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DONALD & PLUTO MOVIE BOOK IN 10 REELS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 594940
Published by Collins. Circa 1939. Almost very good condition.

10 flip books, all contained in one! 2000 pictures. A complete Film of Donald's adventures. Flip books are all contained in 1 card-cover, with story to two pages on inside, with flip books beneath. Spine is a little faded. Some wear to edges. A few light marks to covers. Lower cover edges creased. Small inscription in pencil to top of front cover. Tears to a couple of pages of flick books. Where first five books have been bound, underneath has now started to come unglued. Some browning to pages. Couple of creases to internal story pages. A rare item, especially with 10 flick books, which actually tell 20 parts of the story (are double-sided). A great Disney item!

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THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 594580
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Larger format maroon paper-covered boards. Picture of Miss Ribby in a small circle on front cover. Mottled lilac endpapers (changed to pictures of the patty-pan in later editions). 52 pages. 7.25 x 5.5". First printing of the first edition. Spine repaired with very slight loss at top and tail. Corners worn. Slight fading to covers with a few very small marks. Name in ink to front pastedown. Light marks to contents but still a bright copy of the first edition.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 378786
Published by David McKay Company. 1st USA 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This is the U.S. edition. Light blue cloth, gilt vignettes and titles to spine and front cover. Top edges gilt. White design on green endpapers. 232 pages. 10 x 7.5". 12 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Top 2" of spine and a tiny section to top edge of rear cover faded. A few tiny spots to edge of textblock. Endpapers are browned. Dustwrapper is edge torn with tape repairs on verso, loss to top of spine and slightly grubby on rear panel.

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NETLEY ABBEY
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Ernest M. Jessop.
Stock no. 594409
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

Large format. 15 x 11". Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Story in verse. Address label to front endpaper. Joints very slightly cracked else contents fine. Corners worn. Boards lightly rubbed.

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A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE
Written by Myles B. Foster. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 594222
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1881. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Songs for a child's day with music. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5 ". Green and yellow pictorial paper boards. 29 pages. Boards a little foxed. A few finger marks to margins. Page 12 and facing page 13 has paper residue to bottom corners and small mark. Pictorial wrapper is foxed and torn at edges with loss including most of spine missing (of dustwrapper).

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TENANTS LAW OR THE LAWS CONCERNING LANDLORDS, TENANTS AND FARMERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 594141
Published by T. Waller. 1768. Good condition.

Tenants Law or the Laws concerning Landlords, Tenants and Farmers. Useful for All Landlords, Tenants, Farmers, Stewards, Agents, Solicitors and Others Concerned in the Buying, Selling or Letting Estates. The Sixteenth Edition With All the Modern Cases. 320 pages + 28 pages "The Table". Small format, full brown leather binding. Boards very worn. 1.5" loss to spine. Joints cracked, front joint split (held by string in binding). Endpapers browned. Remainder of contents very good with just a few small wormholes. REDUCED FROM £165.

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LOUIS WAIN'S BABY'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 593893
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards with picture of cute kitten on the front cover. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats. REDUCED FROM £450. Edges rubbed, corners worn, backstrip worn with loss to bottom. Covers a little grubby. Front and rear joints cracked. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few repaired margin tears, slight margin loss to last two pages. A few marks present.

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A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435131
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. A few patches of sticky tape residue to rear cover and small patch of surface paper damage. Corners are bumped and worn. Contents are tight, bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is badly torn to rear cover and spine and has been messily put back together; alot of creasing to rear panel, patch of surface paper damage to top of front panel. Large closed repaired tear also to front panel.

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MR. MOLE'S HOUSE WARMING
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435133
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Tasseltip Tale. Ladybird Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine is bumped. Light wear to cover edges and corners. Pictures are lovely and bright. A couple of light margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is a bit creased, edge-torn and chipped, with 1" loss to base of spine, 1.5" loss to rear flap and a large repaired tear to rear panel.

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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 378493
Published by Robertson & Mullens Ltd.. 1925. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pink cloth spine, patterned boards. B/w illustrations throughout by Ida S. Rentoul. Spine and corners bumped with wear to corners. Edges rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to contents. Quite a number of the illustrations have been very neatly coloured in. A very scarce book.

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TINY TADPOLE AND OTHER TALES
Written by Frances Freeling Broderip. Illustrated by Thomas Hood.
Stock no. 378399
Published by Griffith and Farran. 1st 1862. Almost very good condition.

Embossed green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 176 pages, all edges gilt. 6 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small marks to covers and gilt dulled on spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name in ink to endpaper. Front joint cracked. A few small closed tears to page margins and some corner tips creased (including one plate). Grubby fingermarks to some margins and a couple of pages creased. Still a nice copy of this Victorian children's book.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - GOING TO SEA
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 434700
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 3rd 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Series 417. Blue boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE NEW FISHING NET. Spine is a little bumped and browned. One hinge internally is slightly pulled. Contents are lovely and bright. Pictorial wrapper is foxed and browned to verso; also has small tape repairs to verso; some chipping to edges and a few small patches of loss to top and tail of spine, also has tear hole to spine in middle, with a little loss. Small patch of loss also to top of front panel. Still a nice copy of this rarer item.

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