant return of the world's most beloved paper toy company! Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 173 pages plus index. ISBN: 0875883702. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears.

ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) THE FRISKY HOUSEWIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1831160
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition.

Orlando and his wife Grace, decide to establish a shop where customers can either exchange goods or pay for them with milk and fish so that the stray cats of the neighbourhood can be gainfully employed and fed. Originally published in 1956 by Country Life. Red pictorial glazed boards depict Orlando on a Magic Carpet. Colour illustrations throughout. 32 pages. 10.75 x 7.75". ISBN: 022400753X. Spine has a slight lean to the left. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents beautifully clean.

FUNNYBONES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1831159
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1989. Very good condition.

A frightfully funny Hallowe'en classic tells the story of three skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton - who venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, only to find that everyone is in bed. Who will they scare now?! Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0434925039. 1" split to front edge of spine. Lower corners lightly bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Remains of old label to rear board. Contents clean.

THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS OR THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831158
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1960. Almost very good condition.

The tale of Tom Kitten's escape from two rats who plan to make him into a pudding. Red boards, black lettering. Circular pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w and colour illustrations. 75 pages. Boards lightly scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn/rubbed. Wear to top of spine exposes board beneath. Tiny amount of surface paper loss to pictorial onlay on front board. Text block lightly browned. A few minor marks to contents.

THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831157
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1962. Almost very good condition.

Benjamin Bunny and his cousin Flopsy are the parents of six young rabbits called simply the Flopsy Bunnies. The story concerns how the Flopsy Bunnies, while raiding a rubbish heap of rotting vegetables, fall asleep and are captured by Mr. McGregor who places them in a sack. Cream boards with triangular pictorial onlay and red titles. 5.5 x 4" approx. 59 pages. Boards grubby. Edges of boards rubbed & worn at corners and top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. A few marks to contents.

THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831156
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1963. Almost very good condition.

The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure. Cream boards, red titles, pictorial onlay. 58 numbered pages. Small format. ISBN: 0723205957. Boards grubby. Corenrs lightly rubbed. Front hinge pulled. A few minor, faint marks to contents but contents generally appear clean.

THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831155
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A tale about teasing featuring a kitten and a mouse. Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 52 pages printed on one side of the page only. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped/worn. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has '3/6' printed on inside front flap. is grubby and stained, worn at corners with some loss.

THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1330979
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

Five novels published as a single volume: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree. Blue boards, gilt titles and borders. 737 pages. ISBN: 9780370329420. Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed. Contents clean.

COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330975
Published by William Heinemann. 1989. Very good condition.

On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and cover edges are faded. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

THE SPOOKS: I AM GRIMALKIN
Written by Joseph Delaney. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 1330973
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The ninth chilling tale in The Wardstone Chronicles. Black boards, silver title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 355 pages. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 9780370332383. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock.