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THE STORY ABOUT PING
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321539
Published by The Bodley Head. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Ping is a beautiful young duck who lives on a boat on the Yangtze river. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some grubby marks to covers. Light foxing to contents. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still attached to covers.

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A LION FOR A SITTER
Written by Helen Kay. Illustrated by Yaroslava.
Stock no. 1321534
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A picture book about a little boy named Andrew and his very special "sitter". Oblong format. Blue boards, metallic green title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0200716166. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and heavily foxed.

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THE STORY OF SAMMY STICKLEPIN
Written by Margaret Alleyne. Illustrated by Mary Robinson.
Stock no. 1321527
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 4th 1957. Very good condition.

Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and text-block.

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THE TALE OF PAPA WHISKERS AND MR. WATSON'S LETTUCES
Written by Crystal Barry. Illustrated by Mary Smith.
Stock no. 1321521
Published by H.A. and W.L. Pitkin Ltd.. Good condition.

A little booklet. White pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers are grubby and worn at edges. A few small ink blots to title-page and inside front cover. Contents are fingered at margins and corner tips are slightly creased.

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HAFFERTEE HAMSTER DIAMOND
Written by Janet Perkins; John Perkins. Illustrated by Gillian Gaze.
Stock no. 1321509
Published by Lion Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Haffertee is a soft-toy hamster made for Yolanda when her real pet hamster died... the first in the Haffertee series. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone text illustrations. ISBN: 0856480657. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Spine faded. Contents clean.

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MOLDY WARP THE MOLE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2135088
Published by Collins. 1st 1940. Fair condition.

Grey boards with circular pictorial onlay. Grey and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 87 pages. Spine has splitting and chipping all way up both sides; bottom part of backstrip is just about hanging on. Bumping to corners. Scuffing and wear to covers. Pencil scribble to rear pastedown and endpaper. Foxing and margin marks throughout book; a few small margin tears.

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HARE AND THE EASTER EGGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2135085
Published by Collins. Circa 1952. Almost very good condition.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Pale green pictorial boards. Charming colour pictures throughout. 79 pages. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. Browning and some other marks to covers. Page edge browning; some foxing; contents are generally still very good.

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THE ELF, THE RABBIT AND THE BUMBLE BEE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321149
Almost very good condition.

Title on front cover is "Three Are We". Brown pictorial cardwraps. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn and a bit grubby. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

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THE DANDY LION
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2134718
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1900. Almost very good condition.

Nister No. 584. Brown cloth spine. Pictorial paper covered boards shows Fully clothed Dandy Lion in top hat with a billboard in the background. Colour frontis of 'The Stork and the Owl'. B/w illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Damp mark down edge of rear cover. Some scuffing. Award plate to front pastedown. Page browning; some other marks to pages.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1320960
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Just So Story. Green pictorial glazed boards. Red endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333341384. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

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ANIMAL PLAYTIME
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1320518
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows Fox with cockrel. B/w illustrations throughout. Some cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Front cover illustration is still bright. Some slight chipping of paper covering to spine. Small binding error of crease in paper to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of title-page (dated 1909) and one name crossed out and replaced with another. Some slight foxing and fingering to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents.

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DEEP WOOD
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by David Williams.
Stock no. 1320475
Published by Gerald G. Swan. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A friendly sort of book, about Old Stripe (the badger) and his home beneath the Beech Tree, his friends, Potter, Scruff the Fox, Skip Squirrel, and other animal folk who live among quiet woodland paths, old gnarled trees, grassy banks, and the rippling stream. Green cloth. Gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light browning to top and tail of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown mark to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs on verso, some creases and rear panel slightly grubby.

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