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PRICKLY PIG
Written by Gillian McClure. Illustrated by Gillian Mcclure.
Stock no. 1830724
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A hedgehog goes in search of a home for his long winter sleep. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 023396780X. Pictorial dustwrapper is covered with clear laminate and stuck to pastedowns, faded to spine. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Contents clean.

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WEATHER WITCH
Written by Joanna Stubbs. Illustrated by Joanna Stubbs.
Stock no. 1830723
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Mr Mulally left the city and bought a cottage in the country he would have been happy digging in his garden if it wasn't for the rain. Why wouldn't it stop? One evening the sad Weather Witch, who lived in the well at the bottom of the garden, came to visit him. As they chatted she cheered up and the rain stopped. Mr Mulally realised that if he could keep the Weather Witch happy his life in the country would not be spoiled by the rain... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0233966595. Pictorial dustwrapper is covered with clear laminate and stuck to the pastedowns, the laminate is lightly browned. Name in ink to front endpaper. Edges of endpapers stained from the adhesive of the laminate. A few minor marks to contents which are otherwise bright.

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APT. 3
Written by Ezra Jack Keats. Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.
Stock no. 1830722
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st UK 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

On a day when rain softens the sounds of the city, Sam hears someone in his building playing the harmonica. Curious, he and his little brother try to find out where the music is coming from... The brief text of this sensitive story is illuminated by the richly expressive pictures of Ezra Jack Keats. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0241021456. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, faded to spine and has a few closed tears to edges.

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THE FIREBIRD AND OTHER RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES
Written by Jacqueline Onassis. Illustrated by Boris Zvorykin.
Stock no. 1830721
Published by Allen Lane. 1st UK 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Four classic Russian Fairy Tales edited and with an introduction by Jacqueline Onassis. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Purple endpapers. Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. 78 pages. ISBN: 0713911727. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened to horizontal edges on verso with masking tape, edges are rubbed and worn, large mark left by a label to front panel.

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MR. BEAR, POSTMAN
Written by Chizuko Kuratomi. Illustrated by Kozo Kakimoto.
Stock no. 1830719
Published by Macdonald Futura Publishers Ltd.. 1st UK 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Mr. Bear taught himself how to ride a bicycle, everyone wondered why he had done it. They soon learned the answer: he had taken on the job of village postman... Square format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0354080784. Top & tail of spine bumped. Lower horizontal edge of boards is crushed towards spine edge. Contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top & tail of spine, creased to lower rear edge, a little grubby, faded to spine.

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MR. BEAR'S SHADOW
Written by Chizuko Kuratomi. Illustrated by Kozo Kakimoto.
Stock no. 1830718
Published by Macdonald Futura Publishers Ltd.. 1st UK 1980. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In the morning when the rabbit children played at jumping on Mr. Bear's shadow, it was very big. When he woke up from his little snooze, it was midday and his shadow had shrunk. Poor Mr. Bear thought that he must have shrunk. Suddenly everything looked very big and he felt very small. Square format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0354081136. Boards lightly rubbed at corners. Contents excellent. Dustwrapper is faded to top and spine, lightly browned with one or two minor marks, corners lightly rubbed.

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MR. BEAR, BAKER
Written by Chizuko Kuratomi. Illustrated by Kozo Kakimoto.
Stock no. 1830717
Published by Macdonald Futura Publishers Ltd.. 1st UK 1981. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mr. Bear spends a day baking for the rabbit baker as he ruined some flour by sleeping on it! Large square format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0354081357. Spine and corners lightly shelf-rubbed. Fading to top edge of rear board, creasing to spine. Contents lovely!

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THE TWILIGHT BOOK
Written by Jonny Boatfield. Illustrated by Jonny Boatfield.
Stock no. 1830716
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An interactive, inventive picture book. More than a story about a boy trying to rescue a little girl, it is also a game of search and find. Hours of fun. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout with speech bubbles. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0747544700. Light bumping to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at spine.

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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Written by Tim Rice; Andrew Lloyd Webber. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1830715
Published by Pavilion Children'S Books. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Based on the smash-hit musical of the same name that has become a classic in children's entertainment, this book retells in verse and pictures one of the most exciting action-packed stories in the Old Testament. Revised edition. White matt pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations throughout in Blake's unique style. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781843651031. A lovely copy.

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RAILWAY PASSAGE
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1830713
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charming story of the residents of Railway Passage, and how their individual lives change when their Residents Consortium win the football pools! Illustrated endpapers and wonderful and extensive colour illustrations throughout. Large format. Pictorial boards. Unpaginated. ISBN: 019279700X. Boards lightly browned across top edge. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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WASTEGROUND CIRCUS
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1830712
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Scott and Wayne used the demolition site in the heart of the city as a playground. Then one day a circus made an overnight stop on the site and life was never the same again - for one of the boys. Large format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0192797085. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded at edges.

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ANOTHER STORY PLEASE!
Written by Richard Wilson. Illustrated by M. Joyce Davies.
Stock no. 1830711
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1936. Almost very good condition.

Reading for Action - Book 1. A Book of Enjoyment and Wonder Made up by Richard Wilson. Short stories and poems. Beige cloth boards, Green title to front board which is illustrated with clock, candle and mother reading to her two children. Black title to spine with vignette of young girl. Chequered endpapers. Large text. Colour illustrations. 144 pages. Reprint. Boards browned and a little marked. Edge of boards worn with fraying, exposing board beneath cloth. Text block lightly browned. A few grubby marks to margins.

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