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SCAREDY CAT
Written by Phyllis Krasilovsky. Illustrated by Ninon.
Stock no. 1330489
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards, black spine. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Small tear to base of spine. Light foxing to contents and a musty smell.

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WOBBLE THE WITCH CAT
Written by Mary Calhoun. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 1330485
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1960. Good condition.

Burgundy spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed, slightly bumped to spine and corners. The front endpapers are a little messy with previous inscriptions and pencil marks. Endpapers lightly foxed. Some light page browning to the white pages (some of the pages are black). A decent copy of this scarce book.

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THIS REALM
Written by Diane Elson. Illustrated by Diane Elson.
Stock no. 1328969
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poetry and prose by various authors (Longfellow, Blake, Thackeray, etc). Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437377059. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly grubby. Spine of wrapper is browned.

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THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE LONELY TEDDY
Written by Barbara Jo Sullivan Holst. Illustrated by Diane Elson.
Stock no. 1328643
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437513157. Some light browning to spine and spine edges. Light foxing to endpapers.

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TIM MOUSE
Written by Judy Brook. Illustrated by Judy Brook.
Stock no. 1327906
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1966. Good condition.

Oblong format. Cream pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations to each page with text below. Covers are worn and grubby with some small white correction fluid marks and split at top of spine. Name in ink to grubby front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks and creases to page margins and some white correction fluid marks. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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SPARKY: THE STORY OF A LITTLE TROLLEY CAR
Written by Hardie Gramatky. Illustrated by Hardie Gramatky.
Stock no. 2140557
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Green spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. The story of 'Sparky' an over imaginative little 'trolley car' (a single deck electric tram) who somehow cannot keep his mind on his work. Wear along cover edges. Name in pencil to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; child's doodle and writing in pencil to rear panel.

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ALGERNON AND THE PIGEONS
Written by Valdine Plasmati. Illustrated by Kazue Mizumura.
Stock no. 2140205
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some light wear to cover edges. Page edge browning. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and browning.

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TIMOTHY AND MADAM MOUSE A NON-ABC BOOK
Written by Jane Thayer. Illustrated by Don Madden.
Stock no. 2123794
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1972. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Not a traditional ABC book - but still teaching children their letters. Two-tone illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0437794091. Small splits to top and tail of spine, with a little loss. Wear along cover edges. Small patch of surface paper damage to top of front cover. Foxing to covers. Some browning to pages.

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THE GREAT FLOOD
Written by Peter Spier. Illustrated by Peter Spier.
Stock no. 2112582
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

A picture books with minimal text. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437765121. 2nd impression. Spine a bit faded. Some browning to covers. Bookplate to half-title page. Light page browning.

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THE PEDALLING MAN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban.
Stock no. 1108841
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about animals, people, both big and small, and about those things and those moments in life that are worth holding on to. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 33 pages. ISBN: 043746704X. SIGNED with dedication by the author to free front endpaper (For The Creators of Tindlebaum, Unlimited, from a Very Grateful Russ). Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is grubby and unevenly faded.

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KING STORK
Written by Howard Pyle. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
Stock no. 1805448
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story that is filled with all the things a good tale should have - magic, a handsome hero, a beautiful, heartless princess and an evil witch! Dark green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0437676730. Corners lightly rubbed, covers nice and bright. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with a little loss to top & tail of spine.

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PETER PIPKIN AND HIS VERY BEST BOOTS
Written by Mary Tozer. Illustrated by Mary Tozer.
Stock no. 384221
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1979. Fine condition.

Proudly wearing his very best boots, Peter Pipkin sets off on his horse ride to the Fair... Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437794164.

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