WOBBLE THE WITCH CAT
Written by Mary Calhoun. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 1330485
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1960. Good condition.

Burgundy spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed, slightly bumped to spine and corners. The front endpapers are a little messy with previous inscriptions and pencil marks. Endpapers lightly foxed. Some light page browning to the white pages (some of the pages are black). A decent copy of this scarce book.

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NAPPER TANDY: THE STORY OF A GOOD CAT BY HIS FRIEND ARGOS
Written by Hazel Brill Jackson. Illustrated by Hazel Brill Jackson.
Stock no. 1330484
Published by Hazel Brill Jackson. 1962. Very good condition.

Burgundy cardwraps with gilt title and vignettes to front cover, small gilt vignette to rear cover. B/w illustrations throughout. SIGNED by the author to colophon page and also to dedication page (this copy dedicated to Una(?)). This is copy no. 9. Covers are edge worn with slight fading and a couple of small tears. Staples are rusty (the lower one has partially broken away on the outside of the book). Minimal foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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THE TALE OF MR. TOD
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208907
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Light brown boards and lettering. Pictorial onlay of Mr. Tod to front cover. 93 numbered pages. 5.5 x 4.25". The dedication page states William Francis (instead of Francis William) which denotes a 1st printing. Some slight wear to spine which has been professionally restored (only visible on close inspection). Some light fingering to margins and some very light foxing else contents are generally clean. A couple of small marks to covers and some very slight wear to lower corner of rear cover. A nice copy of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE GREY GENTLEMEN
Written by Michael Ende.
Stock no. 1830630
Published by Burke Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy novel about the concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies. Originally published in German in 1973. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text in brown and illustrations brown & white. 238 pages. ISBN: 0222003677. Spine lightly rubbed and worn. Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, worn at top & tail of spine with 1" split at tail. Overall, a very nice copy of an unusual title.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay.
Stock no. 1830626
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Circa 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware. Large format. Fully illustsrated edition by Kate Greenaway Medal winner, Jim Kay. Large format. Orange cloth boards, metallic green title to spine, orange ribbon page marker. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations. 258 pages. ISBN: 9781408845653. Second printing. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge with very light scuffing to rear panel.

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WEE WILLIE WINKIE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1830624
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A book of nursery rhymes illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler. One rhyme and colour picture to accompany it per page. First rhyme is Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Cloth spine, green pictorial paper boards with Wee Willie Winkie clasping a lantern to front and Little Bo-Peep to rear board. Not paginated. Board edges rubbed, corners worn. Spine faded and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Some finger creasing and marks to contents. Some foxing to gutters (minor).

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PETER AND LOTTA'S ADVENTURE
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830613
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2003. Very good condition.

When Peter and Lotta give away one of their kittens, they find themselves having a day of adventures including the excitement of the fair. But will they get home safely? Large oblong format. Orange cloth spine with dark brown title, white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and silhouettes. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0863153984. Cloth spine a little grubby. Light scuffing to rear board. Small white label with 'A45' handwritten in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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THE ANKH-MORPORK ARCHIVES: A DISCWORLD ANTHOLOGY VOLUME II
Written by Terry Pratchett; Stephen Briggs. Illustrated by Paul Kidby.
Stock no. 1830612
Published by Gollancz. Circa 2020. Nearly fine condition.

This volume brings together four editions of the infamous Discworld Diaries into one deluxe, digitally re-mastered compendium. Square format. Matt pictorial boards. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. ISBN: 9781473229648. Second printing. A lovely copy.

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THE TOBY BUDGET VOLUME III
Written by Gunby Hadath; E. Talbot; Nancy M. Hayes; Leslie Wood; Bessie Marchant; Percy F. Westerman; et al; Stanley Phillips. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre; Donald R. Sexton; et al..
Stock no. 1830611
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1927. Good condition.

Yellow/orange cloth boards with pictorial onlay depicting galleons. a man overboard and boy with shark. This volume is page 561 (Vol 6 No. 1 July 1926) to page 856. Stories, puzzles, articles on stamp collecting. Boards are grubby and marked, corners worn, base of spine has split in cloth and some wear to top of spine. Front and rear joint cracked and feeling fragile but holding at time of writing. Inscription in ink to top of front pastedown. Text block browned, margins browned and grubby. Two coloring competitions completed. Page 561-604 cust shorter than the rest of the contents. Contents foxed/browned. A good working copy, front joint is liable to split.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830605
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Seventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light fading to open edges and a little scuffing.

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THE LITTLE GREY MEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330482
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story about the last gnomes in Britain, their exploration of the Folly Brook and their search for Cloudberry, their long-lost brother who went up the Folly and never returned... Grey cloth, red titles. Enchanting b/w wood-engravings. 200 pages. (The true first edition, as this book was later published with colour plates). Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover at top of spine and top front cover. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn with slight loss to top of spine, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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THE FOREST OF BOLAND LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330481
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. One day a mischievous leprechaun leads a band of followers in an attempt to break up the railway... Humour and excitement is captured with ingenious detail in BB's superb b/w illustrations and colour frontis. Blue pictorial boards. 127 pages. Some light browning to spine edges and some light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed to rear panel and lightly browned to spine.

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