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BUNNIKIN'S PICNIC PARTY
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1331064
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 10th 1950. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 401. Brown boards with black titles and colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine slightly faded. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Contents clean.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
Written by Peggy Miller.
Stock no. 1331052
Published by British Broadcasting Corporation. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. Adapted from the original T.V. series written and directed by Cecile Aubry. ISBN: 0563073985. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, damp stains and light foxing on verso and price-cut to front flap.

THE FOX AND THE STAR
Written by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Stock no. 1331018
Published by Particular Books. 1st 2015. Fine condition.

Blue cloth with white titles and decoration. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781846148507.

THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS OR THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831158
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1960. Almost very good condition.

The tale of Tom Kitten's escape from two rats who plan to make him into a pudding. Red boards, black lettering. Circular pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w and colour illustrations. 75 pages. Boards lightly scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn/rubbed. Wear to top of spine exposes board beneath. Tiny amount of surface paper loss to pictorial onlay on front board. Text block lightly browned. A few minor marks to contents.

THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831157
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1962. Almost very good condition.

Benjamin Bunny and his cousin Flopsy are the parents of six young rabbits called simply the Flopsy Bunnies. The story concerns how the Flopsy Bunnies, while raiding a rubbish heap of rotting vegetables, fall asleep and are captured by Mr. McGregor who places them in a sack. Cream boards with triangular pictorial onlay and red titles. 5.5 x 4" approx. 59 pages. Boards grubby. Edges of boards rubbed & worn at corners and top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. A few marks to contents.

THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831156
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1963. Almost very good condition.

The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure. Cream boards, red titles, pictorial onlay. 58 numbered pages. Small format. ISBN: 0723205957. Boards grubby. Corenrs lightly rubbed. Front hinge pulled. A few minor, faint marks to contents but contents generally appear clean.

THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831155
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A tale about teasing featuring a kitten and a mouse. Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 52 pages printed on one side of the page only. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped/worn. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has '3/6' printed on inside front flap. is grubby and stained, worn at corners with some loss.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame; Mary Ellmann. Illustrated by Alex Tsao.
Stock no. 1831141
Published by The New American Library. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Introduction by Mary Ellmann. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. American Edition. 221 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. A Signet Classic. Second printing. White pictorial boards are a little grubby. Contents clean.

THE ADVENTURES OF CURIOUS GEORGE (3 VOLUMES)
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1831114
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition.

Three original Curious George books in a pictorial card slipcase. Contains unabridged miniature editions of H.A. Rey's Curious George; Curious George Rides a Bike; and Curious George Gets a Medal. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0395735181. Curious George Rides a Bike has a white band to vertical edge of front and rear cover, Gets a Medal has a tiny white band (printing error). Card slipcase is heavily faded, worn and has damp staining to rear. There are a few very smalll marks to book covers resulting from the damp staining. Else, a lovely, clean set.

HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1330905
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

WHO WILL PLAY WITH ME?
Written by Mary Brooks. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 1831065
Published by Golden Pleasure Books Ltd.. Circa 1963. Almost very good condition.

Dapply the baby jaguar is looking for someone to play with... Pictureland Series No. 4. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Base of spine is split to front edge, worn with torn paper backstrip. Cup ring mark to front board, Biro marks to rear board, boards a little scuffed. Text block browned. Pencil mark crossed out with pen to top of front pastedown, '2/6' written in small text to top corner of title page. Else contents generally clean.

KALLEE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by F.G. Turnbull. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1831055
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of nature stories. Brown cloth boards, blue title to spine. B/w text illustrations. viii and 210 pages. Faint damp to front board. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine. A few marks to top edge of rear board and a thin band of fading. Endpapers and text block browned. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily rubbed at edges and worn to corners, lightly faded to spine, a few small edge-chips, a little scuffed.