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THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 577738
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Covers browned. Small green sticker to top of front cover. Slight browning to page margins. Colour pictures beautifully bright.

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CATONINETALES A DOMESTIC EPIC
Written by Hattie Brown; W.J. Linton. Illustrated by Hattie Brown; W.J. Linton.
Stock no. 577749
Published by Lawrence and Bullen. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

A Domestic Epic. Natural hessian binding. W.J. Linton writing under the pseudonym of Hattie Brown. Edition limited to 330 copies. Poetry about cats. B/w end-of-chapter drawings. Copy no. 27. Covers soiled. Endpapers browned. Pages unopened at top. One page has a closed margin tear.

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LITTLE CHICKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 733508
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. A lovely bright copy of this sweet little book. Pale page browning and very pale browning on rear cover.

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RUMMY TALES - THE PIG-TAIL
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 733536
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. 'The Pig-Tail And How It Was found'. Covers grubby and rubbed at corners. Inscription in ink (prize) inside front cover. Corner tips slightly creased else contents clean.

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NOEL HOWARD MIDSHIPMAN
Written by E.R.G.R. Evans. Illustrated by Cuneo.
Stock no. 733539
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. 246 pages + 16 pages publication list. Spine and corners worn, small nick to top edge of front cover. Covers very slightly grubby. Name in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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WHERE DO HEDGEHOGS GO?
Written by Celia Burley. Illustrated by Celia Burley.
Stock no. 428225
Published by Two Crows Books. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Simple text. SIGNED by author on title page. Bumping to base of spine. Small inscription in ink on front pastedown (From previous owner). Contents are bright and clean.

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PLAYWAYS ANNUAL
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 577656
Published by Playways Annual Office. Circa 1953. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Front cover shows boy and girl making a kite. Full-length story by Enid Blyton 'The Seaside Family'. Name in ink in belongs to box. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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GARDENING GUYED
Written by Derek McCulloch. Illustrated by Will Owen.
Stock no. 577660
Published by Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd.. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. A humourous look at nature. Full-page b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author with inscription on title page. Covers very slightly marked. Spine bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and last couple of pages. Pictorial wrapper is browned, slightly edge-chipped, with dampstain to top rear edges and dark stain to title on front.

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PETER A CAT O' ONE TAIL AND TEUFEL THE TERRIER
Written by Charles Morley. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J. Yates Carrington.
Stock no. 577477
Published by Pall Mall Gazette. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Two books bound in one. Peter is the story of Louis Wain's own cat with b/w illustrations. Teufel is Carrington's dog and is illustrated in b/w by Carrington. Pages: 88 (Peter) + 90 (Teufel). Blue cloth. Gilt title on spine is 'Peter - Teufel'. REDUCED FROM £480. Peter is 1st edition 1892. Teufel is 4th edition 1891. Covers unevenly faded. Corners bumped and worn. One inch split to top of spine. Small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few margin marks and scattered foxing. Contents generally clean. A decent copy of this scarce early Wain, rare with additional title.

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CATS
Written by Tabitha Grimalkin. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577483
Published by Sands and Co.. Circa 1901. Good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cloth, red title to front. Verses by Grimalkin. Full-page super b/w illustrations by Wain. 47 pages. REDUCED FROM £580. Corners rubbed. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint starting to crack. Some hinges pulled. Page 37 has 2.25 inch loss from lower edge, not affecting text or illustration. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a bright clean copy.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577484
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Green cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. REDUCED FROM £420. A few light marks to covers. Top and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout. A must for the Wain completist.

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PETER A CAT O' ONE TAIL
Written by Charles Morley. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577486
Published by Pall Mall Gazette. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pale blue pictorial cloth. A story based on Louis Wain's beloved cat Peter. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout, but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style - these are real cats! 88 pages. Spine browned, covers grubby. Corners worn. Small bookplate and inscription in red ink to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing. Rear endpaper torn with no loss. A few faint margin marks else contents clean and bright. A nice copy of this early Wain title.

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