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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1313165
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay of Timmy Tiptoes the little grey squirrel. The year 1911 appears on the title-page. The first two printings are believed to be identical. Small format. 85 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prelims are part detached. Front joint (between frontis and title-page is cracked and a couple of hinges are just starting to crack. Title-page is slightly finger-creased. Contents are generally clean.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1313162
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1880. Almost very good condition.

Verses by Mrs. Barker, 382 illustrations by Greenaway (colour plates and b/w text illustrations). Small format (3.75 x 4"). Beige decorated cloth covers with bevelled edges. Turquoise endpapers. 125 numbered pages. All edges yellow. Spine and corners bumped, spine split along rear edge (but not detached). Covers foxed. Initials and date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Front joint is broken at lower half, rear joint is cracking. There are a few neat ink entries but generally the contents are clean and mainly unused.

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JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1313153
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Green cloth covers. Title to front and spine, vignette of Jimmy also to spine. 272 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Fading to gilt on front cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page edges/margins.

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GRUNTY THE PIG
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1502893
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Covers are a little grubby with creasing, especially to front cover. Spine worn, staples starting to rust. Contents very good.

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MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Mary Smith.
Stock no. 1502891
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Full page illustrations by Mary Smith. Two colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations. 76 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Spine grubby. Pen mark to rear endpaper. Light page browning, contents generally clean.

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THE PRIZE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS VOLUME 62
Written by Bertha Leonard; et al. Illustrated by Marjorie Slade; Eve Garnett; V. Edgecombe Jenkins; et al..
Stock no. 1502889
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Almost very good condition.

Volume LXII. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children on beach looking at sunset, pears soap advert to rear cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 140 pages. Spine bumped and worn with small splits and some fraying. Corners worn, piece chipped from outside edge of slightly bowed front cover. Spine and covers a little grubby. Front joint and a couple of hinges starting to crack. Some foxing. A few grubby marks to contents page but rest of contents generally clean.

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NODDY AND THE MAGIC RUBBER
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2114835
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Pleiades Books Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy book No. 9. Peach pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Name in belongs to box. Odd grubby margin mark. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with creasing and some loss.

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RECORDS AND CHAMPIONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114821
Published by Hulton Press. 1st 1959. Slightly better than very good condition.

An Eagle Book. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Some edge-creasing. Includes a letter SIGNED by the editor, Clifford Makins.

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ADVENTURES AT HAMPTON COURT
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 2114819
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears to corners and along edges; a few small chips/pieces of loss; grubby to rear panel.

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STRUWWELPETER
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 2114800
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers have faded. A little scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots; odd margin mark.

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THE CLEVER LITTLE TAILOR OR SEVEN AT A BLOW
Written by Frederic B. Saywell. Illustrated by Herbert J. Harvey.
Stock no. 2114799
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine; decorated covers. Tipped-in colour plates on grey paper, with border and caption. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to spine; title is partially faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing to pages. 1" margin tear to page 38. A couple of light creases.

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YVETTE IN VENICE & TITANIA'S PALACE
Written by Nevile Wilkinson.
Stock no. 2114790
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1923. Very good condition.

Beige cloth with red titles and decorations. 28 b/w and colour plates. 111 pages. Some foxing to pages and outer page edges. Inscriptions in ink to half-title page.

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