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"TUT-TUT"... RICHARD II
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1328842
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Oblong format, cardwraps with green string tie. 9 wonderul colour illustrations plus 1 double-spread at centre. Covers slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby with small marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to top corner of title-page. There is a light stain affecting the margins of the rear half of the book (8 pages).

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PRETTY POLLY
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Stock no. 1328841
Published by Crown Publishers Inc.. 1st USA 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Abigail's family think she's mad to try teaching a hen to talk!... Blue cloth spine with gilt title, biege boards. 120 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0517586061. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Minimal rubbing to corners of wrapper.

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THE SCHOOLMOUSE
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Phil Garner.
Stock no. 1328840
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Flora, a young mouse of above-average intelligence, makes use of her classroom home by joining in the lessons. But she is left alone to continue her education when her family flee across country. Green board with gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations throughout. 142 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". ISBN: 0670850616. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and has the remains of a label to rear panel (was covering barcode).

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THE TERRIBLE TRINS
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Diz Wallis.
Stock no. 1328839
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A heart-warming tale of three courageous mice... ISBN: 0670854611. Top edge of textblock foxed else fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed and is a tiny bit faded to spine.

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PRETTY POLLY
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Stock no. 1328838
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Abigail's family think she's mad to try teaching a hen to talk!... ISBN: 0670836877. Slight foxing to top of textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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SADDLEBOTTOM
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Alice Englander.
Stock no. 1328837
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Saddlebottom becomes the most famous Wessex Saddleback pig ever! Blue boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0575037156. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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SOPHIE HITS SIX
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Stock no. 1328836
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0744521637. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to top edge of textblock.

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FOLLOW THE FOOTPRINTS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328835
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Author's first book. An adventure story of two children, who embark on a hunt for ancient treasure from their new home in Cumberland. Cream cloth. B/w text illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Mark to top of spine and covers (small) and small mark to top edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some pages. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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TESSIE GROWING UP
Written by Priscilla M. Warner. Illustrated by Priscilla M. Warner.
Stock no. 1328834
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tessie saves a caravan from destruction and it helps her to travel a considerable distance along the difficult road of growing up, and establishes her more firmly than ever in her resolve to be an artist. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 189 pages. B/w text illustrations. Red illustrations to endpapers. Spine rubbing to spine. Pale foxing to text block. White pictorial wrapper is slightly rubbed at spine and corners and is very slightly browned to spine with a small (very light) damp stain to centre.

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THEY WANTED ADVENTURE
Written by Kenneth Macfarlane. Illustrated by Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1328833
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two children set out for the usual orthodox Scottish holiday stumble upon deep matters... Cream cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. Second impression. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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THE GREAT GALE
Written by Hester Burton. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328832
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Children's Library No. 12. The story of the floods that swept the Norfolk coats in 1953. Red boards, silver title to spine. 207 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192770527. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink and a crease to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut with a couple of small, light marks to rear panel.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328831
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1928. Very good condition.

Orange decorated cloth with black title to spine, gilt title to front. 8 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 41 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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