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THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE: THE ANIMATED STORY
Written by Charlie Mackesy. Illustrated by Charlie Mackesy.
Stock no. 1830102
Published by Ebury Press. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition.

A story about a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse - their journey together and the boy's search for home. Matt pictorial boards. Contents use printed 'handwritten' text. Colour illustrations throughout from the animation. ISBN: 9781529197686. A few minor scuffs to pictorial boards. Contents clean.

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UNCLE REMUS STORIES
Written by Joel Chandler Harris; Jane Shaw. Illustrated by William Backhouse.
Stock no. 1329942
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, cream boards with red title and vignette. Delightful colour illustrations. Retold by Jane Shaw. 13 stories. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Slight foxing, musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to top edge and some loss to top of spine and rear panel (small tape repairs on verso).

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UNCLE REMUS OR MR. FOX, MR. RABBIT, AND MR. TERRAPIN
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by A.T. Elwes.
Stock no. 1329934
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Circa 1900. Good condition.

50 b/w illustrations. Brown cloth with black titles. 248 pages plus booklist to rear. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Contents are lightly fingered and browned.

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PARLICOOT
Written by Alex W. MacLeod. Illustrated by Alex W. Macleod.
Stock no. 1329919
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

And How He Set Out to Find A Playmate. Parlicoot is a strange little creature who appears in the Dell one day looking for a Playmate. An enchanting story delightfully illustrated. 23 pages. Slightly oblong format. Foxing to cloth spine. Light scribble marks to front cover, scuff marks to rear. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Marks to front pastedown and half-title page. Contents generally clean. A nice, bright copy of a scarce little book (not as bad as it sounds!).

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THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1329868
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An intriguing tale of an unusual tea party, where the hostess is a sly old cat and the guest an unassuming rat. Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated this story in 1906 and now for the first time it appears as a book. Foreword by Leslie Linder. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Foxing to covers and dustwrapper and also to some page margins. White dustwrapper is slightly browned.

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THE PETER RABBIT POP-UP BOOK
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Colin Twinn.
Stock no. 1329627
Published by Frederick Warne. Circa 1983. Good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. From 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Potter. 6 pop-up pages. Paper engineering by Keith Moseley. ISBN: 0723229503. 8th printing. Spine and corners bumped. Piece broken off pop-up scene with Mr McGregor and his sieve (peter rabbit - but still present). Other pop-ups in good working order.

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DR. SEUSS' ANIMAL ANTICS
Written by Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1329607
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

If I Ran The Circusl; If I Ran The Zoo and On Beyond Zebra. Orange glazed pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780007241941. Light pencil erasure mark to top corner of front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and creased.

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FURTHER TALES OF LITTLE GREY RABBIT
Written by Denis Judd; Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1329604
Published by Collins. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Written in the same style of the original Alison Uttley stories, this collection of stories is based on a surprise discovery of previously unpublished Margaret Tempest pictures. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. 158 pages. ISBN: 0001942018. Dustwrapper is price-cut, creased to spine, there is a damp stain (hardly visible) to top edge of front panel.

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BUSTER BEAR'S TWINS
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 1329602
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1924. Good condition.

Green Forest Series. Blue cloth, orange title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates. 207 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front joint is cracked showing webbing. Frontis is detached but still present. Light brown spots to pages 67 and 68 (and to verso of plate opposite page 67).

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MRS. PETER RABBIT
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 1329600
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1920. Fair condition.

Green Meadow Series. Green cloth with pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. 205 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Crayon(?) scribble to rear cover. Only 6 of the 8 plates are present (2 MISSING).

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THE BLACK SHEEP
Written by Elisabeth Heck; Rodney Martin. Illustrated by Sita Jucker.
Stock no. 1329252
Published by Spindlewood. 1st 1985. Almost very good condition.

Retold by Martin. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0907349048. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. One hinge has been pulled but binding is still tight.

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BERTHA AND THE RACING PIGEON
Written by Pam Ayres. Illustrated by Pam Ayres.
Stock no. 1329243
Published by Hutchinson; Hutchinson Junior Books Ltd. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. A gripping story concerning two pigeons living in a barn! ISBN: 0091392209. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

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