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THE CHRONICLES OF AUNT MINERVY ANN
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by A.B. Frost.
Stock no. 378074
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine and blind stamped publishers motif to front cover. B/w plates. 210 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, cover edges lightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Endpapers lightly browned. A couple of hinges pulled. Some foxing to contents but generally clean.

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WILFRED'S ANNUAL 1928
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Nina K. Brisley; et al..
Stock no. 592719
Published by Daily Mirror. 1928. Poor condition.

Wilfred's 5th annual. 4 colour plates. Packed with illustrations. Yellow pictorial front cover. Cloth spine. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Book: all plates present. Front cover almost detached, just held in place by webbing. Some childish colouring throughout. Corners worn. Spine faded.

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SILVER AND GOLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 592635
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Small format, pink cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. A charming book of poetry. Endpapers lightly browned. Spine a little faded. Covers bright.

Price: £120.00 £84.00.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 23 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW SPORTS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 592537
Published by Daily Express. Almost very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Snow Sports. Also includes Rupert And The Vanishing Pet. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Foxing to covers, with some creasing and wear. Puzzle to verso of front cover has been done in pencil and then erased. Top and tail of spine have been repaired with glue.

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RUPERT DOES A GOOD TURN
No author listed.
Stock no. 592540
Published by Purnell. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

A board book. Red cloth spine. 10.5 x 7.5". Creasing to cover corners. Front hinge is cracked.

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PLAIN SAILING FOR LITTLE LEARNERS
Written by Violet Harford. Illustrated by Violet Harford.
Stock no. 592613
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Counting, spelling and telling the time rhyme book. Name in ink to first page. Exercises very neatly completed.

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SNOWY TOES AND THE MAGIC MUSIC BOX
Written by Patrick Matthews; Mollie Matthews.
Stock no. 592516
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition.

Teddy Edward's Books For Bears 2. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. Snowy Toes is a Panda. ISBN: 0720708133.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 377898
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn. Damp stains to rear cover and slight rubbing to edges of front cover. Foxing to contents and a few small fingermarks. A corner tip of one plate has been creased (not affecting actual picture). Contents are generally clean.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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TO NURSERY LAND WITH LOUIS WAIN
Written by Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626882
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Edited by Edric Vredenburg. Father Tuck's "Golden Gift" Series. Red cloth spine with black title. Pictorial boards show dozing mother cat with rocking cradle of three kittens in front of a fireplace. Colour frontis plus b/w and two tone illustrations of cats and some of dogs throughout. REDUCED FROM £460. Top of boards and frontispiece damp stained. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Slight margin loss at top of title page and next four pages. A few grubby marks to last page else contents lovely, clean and bright. A nice copy of a scarce title.

Price: £370.00 £259.00.

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MUSIC IN PUSSYTOWN
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626888
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Father Tuck's "Wonderland" Series. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full page colour illustrations plus two tone illustrations of Wain's anthropomorphic cats. Accompanied by rhyme. Oblong format. Backstrip missing. Base of spine to first stitch is split and therefore contents a little fragile. Vertical crease in centre of book. Small patch of surface paper loss to front spine edge corner. Light browning to contents else lovely and bright. A nice copy of an exceptionally rare Louis Wain title.

Price: £900.00 £630.00.

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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626891
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Poor condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Each plate has now separated (the spine has completely gone) so that four individual plates are left. Plates are nice and bright. Six of the fourteen cat figures are missing. One cat figure is missing the head. Some figures a little creased. Rear cover grubby and torn where pocket flap was (pocket flap missing).

Price: £600.00 £420.00.

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AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
Written by Harold Child. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 377843
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Translated and edited with introduction by Child. White cloth with blue decoration and titles to front and spine. 6 tissue guarded Colour plates. Text surrounded by border. Xliii and 132 Pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit grubby and lightly rubbed. It looks as though the front endpaper was missing (torn out) and then the rear endpaper has been removed to replace the front one! Strange! Some foxing and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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