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HOW LITTLE GREY RABBIT GOT BACK HER TAIL
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2126414
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1945. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. Green titles, maroon picture. Red/white endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine is a bit browned. Couple of ink numbers to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has been torn in two pieces to spine and taped back together again; loss at tip, tail and small piece to middle of spine. Rest of wrapper is creased with some grubby marks.

THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2126374
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title, brown vignette and lettering. Pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Larger format than the other "Tales". 96 pages. Spine is browned. Some foxing to covers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing also to pages throughout.

BRANTUB THE DANCING BEAR
Written by Margaret Norton. Illustrated by Kay Widdowson.
Stock no. 2126314
Published by The Bodley Head Children'S Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

When the word goes out that the king wants a dancing bear, Brantub presents himself at the palace. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370314093. SIGNED by author to title page. Some fading to spine. A few marks to covers.

THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2126051
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 84 pages. Early Reprint. Backstrip has been re glued (appears to have at one time been detached). Some chipping. Bumping and wear to corners. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby margin marks and the odd foxspot. Hinges are pulled causing contents to be a little loose but binding still tight.

BILLIE THE BUNNIE
Written by Patience Powell. Illustrated by Patience Powell.
Stock no. 2126018
Published by Perry Colour Books Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial front cover. A Peekobook. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine. Some light scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2125759
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Bright yellow boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Bumping and browning along cover edges. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing and browning to pages. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing; a couple of closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

WHITE-EAR AND PETER
Written by Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2125302
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier. Sixteen colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges red. Splash mark to front cover. Wear and bumping to spine and cover edges. Darkening and small mark to spine. Foxing to endpapers and some page margins. All plates present.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE WICKED WOOD-CUTTER
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 2125259
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 4. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Grubby marks to covers. Bumping and wear along edges and to corners. Some page edge browning and foxing, a few light margin marks, but contents are very good.

THE PODGY-PUPPY BOOK
Written by Clara G. Dennis. Illustrated by Alan Wright; Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2125206
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

The Nursery Zoo. The Podgy-Puppy who gets out of his cage during a holiday and plays the following pranks. Red cloth, with large pictorial onlay to front cover, which shows Podgy Puppy with a chewed slipper! B/w text illustrations and colour plates. Printed on one side of the page only - one page of text facing one colour plate. Spine is bumped and faded. A few marks and spotting to covers. A little chipping to couple of corners of onlay. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are still very good indeed!

LITTLE BROWN HEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Violet M. Williams.
Stock no. 2125121
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25"). Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Bump to top of spine. Home made 'library ticket' to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

THE LITTLE BROWN BEARS AT THE ZOO
Written by Chris Temple. Illustrated by Chris Temple.
Stock no. 2124957
Published by Lutterworth Press. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. The Little Brown Bear Books. Two colour and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Browning to endpapers. A little foxing.

A BOX OF TRICKS
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1815596
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Poor condition.

Invented and drawn by G.E. Studdy; Explained by George Jellicoe. Orange pictorial boards. Blue endpapers showing Bonzo Pup. Colour plates plus blue & white illustrations. VERY fragile. A reading copy only. Backstrip worn away and lower half of contents thus loose. Edges of boards rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name and address in pencil to verso of same. Binding extremely fragile. Grubby marks to contents.