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THE TURF-CUTTER'S DONKEY GOES VISITING
Written by Patricia Lynch. Illustrated by George Alterndorf.
Stock no. 1325029
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

White cloth with blue titles and vignette to front cover. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 229 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Cloth slightly grubby. Foxing, mainly to textblock and prelims, other other light marks to page margins.

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SCARECROW SAMBO
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323344
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sambo is a doorstop, very much loved by Apricot the kitten and Mokey the donkey. Oblong pictorial boards, 6.5 x 9". Red cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed and a little grubby.

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DEEP SEA MOKEY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323342
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format, 6.5 X 9". Green paperboards with pictorial front board. Orange cloth spine. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. The underwater adventure of a little toy donkey. Some light foxing to rear cover. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown marks to top edge of most pages. Stitching has been pulled causing contents to be loose. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears, some light browning and foxing and verso very browned.

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PEDRO AND ANGELIQUE
Written by Gaye Knowles. Illustrated by Gaye Knowles.
Stock no. 2138159
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pedro was a market boy who grew vegetables for a living. Angelique was his little donkey, and they were very happy together until one day... Blue paper boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. Wear to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut and foxed with some tears and chips; loss to top of spine.

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THE MILLER, THE BOY AND THE DONKEY
Written by Brian Wildsmith; Jean De La Fontaine. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 2135191
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Miller and his boy took their donkey to market to sell him... Pictorial paperboards, blue cloth spine. Colour illustrations thoughout. Small fade mark to base of spine. Some bumping to corners. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and small tears, but minimal loss.

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THE DONKEY AND THE DRAGON
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Percy G. Griggs. Illustrated by Edward Lander.
Stock no. 1504474
Published by John Langdon Limited. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps, pictorial front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Orange, green, black and white illustrations. SIGNED by Elinor Brent-Dyer. Book is from The Margaret Roper School which was opened by Brent-Dyer. School name, class and pupil name written on verso of front endpaper above Brent-Dyer signature. Backstrip is cracked, possibly has been glued, very slight loss to top of spine. Covers are slightly edge worn with a few small marks. A few pen lines to illustrations on endpapers. A few corner creases. Contents very good.

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PEDRO AND ANGELIQUE
Written by Gaye Knowles. Illustrated by Gaye Knowles.
Stock no. 1108833
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pedro was a market boy who grew vegetables for a living. Angelique was his little donkey, and they were very happy together until one day... Blue paper boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. Boards clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Minor foxing to endpapers and a few margin marks else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightlly worn at edges with small chips, heavily foxed.

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THE ADVENTURES OF METHUSELAH
Written by P.R. Bowring; J.W. Dinnage. Illustrated by G.P. Richards.
Stock no. 1807051
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A true story. The Donkey Club was founded by the authors in 1951 when there was very considerable traffic in donkeys from Eire for the meat trade. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn at corners, a few small closed tears & chips to edges and grubby.

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STIGGLES
Written by K.K. De Karroff. Illustrated by Margery Colman.
Stock no. 449477
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some browning to covers. Couple of corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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RAINING CATS AND DONKEYS
Written by Doreen Tovey. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 591952
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 156 pages. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of small nicks and a couple of very small edge-tears.

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THE FOUR DONKEYS
Written by Lloyd Alexander. Illustrated by Lester Abrams.
Stock no. 557330
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Tailor, a Baker and a Shoemaker go the the town fair... Pictorial glazed boards. Wonderfully illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 043720412X. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Slight browning to lower edges of front endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper has browning to lower edge and is chipped at edges with slight loss and slightly grubby to rear.

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MY KINGDOM FOR A DONKEY
Written by Doris Rybot. Illustrated by Douglas Hall.
Stock no. 668642
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Dark boards with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut, torn at corners with slight loss to front edge, some foxing and circular stain to front.

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