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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL AFRICAN HIPPOPOTAMUS RACE
Written by Morris Lurie. Illustrated by Richard Sawers.
Stock no. 1824383
Published by Collins. 1st UK 1969. Almost very good condition.

Eight year old Edward Day, the hippo, trains for the greatest river race of them all - the annual African hippopotamus race. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-library with usual library marks. Spine browned, boards a little discoloured. A few grubby marks to contents.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT MAKES LACE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1323835
Published by Collins. 4th 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. 93 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped, light rubbing to cover edges. Endpapers partly browned. Some light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso, is slightly edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel.

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ANIMALS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1323795
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 7. Pictorial cardwraps. Covers edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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THE STREAM IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323776
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tan cloth, blue titles and large vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 52 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners very sightly bumped and some faint spotting to covers. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby, edge chipped and creased and foxed on verso.

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LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED
Written by Marion Ashmore. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1323771
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1931. Good condition.

The adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette of Scottie dog to front. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 97 pages. Corners are bumped. Covers are grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by J. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1323722
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 367 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Some foxing to textblock.

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UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1323721
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1924. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Colour frontis plate, a few other colour plates, many b/w illustrations. 287 pages. 8.25 x 5.75". Ninth impression. SPine bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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CHIMPY
Written by Harry Fleming.
Stock no. 1323692
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The idea of selling Chimpy to a zoo was altogether too much to bear... so Trudy and Dennis look to team up with the circus. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. 135 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, a little grubby to rear panel and browned to spine. Verso of wrapper is heavily browned/foxed.

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LA RAMILLE MISTIGRI
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1323687
Published by Garnier Paris. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to every page. 24 pages, text in French. Staples rusty. Covers very slightly faded at edges with a few small marks to front. A couple of pages are lightly browned else contents clean.

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PLAYTIME
Written by Chas. Herbert. Illustrated by Jaques Browne.
Stock no. 1323684
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1923. Fair condition.

Cardwraps, front shows kittens playing with two girls watching through a window. 2 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Frontis and title-page almost detached, old tape marks to verso of frontis and inside front cover. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Staples rusty.

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OUR TIM PICTURES & STORIES
Written by Edith E. Carter; W. Percival Westell; et al.
Stock no. 1323683
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1910. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board showing portrait of a terrier dog. Colour frontis "waiting for Master". B/w text illustrations and photos. 160 pages. Covers are edge worn. Some foxing to rear cover. Both joints are broken causing front free-endpaper to be almost detached. Contents browned, creasing to rear free-endpaper.

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TOBY TWIRL DARES ALL DANGERS
Written by Sheila Hodgetts. Illustrated by E. Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1323656
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1955. Almost very good condition.

A partly republished version of The New Toby Twirl Colour Strip Adventure Book (first published in 1953). Contains two stories: Toby Twirl and the Rustlers; Toby Twirl and the Magic Boot. Matt pictorial boards (unlaminated) showing Toby Twirl's Adventure Colour Story Book at lower edge of front cover. Covers are edge worn. Rear free-endpaper has been repaired. A few small margin tears and light browning to contents.

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