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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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THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2126374
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title, brown vignette and lettering. Pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Larger format than the other "Tales". 96 pages. Spine is browned. Some foxing to covers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing also to pages throughout.

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SAM PIG GOES TO MARKET
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 2126266
Published by Faber & Faber. 9th 1947. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with some wear. Foxing and a few grubby marks to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins.

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THE PIG THAT SAVED THE CITY
Written by H.Y.J. Taylor. Illustrated by Noreen Littleton.
Stock no. 2125176
Published by Miss N. Littleton. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ballad of the Famous Pig Which Caused King Charles To Raise The Siege of Gloucester September 5 1643. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. Red and black calligraphy. Line drawings. Illustrations and calligraphy by Littleton. ISBN: 0950704202. SIGNED by Illustrator/Calligrapher, with No. 199 (assumed Limited edition). A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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PIG TALES
Written by Miriam Dixon. Illustrated by Miriam Dixon.
Stock no. 1507100
Published by Collins. Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 4 x 4". Top staple holding contents to covers is almost detached from covers, bottom staple is slightly pulled. A little foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is chipped and very slightly edge worn. Fox spots to top edge of rear flap.

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THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1316334
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st 2013. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Cased Set, special numbered edition of 100 sets to commemorate the centenary of the first publication in 1913. Small format book with cream cloth and silver titles. 80 numbered pages, all edges gilt. With explanatory leaflet giving a brief biography of Beatrix Potter and the history of the publication of The Tale of Pigling Bland. Contained in a brown hinged box with silver title and onlay to front. Also includes a brown leather foil-blocked bookmark. ISBN: 9780723268918. It is unlikely the book has ever been opened (still a very tight binding). The presentation box is further protected by a white card slip band. This is copy no. 59. Contained in original brown packaging box (with limitation details label to front) and 'cotton' (referring to binding) written in blue biro to front. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1506620
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1913. Good condition.

Green boards, burgundy titles and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 93 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine browned/faded. Covers slightly grubby with small mark to bottom edge of front cover. Prelims have been re-inserted incorrectly, order now is frontis, front endpaper, half-title, title page. Yellowed tape residue down full length of front joint. A couple of hinges starting to crack but binding is firm. Label with ink inscription to verso of frontis. Some light fingering and foxing to contents but generally they are clean.

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THE STORY OF PADDY PORKIE
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1315468
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1947. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue pictorial boards with white spine. B/w illustrated endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Name, address and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and a few small fingermarks at page margins else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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TROTTERS
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 2119454
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

A story about PIGS - Tubby who was fat, Teeny who was small amd Trotters who was most trouble... Wonderful silhouette illustrations throughout. Orange cloth. 83pp. 8.5 x 6.5" Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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LITTLE PIG BARNABY
Written by Ursula Hourihane. Illustrated by Judith Brook.
Stock no. 1503553
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

10 bedtime stories, featuring Little Pig Barnaby, Peggotty the Horse, Angus the Scottie Dog and others. Cream cloth covers with red title to spine and vignette of pig to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 109 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Foxing, mostly to endpapers. Page 55 has craypn marks to margin, crayon also to text block. Rest of contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped but with very little loss. Rear panel grubby, crayon line to rear flap.

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