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MY ANIMAL BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 813959
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Cloth Lined. Aunt Louisa's Playtime Toy Books series. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps show two horses peering over stable door. All edges red. Larger text. 4 full page colour illustrations plus two-tone illustrations. 14 pages including inside covers. Backstrip disintegrated. Rear cover scuffed. Front cover is nice and bright with slight loss to surface paper at edges. Base of spine split. Contents beautifully clean. A lovely copy of a scarce item.

BLUFF AND BRAN AND THE SNOWDRIFT
Written by Meg Rutherford. Illustrated by Meg Rutherford.
Stock no. 629281
Published by Picture Corgi. 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0552525669. Covers creased.

COMIC CAPERS
Written by William Boyle. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson.
Stock no. 813809
Circa 1906. Fair condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Beautiful full page colour illustrations. Corners are very worn, with surface loss and actual loss to rear corner. Chipping to spine. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Foxing to contents, which are generally very good.

THE THREE KITTENS
Written by Winifred Martin. Illustrated by Winifred Martin.
Stock no. 813656
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Full of b/w illustrations. Easy to read text. Story of a nice tabby cat who lived on a farm with three kittens - two boys and a girl. Cloth spine, yellow pictorial front board showing three kittens with ball of red wool. Covers lightly scuffed, corners lightly rubbed. Remains of label to front pastedown. Stitching is coming loose from the covers so contents are very loose. A few small marks and foxspots to contents.

JOLLY ZOO FOLK
No author listed. Illustrated by Newnham.
Stock no. 813378
Published by S. Guiterman & Co. Ltd.. 1943. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Bright full-page colour illustrations with stories. Spine and corners rubbed.

THREE LITTLE PIGS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381790
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. Large format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is edge browned and chipped with some loss to top edges and top of spine and tape repairs on verso.

THE ODD ONES
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 381569
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 3rd 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The "Odd Ones" were Simon, the little brother who was always left out when the two older boys at the Rectory got together, and Larry the Cairn, whose master let Rufus, a lovely red setter, take his place in his affections. Beige cloth, green titles. Charming b/w illustrations. 106 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some fading to covers (mainly to top of spine edge on rear cover). Some light foxing else contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss to spine edge on rear panel.

IORWERTH A'R ELIFFANT
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 809905
Published by Dref Wen. 1st 1990. As new condition.

Gumdrop and the Elephant. Text in Welsh. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1855960052.

HAZEL SQUIRREL AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Howard B. Famous.
Stock no. 380987
Published by Scott & Sleeman. Very good condition.

Famous Animal Stories series. Green pictorial cloth. 127 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly worn. Small mark to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. A nice copy.

BABAR'S FRIEND ZEPHIR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 806914
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Large format Edges worn, lower edges have some surface paper loss to boards. Front joint just starting to crack. A few fingermarks to margins else clean.

BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 806915
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Covers scuffed & scratched with a small patch of surface paper loss to front cover. Edges worn. Top & tail of spine slightly frayed. One or two margin marks else clean and bright.

THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY COON
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 437540
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Bedtime Story-Books Series. Red cloth spine with black title. Pictorial colour boards. 8 colour plates. Bumping to corners and spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is foxed to flaps and edge-chipped, with a couple of tear and a little loss.