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THE LIFE OF BIRDS
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328638
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wonderfully acute observations of how birds behave become a commentary - kindly, but penetrating - on human nature. The pictures in this book are bigger, broader, and more sombre, but no less lively than Blake's much-loved and hugely admired children's book illustrations. Oblong format. Lilac cloth, black title to spine. 59 pages. ISBN: 038560985X. Small mark to top corner of front panel of wrapper.

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DIRTY BEASTS
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328622
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition.

A fantastically funny selection of poems with colour text illustrations throughout. Pictorial glazed boards. 11 x 8.5". ISBN: 0224022938. Spine and corners bumped. Some lightly browning and grubby marks to covers. Slight wear to top corner of front cover. A few small foxspots to top edge of textblock. Contents fine.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328609
Published by Puffin. Circa 2004. Very good condition.

40th Anniversary edition. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 147 pages. ISBN: 0670914533. 3rd printing. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Small mark to front edge of spine. Contents fine.

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THE GLORIUMPTIOUS WORLDS OF ROALD DAHL
Written by Roald Dahl; Stella Caldwell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328607
Published by Carlton Books Limited. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. A spectacular scrapbook of stories, characters and creations. Colour illustrations. Full of unusual letters from odd characters, curious photographs of strange objects, and sensational newspaper clippings describing marvellous occasions - there are even illustrations by the fabulous Quentin Blake. ISBN: 9781783122158. Corners bumped, spine rubbed. Contents fine.

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SILVER JACKANORY
Written by Joan Aiken; Helen Cresswell; Dick King-Smith; Tony Robinson; et al. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; et al..
Stock no. 1328375
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

To mark the 25th birthday of BBC TV's Jackanory a group of well-known writers were asked to write a story on the theme of silver... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 2 stories illustrated by Blake. ISBN: 0563361719. Minimal bumping to spine.

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THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Patrick Benson; et al..
Stock no. 1327882
Published by Ted Smart. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four themed sections - Animals, Magic, Friends and foes, and Matters of importance - take the reader on a journey into Dahls unique imagination. Large format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 444 pages. 3rd printing. Bumping to spine. Lower cover edges are lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge browned and creased.

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UNCLE AND CLAUDIUS THE CAMEL
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327689
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A succession of fantastic adventures lead to the awesome moment when Uncle (the elephant) is chained and helpless and at the mercy of the Badford Crowd in Beave Hateman's Chamber of Horrors... Turquoise boards, gilt title to spine. Orange pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations throughout. 192 pages. ISBN: 0224616439. Spine slightly bumped and cover edges lightly rubbed. Book leans to one side very slightly. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of text block and a small mark to contents page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly rubbed/nicked at spine and corners.

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UNCLE CLEANS UP
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327688
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is ignominiously captured by the Badfort crowd at a banana sale... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Inscription in ink and a name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to corners, repaired tear on verso.

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COLD COMFORT FARM
Written by Stella Gibbons. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1827925
Published by Folio Society. 2006. Very good condition.

Decorative green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. Tenth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light shelf-scuffing, and a few speckles (fading/bleached) to one corner (VG).

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UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1827904
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a 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. Vertical crease to spine, lower edges lightly rubbed, boards just a little grubby. Spine slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny chips and closed tears, light browning.

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WIZZIL
Written by William Steig. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327309
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Wizzil is a bored witch. So she turns herself into a common housefly and sets off to Frimp Farm to cause a little trouble. ISBN: 0747550328. SIGNED by the illustrator to title-page.

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FANCY THAT! (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1326734
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Three volumes of astonishing stories form the imaginations of Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake. Contains How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen, Rosie's Magic Horse and Monsters. All have pictorial boards and colour illustrations. Contained in a pictorial slipcase. ISBN: 9781406353242. Spines of books are slightly browned else a fine set.

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