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THE SHEEP-PIG
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Mary Rayner.
Stock no. 1325616
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Charming story of a pig which thinks it's a sheepdog. B/w text illustrations. Winner of the Guardian Childrens's Fiction award 1984 and made into the film "Babe". Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0575033754. Third impression of the first edition. Spine very slightly bumped with a little fading to top of spine. Some foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine.

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PIGGLY PLAYS TRUANT
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1325478
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 401. Blue boards, dark blue titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w sketch to endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some slight browning to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Prize inscription in ink to front fly-leaf (dated 1949). Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with fading to spine.

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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1325032
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A board book. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations to each page with text below. A nice copy, some slight fingering to page margins.

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THREE LITTLE PIGS
Written by Dorothy M. Wheeler. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 2136246
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and a few nicks to top and tail of spine. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few margin marks.

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ROLAND THE MINSTREL PIG
Written by William Steig. Illustrated by William Steig.
Stock no. 1321630
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241890144. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper has tears at edges with some tape repairs on verso and is lightly browned on rear panel.

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THORNTREE MEADOWS
Written by Roger Nett. Illustrated by John Nash.
Stock no. 1320445
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A pig, a hippo and an aardvark and their adventures. Red boards, black title to spine. Two colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers a little warped. A few tiny foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with heavy foxing.

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THE ADVENTURES OF THE PIG FAMILY
Written by Arthur S. Gibson. Illustrated by Arthur S. Gibson.
Stock no. 1319271
Published by Griffith and Farran. Good condition.

Oblong format. B/w illustrations. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn with slight loss of boards. Covers grubby and stained. Name in ink to half-title. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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HUBERT LE PETIT COCHON
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1319177
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Translated by Suzanne Christoflour. French version of "Grunty the Pig". Staples rusty, slight wear to spine. Name in ink inside front cover.

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THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2131897
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with pictorial onlay, red titles. 111 pages. Colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Small format. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has nicks at corners and some grubby marks.

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HURRAY FOR PEREGRINE PIG
No author listed. Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann.
Stock no. 1318181
Published by Ernest Benn. 1st 1980. Good condition.

Large square format. Matt pictorial boards. Follow Peregrine Pig's adventures through the full-page colour pictures (no text). Some pages shaped and cut-out to provide 3D scenes. A delightful picture book. ISBN: 0510000916. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Foxing to covers. Front joint is just starting to crack. There is light foxing on the reverse of the pages (white paper, not visible on illustrated sides).

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THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET A TALE IN FIVE CURLS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by W. Weekes.
Stock no. 2131122
Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Stiff card covers. Chromolithograph illustrations. Binding has possibly at one time been neatly repaired. Wear to spine. A few marks to covers, including inscription in ink to top of front cover. Inscription in ink also to title page. Some 'spotting' to illustrations - it appears that there has been some transfer of colour to text pages opposite.

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PINKY AND PERKY AT SCHOOL
Written by Marjorie Rowe. Illustrated by D.E. White.
Stock no. 2128246
Published by Purnell. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Television's popular piggy twins. Bumping to spine and corners. Name in pencil to belongs to box. Some grubby margin marks.

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