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A BEDTIME PICTURE BOOK
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1507486
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. circa 1944. Very good condition.

Large format 13 x 10", pictorial card wraps. Full page colour illustrations and short stories. Wear to spine, staples rusty. Covers very slightly grubby with some darkening to front cover alongside spine. Neat, large ink inscription to inside of front cover. Just a few fingermarks to contents.

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EMERGENCY MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1609532
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Henry in hospital dreams of mice in hospital. Delightful colour illustrations. White glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0905478312. Spine and corners bumped; spine a little browned. SIGNED by author (with dedication) on title page.

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HEYO, BRER RABBIT!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1507449
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tales of Brer Rabbit and his friends, retold from the original. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. 10 x 7.5". Red, grey and white illustrations throughout. 128 pages. Top front corner bumped. A couple of very small marks to covers. Just a little light browning to endpapers and light foxing to text block. Text pages clean. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss from top of spine and top corner of front panel. A couple of horizontal tears to spine with a few white labels stuck to verso to strengthen/repair. Spine browned. Wrapper slightly grubby.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, green titles, onlay to front board. 34 numbered pages. Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723206139. Base of spine just very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly marked and creased.

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THE LITTLE CAT BABY
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1507244
Published by Puffin. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670912867. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby on rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE AEROPLANE
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 1507201
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 3. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with a few marks. Ink name, address and date to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to title page. Just an odd mark to contents.

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THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1507133
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1950. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards with brown titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 59 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Most hinges cracked so binding feels loose. Just an odd mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped. Loss from ends of spine. Panels grubby with a few marks.

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SPOTTY
Written by Margret Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1813606
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1972. Very good condition.

Spotty is a rabbit. Cream cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0701102039. Boards scuffed. Faint grease stain to front board. A few marks to contents but illustrations nice and bright.

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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 BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316482
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial green cloth. B/w text and full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover has white vertical stain. Foxing to contents. It is possible that the endpapers have been professionally replaced.

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TALES FROM THE MARBLE MOUNTAIN
Written by Hugh Gardner. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1316401
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Contains Part I Beyond the Marble Mountain. First published 1948. Part II, Back To The Marble Mountain, first published 1949. Turquoise boards with gilt title to spine. 249 pages. B/w text illustrations. The fortunes and adventures of Bear, Goat, Owl and Ostrich. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, large piece of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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THE WANDERINGS OF MUMFIE
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1316399
Published by John Murray. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing and fingering to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel and spine and has some loss to top of spine.

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