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SQUIRRELS (NMN 12)
Written by Monica Shorten.
Stock no. 1829029
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph No. 12. Green buckram cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Based on a finely and detailed study in geographical distribution of the squirrel, investigating every aspect of the lives of squirrels, economics, food, life-history, and ecology. xii and 212 pages including index. A few tiny marks to boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pale grubby mark to pages viii and ix. Contents lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, has some foxing, wear to top & tail of spine with slight loss, rear panel grubby.

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CYRIL AND PAT
Written by Emily Gravett. Illustrated by Emily Gravett.
Stock no. 2140328
Published by Two Hoots. 1st thus 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Colour illustrations. Cyril is a squirrel, Pat is a rat. No one thinks they should be friends...but why not? ISBN: 9781509857289.

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SINBAD AND THE PI-RATS
Written by Lucy Pollen. Illustrated by Cecilia Pollen.
Stock no. 1321537
Published by Allan Wingate (publishers) Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Sinbad mouse is on a voyage and is boarded by pi-rats and is rescued by squirrels. Oblong format. White cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers are slightly grubby and lightly foxed. Staples are rusty. Contents clean.

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L'HISTOIRE DE TONTON-LE-VOLTIGEUR
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1318690
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1979. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes' in French. Buff boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. 59 pages. ISBN: 0723220484. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price label beside. Some light browning to spine of wrapper and light foxing to front panel.

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HEMMO HARMAATASSU
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1318598
Published by Otava. Circa 1980. Fine condition.

The Tale of the Timmy Tiptoes translated into Finnish by Raija Mattila. White glazed pictorial boards. Small format. 58 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9511057162.

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SAMMY: THE STORY OF A RED SQUIRREL
Written by Joseph Palmer; Jean Palmer.
Stock no. 2131637
Published by Geoffrey Bles. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is foxed, with edge-creasing and chipping; small chips of loss.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1317769
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 9th 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 401. Brown boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Revised verses by Perring. Spine slightly bumped. Faint stain to rear board. Front board slightly bowed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light damp stains to top edges of endpapers and preliminary pages. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with light damp stains on verso.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 2123808
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 3rd 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 401. Brown boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Revised verses by Perring. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with chipping; 2-3" split to base of spine; a few chips of loss.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1316333
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st 2011. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Cased Set, special numbered edition of 100 sets to commemorate the centenary of the first publication in 1911. Small format book with cream cloth and silver titles. 56 numbered pages, all edges gilt. With explanatory leaflet giving a brief biography of Beatrix Potter and the history of the publication of The Timmy Tiptoes. Contained in a red hinged box with silver title and onlay to front. Also includes a red leather foil-blocked bookmark. ISBN: 9780723266747. 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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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1811380
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 401. Revised verses. Buff boards with square pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. Minor fading to rear board. Otherwise boards clean and bright. Browning to endpapers. A few grubby marks to margins (minor). Contents generally nice and clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners and slightly creased to rear panel.

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A HOME FOR SAM & SUSIE
Written by Roz. Illustrated by Haz.
Stock no. 1314938
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Sam & Susie are a pair of red squirrels and this is their story of how they built their house. Oblong format. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations and b/w text drawings. Covers are edge worn. Staples rusty. Some chipping of paper covering from spine. Some grubby fingermarks to margins but generally contents clean.

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THE KNOT SQUIRREL TIED
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1404441
Published by Collins. 10th 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, red titles and picture to front. 95 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Small green pencil mark to rear endpaper. A little foxing to page edges. Light browning to some pages. Tiny ink spots to margins of pages 90 and 91. Contents otherwise are generally clean. Slight musty smell to book. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears. Spine is browned and the wrapper is grubby and marked. Verso is browned.

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