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ALL SORTS OF COMICAL CATS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1328534
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Cloth spine, cream boards. Pictorial front board with blue title. Blue floral decorated endpapers. Mounted colour frontis of a lion and a monkey (not by Wain). Numerous b/w and two-tone illustrations of cats throughout (by Wain). Nister No. 742. Covers slightly scuffed and worn to spine and corners. Endpapers browned. Front joint is partly cracked. Some page browning and fingering. Some small margin tears and some corner creases. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE LOUIS WAIN NURSERY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1328533
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Cream paper boards with red title to front, illustration of cat holding a kitten and rocking three kittens in cradle to front. Many b/w illustrations on Wain's anthropomorphic animals especially cats. Boards are edge worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page (dated 1902). Some small margin tears and one page has a large repaired tear (very neat repair). Small patch of surface paper loss to lower edge of one full-page b/w illustration. Light vertical crease to one page. Generally a very decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE CHURCH CAT ABROAD
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328505
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The church cat and two church mice set out to boost the Vestry Roof Repair fund... Pictorial boards, oblong format. Bright colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0333148258. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Child's name in biro to title-page. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is torn at corners and slightly browned at edges.

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THE CHURCH MICE ADRIFT
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328503
Published by Templar Publishing. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Modern Classics series. When Sampson the cat and his friends the mice are forced out of the church by a nasty group of rats, they must come up with a cunning plan - with a very sticky ending! Pale blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781848770621. Tiny nick to top of spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. Front panel is slightly damaged from damp.

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THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1328377
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

From the Just So Stories. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333341368. Spine slightly faded.

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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328325
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1948. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 52 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly foxed and edge rubbed.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING CAT
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1328054
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Good condition.

The second adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Pale green cloth with yellow titles and magnifying glass vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to covers. Foxing to textblock and light finger creases to page margins.

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JENNY AND THE CAT CLUB
Written by Esther Averill. Illustrated by Esther Averill.
Stock no. 1327745
Published by The New York Review Children's Collection. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition.

A collection of favourite stories about Jenny Linsky (a shy black cat). Red cloth spine with black titles, yellow pictorial boards. Delightful illustrations. ISBN: 1590170474. Tiny mark to lower edge of front cover.

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INK AND THE MILK
Written by Robert Hartman. Illustrated by Robert Hartman.
Stock no. 1327740
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very good condition.

One Shilling Buffin Books series. Red pictorial cardwraps. 30 pages. Colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples starting to go rusty. Name in ink to top margin of title-page (pencil name erased below).

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THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING CAT
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1326825
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 6th 1950. Very good condition.

The second adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Who stole the valuable cat? How did it go? How could Luke be cleared of the blame? How could they get the better of old Clear-Orf? Red boards, black titles and magnifying glass vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight fading to spine. Name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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A CAT IN FAIRYLAND AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326754
Published by Pitkin. 1st 1949. Good condition.

Dark red imitation leather boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly faded, top and tail of spine loose. Name and address in pencil to title-page. Neat colouring to a few of the illustrations.

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I ONLY HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES
Written by Kenneth Williams. Illustrated by Beverlie Manson.
Stock no. 1826627
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Accompanied by his cat, a small boy dreams up wonderful worlds in which he plays many roles - among them the king of the castle, an explorer in a jungle and the ringmaster of a circus. Glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Large colour illustrations with smaller b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0460061755. Spine lightly faded, worn to top & tail with slight loss to surface paper, boards appear slightly scuffed. Corners lightly rubbed.Endpapers a little rubbed. Contents otherwise clean.

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