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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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ENID BLYTON'S HOLIDAY ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2114862
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to text. 63 pages. Wear to spine and cover edges; a little creasing. Some page browning.

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THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MAN COYOTE
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 2114861
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Bedtime Story Books series. Green pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 120 pages. A few marks and some wear to covers. Foxing to a few pages. All plates present. Wrapper is grubby with edge-tears and a few little bits of loss.

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MY DOG ROVER AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1313846
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Front pictorial board showing 3 children throwing sticks for a dog. A few colour but mainly b/w illustrations including 2 by Wain (one of a hippo and the other of bears). Short stories. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in heavy pencil to top margin of title-page. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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CUBBY IN MOTHER BROWN'S PANTRY
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Nina R. Jordan.
Stock no. 1313798
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

A Cubby Bear story. Small oblong format (4.5 x 5"). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are edge worn and rubbed. Light foxing and page browning else contents clean.

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A FRIGHTENED BABY
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Nina R. Jordan.
Stock no. 1313797
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. circa 1929. Very good condition.

A Cubby Bear story. Small oblong format (4.5 x 5"). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are edge worn and just a little grubby. Light foxing to contents.

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THE MOUSEWIFE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1313728
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red vignette of mouse and title to front. Superb b/w text illustrations throughout. 37 numbered pages. 9 x 6.5". Ink school stamps to pastedowns and to title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with new price printed above), is slightly edge rubbed with small chip to top of spine.

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BRER RABBIT STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1712646
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. First story Brer Rabbit and the Paper Chase. Edges and corners worn.

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WILY FOX AND THE BABY SHOW
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
Stock no. 1711685
Published by The Bodley Head. 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format 4.25 x 5.5". Pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. Small chip to top edge of front board. Wrapper edge-worn and chipped. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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THE SPOOKY TAIL OF PREWITT PEACOCK
Written by Bill Peet. Illustrated by Bill Peet.
Stock no. 1711642
Published by Andre Deutsch. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

American Edition. Yellow covers with black title to spine and picture to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0395154944. Wrapper has small nick to top of spine. 22nd impression. Copyright date is 1973 this edition undated but probably 1980s

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1313165
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay of Timmy Tiptoes the little grey squirrel. The year 1911 appears on the title-page. The first two printings are believed to be identical. Small format. 85 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prelims are part detached. Front joint (between frontis and title-page is cracked and a couple of hinges are just starting to crack. Title-page is slightly finger-creased. Contents are generally clean.

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GRUNTY THE PIG
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1502893
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Covers are a little grubby with creasing, especially to front cover. Spine worn, staples starting to rust. Contents very good.

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