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THE LITTLE BEAR AND THE FAIRY CHILD
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 589038
Published by Nelson. 1922. Good condition.

Reprinted from the 'Daily Express'. Only 1" of backstrip is present - rest is missing. Corners are bumped and worn. Rear cover has a crease down it. Browning to endpapers. Internally a few light margin marks - but contents are very good.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626829
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. One hinge pulled, a few foxspots and finger marks. 2.25" closed tear to bottom edge of 'up with the lark'. A nice copy.

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MY COLOURED PICTURE STORY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 737965
Published by The Religious Tract Society. 1st 1884. Good condition.

Large format. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks. Floral decorated endpapers. 64 coloured plates and vignettes. The colour plates have plain paper guards. Spine and corners worn with slight fraying of cloth. Covers a little grubby and darkened. Joints have been repaired with magic tape. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. One plate has a large closed tear to lower margin. One hinge is cracked. Contents have grubby fingermarks to page margins but plates are still bright. A nice copy of this rare antiquarian children's book.

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FUR COATS AND FEATHER FROCKS
Written by Clifton Bingham; Edith E. Cuthell; Edric Vredenburg; et al. Illustrated by W. Foster; et al..
Stock no. 737967
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1892. Very good condition.

Contains short stories and verse about animals. De-Luxe Edition with red pictorial cloth and gilt title to front cover. 24 chromolithograph plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents, mainly to margins and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents are clean.

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THE LITTLE BEAR AND THE OGRES
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 737272
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Square format. Cream boards with illustration to front. 83 pages. Brown and black illustrations with verses below. Spine and corners worn with minimal loss to top and tail of spine and slight chipping of surface paper to rear edge of spine. A few tiny dents to cover edges. Light vertical creases to front cover. Covers are a bit grubby. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers very lightly browned. A few light foxspots to contents and a few pages have a very light vertical crease to centre. Overall a nice copy of a very scarce Rupert Bear book.

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UNCLE REMUS OR THE STORY OF MR. FOX AND BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Rene Bull.
Stock no. 737200
Published by Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Limited. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large format (12.5 x 10"). Beige cloth with brown and red title and colour illustration to front. With twelve tissue-guarded colour plates by Rountree and eighty-four pen and ink text illustrations by Bull. A wonderful edition of this classic story. Spine and corners bumped. A dozen or so pinholes to rear cover (a couple of which penetrate the last few pages). Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1942). Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Green wrapper (with pictorial onlay to front) is edge creased with tears at corners which are repaired with magic tape on verso, creasing to top edge of rear panel and the same pinholes affecting the rear cover. Very slight loss at corners. A nice copy of this attractive but scarce edition.

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A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 432035
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 4th 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. 1cm loss to base of spine. Couple of small splits to top of spine, with a little chipping and small piece of loss. Corners are bumped and a little worn. Inscription in ink to edition page. A few grubby margin marks. Binding is starting to weaken at spine. Pictorial wrapper has 3/4 of rear flap torn out and missing; Just under an inch loss to base of spine and other chips with loss to edges. A few edge-tears. Still a nice copy of one of the rarer Ladybird books, in its original wrapper!

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ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 737037
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. Inscription in ink (dated 1937) on front cover. Covers lightly creased with some slight scuffing on rear cover. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S 'AUTO-GO-CART'
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 431464
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Colour illustrations throughout. Covers have some brown marks and a few scuff marks. Corners have been protected with what looks like browning paper tape. Spine is a little worn and browned to base. Front joint has been repaired eith white cloth tape. Date in ink to front endpaper and a few to title page. One hinge internally reinforced with white cloth tape. A couple of small margin tear repairs. A few margin marks, else contents are still lovely and bright.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S BICYCLE CLUB
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 431466
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front board. Super colour illustrations throughout. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some scuff marks to covers. A few grubby marks. Date in ink to front endpaper and a couple of times to title page. Copyright date of 1896 to pages internally. Some hinges have been strengthened with tape. There are some page tears which have been repaired with sticky tape. Contents are still very good.

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THE KINGDOM OF CARBONEL
Written by Barbara Sleigh. Illustrated by D.M. Leonard.
Stock no. 626524
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1959. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Carbonel has been summoned to the presence of the Great Cat - who would guard his kingdom and royal kittens while he was away? Light tan boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Small foxspots to top of text block. Almost invisible tiny closed tear to bottom of title page. Pictorial wrapper is lightly rubbed at corners. A beautiful copy of a scarce book in its original wrapper!

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THE TALE OF BRIDGET AND THE BEES
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 430207
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Bridget meets Ginger Pop who introduces her to the life of the bees. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates, two-tone and b/w illustrations. 55 pages. Front and rear covers have vertical creases to them. Covers are marked and worn. Name to front endpaper. Contents are very good - only a few light margin marks.

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