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LITTLE RACCOON AND NO TROUBLE AT ALL
Written by Lilian Moore. Illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi.
Stock no. 1206260
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1972. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. 48 pages.

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WANDERING WIND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1204662
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Hamish Hamilton Reindeer Book. Yellow boards, blue titles. Blue reindeer vignette to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 121 pages. New endpapers. Tapemarks to board edges. Wrapper edge-torn with loss, reinforced at edge and stained.

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JIMMY THE BABY ELEPHANT
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1204471
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1927. Nearly fine condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations.

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FORAGER HIS ADVENTURES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105953
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Happy Family Series No. 6. Brown boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Title on cover is 'Cecil Aldin's Happy Family'. 8 x 7.5 inches. Joints badly cracked showing webbing. Lacks front endpaper. Rear endpaper detached and torn with loss. Three pages with an edge tear. Spine slightly split and worn at base. Corners rubbed. Covers grubby. Colour plates bright.

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THE HAPPY FARM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1204409
Published by Collins. Nearly fine condition.

Magic Circle Books Series. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. 2 full page transforming pictures and two tone text illustrations. An immaculate copy of a scarce book. Undated but probably 1950s.

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BABAR KEEPS FIT!
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 1204175
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

The Adventures of Babar on Television. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Base of spine chipped. Laminate chipping to sides of spine.

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THE STORY OF A CANDY RABBIT
Written by Laura Lee Hope. Illustrated by Harry L. Smith.
Stock no. 1204165
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1920. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. B/w frontis + 3 other plates. Cover edges are worn. Spine is faded. Hinges are slightly pulled.

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THE ANIMALS (WILD AND TAME) OF BUTTERMILK HALL
Written by Kate Floyd Morton. Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 1803359
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Edges rubbed. Front endpaper missing. A few fingermarks to contents.

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THE BEASTS CHOIR
Written by Carmen Bernos De Gasztold. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1803252
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A further collection of delightful poems translated by Rumer Godden from the original French. Some poems reveal a humourous perception of each animal's nature, and all combine to harmonise and give glory to The Lord of Creation. Written by the French poet and mystic, Carmen Bernos De Gasztold, the translation has achieved the spirit of the original text. A book for all ages. Some scattered very pale foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn and browned at spine.

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HOW THE WHALE BECAME
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1303954
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of stories about the days when the world was brand new, and the animals were still making up their minds just what they wanted to be. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning to half-title page else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby on rear panel and slightly worn at top and tail of spine. A nice copy of the scarce first edition.

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THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1601309
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth covers with bevelled edges, pictorial onlay of Samuel Whiskers to front. 21 x 16.5cm. Colour and b/w illustrations. 69 pages. Spine bumped, edges rubbed, boards unevenly discoloured. Book is affected by damp with staining and red 'bleeding' to page edges (especially towards the front of the book). Inscription in ink (dated 1909) to front endpaper. Scattered foxing. Text is legible and illustrations are clean.

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JIMMY JUMBO'S EXCITING DAY
Written by Ethel Butterworth. Illustrated by Ethel Butterworth.
Stock no. 1702907
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Fold out direction on how to may Jimmy to inside rear cover. Covers grubby. A few short tears to plan at rear. Small stain to top of page edges.

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