THE TALE OF THE FAITHFUL DOVE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323617
Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Inc.. 1st USA 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Beige cloth with blue titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. A few small damp(?) spots to top edge of rear cover. Front endpapers are browned. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with minimal loss at spine and corners. Wrapper is brpwned, particularly to spine. A nice copy of the first edition, first issue, USA edition.

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GIDEON IN AFRICA
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1824208
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Red cloth spine. The adventures of Gideon the duck and his animal friends. ISBN: 041686290X. Spine lightly faded, boards a little grubby but still nice and bright. Contents are lovely and bright.

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SAND-HOPPERS
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824202
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Doggle (a mongrel) is the hero of the story. Cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Reprint. Cloth spine browned to top & tail. Corners of boards rubbed, some browning to board edges. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is worn and browned to spine, rear panel is grubby.

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DUCKS AND DRAKES
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824201
Published by Collins. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Three children are sent to stay on a farm where they find Mother Hubbard and subsequently a little farm of their own. Brown cloth, white titles. Large format. Attractive colour and b/w illustrations. Fading to top and lower edge of front board. Large gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, fading to spine, and a few marks.

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THE BEST OF AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Margaret Clark. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 1824194
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Retold by Margaret Clark. A selection for younger chldren "to dispel altogether the 'preacherly' tone from the best of Aesop's shrewd and funny stories". Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 61 pages. ISBN: 0744510090. A lovely copy.

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PENDENNIS THE PELICAN
Written by Eric Joysmith. Illustrated by Eric Joysmith.
Stock no. 1323477
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red cloth, cream title and illustration to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers partly browned. Child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Front joint is partly cracked at top and bottom. Some hinges cracked.

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CRACK THE ANT
Written by David Ross; Sephanie Ross.
Stock no. 1824097
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A picture book for very, very junior science enthusiasts - and what small child has not been fascinated by watching a tiny ant scurrying about its business? Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Base of spine split for 0.5" to rear edge. Boards very slightly browned. A few grubby marks to contents, mainly to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, a little grubby.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) THE FRISKY HOUSEWIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1824060
Published by Country Life. 1st 1956. Good condition.

Orlando aquires a shop... First title on rear cover published by John Murray is Orlando, and the Three Graces. Orange pictorial boards. Price to lower front is 9s 6d net. Fabulous colour lithographs. Boards worn at corners, spine split to top and tail with slight loss. Edges of boards lightly rubbed. Boards a little grubby. A few marks and small foxspots to contents. Binding is tight.

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THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323398
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine 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. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Minimal bumping to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly darkened else contents fine. Dustwrapper has a few small creases to front panel.

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BILL BADGER'S VOYAGE TO THE WORLD'S END
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323395
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Captain Bill Badger and his friends are off on a journey to World's End, where they have been told they can have their leaky old barge made new again. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations throughout. 88 pages. Early Bird Series No. 12. ISBN: 071820171X. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers are grubby, pencil writing erased from front endpaper. Some grubby marks to page margins. Textblock is lightly foxed. Price-cut wrapper (with 'new' publisher price of 10/- net/50p net printed beside this) is slightly foxed and edge worn, wear to base of spine with small patch of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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RAGS, M.D.
Written by Lewis Dutton. Illustrated by Edgar Norfield.
Stock no. 1323392
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1933. Good condition.

The charming story of two young dogs and their irrepressible spirits! B/w illustrations throughout with 2 delightful full page colour plates. Illustrated end papers. Peach boards with red title strip. 95 pages. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Spine bumped. Corners worn. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and ink spots to endpapers. Foxing to contents.

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NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1323391
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1919. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with black titles, top edge green. Colour and b/w plates and b/w text illustrations. 367 pages Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to endpapers. Some hinges pulled.

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