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FUNNYBONES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1831159
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1989. Very good condition.

A frightfully funny Hallowe'en classic tells the story of three skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton - who venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, only to find that everyone is in bed. Who will they scare now?! Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0434925039. 1" split to front edge of spine. Lower corners lightly bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Remains of old label to rear board. Contents clean.

COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330975
Published by William Heinemann. 1989. Very good condition.

On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and cover edges are faded. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

A PAIR OF SINNERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830968
Published by Granada. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition.

Full title on title-page of book: 'The history of A Pair of Sinners forgetting not their Ma who was one also'. A story in rhyme. Matt cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations to verse throughout. 41 pages. ISBN: 0246113251. Boards very slightly grubby, spine slightly faded. Small annotation in ink to verso of front endpaper. Pale foxspot to verso of front endpaper and the half-title page. Tiny nick to top edge of page 27/28. Else contents clean.

FUNNYBONES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330647
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

A frightfully funny Hallowe'en classic tells the story of three skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton - who venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, only to find that everyone is in bed. Who will they scare now?! Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0434925039. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few light scoremarks to covers. Contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330617
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Indentation to top edge of rear cover. Some light/faint scoremarks to covers. Foxing throughout. A couple of hinges pulled but binding still tight.

MY BROTHER'S GHOST
Written by Allan Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1329047
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A touching tale of loss, love and endurance. Small format. Green boards with gilt titles and illustration to front. 87 pages. Red endpapers. ISBN: 067088779X. Minimal foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

THE BABY'S CATALOGUE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328768
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The lives of five families through the course of a day - and a night - showing a vast array of baby paraphernalia. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bold, easy to read text. ISBN: 0722657773. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with very slight loss to top of spine.

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328639
Published by Viking. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tale full of action and absurdity, pirates, parrots and chocolate cake... Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670846201. Base of spine very slightly bumped.

BYE BYE BABY
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1325059
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A sad story with a happy ending. Square format, glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures with easy to read text. ISBN: 0434925268. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge creased.

THE CLOTHES HORSE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 2124375
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1ST 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories for young and old. Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. ISBN: 0670812676. Some bumping along cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased and has large tear to base of spine, which has been repaired to verso with sticky tape.

THE BEAR NOBODY WANTED
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1507579
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's own version of a story he loved as a child. Brown cloth, black titles. Brown endpapers. B/w illustrations. 142 pages. ISBN: 0670839825. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Tiny black spot to front cover. Small amount of erased writing to half-title page. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small marks.

THE LITTLE CAT BABY
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1507244
Published by Puffin. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670912867. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby on rear panel.