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110TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Emma Thompson. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Eleanor Taylor.
Stock no. 1324994
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Special limited edition (of 1000 copies) being a celebration of Peter Rabbit's 110th year. It contains clothbound volumes of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson - as well as an individually signed letter from this acclaimed writer. The cloth pattern was specially commissioned from renowned design studio Timorous Beasties. ISBN: 9780723268697. The books and presentation box are in fine condition. Contained in a white cardboard slip and a brown numbered box (this is copy no. 691). The outer box is just slightly worn at corners. A super set. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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GOLDEN LOCKS AND PRETTY FROCKS
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Hilda Hart; Grace C. Floyd; M. Dorothy Belgrave. Illustrated by Agnes Richardson.
Stock no. 1324637
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1918. Very good condition.

Cloth spine with black titles, brown paper boards with white titles, black and pale yellow vignettes, onlay shows two children looking at fairy in boat. 14 stories. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 136 pages plus 4 page book list. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Odd small mark to covers. Ink inscription to half-title page dated 1918. Small bookseller's price label to rear pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to text block. Odd grubby fingermark to contents. All plates present, a couple are starting to detach from bottom.

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THE UNTIDY GNOME
Written by Stella Gibbons. Illustrated by William Townsend.
Stock no. 1324616
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The only children's book by the author of Cold Comfort Farm. Gerda, a little girl who is taken prisoner by the Elves and kept in a cave with an old gnome, is rescued by the princess of the fairies. Beige cloth, red titles and illustration to front cover. 180 pages. Two-colour text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, some very slight darkening to lower edge of front cover. Name in ink and small embossed booksellers stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, chipped and torn to front edge of spine with loss at top and tail of spine. There are splash marks to spine of wrapper. A nice copy of a very scarce children's book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BIGGLES SCORES A BULL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324415
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Priceless champion bulls start disappearing from English farms and as Biggles says "This racket isn't being run by one or two country yokels". The crooks are highly organised and dangerous! Spine slightly bumped. Some light marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers and textblock. Front endpapers are slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little grubby.

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THE LITTLE HORSE BUS
Written by Graham Greene. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie.
Stock no. 1324393
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light staining to front cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a small tear to lower corner of front panel, foxing on verso and some light marking to rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1324391
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Green boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Spine slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light fingering else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and torn at top rear corner.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1324390
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Grey boards with pale brown vignette and titles. Also contains: ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight browning to spine and cover edges. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss and a bit grubby.

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JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1324332
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Red and black and white pictorial cloth with white titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Title to spine and border edges rubbed off. Name in pencil to front fly-leaf. Foxing to endpapers, crease to corner of rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents generally clean.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1324330
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. 319 pages. Published by Hodder for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing to contents. Plates all present and in fine condition. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed, minimal loss at corners and a few tape repairs on verso.

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GOLDEN SUNBEAMS 1899-1900
Written by Mary E. Lester; Maud Carew; Edith Farmiloe; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; W. Heath Robinson; Edith Farmiloe; et al..
Stock no. 1324329
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Includes 2 years from January 1899 to December 1900. Yellow cloth with gilt borders and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine professionally rebacked. New endpapers. Cloth a bit grubby. Page edge browning else contents clean.

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BURGLARS IN THE YARD
Written by Sheila K. Mccullagh. Illustrated by Ray Mutimer.
Stock no. 1323980
Published by Arnold Wheaton. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition.

A Tim Paperback. Slight rubbing to cover edges. 127 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0560014007. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers. Contents fine. Neat barcode sticker to rear cover (attempt has been made to remove it).

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MR. MOLE'S HOUSE WARMING
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1323618
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Tasseltip Tale. Ladybird Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges worn. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has section removed from base of front flap (price-cut), is edge worn with small tears and creases, rear panel is a bit grubby, there is tape reinforcement to verso of wrapper spine.

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