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LITTLE CAT LOST
Written by Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by James Boswell.
Stock no. 626218
Published by Barrie & Rockliff. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The hero of this tale is a white cat who doesn't let his deafness bother him. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w & two tone illustrations. Name in ink to front endpaper. Orange pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners, lightly faded at spine with 1" closed tear to top of spine.

THE PERSIAN LADY
Written by Charles Burrard Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 626086
Published by Figurehead. 1930. Very good condition.

A whimsical woodland mystery. Grey buckram, black title and vignette of cat's paw prints to front and spine. With delightful sketches by the author. 64 pages. B/w plates. Light page browning and a few tiny foxspots present.

ENID BLYTON'S SECOND BRER RABBIT BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 578934
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine split for 2" from base and 1" from top. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper torn with loss.

WHISKERS AT THE ZOO
Written by E.H.W. Wingfield King.
Stock no. 625940
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1924. Good condition.

As Told by Uncle Teddie. A little girl takes her kitten to the zoo where he has a strange adventure. Small format. Blue cloth, black title to spine & vignette of young girl & boy reading in a wreath. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Covers marked. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. First gathering pulled exposing binding. Else contents clean.

FURRY TAILS
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 428457
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

A bumper book of ten favourite animal tales retold and illustrated by Ross. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862649269. Very light rubbing to edges. Contents are fine.

THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 577738
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Covers browned. Small green sticker to top of front cover. Slight browning to page margins. Colour pictures beautifully bright.

RUMMY TALES - THE PIG-TAIL
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 733536
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. 'The Pig-Tail And How It Was found'. Covers grubby and rubbed at corners. Inscription in ink (prize) inside front cover. Corner tips slightly creased else contents clean.

WHERE DO HEDGEHOGS GO?
Written by Celia Burley. Illustrated by Celia Burley.
Stock no. 428225
Published by Two Crows Books. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Simple text. SIGNED by author on title page. Bumping to base of spine. Small inscription in ink on front pastedown (From previous owner). Contents are bright and clean.

TALES OF WAYBEYOND
Written by Eileen Hunter. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 733189
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, green title to spine. B/w illustrations, 87 pages. ISBN: 0233970843. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and sunned to spine.

A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington; Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 576950
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. Children's poetry about animals. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners rubbed.

SIR TIMOTHY TAPERTAIL
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 576888
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. Good condition.

Brown pictorial card wraps. Colour plates. Two-tone illustrations. Covers are lightly creased and rubbed to spine. Crayon mark to top corner of rear cover Some foxing and a few pages detached. Staples rusty. Still a nice copy.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by R.J. Lloyd.
Stock no. 426501
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Farmyard Fable for the Young. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571131557. SIGNED by author - "For Jenny, David's Wife. Greetings from Ted Hughes 15th November 84" on front endpaper. Very small amount of red marking to one corner of outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased to edges.