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TIM RABBIT AND COMPANY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 2126258
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth, red title and vignette. Delightful b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Ink stamp also to prelims. Foxing to outer page edges.

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ROSALY'S NEW SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.J. Overnell.
Stock no. 2126240
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 303 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and cover edges and corners. Some scuffing and marks. Inscription in ink to half-title page, which also has light surface paper lifting from erased inscription. Foxing. Frontis is a colour PHOTOCOPY. Foxing and margin marks throughout.

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THE CHILDREN AT THE POLE
Written by Lionel Fable. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 2126237
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

From the "Willy Pogany Children" series. A small fold-out panorama with the story on one side and a poem on the other. Colour illustrations above the text of the poem. Pictorial boards. Couple of stains to edges of covers. Bumping and chipping; some scuffing to edges. Small remains of sticker to bottom edge of cover. Names in ink to top of one cover and to inside. Some foxing. Possible page repair to pages 7/8, where it looks like it has been reglued/stuck back together.

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THE FABLES OF AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 2126057
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. 23 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards. Assumed 1st edition. Spotting/browning to spine; some chipping to cloth at top and tail; a little fraying. Wear along cover edges; a few small nicks at corners. Some foxing and browning, mostly to prelims. All plates present. Bottom corner of page 144 has small piece torn off.

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THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2126051
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 84 pages. Early Reprint. Backstrip has been re glued (appears to have at one time been detached). Some chipping. Bumping and wear to corners. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby margin marks and the odd foxspot. Hinges are pulled causing contents to be a little loose but binding still tight.

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THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
Written by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 2126036
Published by P.I.C.. 1st AUSTRALIA 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Australian edition. ISBN: 0958784523. Bumping to spine and corners. Uneven mottling to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tear to top of spine; a few grubby marks.

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THE AUTOCRAT OF THE NURSERY
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 2126022
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1884. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt/black titles. B/w illustrations. 2-3" split to base of spine, with some fraying to cloth. A couple of other smaller splits to spine. Browning to spine. Wear and bumping to corners, with some chipping. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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BILLIE THE BUNNIE
Written by Patience Powell. Illustrated by Patience Powell.
Stock no. 2126018
Published by Perry Colour Books Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial front cover. A Peekobook. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine. Some light scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

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CHILDREN STILL
Written by John F. Macpherson. Illustrated by H.R. Millar.
Stock no. 2125999
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 4 tipped-in colour plates. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to front endpaper. Also includes a hand written postcard from the author to the same previous owner. Chipping along bottom of spine; some fraying/loss to cloth. Bumping to corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing. What look like browned glue marks to pastedowns. All plates present.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2125981
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Very good condition.

Outlines from various Greenaway works for Boys and Girls to paint. Green pictorial boards. 62 pages. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout to paint. (No text). Front cover shows two girls with doll and paint brush Foxing and some dark patches to covers. Contents are very good - no page has been painted!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1610693
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert & chums watching large ball coming down from the sky. The last Rupert annual to include Magic Paintings. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped, with a little wear. Inscription to front endpaper. NOT price-cut. Belongs To box completed in ink. Grubby mark to list of contents. Scattered foxing. Four of the Magic Paintings have been completed; four appear to be untouched.

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MR. PIPPLEWICK'S BRIGHT IDEAS
Written by Beth Hogg; Garry Hogg.
Stock no. 2125856
Published by Hampster Books. Very good condition.

Early Reader Series No. 40. Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. Bumping to corners. Brown marking to top of rear cover.

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