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DAGGIE DOGFOOT
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Mary Rayner.
Stock no. 1328797
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Daggie was born with strangely misshapen feet - his mother is convinced that they've been given to him for some special purpose; she is proved right! ISBN: 0575027673. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Duswrapper is bright.

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LITTLE FOLKS FARM BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328796
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

A cloth book, printed fabric. 8 bright colour pictures of farmyard animals with small sentence of text below. Covers very lightly browned and centre pages browned. Old price in pencil to top margin of front cover (no attempt has been made to erase it).

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FAIRY BLOSSOM'S PICNIC
Written by Marjorie Dawson. Illustrated by Marjorie Dawson.
Stock no. 1328795
Published by J. Arthur Dixon Ltd. Almost very good condition.

Small, thin format with paperwraps. 4 beautiful full-page colour illustrations (this includes the front cover). 8 pages including the covers. 6.25 x 4.75". Staple rusty. Inscription in ink to rear cover. Small tears to top and tail of spine, minimal loss to base of spine.

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MR. TWINK TAKES CHARGE
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328793
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

More tales of the inscrutable feline detective. Mr. Twink is a black cat. This is the second in the series of nine tales. Green boards, black title to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and a little grubby.

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CLEVER MR. TWINK
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328791
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine, black vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Mr. Twink is a cat. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and rear endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, edge chipped and slightly grubby.

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LIONS IN THE POTTING SHED
Written by Margaret J. Baker. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1328789
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream embossed boards, blue titles. Two-tone illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. A couple of small, old tape marks to rear pastedown. Slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and has old tape marks to front flap.

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THE WHITE DEER
Written by James Thurber. Illustrated by James Thurber.
Stock no. 1328788
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1946. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, white titles. B/w illustrations. Covers are damp stained with slight wear to cover edges. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. A few small foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to top of spine and browned to spine and rear panel.

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THE LITTLEST ONE AGAIN
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328782
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

A book of poems for children. Grey boards, green titles and vignette. 4 colour plates. 55 numbered pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Some grubby marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to contents.

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HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUNG BIRDS
Written by Eric Pochin. Illustrated by Eric Pochin.
Stock no. 1328780
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. Beige boards with brown title and vignette to front. 124 delightful colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped, very slightly grubby with a few spots to front panel.

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SEMOLINA SILKPAWS COMES TO CATSTOWN
Written by Gladys Williams. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns.
Stock no. 1328779
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first in the series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers/ Delightful single-colour line drawings. Old tape marks to endpapers and to covers. Some foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a couple of foxspots to rear panel.

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STRAY
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1328778
Published by Walker. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

One summer the proud old alley-cat Pufftail settles down to tell his young grandson story of his life. Humorous, exciting, poignant an shocking by turns, the account of his experiences makes a gripping and highly entertaining tale, with a cast of memorable feline characters. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0744508010. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Pale page browning throughout, light foxing to textblock.

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ESCAPE TO PERSIA
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328774
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 319 pages. Third impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny, light spot to front cover. Endpapers are very slightly browned. Label to half title-page with inscription in ink on it. Contents otherwise lovely and bright. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel and a tiny bit rubbed at corners.

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