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THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1316329
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st 2010. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Cased Set, special numbered edition of 100 sets to commemorate the centenary of the first publication in 1910. 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 Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse. Contained in a brown hinged box with silver title and hexagon onlay to front. Also includes a brown leather foil-blocked bookmark. ISBN: 9780723264507. It is unlikely the book has ever been opened (still very tightly bound). Presentation box protected by a white cardboard slip band and still contained in original packaging box (with ltd edn details label to front), 'cotton' (referring to cloth binding) has been written in blue biro to top. This is copy no. 59. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TWO JOANS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1406218
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with silver titles. 3 b/w plates. 222 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Slight rubbing to titles on front cover. Small bump to side of front board. Couple of hinges are cracked. Top edge of text block is dusty. Some light fingering. Scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with loss to top and bottom of spine and corners. Rear panel is torn and mended on verso with tape. . Wrapper is a little grubby.

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SPORTS AND GAMES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1406180
1st 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

A Book for Children, With a Story for Every Month In the Year. A Scarce, early Enid Blyton book, with 4 exceptional colour illustrations. Stiff cardwraps. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 3" split to bottom of spine. Top of spine beginning to split. Covers grubby and scratched. Pages browned and foxed. Small piece torn from top corner of page 3/4. A scarce Blyton item.

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ONCE ON A TIME
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2122555
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st USA 1922. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine, black and gold decoration to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w text and full-page illustrations. A book written in 1915 "for the amusement of my wife and myself at a time when life was not very amusing" - A.A. Milne. Originally published in 1917 with illustrations by H.M. Brock. 358 pages. U.S. Edition. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Bottom corner of front cover has a small nick, with tiny fraying to cloth. Endpapers are browned. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; large piece of loss to top of spine; small loss to other corners; creased. Wrapper also has some foxing and a few small splash marks.

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THE BRITISH ANGLER: OR A POCKET-COMPANION FOR GENTLEMEN-FISHERS
Written by John Williamson; et al.
Stock no. 2122549
1740. Good condition.

Leather binding. B/w frontis and some fold-out b/w plates. This book still has its original boards, but has a NEW spine and endpapers (recased). Scuffing and heavy wear, with a little loss to original covers. Some page browning and a little foxing. Lovely tight binding; where book has been rebacked.

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MORE ABOUT JOSIE, CLICK AND BUN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1406147
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The fourth book about them. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations (2 to a page with text below). Bumping to spine and corners. Browning to bottom of spine and boards. Endpapers are lightly browned. Some foxing mainly to page edges. A few marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with several tears. Small area of loss at top of spine disguised with paper behind. Creasing to both panels. Wrapper is grubby. Browning and foxing to verso.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2122444
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. A lovely copy.

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THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1506620
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1913. Good condition.

Green boards, burgundy titles and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 93 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine browned/faded. Covers slightly grubby with small mark to bottom edge of front cover. Prelims have been re-inserted incorrectly, order now is frontis, front endpaper, half-title, title page. Yellowed tape residue down full length of front joint. A couple of hinges starting to crack but binding is firm. Label with ink inscription to verso of frontis. Some light fingering and foxing to contents but generally they are clean.

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MASERATI BIRDCAGE
Written by Joel E. Finn.
Stock no. 2122259
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Marvellous Tipo 60 and 61 Sports Racing Cars. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850453666. Some light page browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1945 - A NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2122242
Published by Daily Express. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Harrison printing with red endpapers. Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert flying in air on a bicycle with wings. Castle overlooking sea in background. Creasing to cover corners. Bottom 1" of spine is MISSING. Some grubby marks to covers. Surface paper damage to top corner of front cover. Small tear to rear cover., Colour transfers to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. A few grubby page margin marks. Page 97/98 has lower corner torn off and MISSING, this is affecting text. Rear joint is starting to come unstuck.

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TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2122167
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w frontis plate. 205 pages. Bumping to spine and a couple of corners. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing and page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few tears and chips; a little loss. Some scuff marks also to wrapper.

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EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON
No author listed. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Stock no. 2122157
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Old Tales From The North. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 24 superb tipped-in colour plates and other b/w illustrations. A collection of stories which originally appeared in Sir G.W. Dasent's "Popular Tales from the Norse". Light bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Names in ink to prelim pages. Foxing throughout. All plates present. Wrapper is browned to spine with some scuffing; creasing; a few marks; light chips along a couple of edges.

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