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CHRISTMAS!
No author listed. Illustrated by Peter Spier.
Stock no. 1329016
Published by Collins. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

A picture book without words, a series of over 90 full colour illustrations giving a nostalgic account of a family at this very special time of the year. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001846493. Spine and corners slightly bumped, slight crack in laminate to base of spine. Spine slightly browned. Foxing to endpapers and prelims.

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PICTURE AND PLAY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Mrs. Strang's Playbooks series. The Unbreakable Books. A board book with 6 thick board pages, each with large colour illustrations and a couple of sentences below. Pages bound together with 3 pieces of cloth. Slight wear to corners. Name in ink across top margin of rear cover. Some slight grubbiness to rear cover. Some marks to page margins but illustrations still bright.

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OUR DARLINGS' PLAY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328964
Very good condition.

Mrs Strang's Play Books series. A board book. Colour illustrations with text below to each page. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Light browning to cover edges. Prize plate to inside front cover (partially covering the first illustration by E. Dorothy Rees). Rear cover is slightly grubby. Contents are bright and clean.

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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH AN IDEA?
Written by Kobi Yamada. Illustrated by Mae Besom.
Stock no. 1327913
Published by Compendium. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. Green boards, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781938298073. 13th printing. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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I FEEL SICK!
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1327884
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

A Little Princess Story. Glazed pictorial boards. Large colour illustrations to each page with a small sentence of text below. ISBN: 9781783441150. SIGNED by the author/artist with a dedication to David & Jenny and a doodle of the little princess too. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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THE TOWER TO THE SUN
Written by Colin Thompson. Illustrated by Colin Thompson.
Stock no. 1327534
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The richest man in the world builds a tower to the sun. American edition. ISBN: 0679883347. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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THE UGLY FIVE
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1327532
Published by Alison Green Books. 1st 2017. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A picture book celebrating real-life 'Ugly Five' animals in Africa (Wildebeest, Warthog, Hyena, Vulture and Marabou Stork. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781407174198. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is just a little rubbed at corners.

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THE BIG ADVENTURE OF A LITTLE LINE
Written by Serge Bloch. Illustrated by Serge Bloch.
Stock no. 1326468
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Enter the magical, creative world of the renowned artist where anything can happen, and the most ordinary little line can have the most marvellous adventure. White pictorial boards. Unpaginated. Colour illustrations throughout with minimal text. ISBN: 9780500650585. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, some small dents to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and a little grubby.

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WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 1326247
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards with title to spine. Full page colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406319408. A couple of page corner tips creased else covers and contents fine. Slipcase is just a tiny bit bumped and rubbed at edges and has a small split at top edge.

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BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Written by Brian Lies. Illustrated by Brian Lies.
Stock no. 1826899
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there. Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout with minimal text in rhyme. ISBN: 9780618999231. 2nd printing. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MICE AND THE FLYING BASKET
Written by Rodney Peppe. Illustrated by Rodney Peppe.
Stock no. 1824949
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

The mice who live in a shoe are in trouble. The earn their living making baskets for D. Rat the junk merchant but it is very hard work and they are paid so little. So they try to think of other ways to make money and decide to build a flying basket and learn to fly! Slim format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and little text. ISBN: 0670801909. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. A few minor marks to front board. Contents clean.

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GOGGLES!
Written by Ezra Jack Keats. Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.
Stock no. 1324234
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd. 1st UK 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peter and Archie find a pair of motorcycle goggles! Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Fantastic colour illustrations to each page. ISBN: 0370015355. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine and slightly edge rubbed.

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