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DUCKS AND DRAKES
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824201
Published by Collins. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Three children are sent to stay on a farm where they find Mother Hubbard and subsequently a little farm of their own. Brown cloth, white titles. Large format. Attractive colour and b/w illustrations. Fading to top and lower edge of front board. Large gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, fading to spine, and a few marks.

MADAM HEN AND LITTLE HORACE
Written by Hugh Heaton. Illustrated by H.E.M. Sellen.
Stock no. 2137449
1948. Very good condition.

Dark stiff card covers; colour pictorial onlay to front cover; Title to Front is Madam Hen & Little Horace. Colour pictorial endpapers and illustrations. Small chip to top of spine. A few small marks to covers. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

THE STORY ABOUT PING
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321539
Published by The Bodley Head. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Ping is a beautiful young duck who lives on a boat on the Yangtze river. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some grubby marks to covers. Light foxing to contents. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still attached to covers.

THE FAMOUS JIMMY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 2133416
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 2nd 1941. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Two-colour illustrations. Second edition. Heavy wear to covers, with foxing and a few damp marks. Paper cover is starting to come away from spine. Corner crease to rear cover. White paper stick to inside front endpaper. Joints are cracked. Some margin marks. A reading copy.

MR QUACK - HIS VOYAGE TO LONDON
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1318034
Published by F. Warne & Co.. Pre 1919. Almost very good condition.

Roughly 4" x 4". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. The 'Mr' Books series. Spine split to lower half. Staples rusty. Covers just a little gubby, contents clean.

THE THREE BAD DUCKLINGS
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1318024
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. Boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates plus some b/w text illustrations. Spinea and corners bumped and worn. Browning and foxing to contents, ink stamp of printers to rear pastedown (Bradshaw Central Printing Works).

HAROLD AND THE DUCK
Written by Bruce Robinson. Illustrated by Sophie Windham.
Stock no. 1317178
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Harold (the dogs) life changes when an egg hatches and a bossy and domineering duck is born.... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0747576009. Spine and corners bumped, a few small dents to lower cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

TICK TOCK THE LITTLE DUCK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123594
Published by Haverstock Publishers Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Small format. A Lolly Pop Book. Haverstock Series. Colour illustrations. Small chip, with loss to base of spine.

IT'S QUACKING TIME!
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Jill Barton.
Stock no. 1315860
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A story that will be enjoyed by any family expecting a new arrival! Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1844280098. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby at edges and slightly faded to spine.

JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1401671
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Corners bumped. Spine bumped and rubbed with small split at top. Bottom 2cm of backstrip missing. Covers are grubby with marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink plus small crossing out in ink to front endpaper. Some browning mainly to endpapers. A few foxspots.

GRANNY BEAK COMES TO STAY
Written by Minter-Kemp. Illustrated by Minter-Kemp.
Stock no. 1802247
Published by Tom Dickins Fine Art. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ponk is the head of the Duckins family and a master brewer by trade. He wants Messrs Mall & Lard to sell his new beer in their swanky emporium. But Ponk has not reckoned on the assistance of the eccentric Granny Beak... Glazed pictorial cream boards. Superb colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0954306708. SIGNED by Minster-Kemp to half-title page. Corners lightly rubbed, lower rear corner worn with slight loss of surface paper. Contents fine.

GRANNY BEAK AND THE SQUACKER SQUAD
Written by Minter-Kemp. Illustrated by Minter-Kemp.
Stock no. 383171
Published by Tom Dickins Fine Art. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0954306716. SIGNED by author/artist to title-page. A super copy.