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HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1324218
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Very slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. A nice copy of the first edition.

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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL AFRICAN HIPPOPOTAMUS RACE
Written by Morris Lurie. Illustrated by Richard Sawers.
Stock no. 1824383
Published by Collins. 1st UK 1969. Almost very good condition.

Eight year old Edward Day, the hippo, trains for the greatest river race of them all - the annual African hippopotamus race. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-library with usual library marks. Spine browned, boards a little discoloured. A few grubby marks to contents.

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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1323733
Published by Collins. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A New Naturalist publication. Green cloth. 27 text figures. 31 tables. 28 b/w plates. A new study of British woodlands, coniferous, broadleaves, natural and planted and the varied bird life each support. The author includes a valuable species-by-species account, with information on status and habitats. An important work considering the place of birds in modern forestry. ISBN: 0002132591. Spine bumped. Dent to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased, slightly browned to spine and removal of a label to rear panel has caused surface paper damage.

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MOVING PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323645
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Moving pictures, action surprises, hidden images. A reproduction of an antique book originally published by Ernest Nister. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001384147. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Pictures and tabs in good condition.

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SAND-HOPPERS
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824202
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Doggle (a mongrel) is the hero of the story. Cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Reprint. Cloth spine browned to top & tail. Corners of boards rubbed, some browning to board edges. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is worn and browned to spine, rear panel is grubby.

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DUCKS AND DRAKES
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824201
Published by Collins. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Three children are sent to stay on a farm where they find Mother Hubbard and subsequently a little farm of their own. Brown cloth, white titles. Large format. Attractive colour and b/w illustrations. Fading to top and lower edge of front board. Large gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, fading to spine, and a few marks.

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BOB-TAIL PUP
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Cynthia Harnett; Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1824200
Published by Collins. 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A charming tale of a bob-tail pup, called Grey Lass, who is so earnest in her attempts to be a good sheep-dog that she collects the sheep when they are not wanted! Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations of Old English Sheepdogs. Reprint. Cloth spine faded. Boards slightly bowed. Light rubbing to board edges. A few minor foxspots present. Title page and first page of story detached (appear as if they were never bound in). Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a couple of closed tears and a small chip, a few minor foxspots, some blue pencil marks to rear panel.

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GREY RABBIT FINDS A SHOE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1323370
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 63 numbered pages. 7 x 5.5". ISBN: 0001941224. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Strong musty smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal loss to top and tail of spine.

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HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1323369
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal loss to top of spine, light foxing on verso.

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SCARECROW SAMBO
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323344
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sambo is a doorstop, very much loved by Apricot the kitten and Mokey the donkey. Oblong pictorial boards, 6.5 x 9". Red cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed and a little grubby.

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CHIRRUPY-CHIRPY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323343
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Apricot the kitten gives Mr. Chirrupy Chirpy (a chaffinch) a great shock andd suffers a penalty which stops him bouncing for good. Oblong format, 6.5x 9". Pale blue boards with picture to front. Orange cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Spne and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly slightly with edge creases and two larger tears to front spine edge.

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DEEP SEA MOKEY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323342
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format, 6.5 X 9". Green paperboards with pictorial front board. Orange cloth spine. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. The underwater adventure of a little toy donkey. Some light foxing to rear cover. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown marks to top edge of most pages. Stitching has been pulled causing contents to be loose. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears, some light browning and foxing and verso very browned.

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