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ANIMAL FRIENDS WITH PANORAMA PULL-OUT PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Dick Eshuis.
Stock no. 595040
Published by B.B. Ltd.. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Green pictorial cardwraps. Four pull-outs revealing baby animals. One page of text per animal, colour & b/w illustrations.

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MR GRUNT - HOW HE SPENDS HIS HOLIDAYS
Written by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 594854
Published by F. Warne & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Small format. 4"x4". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Staples have rusted. Small split to base of spine. Creasing to covers and some contents. Couple of small edge-tears to front cover and a couple of other pages. A few marks to covers and a few internally.

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MR TRUNK - HIS DAY OUT
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 594853
Published by F. Warne & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. 4" x 4". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Tiny splits to top and tail of spine. Wear to cover edges. Staples have rusted. Some creasing to pages and a few grubby marks.

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MRS CACKLE AND HER TROUBLESOME SON
Written by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 594856
Published by F. Warne & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Roughly 7.5 x 7.5" pictorial cardwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Small split to top of spine. Covers are worn, with a few grubby marks. Creasing to a couple of corners of covers and a few internally. Some marks to pages internally - but contents are generally very good.

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THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 594580
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Larger format maroon paper-covered boards. Picture of Miss Ribby in a small circle on front cover. Mottled lilac endpapers (changed to pictures of the patty-pan in later editions). 52 pages. 7.25 x 5.5". First printing of the first edition. Spine repaired with very slight loss at top and tail. Corners worn. Slight fading to covers with a few very small marks. Name in ink to front pastedown. Light marks to contents but still a bright copy of the first edition.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 594297
Published by Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

A Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Some wear and light chipping to cover edges and corners. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Colour plates are still beautifully bright! Scuff marks to rear cover.

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I CAN READ STORIES OF ANIMAL FOLK
No author listed.
Stock no. 594082
Published by Purnell. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations.

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TINY TADPOLE AND OTHER TALES
Written by Frances Freeling Broderip. Illustrated by Thomas Hood.
Stock no. 378399
Published by Griffith and Farran. 1st 1862. Almost very good condition.

Embossed green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 176 pages, all edges gilt. 6 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small marks to covers and gilt dulled on spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name in ink to endpaper. Front joint cracked. A few small closed tears to page margins and some corner tips creased (including one plate). Grubby fingermarks to some margins and a couple of pages creased. Still a nice copy of this Victorian children's book.

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MR AND MRS HEDGEHOG
Written by Patricia Ardley. Illustrated by E.C. Ardley.
Stock no. 593066
Published by Collins. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

The second book in the series about the Hedgehog family. This story is about Henry and Harriet, the twins, who were so mischievous they had to be sent to school. Grey cloth spine with blue title. Blue pictorial boards. Delightful full-page colour and b/w illustrations. 55 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Corners worn. Some foxing and fading to covers. A few small dents to front cover. A few tiny foxspots to endpapers. A few light margin marks to contents.

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ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 739991
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. 1" to front side of spine is slightly browned. A few very light scuff marks to covers but generally clean. Ever so slight creases to top page corners. Contents very clean. A nice copy of this rare story without words.

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MRS. FLUSTER'S CIRCUS
Written by Angela Ogden. Illustrated by Angela Ogden.
Stock no. 739853
Published by Herbert Joseph Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mrs. Fluster is a hen. Blue cloth. Colour text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Previous owner's inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with slight loss, browned to spine and a bit grubby/soiled.

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RAINING CATS AND DONKEYS
Written by Doreen Tovey. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 591952
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 156 pages. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of small nicks and a couple of very small edge-tears.

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