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THE KNOT SQUIRREL TIED
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1404441
Published by Collins. 10th 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, red titles and picture to front. 95 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Small green pencil mark to rear endpaper. A little foxing to page edges. Light browning to some pages. Tiny ink spots to margins of pages 90 and 91. Contents otherwise are generally clean. Slight musty smell to book. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears. Spine is browned and the wrapper is grubby and marked. Verso is browned.

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A VISIT TO THE TREE-TOPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314799
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25 inches). Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly browned, light rubbing to cover edges. Contents lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is faded/browned to spine and front panel with light damp stains at edges, wrapper edges are rubbed.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1313165
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay of Timmy Tiptoes the little grey squirrel. The year 1911 appears on the title-page. The first two printings are believed to be identical. Small format. 85 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prelims are part detached. Front joint (between frontis and title-page is cracked and a couple of hinges are just starting to crack. Title-page is slightly finger-creased. Contents are generally clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SQUIRREL FLUFFYTALE
Written by Dolores McKenna.
Stock no. 1402406
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of Brownie Squirrel's journey to a party. Green boards with gilt title. Black & white pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Browning to endpapers. Pencil erased from top of verso of front endpaper. Colour plates all present but not in right order. They may have been reinserted into book. One plate has ragged edges and is a little detached from the book and has a couple of shiny marks (?glue).Pictorial dustwrapper is edgeworn and torn with a little loss. Front panel is creased. Wrapper is grubby.

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THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1312249
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Dark blue boards. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly darkened. Some purple paint(?) marks and a biro scribble to front cover. Child's pencil writing to front pastedown and address in ink to endpaper. Child's drawings and writing to four of the blank pages. Grubby fingermarks to contents. This is the third printing of the first edition.

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CYRIL THE SQUIRREL
Written by Leonora Fry. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 1501885
Published by Partridge Publications Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Cyril thinks his home, Tree-Trunk Lodge, is to be felled. Colour pictorial boards. Blue and white and blue, pink and white illustrations. 48 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some small splits to backstrip. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. A few coloured pencil marks to endpapers and a couple of illustrations at the start of the story. Contents slightly pulled.

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MERRY MERRY MAYTIME
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1708323
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards, green titles. Small format. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper a little grubby.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1309940
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Orange boards, green titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. A few small fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and is torn at front fold.

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SANDY'S SEVEN TAILS
Written by Helen Haywood; Isobel St. Vincent. Illustrated by Helen Haywood; Isobel St. Vincent.
Stock no. 1207677
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1943. Fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red cloth with black title to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. The story of Sandy a mischievous little red squirrel. Wrapper edge-torn with some loss, front panel intact.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1108307
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Dark green boards. White titles. Pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. Small format. 84 numbered pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges; mostly spine. Marks to covers. Nicks to top of spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE SILVER TIDE
Written by Michael Tod.
Stock no. 1401308
Published by Orion. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book One in the Woodstock Saga. Deep in the Dorset countryside, a peace - loving community of Red squirrels flee from the relentless menace of the Silver Tide - the Grey Squirrels. Burgundy boards, silver title to spine. 226 pages. ISBN: 1857975634. SIGNED by author with inscription to front free endpaper. Spine and corners are bumped. Publisher's sticker advertising other books in the series. Dust wrapper is edge worn with address sticker to front flap. Small mark to rear panel.

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THAT LITTLE RED SQUIRREL
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1306904
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Very small, oblong format 3.5 x 4.75". Beige pictorial boards with green spine. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners worn, 0.5" loss to base of spine. Strangely a small hole has been pierced through to the spine edge of the front cover and a piece of red ribbon has been tied neatly around the front cover (see photograph). Some light fingering else contents clean.

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