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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328701
Published by Daily Express. 1938. Good condition.

The third Rupert annual. 1st story Rupert and the Daffodils. Colour pictorial boards. Red cloth spine. 126 pages. 10x7.5". Covers are edge worn, a bit grubby and there is a light circular mark (cup mark?) to centre of front cover. Spine is worn at top and tail with fraying of cloth and is grubby and faded. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Heavy foxing throughout. Hinges pulled and cracked showing stitching beneath.

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MARTIN PIPPIN IN THE APPLE-ORCHARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1828990
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, red titles. Not illustrated. xviii and 369 pages plus 'The Spring-Green Lady' music score to rear. Fifth impression. Spine slightly faded with wear to top & tail. Corners lightly worn, small patch of bleached cloth to top front edge. Endpapers and text block browned. Contents clean.

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MY KITTEN BOOK
Written by Sheena Morey. Illustrated by Kippy.
Stock no. 1328695
Published by Childhood Publications Limited. Very good condition.

Black pictorial boards. Cute colour pictures printed on black paper. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean.

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TIMOTHY
Written by Elizabeth Ramal. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1328694
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, blue titles and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. Lovely colour and b/w lithograph illustrations throughout. 47 pages. 8.5 x 6.25". Spine and corners bumped, some fading to spine. Wrapper is well worn and a bit grubby, most of wrapper spine is missing, what remains is very fragile.

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ONE DAY ON BEETLE ROCK
Written by Sally Carrighar. Illustrated by Eileen Mayo.
Stock no. 1328693
Published by Pleiades Books Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

What happens to the whole animal community of Beetle Rock, in the High Sierra, during one typical day. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 152 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pencil writing to front free-endpaper has been erased. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped and a little grubby.

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THE ALMOST ALL-WHITE RABBITY CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by H.B. Vestal.
Stock no. 1328689
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story about a remarkable cat and the remarkable people who lived in her apartment building; a happy book written by a master storyteller. Orange boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Full page b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718819985. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and a musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

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THE EASTER CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale.
Stock no. 1328688
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. Family tensions interwoven with Millicent's longing for a cat of her own. ISBN: 0718818776. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel and has a "Lutterworth Children's Author" sticker to front panel.

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SCRUFFY THE LITTLE BLACK HEN
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1328683
Published by John Murray. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

White pictorial boards. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are a bit grubby and marked, spine browned and rubbed. Price cut from lower corner of front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY TUG-OF-WAR
Written by Letta Schatz. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1328680
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Oblong format. Full page colour illustrations. Hippopotamus tugged and Elephant tugged. The rope grew tighter - but nothing happened! ISBN: 0370015037. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to textblock but contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn with large tears and slight loss.

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THE CAT WHO CAME TO STAY
Written by Lesley Fotherby. Illustrated by Lesley Fotherby.
Stock no. 1328675
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. ISBN: 1854791060. Foxspots to last couple of pages. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at top of spine with some foxing on verso.

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LASS
Written by Roland Gebauer. Illustrated by Cheri Bladholm.
Stock no. 1328674
Published by Thomas Nelson Inc.. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story for children based on the best-selling book "Lessons from a Sheepdog" by Phillip Keller. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0849914493. Old price-sticker (yellow) to front pastedown. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ian Penney.
Stock no. 1328673
Published by The National Trust. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. An enchanting collection of fairy tales, with paintings by Ian Penney linking the stories to National Trust properties. ISBN: 0707801885. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine and spine edges of wrapper are faded.

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