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ANGUS AND THE CAT
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 594220
Published by The Bodley Head. 2nd 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Angus is an inquisitive Scottie dog who now has a cat living in his home - a cat who boxes Angus's ears and takes his food and sits in his sunshine... Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Rear cover a little grubby. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few finger marks to contents. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, a little edge-rubbed with a few tiny closed edge tears.

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LOUIS WAIN'S BABY'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 593893
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards with picture of cute kitten on the front cover. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats. REDUCED from £450. Edges rubbed, corners worn, backstrip worn with loss to bottom. Covers a little grubby. Front and rear joints cracked. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few repaired margin tears, slight margin loss to last two pages. A few marks present.

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TO NURSERY LAND WITH LOUIS WAIN
Written by Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626882
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Edited by Edric Vredenburg. Father Tuck's "Golden Gift" Series. Red cloth spine with black title. Pictorial boards show dozing mother cat with rocking cradle of three kittens in front of a fireplace. Colour frontis plus b/w and two tone illustrations of cats and some of dogs throughout. REDUCED FROM £460. Top of boards and frontispiece damp stained. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Slight margin loss at top of title page and next four pages. A few grubby marks to last page else contents lovely, clean and bright. A nice copy of a scarce title.

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MUSIC IN PUSSYTOWN
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626888
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Father Tuck's "Wonderland" Series. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full page colour illustrations plus two tone illustrations of Wain's anthropomorphic cats. Accompanied by rhyme. Oblong format. Backstrip missing. Base of spine to first stitch is split and therefore contents a little fragile. Vertical crease in centre of book. Small patch of surface paper loss to front spine edge corner. Light browning to contents else lovely and bright. A nice copy of an exceptionally rare Louis Wain title.

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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626891
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Poor condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Each plate has now separated (the spine has completely gone) so that four individual plates are left. Plates are nice and bright. Six of the fourteen cat figures are missing. One cat figure is missing the head. Some figures a little creased. Rear cover grubby and torn where pocket flap was (pocket flap missing).

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Christopher Logue. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 991684
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Wonderful full-colour pop-ups. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224013009. All pop-ups in excellent working order. Corners rubbed.

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TABBYKINS AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by G.D. Rowlandson. Illustrated by G.D. Rowlandson.
Stock no. 626773
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books series. A story for children. Green cloth spine, cream boards, green titles & vignette to front. Blue & red pictorial endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Some hinges pulled, a few margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is worn & torn with loss, strengthened with clear tape, spine strengthened to verso with white paper.

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MY BOOK OF CATS & KITTENS
No author listed. Illustrated by Masha.
Stock no. 626385
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

An anthology of prose & stories for children. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Two-tone & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001381342. Insect damage to bottom corner of last few pages and to the rear endpapers. Slight lingering smell present.

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LOUIS WAIN'S BABY'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 581718
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards with picture of cute kitten on the front cover. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats. Spine worn with slight loss at top and tail. Corners worn, covers scuffed but still bright. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light brown stain to top edge of front endpaper and title page. A few margin marks but contents generally clean. A nice copy of a scarce Wain title.

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LITTLE SOLDIERS
Written by May Crommelin. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 581721
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

It's grand to be a soldier in Catland where there are no human beings and cats can have it all their own way... Cream pictorial boards. Numerous red and blue illustrations throughout. A charming story with delightful illustrations. REDUCED FROM £290. Rebacked with light green cloth retaining most of original spine. Covers rubbed at edges with a few marks to front and grubby to rear. A few foxspots and closed margin tear to contents but generally bright and clean. A scarce Wain title.

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THE ROBBER KITTEN
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 734975
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial boards with yellow spine. 46 pages. Full-page colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Light page browning and foxing to margins. A few corner tips (tiny) creased. A nice copy of this scarce Disney title.

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THE PERSIAN LADY
Written by Charles Burrard Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 626236
Published by Figurehead. 1st 1930. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A whimsical woodland mystery. Grey buckram, black title and vignette of cat's paw prints to front and spine. With delightful sketches by the author. 64 pages. B/w plates. Light pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Brown/grey pictorial paper wrapper is edge-worn and has white mark to spine.

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