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ONE DAY ON BEETLE ROCK
Written by Sally Carrighar. Illustrated by Eileen Mayo.
Stock no. 1328693
Published by Pleiades Books Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

What happens to the whole animal community of Beetle Rock, in the High Sierra, during one typical day. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 152 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pencil writing to front free-endpaper has been erased. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped and a little grubby.

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THE CATS' ARABIAN NIGHTS OR KING GRIMALKUM
Written by Abby Morton Diaz. Illustrated by Various.
Stock no. 1328692
Published by D. Lothrop & Company. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 227 pages. B/w illustrations throughout by Francis, Boz, Palmer Cox and others. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight browning to spine. Name in ink on small label to front free-endpaper (this has caused a small patch of browning on opposite pastedown and the label is now partially removed). Light page edge browning.

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MAISIE'S MYSTERY TOUR
Written by Aileen Paterson. Illustrated by Aileen Paterson.
Stock no. 1328691
Published by Byway Books. 1st 1984. Fine condition.

The adventures of the famous kilted kitten. Oblong format. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0907448119.

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MAISIE IN LONDON
Written by Aileen Paterson. Illustrated by Aileen Paterson.
Stock no. 1328690
Published by Byway Books. 1st 1985. Fine condition.

The adventures of the famous kilted kitten. Oblong format. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0907448143.

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THE ALMOST ALL-WHITE RABBITY CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by H.B. Vestal.
Stock no. 1328689
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story about a remarkable cat and the remarkable people who lived in her apartment building; a happy book written by a master storyteller. Orange boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Full page b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718819985. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and a musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

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THE EASTER CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale.
Stock no. 1328688
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. Family tensions interwoven with Millicent's longing for a cat of her own. ISBN: 0718818776. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel and has a "Lutterworth Children's Author" sticker to front panel.

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SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIRDS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328687
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wonderful b/w illustrations accompany quotations from Shakespeare. Red cloth, black titles. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn, grubby and browned to spine with inscription in ink to front panel.

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SHAKESPEARE WITH THE PETS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328686
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Wonderful b/w illustrations of cats and dogs with quotations from Shakespeare. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and browned (particularly to spine) and worn at top and tail of spine.

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FOUR FRIENDS IN OAKAPPLE WOOD
Written by Jenny Partridge. Illustrated by Jenny Partridge.
Stock no. 1328685
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations to text throughout. Unpaginated. 6.5 x 9.5". ISBN: 0437661857. A couple of light foxspots to front endpapers. Dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine and half of front panel, top front corner of wrapper is lightly creased.

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MY GARDEN BOOK
Written by Joan Gale Thomas. Illustrated by Joan Gale Thomas.
Stock no. 1328684
Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

First Books For Children series. Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial paper boards. Pink illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations, 47 pages. Spine and corners edge rubbed and worn. Cloth spine slightly rubbed at ends and lightly discoloured. There is a slight musty smell to the contents.

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SCRUFFY THE LITTLE BLACK HEN
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1328683
Published by John Murray. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

White pictorial boards. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are a bit grubby and marked, spine browned and rubbed. Price cut from lower corner of front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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CATKIN
Written by Antonia Barber. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
Stock no. 1328681
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Catkin is a cat so small that he can sit on the palm of a man's hand. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 074452573X. Bump to top of spine of book and wrapper.

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