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USEFUL DOGGIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Barbara Briggs.
Stock no. 1201145
Published by Lutterworth Press. circa 1935. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, colour pictorial front board. 3 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Doggies and other animals that work. A small amount of colouring to the b/w illustrations. Corners worn.

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ANIMALS OF THE FOREST
Written by Mina Ripani. Illustrated by Regina Muller.
Stock no. 449488
Published by Rylee Ltd.. 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth covered boards with black titles. Colour illustrations throughout. A few grubby marks to prelims. Wrapper is price-cut and edge-torn and chipped, with minimal loss; grubby.

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FROGS
Written by Gerald Donaldson. Illustrated by Various.
Stock no. 448814
Published by Windward. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A charming and amusing collection of tales including the powers and perculier habits of frogs! Cream boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. ISBN: 0711200378. Top and tail of spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Wrapper slightly unevenly faded with rubbed corners.

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HURRAY FOR PEREGRINE PIG
No author listed. Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann.
Stock no. 384217
Published by Ernest Benn. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large square format. Matt pictorial boards. Follow Peregrine Pig's adventures through the full-page colour pictures (no text). Some pages shaped and cut-out to provide 3D scenes. A delightful picture book. ISBN: 0510000916. Small mark to front cover. Contents fine.

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TIN LIZZIE AND LITTLE NELL
Written by David Cox. Illustrated by David Cox.
Stock no. 446999
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1982. Fine condition.

Tin Lizzie is a blue motor car and little Nell is a grey mare. With their owners they set out on a race to town. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370309227.

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THE ANIMAL WHY BOOK
Written by W.P. Pycraft. Illustrated by Edwin Noble.
Stock no. 380042
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, paper boards with onlay to front cover and orange titles. 15 tipped-in vivid colour plates (2 panels to each page), plus b/w vignettes. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges rubbed. Covers slightly grubby and marked with a small piece missing to corner of onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper has been partially erased (causing slight paper damage). Creases to some page margins and a couple of plates, a couple of marks to front endpapers. Otherwise contents bright and clean.

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MY ANIMAL ABC
Written by Mary Shillabeer. Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 738511
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. Large illustrations and bold type. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small dent to cover edges. Bottom of boards a little rubbed. "Fishponds Training College Bristol" stamp to title-page and rear pastedown. Some light foxing to contents, a couple of hinges slightly pulled. Wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby.

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ERIC'S ELEPHANT
Written by John Gatehouse. Illustrated by Marc Vyvyan-Jones.
Stock no. 426065
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Cartwheels book. Eric longs ot have a pet of his own - but winning an elephant in the church jumble sale is not what he had in mind! ISBN: 0241122929. SIGNED by illustrator, with inscriptions and drawings on title page. Spine faded and bumped. Covers have a few grubby marks. Few scratch marks to covers. Contents lovely and bright with only light margin marks to a few pages.

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TOTTIE PIG'S SPECIAL BIRTHDAY
Written by Vivian French. Illustrated by Clive Scruton.
Stock no. 426086
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When Mother Pig tells Tottie that the new baby may arrive on her birthday, she is not at all impressed...! ISBN: 0744515106. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Very light indentation marks to covers.

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CHURCH MICE AND MRS CLUCKABIDDY'S FRIENDS
Written by C.B. Nelson. Illustrated by C.B. Nelson.
Stock no. 317480
Published by Figurehead. Very good condition.

Brown slip case with pictorial onlay containing two volumes. Books have cream p/w with pictorial onlays, and b/w illustrations throughout. 9 x 6". Slip case and books a little bumped and marked. Otherwise nice.

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ANIMAL LIFE IN FACT, FANCY AND FUN
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 728374
Published by Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic Ltd.. Circa 1941. Very good condition.

Bookano Living Models series. Reissue of the Bookano Zoo No. 1. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. 6 pop-up animals. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly worn else covers bright and clean. Inscription in ink to title page. Contents clean. Pop-ups in excellent working order.

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DARK WORLD OF ANIMALS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by T. Stoney.
Stock no. 712146
Published by Sylvan Press. 1st 1945. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w drawings. Spine and corners a little worn. Front cover marked. Joints cracked. Endpapers foxed. Foxing affecting first few pages.

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