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POTTER PINNER MEADOW
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1401657
Published by Collins. 1st 1937. Fair condition.

Large square format. Cloth spine. Green and white pictorial boards. Cute colour pictures. Corners bumped, board edges worn and rubbed. Spine browned. Boards are grubby with a couple of stains to rear board. Front joint cracked, causing first gathering of pages to feel a little loose. A few pages a little detached. One page has large tear which affects a little of the text. Couple of erased pencil marks. Some grubby marks.

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OBOLI, BOBOLI AND LITTLE JOBOLI
Written by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin.
Stock no. 1401654
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1942. Good condition.

Five short stories. Red pictorial card wraps. Black titles to spine. Five full page colour illustrations plus b /w text illustrations. 79 pages. Spine is split at top and bottom with slight loss of backstrip. Covers a bit grubby. Some joints are broken where backstrip is missing but binding generally firm. Bookplate to front endpaper. 5cm x 1.5cm piece missing from bottom of one page. Large crease to top of a page. Pages a little browned.

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MERRY MERRY MAYTIME
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1708323
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards, green titles. Small format. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper a little grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLES AND PRIXIE
Written by Helen Lancaster. Illustrated by Helen Lancaster.
Stock no. 1708322
Published by Wilding & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pale blue boards with black titles and oval onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Prickles and Prixie are hedgehogs. Wrapper a little grubby with 1" closed tear.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1310267
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1900. Good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine has been professionally rebacked. Corners worn, covers scuffed. New endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Contents are foxed and lightly fingered. Musty smell to contents.

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JUST SMITH
Written by Dorothy Burroughes. Illustrated by Dorothy Burroughes.
Stock no. 1310220
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. circa 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a friendship between a lamb and a deer. Oblong format. Green cloth, yellow titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased and edge worn, tear to front panel repaired on verso.

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DUNCTON RISING
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 2110716
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 of The Book OF Silence. Blue boards, gilt to spine. ISBN: 0002239418. Light bumps along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tiny nicks.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER AND JUDY IN BUNNYLAND
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Lennie Young.
Stock no. 1501331
Published by Collins. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine. Black pictorial boards. Superb vivid full-page colour illustrations. Spine is bumped, a little worn and browned. Corners and cover edges are worn. Some scratch marks and small areas of surface paper damage to front cover. Back cover is slightly grubby with some light stains. Endpapers are browned. Closed tear of approx. 3cm to bottom edge of page 29/30. Only a very odd mark mark. Illustrations lovely and bright.

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THERE'S A KANGAROO IN MY SOUP!
Written by Joan Lennon. Illustrated by Wendy Rasmussen.
Stock no. 1401554
Published by Cricket Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Kevin thinks life is dull until a runaway circus kangaroo named Cynthia bounds into his life! Blue and purple boards, gilt title to spine. B/W illustrations throughout. Kangaroo jokes to endpapers. ISBN: 0812628985. SIGNED by the author with inscription on title page. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has small crease to front flap. Large scratch mark to rear panel.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1309940
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Orange boards, green titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. A few small fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and is torn at front fold.

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THE STORY OF SNIPS
Written by Angusine MacGregor. Illustrated by Angusine Macgregor.
Stock no. 1309804
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine. Grey pictorial boards. Oblong format. Lovely colour illustrations. Pages uncut and printed on one side only. Cover edges are worn. Spine is grubby. Front joint is completely broken, front free-endpaper torn and creased. Rear joint is cracked but not broken and free-endpaper chipped/torn. Staples rusty. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby and foxed but generally good.

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MR. BUNNILUMP'S ADVENTURES
Written by Nicolas Bebbington. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1309708
Published by Marcus Harris & Lewis Ltd.. Good condition.

Mr. Bunnilump is an elephant. Large format. Blue cloth, black titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 70 pages. Covers are marked. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some colouring to contents and erased doodles to rear endpapers. Erased pencil writing to top edge of title-page.

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