ORLANDO'S INVISIBLE PYJAMAS
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330488
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd.; Royle Publications Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Oblong pictorial cardwraps. Harlequin Books edited by Noel Carrington. 30 pages. Colour & b/w illustrations. Orlando the Marmalade Cat is not like other cats, he has the strangest adventures of which his Invisible Pyjamas is only one of them. Covers are grubby and edge rubbed, name in ink to top of front cover. Name in pencil to top margin of first page. A few small marks at page margins but generally contents clean.

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ORLANDO'S HOME LIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330487
Published by Royle Publications Ltd.; Transatlantic Arts Ltd.. 1st 1947. Good condition.

A Harlequin Picture Book. Oblong pictorial paperwraps show Orlando and his wife to front and three kittens to rear. Harlequin Books list to inside front cover numbers 1-6, with 6 being 'Story of Louisa'. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed, creased and grubby. Foxing to contents. Brown spots to inside front cover.

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THE CRIMINAL CAREER OF VINEGAR TOM
Written by David Fisher. Illustrated by David Fisher.
Stock no. 1330486
Published by Abelard-Schuman Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Vinegar Tom was the laziest cat in Bluebell Street... Yellow boards, black title to spine. Colour illustrations to each page. Spine slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Light damp spots to endpapers. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (twice) to front flap, is slightly edge rubbed and is heavily foxed.

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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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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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