ANIMAL STORY
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ADVENTURES OF A BEAGLE
Written by T.L. McCready.
Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Stock no. 1329020
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st UK
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Revised edition. Blue boards. Pictorial colour endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Price cut wrapper is lightly browned on verso and slightly edge rubbed.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- DOGS
- DOGS (CHILDRENS)
- BEAGLES
SONGBIRD STORY
Written by Michael Rosen.
Illustrated by Jill Dow.
Stock no. 1329012
Published by Frances Lincoln.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Two songbirds soar among the leaves and branches, filling the woods with their singing. Then along comes the birdcatcher with his traps.... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0711207186. Spine is faded else a fine copy.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- BIRDS (CHILDRENS)
THE LITTLE BEAR STORIES
Written by Martin Waddell.
Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1329008
Published by Walker Books.
1st thus
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A beautiful volume containing the four stories about Little Bear and Big Bear: Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?; Let's Go Home, Little Bear; You and Me, Little Bear and Well done, Little Bear. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744581540. Some very light/faint foxing to top edge of textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- BEAR
RABBIT
Written by Alison Catley.
Illustrated by Alison Catley.
Stock no. 1329004
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books.
1st
1991.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Spring, summer, autumn, winter - in exquisite tempera paintings. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0091744083. Old price label to rear panel of wrapper else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
- FOXES
- TOYS
BADGER'S RACE
Written by Alison Catley.
Illustrated by Alison Catley.
Stock no. 1329003
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition.
Boastful fox challenges dear old Badger to a race... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0091761743.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- BADGERS
SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose.
Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1328976
Published by Harper & Row.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot affecting inner margins of last few pages. Some light damp staining to inner margins of endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and foxed, tear to top corner of rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- SPIDERS
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
THE LAST POLAR BEARS
Written by Harry Horse.
Illustrated by Harry Horse.
Stock no. 1328937
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Brown boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A story told through a series of extraordinary letters. ISBN: 0670848670. Spine bumped. Evidence of erased pencil marks to top edge of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- BEAR
THE TEASHOP BY THE WATER AND OTHER TALES
Written by Marjorie-Ann Watts.
Illustrated by Marjorie-Ann Watts.
Stock no. 1328928
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Seven delightful stories of real living creatures. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 47 pages. Two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to spine ends. Some foxing to textblock and page margins else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
UNCLE REMUS OR THE STORY OF MR. FOX AND BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris.
Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Rene Bull.
Stock no. 1328892
Published by Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Limited.
Circa
1941.
Good condition.
Very large format (12.5 x 10"). Beige cloth with brown and red title and colour illustration to front. With twelve tissue-guarded colour plates by Rountree and eighty-four pen and ink text illustrations by Bull. A wonderful edition of this classic story. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (also affecting pastedown inside). Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout. Some light damp staining to edges of plates and tissue-guards (not affecting the actual illustrations). One of the plates has a closed tear to the inner margin at base. Still a decent copy.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
- BLACK INTEREST
SPIDER DOG
Written by Primrose Cumming.
Illustrated by Barbara Turner.
Stock no. 1328891
Published by Country Life Ltd..
1st
1936.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A litter of Sussex Spaniel puppies was destined to be drowned but rescued in the nick of time. Light brown/peach cloth with brown titles. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and some pages. Some fingering to pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top of spine, Spine browned and some browning to panels. Large but light circular stain to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- DOGS (CHILDRENS)
- DOGS
- DOGS - GUNDOG
- SPANIELS
- ANIMAL STORY
ADVENTURES OF PUFFIN
Written by Ursula Moray Williams.
Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 1328884
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd..
1st
1939.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and border lines to front cover. 197 numbered pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Spine slightly browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Looks like a section from the original dustwrapper(?) has been cut out and stuck to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is dusty and also slightly stained (does not affect page margins).
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- PUFFINS
THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE
Written by Paul Biegel; Patricia Crampton.
Illustrated by Tineke Schinkel.
Stock no. 1328869
Published by Glover & Blair Limited.
1st UK
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A fairy story about Ninochka, the fairy with broken wings who feared she would never dance again and her faithful companion Yaaling the frog. Translated from the Dutch into English by Crampton. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 115 pages. ISBN: 0906681006. Spine bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and just a little grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRIES
- ANIMAL STORY
- FROG