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LITTLE SOLDIERS
Written by May Crommelin. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 581721
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

It's grand to be a soldier in Catland where there are no human beings and cats can have it all their own way... Cream pictorial boards. Numerous red and blue illustrations throughout. A charming story with delightful illustrations. REDUCED FROM £290. Rebacked with light green cloth retaining most of original spine. Covers rubbed at edges with a few marks to front and grubby to rear. A few foxspots and closed margin tear to contents but generally bright and clean. A scarce Wain title.

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POOR FISH
Written by Heide Helene Beisert; Marion Koenig. Illustrated by Heide Helene Beisert.
Stock no. 581558
Published by Abelard; North South Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Translated by Marion Koenig. ISBN: 0200727923. Spine and corners are bumped. Contents are bright.

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THIS IS ROME
Written by Miroslav Sasek. Illustrated by Miroslav Sasek.
Stock no. 581562
Published by W.H. Allen. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0491019963. 1.5" split to base of spine. Cover edges are slightly unevenly faded. Contents are bright. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and browned to edges.

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THE NEW RUPERT COLOUR ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 581567
Published by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.. Circa 1953. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards featuring Rupert and Prince on a pony (Dapple) with Rupert's father with the king in the background. 2 stories: Rupert and the Wonderful Boots plus Rupert and Dapple. Coloured pictures throughout. Printed L.T.A. Robinson. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some spotting to spine. Inscription in ink on front endpaper. A few light margin marks. Spine split to rear, for about an inch.

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LARRY THE LAMB AND THE ARTIST
No author listed.
Stock no. 581591
Published by Purnell. 1973. Very good condition.

Tall format, glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures from the Thames Television series. ISBN: 0361024436. Spine and corners are bumped.

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BROWNIE
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 581612
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1977. Very good condition.

The Adventures of a Naughty Little Rabbit. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0207134847. Corners are bumped and worn. Pages have a crease vertically down the middle.

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THE RESTLESS OCEAN
Written by Neville Blackburne.
Stock no. 581402
Published by Terence Dalton Limited. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of George Crabbe the Aldeburgh poet, 1754-1832. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 090096345X. Light tapemarks to endpapers.

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THE ROBBER KITTEN
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 734975
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial boards with yellow spine. 46 pages. Full-page colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Light page browning and foxing to margins. A few corner tips (tiny) creased. A nice copy of this scarce Disney title.

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RUNAWAYS AND CASTAWAYS
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 734995
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1908. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and illustrations. Colour frontis and title page. B/w illustrations. 309 pages plus booklist to rear. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Wear to lower corners. Nameplate to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ARCTIC INCIDENT
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 735024
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0670899631. Spine slightly bumped. Vertical crease to rear flap.

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CAROL & CO.
Written by Jean A. Rees.
Stock no. 581304
Published by Pickering & Inglis Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue title to spine and vignette of a girl's head to frotn cover. Colour frontis. Light fading to top and tail of spine. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped and has a few inches loss to rear of wrapper at base and a couple of inches loss to top.

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