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TAMWORTH PIG AND THE LITTER
Written by Gene Kemp. Illustrated by Carolyn Dinan.
Stock no. 1329052
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tamworth Pig has to deal with two kinds of litter: his new family of 20 piglets and the rubbish which is choking the stream and fouling the village duck-pond. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 94 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571107435. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper (inscribed to Charlie). Light page edge browning. Some foxing to top edge of textblock. Small red spot to edge of one page. Spine and corners slightly bumped Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/worn.

A STORY ABOUT DUCKS
Written by Jack Townend. Illustrated by Jack Townend.
Stock no. 1327308
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Small, oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light sellotape(?) mark to fore-edge of front cover. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

NEW TALES FOR OLD
Written by Agnes Campbell. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1325841
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tales My Father Told, More Tales My Father Told and some new stories. Turquoise cloth with red title to spine. 157 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's name and date in heavy pencil to front pastedown, booksellers sticker to same page. Foxing to textblock. Rear joint just starting to crack. Dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, crease to front flap.

MR MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325036
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An exuberant interpretation of two poems from Eliot's classic "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 057115347X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is complete and bright.

MR MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1324628
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exuberant interpretation of two poems from Eliot's classic "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 057115347X. Minimal bumping/rubbing to corners. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at corners.

THE WINNOWING DREAM
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1323827
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ariel Poems (new series). Blue cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustrations plus a couple of small b/w text illustrations. A very slim volume. Booklet is fine. Contained in original posting envelope which is foxed and has been opened at the top edge.

PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1323713
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, red title to spine and black vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Covers are grubby at edges and slightly spotted. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers are foxed. Pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with loss, browned to spine and edges. Loss to spine as well.

PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rowland Emett.
Stock no. 1323688
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of rhymes. Beige cloth with dark green titles. B/w line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Small dent to lower edge and stain to top edge of front cover. Light page browning and fingering else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, rubbed at edges and a little grubby to rear panel.

STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 1322977
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers with white titles and scenes. B/w wood-engravings. 397 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge worn/torn, there are repairs on the verso.

ROBERT SCHUMANN AND MASCOT ZIFF
Written by Opal Wheeler. Illustrated by Christine Price.
Stock no. 1322123
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Great Musicians series. Green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 167 pages. Spine bumped and just a little faded at top and tail. Some slight foxing to textblock. Green and yellow pictorial wrapper is edge worn with slight loss at corners and some light grubby marks.

THE ATTIC TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 2132018
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A "Marlow Family" book. Pretty, clever and popular, Ginty has every desirable quality except the power to stand on her own feet... ISBN: 0571109705. Slight knock to spine, also to edge of rear cover. One joint is cracked, with creasing/sticking out of couple of page edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has corner cut off from front flap; edge-creased with couple of tiny nicks.

SIMPLE TALES FOR THE VERY YOUNG
Written by Doris Rust. Illustrated by Cecil Elgee.
Stock no. 2123580
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, dark red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 6 tales. Damp mark to bottom edge and spine. Splash mark to top edge of outer page edges, going to page margins. Wrapper is price-cut with heavy browning/foxing, especially to rear panel; a few closed tears and nicks. White marks to front panel.