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PETER RABBIT AND JIMMY CHIPMUNK
No author listed. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208903
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1918. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A US Pirated Peter Rabbit story. Pale blue pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Some grubby fingermarks to contents. A couple of pages have been browned at top margins. Dustwrapper is worn, torn, creased and grubby, slight loss to top and tail of spine but very minimal loss at edges.

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PETER RABBIT AND HIS PA
Written by Louise A. Field. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208901
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1916. Good condition.

A US pirated story of Peter Rabbit. Cream pictorial cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers are grubby and marked. Some light fingering to contents but generally contents clean. Binding pulled at top stitched but still very tight.

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PETER RABBIT AT THE CIRCUS
Written by Alma Hudson. Illustrated by Richard Hudson.
Stock no. 1208900
Published by Cupples & Leon Company. Good condition.

US pirated story of Peter Rabbit. Small format. Red covers with small rectangular pictorial onlay to top of front cover and title beneath. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine is worn with loss at top and tail. Fading to spine and cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Joints cracked. Rear free-endpaper is creased. There is possibly a colour illustration missing between pages 12 and 13. Page 12 has a heavy vertical crease to centre. There are fingermarks and other marks to contents.

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A NEW STORY OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Samuel E. Lowe. Illustrated by Allan Wright; Ernest Vetsch.
Stock no. 1208898
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

US Pirated story of Peter Rabbbit. Small format. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout and also blue and white text illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to title-page and also in belongs to box on rear pastedown. Some of the small blue and white text illustrations have been coloured in with blue crayon.

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CHILDREN'S HOUR WITH PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208897
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1926. Good condition.

US pirated edition of Peter Rabbit. Brown cloth spine, red boards with gilt title and colour onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are worn, faded at edges with light damp spots to front cover. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose but binding still tight. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. 4 pages have a brown stain to margins, 1 b/w illustration slightly affected.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOS
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Giulio Maestro.
Stock no. 1830573
Published by MacMillan. 1st thus 1970. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Just So Stories, text is unaltered and unabridged. Oblong format. Purple boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0333114914. Small bump with slight loss to base of spine. Small mark to front endpapers else contents are clean and bright. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, repairs to edges with clear tape, edges rubbed and worn.

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AMONG US CATS
Written by W.E. Hill. Illustrated by W.E. Hill.
Stock no. 1330432
Published by Harper & Bros. 1st 1926. Good condition.

Cat conversations and illustrations in b/w. Red cloth, black title to spine, large pictorial onlay to front. Tipped in colour frontis 'Au Magazin du Chic Chat'. B/w illustrations throughout. Front joint starting to crack and hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked but binding is still tight. Grubby fingermarks to endpapers and some page margins. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby. A good copy of a scarce book.

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THE COLD MOONS
Written by Aeron Clement. Illustrated by Jill Clement.
Stock no. 1330424
Published by Kindredson Publishing. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A tale of a group of badgers. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. B/w text illustrations. 322 pages. 9 X 5.5". ISBN: 0951299808. Spine bumped. Textblock is slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with pale browning to spine.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208896
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated red cloth, small pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. 84 numbered pages, all edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded and slightly frayed at top. Some light fading to top edge and spine edge of rear cover. Frontis is starting to detach at foot. Name in pencil to front free-endpaper (along with some light pencil markings) and another (different) in ink to half title-page. Light foxing to textblock and a few pages have light margin marks. Page 80 has lower (blank) corner torn away. Still a nice copy of the deluxe first edition.

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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208895
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

The delightful story of Miss Moppet, the little kitten, and her attempts to catch a mouse who is determined not to be caught! The first edition is printed in panoramic form, mounted on a strip of linen and folded concertina-style into a wallet with a tuck-in flap. Needless to say, these were very fragile and few survived. Later editions were printed in the usual small book format. The wallet is covered with grey pictorial cloth with a colour onlay of the Miss Moppet to the front. "London & New York" on rear cover denotes the first printing. This is the 2ND PRINTING with New York & London on back cover. Unusually the silver tab closure is still present (slightly torn on edges), tab on front flap for closng is still present too. A few small black spots to covers and a light spot to front but covers are otherwise bright. Some rubbing to page edges and some light foxing. One page has light vertical creases to it. Several page corner tips have a small ink stain. A super copy of the 2nd priinting.

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THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208894
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated grey cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. All edges gilt. 84 numbered pages. Light fingering to the contents but still bright and clean. Spine slightly bumped with slight rubbing to spine and corners. Cloth is beautifully bright having been protected by original printed glassine wrapper which is chipped and torn in places, with archival tape repair to rear panel, large tears to spine and corners. Printed 1/6 net at base of wrapper spine and Timmy Tiptoes is the last title listed on the wrapper. Published between 1911 and 1919 (Timmy Tiptoes published in 1911 and Warne went Ltd in 1919). A very nice copy of a deluxe edition with an exceptionally scarce glassine wrapper.

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SQUEAKER'S PYJAMAS
Written by Joy Trotman; Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1830498
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 3rd 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Squeaker's parents are worried because he is getting too fat and has outgrown his nightie... (Squeaker and his family are pigs). Matt white pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. 63 pages. Board edges browned, corners lightly worn, small knock to top front edge. Small name in ink to front pastedown. A few finger marks/grubby marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is in two halves, separated at spine and repaired with aged tape, browned, edge-worn, tape repair across top front panel and corners.

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