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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 737072
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Cover edges rubbed, corners worn. A few small dents to cover edges. New endpapers front and rear (which are lightly foxed). Contents clean.

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ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 737037
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. Inscription in ink (dated 1937) on front cover. Covers lightly creased with some slight scuffing on rear cover. Some light foxing to contents.

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GODHANGER
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 585471
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The animals of Godhanger Wood live in fear of the cruel gamekeeper; dreading his death-dealing daily round; terrified that they'll be next on the bloody gibbet... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385407785. Spine slightly bumped. Contents mint. Pictorial wrapper slightly creased at edges.

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PADDY FINDS A JOB
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 584147
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

A pop-up picture book featuring Paddy the Pig. Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour pop-ups. No text. Oblong format. ISBN: 0333315782. SIGNED by author on front cover. A superb copy.

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SELWYN THE SEALION
Written by Myrtle Jerrett. Illustrated by Myrtle Jerrett.
Stock no. 736197
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fact the Selwyn was proved a dunce turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. Oblong format. Blue cloth spine, white pictorial boards. Colour lithograph illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Pale foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, minimal loss to top and tail of spine, grubby and foxed.

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MY BOOK OF CATS & KITTENS
No author listed. Illustrated by Masha.
Stock no. 626385
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

An anthology of prose & stories for children. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Two-tone & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001381342. Insect damage to bottom corner of last few pages and to the rear endpapers. Slight lingering smell present.

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GODHANGER
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 582094
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The animals of Godhanger Wood live in fear of the cruel gamekeeper; dreading his death-dealing daily round; terrified that they'll be next on the bloody gibbet... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385407785. Some edge-creasing to pictorial wrapper.

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MY BRIMFUL BOOK
Written by Dana Bruce. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor; Margot Austin; Wesley Dennis.
Stock no. 582146
Published by Collins. 1965. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark red titles to imitation cloth covers. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Favourite poems of childhood, Mother Goose Rhymes and Animal Stories. Edited by Bruce. Cover edges are worn. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is very edge-torn and chipped with pieces of loss to edges and some repairs with sticky tape.

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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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PADDY'S EVENING OUT
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 581224
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format with halfpage pictures to change the scene. ISBN: 0333148428. Spine and corners are bumped, with light chipping to top and tail of spine. Pencil scribble to front pastedown and name in felt pen to top of front pastedown. Contents are very good indeed!

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THE PERSIAN LADY
Written by Charles Burrard Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 626236
Published by Figurehead. 1st 1930. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A whimsical woodland mystery. Grey buckram, black title and vignette of cat's paw prints to front and spine. With delightful sketches by the author. 64 pages. B/w plates. Light pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Brown/grey pictorial paper wrapper is edge-worn and has white mark to spine.

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LITTLE CAT LOST
Written by Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by James Boswell.
Stock no. 626218
Published by Barrie & Rockliff. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The hero of this tale is a white cat who doesn't let his deafness bother him. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w & two tone illustrations. Name in ink to front endpaper. Orange pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners, lightly faded at spine with 1" closed tear to top of spine.

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