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TIM CATCHAMOUSE
Written by Sheila K. Mccullagh. Illustrated by Tony Morris.
Stock no. 1331428
Published by Ladybird Books. Circa 1985. Very good condition.

Puddle Lane. (Stage 1 Book 1). Blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0721409091. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Name in belongs to box. Top 1" of joints are cracking. Original price of 75p to rear cover.

TESSA AND THE MAGICIAN
Written by Sheila K. Mccullagh. Illustrated by John Lobban.
Stock no. 1331427
Published by Ladybird Books. Circa 1985. Good condition.

Ladybird Puddle Lane series (Stage 1 Book 2). Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721409105. Spine and corners bumped. Joints are cracked but binding still tight. Damage (loss to rear pastedown). Textblock is grubby.

ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) THE FRISKY HOUSEWIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1831160
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition.

Orlando and his wife Grace, decide to establish a shop where customers can either exchange goods or pay for them with milk and fish so that the stray cats of the neighbourhood can be gainfully employed and fed. Originally published in 1956 by Country Life. Red pictorial glazed boards depict Orlando on a Magic Carpet. Colour illustrations throughout. 32 pages. 10.75 x 7.75". ISBN: 022400753X. Spine has a slight lean to the left. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents beautifully clean.

THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS OR THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831158
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1960. Almost very good condition.

The tale of Tom Kitten's escape from two rats who plan to make him into a pudding. Red boards, black lettering. Circular pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w and colour illustrations. 75 pages. Boards lightly scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn/rubbed. Wear to top of spine exposes board beneath. Tiny amount of surface paper loss to pictorial onlay on front board. Text block lightly browned. A few minor marks to contents.

THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831155
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A tale about teasing featuring a kitten and a mouse. Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 52 pages printed on one side of the page only. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped/worn. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has '3/6' printed on inside front flap. is grubby and stained, worn at corners with some loss.

OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1831030
Published by Faber & Faber. 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. Cream cloth with red title to spine and picture of two cats dancing to front cover. Colour illustrations, 50 pages. Ninth impression. Some foxspots to cloth boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Blue ink smudges to page 37 and facing illustration (Macavity: The Mystery Cat) - not too bad. Else contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned, worn at top & tail of spine with slight loss.

THE CHRISTMAS CAT
Written by Robert Westall. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830972
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Caroline arrived in North Shields she thought that she had come to a prison. But then she meets her first friend, an old black and white cat with long legs and a bulging belly who changes her life, but not as much as Bobby. Robert Westall is a Carnegie Medal winner. Dark green boards, gilt titles. Wonderful black and white illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0416168221. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Light browning and foxing to contents (mainly to front endpapers). Foxing to top edge of text block. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to flaps.

THE LOYAL CAT
Written by Lensey Namioka. Illustrated by Aki Sogabe.
Stock no. 1330498
Published by Browndeer Press; Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A retelling of a charming Japanese fairy tale. Large format. Pictorial boards. Green endpapers. Colour cut paper illustrations. ISBN: 0152000925. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Small yellow old price sticker to front pastedown. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly browned at edges.

THE CITY ADVENTURES OF MARMALADE JIM
Written by Alan Sillitoe. Illustrated by Dorothy Rice.
Stock no. 1330497
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures of Marmalade Jim the ginger cat. Authors first book for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed (especially on verso).

CONVENT CAT
Written by Bunshu Iguchi; Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Bunshu Iguchi.
Stock no. 1330496
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A stray kitten finds its home in a convent and nearly loses it through misadventure. Translated from the Japanese by Willard. Large colour pictures. Easy to read text. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0241892252. Musty smell to contents. Light page browning and some evidence of erased pencil marks to title-page. Price-cut wrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased

THREE LITTLE KITTENS IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST
Written by Hilary Aaron. Illustrated by Jonathan Langley.
Stock no. 1330495
Published by Collins. 1st 1995. Good condition.

A Pop-Up Adventure, help the kittens by taking the press-out figures through each of the wonderful pop-up pages. Paper engineering by Damian Johnston. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001374249. 3 figures and 1 pair of mittens detached from contents but still present. Turn the wheel to cave and goldilocks house is not working. Pull tab for the cave has been repaired with tape and 'pull tab' is now upside down!

THE BRAVE LITTLE KITTENS
Written by Piotr Wilkon. Illustrated by Jozef Wilkon.
Stock no. 1330493
Published by North-South Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three brave little kittens set off to explore the outdoors for the first time... Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Wonderful colour illustrations. ISBN: 1558581030. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.