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A SUNDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2124084
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Blue/white pictorial boards. Prayers for children. Colour illustrations. Text in script. 6.75 x 6". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping at edges. Scuffing to rear cover; front cover has a small area of surface paper damage. A little foxing internally.

THE BUMPER BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Dora Newton; Dora Percy Smith; Olive Chandler; E.S. Duffin; Marjory Royce; et al. Illustrated by Cyril Cowell; Frank Adams; Margaret Tempest; Ruth Cobb; Hilda Cowham; et al..
Stock no. 1505876
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1927. Good condition.

Pictorial boards show children stroking horse to front cover, both riding horse to spine, yellow titles. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is Joan Visits a Farm. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. Covers darkened and grubby. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front edge of spine cracked. Large ink inscription to verso of frontis. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Some light foxing and an odd mark to contents. One plate is MISSING and one partially detached.

THE KNOT SQUIRREL TIED
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1404441
Published by Collins. 10th 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, red titles and picture to front. 95 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Small green pencil mark to rear endpaper. A little foxing to page edges. Light browning to some pages. Tiny ink spots to margins of pages 90 and 91. Contents otherwise are generally clean. Slight musty smell to book. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears. Spine is browned and the wrapper is grubby and marked. Verso is browned.

POTTER PINNER MEADOW
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1401657
Published by Collins. 1st 1937. Fair condition.

Large square format. Cloth spine. Green and white pictorial boards. Cute colour pictures. Corners bumped, board edges worn and rubbed. Spine browned. Boards are grubby with a couple of stains to rear board. Front joint cracked, causing first gathering of pages to feel a little loose. A few pages a little detached. One page has large tear which affects a little of the text. Couple of erased pencil marks. Some grubby marks.

THE STORY OF FUZZYPEG THE HEDGEHOG
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1604347
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1932. Good condition.

Grey paper boards with green titles and pictorial onlay to front. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Colour pictures throughout. 98 pages. Spine is browned and split with 3cm loss at base and further tearing to backstrip. Light foxing to pictorial onlay on front board. Endpapers foxed, inscription to verso of front endpaper. Contents very good indeed.

THE SQUIRREL THE HARE AND THE LITTLE GREY RABBIT
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 595132
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1929. Good condition.

Red boards, colour pictorial onlay to front. Green pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 111 pages. The first in the Little Grey Rabbit series and Alison Uttley's first book. Corners worn, covers lightly marked. pictorial onlay to front cover has surface paper loss to vertical edge. Backstrip missing and replaced with red cloth. A few light creases, a few margin marks. Rear joint just starting to crack.

POTTER PINNER MEADOW
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 697773
Published by Collins. 1st 1937. Good condition.

Large square format. Cloth spine. Green and white pictorial boards. Cute colour pictures. Covers soiled. Corners worn with fraying at top and tail of spine. Contents bright and clean with just a few faint margin marks. Name in belongs to box. REDUCED PRICE.

WILLOW WITCHES BROOK
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 722638
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Good condition.

One in the series of Potter Pinner books. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Spine and cover edges faded. Corners slightly worn. Pencil doodle to rear board (faint). Small flower doodle to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Front joint cracked.