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THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209013
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Grey boards, white titles. Pictorial onlay of Jemima to front cover. 84 numbered pages. 5.5 x 4.25". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light spotting to covers and some slight grubbiness to pictorial onlay. Textblock is slightly grubby. Slight surface paper damage to blank pages 82 & 83 (were probably slightly stuck together at one point). Some light margin marks but generally contents are clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209012
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Green boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 84 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Looks like spine may have been professionally repaired(?). Some browning to spine and top edges. Some surface paper damage to lower margins of pages 16 & 17 and also rear endpapers. Else contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE SICK COW
Written by H.E. Todd. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1830872
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first Bobby Brewster story by H.E. Todd. This particular sick cow goes "Bow-wow" instead of "Moo". Cloth pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0340186755. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is stuck to the boards with clear laminate, is faded to spine and rear vertical edge of spine and has a name in ink to top of front flap. Contents are clean although there is a odour of damp present.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1830869
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Silver title to spine. 239 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. A few foxspots to margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks to top & tail.

THE TALKING PARCEL
Written by Gerald Durrell.
Stock no. 1330702
Published by Collins. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful, fast-moving fantasty which is a delicioous blend of adventure and lovely Durrell humour. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. ISBN: 0001848283. Spine and corners bumped. Pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears at top edges.

THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1330565
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small black mark and a barcode sticker to rear cover. Contents clean.

PETER RABBIT AND LITTLE WHITE RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by J.L.G..
Stock no. 1208964
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. Red cloth spine with black title, purple boards with colour onlay to front cover. Spine tips slightly faded. Light fading to cover edges. Joints cracked but binding still firm. Tear to front free-endpaper. Contents are clean. White dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss.

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208963
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1917. Good condition.

Altemus' Wee Books For Wee Folks series. Small format (14 x 10.75cm). Pale blue pictorial boards with pink cloth spine. 63 pages. 31 colour illustrations (not by Potter). Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Spine slightly faded. Page browning and foxing to endpapers and prelims. Some marks to page margins.

PETER RABBIT AND THE TINYBITS
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by Margaret Campbell Hoopes.
Stock no. 1208961
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Wee Books for Wee Folks Series. Blue cloth, black titles and colour onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers with reinforced joints. 62 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

HOW PETER RABBIT WENT TO SEA
Written by Duff Graham.
Stock no. 1208960
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Red cloth spine, lilac boards with onlay to front cover. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. 29 illustrations, (colour). 61 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front cover is faded and edges of rear cover also. Top and tail of front joint cracked. Grubby fingermarks a light page creases throughout.

PETER RABBIT AT THE FARM
Written by Duff Graham.
Stock no. 1208959
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Yellow cloth spine, blue boards with onlay to front cover. Altemus' Wee Books for Wee Folk Series. 30 Illustrations, (colour). Unpaginated. Slight wear to lower corners. Spine and top corners slightly bumped. Child's name in black crayon (or heavy pencil?) to front pastedown. Pale page browning else contents clean.

PETER RABBIT AND THE LITTLE GIRL
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by Bess Goe Willis.
Stock no. 1208957
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Wee Books for Wee Folks Series. Red cloth, black titles and illustration to front cover. Orange endpapers with reinforce joints. 58 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine slightly faded. Front free-endpaper has been removed, surface paper damage to top corner of rear pastedown. Light mark to half title-page from removal of a small label else contents clean.