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THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209019
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Grey boards with white titles and pictorial onlay of Hunca Munca to front cover. Pretty colour illustrations throughout. 85 pages. Gift inscription and small booksellers stamp in purple ink to front pastedown. Professionally rebacked preserving most of original spine (some light glue staining to spine edges). Joints have been neatly reinforced. Contents are bright and clean. A nice copy of the first edition.

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THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209017
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1903. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Small format. Dark green boards, white lettering. 85 pages. Colour illustrations. A couple of pages have small marks at inner margins. Stitching showing in two openings but binding still firm. Minor fading to covers and spine, small pale mark to publisher imprint on front cover. Small repaired area to base of spine (professional). Later printed glassine wrapper (possibly 3rd printing as it states "New Books for 1904"), torn with small areas of loss (mainly to spine) and later paper restoration to spine and edges. A nice copy of the 2nd printing. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE DAZZLE
Written by Edna O'Brien. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson.
Stock no. 1830925
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Bullied by the objects in his bedroom, which nag him endlessly, Tim is made even more nervous than usual when, after a bad storm, he has to move into the attic bedroom for a while. Here he meets Mattie. a mouse with a magic dazzle. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 44 pages. ISBN: 0340264918. Boards slightly unevenly better. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards a little grubby. A few minor marks to contents and lightly fingering from page turning. Still a nice copy.

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THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330512
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition. Beautiful lilac cloth with gilt titles and decoration, small colour onlay to front cover. 84 numbered pages (printed on one side only), all edges gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A light, faint splash mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper and a 'blind' booksellers stamp to same page. Foxing to textblock. Some light fingering to page margins but generally contents clean. A nice copy of the deluxe edition.

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DEEDLE DUMPY AND MIMI'S NEW FRIENDS
Written by Willy Schermele. Illustrated by Willy Schermele.
Stock no. 1830575
Published by Young World Productions. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Deedle Dumpy the Pixie and Mimi Mouse. Yellow glazed pictorial boards, colour illustrations. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards very lightly scuffed. Light foxing to text block. Child's name in crayon to belongs to box. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE CHURCH MICE AND THE RING
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1830493
Published by Pan Macmillan Children's Books. 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Another splendid pictorial account of the exploits of Sampson the cat and the church mice. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Super colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0333539036. Reprint in the same year as the first printing. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE CHURCH MICE AND THE RING
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1330353
Published by Pan Macmillan Children's Books. 1992. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Another splendid pictorial account of the exploits of Sampson the cat and the church mice. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Super colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0333539036. Reprint in same year as first edition. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slight fading to front panel.

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WE DO LOVE MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1330303
Published by Brockhampton Press. Circa 1951. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow pictorial front cover with white title. 124 numbered illustrations. Strip Book. Cardwraps. Slight rubbing to cover edges, light mark to edge of front cover. Faint hint of colour to frames 1-6 and 10. Contents otherwise clean.

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O FOR A MOUSELESS HOUSE
Written by Ursula Moray Williams. Illustrated by Ursula Moray Williams.
Stock no. 1329241
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the author with dedication to title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Top edge of textblock is a bit dusty. Top of spine is bumped and split. Dustwrapper is slightly browned and foxed with damage to top of spine.

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MOUSEWING
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Martin Baynton.
Stock no. 1329218
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

William Mayne's Animal Library. Glazed pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 9.25 x 7.75". ISBN: 0744507294. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock.

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CURLY COBBLER AND THE HAPPY RETURN
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1329130
Published by Collins. 1st 1949. Good condition.

Small square format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Green endpapers. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed and slightly grubby. A couple of hinges cracked. Some small marks to page margins.

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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
Written by Racey Helps. Illustrated by Racey Helps.
Stock no. 1329081
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Good condition.

A Barnaby Littlemouse Book. Small oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners bumped. Unfortunately 2/3 of backstrip is missing. Foxing to endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper else contents clean.

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