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IT'S QUACKING TIME!
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Jill Barton.
Stock no. 1328633
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story that will be enjoyed by any family expecting a new arrival! Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1844280098. Light foxing to top edge of textblock else a fine copy.

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DICKY DUCK & WONDERFUL WALTER
Written by Lynda Rountree; Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1328233
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Colourful pictorial boards and spine showing Dicky Duck and Walter Rabbit. B/w pictorial endpapers. Full colour frontis, red and green plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Stories by Lynda Rountree, verses by Christine Bradley. A chunky book 1.75" thick. Covers are edge worn (and touched up with matching orange pen), scuffing/slight scratching to covers. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints have been reinforced with white paper. Page browning to endpapers, foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks and some loss to page margins. Dot-to-dot has been completed then the pencil has been erased. Unfortunately the frontis is MISSING from this copy, the other plates are still present but the edges are slightly worn. A nice copy of a very scarce book.

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A STORY ABOUT DUCKS
Written by Jack Townend. Illustrated by Jack Townend.
Stock no. 1327308
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Small, oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light sellotape(?) mark to fore-edge of front cover. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1327273
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and has a 2" split to base of spine. Barcode sticker to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1826672
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Boards slightly grubby, ligth rubbing to top & tail of spine, slight fading. Belongs to box is clean. Title page lightly creased else contents clean.

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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1824561
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. A few brown marks to rear board (rust?). Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and is marked to rear panel (rust spots?).

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THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; R.P. Keigwin. Illustrated by Johannes Larsen.
Stock no. 1324231
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st UK 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Keigwin. Oblong format. Burgundy cloth spine, cream boards with silver title to front cover. 24 full-page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink and some light creasing to front free-endpaper. Some light grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, slight loss to spine ends.

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DUCKS AND DRAKES
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824201
Published by Collins. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Three children are sent to stay on a farm where they find Mother Hubbard and subsequently a little farm of their own. Brown cloth, white titles. Large format. Attractive colour and b/w illustrations. Fading to top and lower edge of front board. Large gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, fading to spine, and a few marks.

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MADAM HEN AND LITTLE HORACE
Written by Hugh Heaton. Illustrated by H.E.M. Sellen.
Stock no. 2137449
1948. Very good condition.

Dark stiff card covers; colour pictorial onlay to front cover; Title to Front is Madam Hen & Little Horace. Colour pictorial endpapers and illustrations. Small chip to top of spine. A few small marks to covers. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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FARMER DUCK
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 2135552
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A funny and thoroughly entertaining book about a duck who had the bad luck to live with a lazy farmer! Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0744519284. Some bumping to corners and spine. Contents are excellent! Wrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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THE STORY ABOUT PING
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321539
Published by The Bodley Head. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Ping is a beautiful young duck who lives on a boat on the Yangtze river. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some grubby marks to covers. Light foxing to contents. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still attached to covers.

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THE FAMOUS JIMMY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 2133416
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 2nd 1941. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Two-colour illustrations. Second edition. Heavy wear to covers, with foxing and a few damp marks. Paper cover is starting to come away from spine. Corner crease to rear cover. White paper stick to inside front endpaper. Joints are cracked. Some margin marks. A reading copy.

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