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THE TWENTY ELEPHANT RESTAURANT
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2130099
1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Two-colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781406358209. Ex-lib. with minimal markings to front and rear endpaper.

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BABAR THE KING
Written by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2129829
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1953. Almost very good condition.

Smaller format Babar book. Yellow pictorial boards, with black spine. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Top 1cm of backstrip missing. Bottom couple of inches of spine split to one side. Some marks and scuffs to covers.

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THE RESCUE OF BABAR
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Laurent De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2127384
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Very large format glazed boards with red cloth spine. Delightful elephant pictures in colour. ISBN: 0416189334. Spine is faded. Contents are excellent. Stain to rear cover.

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THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
Written by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 2126036
Published by P.I.C.. 1st AUSTRALIA 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Australian edition. ISBN: 0958784523. Bumping to spine and corners. Uneven mottling to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tear to top of spine; a few grubby marks.

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UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2125759
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Bright yellow boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Bumping and browning along cover edges. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing and browning to pages. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing; a couple of closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

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UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1407077
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Ex-library with stamp to title page. Spine bumped. Small bumps to middle to front and rear boards. A few pale foxspots. Top of text block is a little dusty. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and browned. Small mark on spine where label has been removed. Light damp marks to top and bottom of spine - more visible on verso. A few scratch marks to panels.

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OLLIE THE ELEPHANT
Written by Burny Bos. Illustrated by Hans De Beer.
Stock no. 1813877
Published by North South Books. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. A cute pop-up book! Adapted from the storybook. Ollie gets lots of wonderful presents for his birthday, including two pairs of roller skates, but not what he really wants - a baby brother. So he straps on his roller skates and sets out to find one... ISBN: 1558587098. Small grubby mark to rear board. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

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OLLIE THE ELEPHANT
Written by Burny Bos. Illustrated by Hans De Beer.
Stock no. 1813659
Published by North South Books. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. A cute pop-up book! Adapted from the storybook. Ollie gets lots of wonderful presents for his birthday, including two pairs of roller skates, but not what he really wants - a baby brother. So he straps on his roller skates and sets out to find one... ISBN: 1558587098. All pop-ups and moveables in excellent condition.

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THE WANDERINGS OF MUMFIE
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1316399
Published by John Murray. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing and fingering to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel and spine and has some loss to top of spine.

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ERNEST THE ELEPHANT
Written by Barbara Catford. Illustrated by Nancy Catford.
Stock no. 1506316
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1935. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format 6 x 5". Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. 69 pages. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Splits to top of spine with 1/4" loss of backstrip. Covers slightly grubby and spine browned. One hinge cracked. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning and foxing to endpapers. Contents very good.

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BABAR'S KINGDOM
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1316075
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books 7. Small format, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416154808. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight creasing to page corner tips.

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LONG LIVE KING BABAR!
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1316074
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books 8. Small format, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416154204. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Remains of original price label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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