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ORLANDO'S INVISIBLE PYJAMAS
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330488
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd.; Royle Publications Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Oblong pictorial cardwraps. Harlequin Books edited by Noel Carrington. 30 pages. Colour & b/w illustrations. Orlando the Marmalade Cat is not like other cats, he has the strangest adventures of which his Invisible Pyjamas is only one of them. Covers are grubby and edge rubbed, name in ink to top of front cover. Name in pencil to top margin of first page. A few small marks at page margins but generally contents clean.

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ORLANDO'S HOME LIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330487
Published by Royle Publications Ltd.; Transatlantic Arts Ltd.. 1st 1947. Good condition.

A Harlequin Picture Book. Oblong pictorial paperwraps show Orlando and his wife to front and three kittens to rear. Harlequin Books list to inside front cover numbers 1-6, with 6 being 'Story of Louisa'. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed, creased and grubby. Foxing to contents. Brown spots to inside front cover.

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A SLENDER REPUTATION
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330469
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Autobiography of the creator of Orlando the Marmalade Cat. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723237972. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn.

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A SLENDER REPUTATION
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330426
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Autobiography of the creator of Orlando the Marmalade Cat. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723237972. Covers are slightly damp(?) spotted. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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STONY STREAM
Written by Kathleen M. Sully. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1329134
Published by Edmund Ward. Circa 1946. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Truth In A tale series. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. Foxing to covers. Fading to edges. Neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby with slight loss to rear panel and large section of loss to lower edge of front panel.

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"TUT-TUT"... RICHARD II
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1328842
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Oblong format, cardwraps with green string tie. 9 wonderul colour illustrations plus 1 double-spread at centre. Covers slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby with small marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to top corner of title-page. There is a light stain affecting the margins of the rear half of the book (8 pages).

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OH! POOR AMELIA JANE!
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1326293
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Text in script. Colour illustrations. Covers are browned, grubby and edge rubbed. Contents browned, foxed and slightly grubby. Some ink writing and small doodles to last page and inside rear cover.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1325735
Published by Country Life. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, purple pictorial boards, cloth spine. Delightful lithographed colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. Heavy foxing to endpapers, some slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with some slight loss.

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FOUR TO FOURTEEN
Written by Kathleen Lines; Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1322951
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A library of books for children compiled by Lines, introduction by De La Mare. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge faded and chipped with minimal loss.

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THE JAPHET AND HAPPY ANNUAL
Written by Kathleen Starr. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 2139478
Published by News Chronicle Publications. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows 'Here we go round the Golobosh Tree' picture. First story is 'Quiet as a mouse!'. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Splits to top and tail of spine, where cloth joins board. Staples to spine have rusted and are showing brown marks through. Scuffing and wear to covers; some creasing to corners. Foxing. Inscription in ink to inside rear cover.

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JAPHET AND HAPPY ANNUAL
Written by Kathleen Starr. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 2139476
Published by News Chronicle Publications. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format, red cloth spine. Pictorial boards showing Japhet jumping through a paper hoop held by Santa Claus. Splits to top and tail of spine; a little fraying to cloth. A few marks and scuffs. Some marks and partially label to inside front cover. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.

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THE JAPHET AND HAPPY ANNUAL
Written by J.F. Horrabin; Kathleen Starr; F.W. Thomas. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 2139475
Published by News Chronicle. 1952. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Front cover shows sledging down a hill, with dog, squirrel and tortoise looking on. Stiff card covers. Cartoon-strip-style pages with colour illustrations. Small splits to top and tail of spine. Bumping and wear along cover edges; some scuffing to cover. Inscriptions in ink and ink stamps to inside front cover, with partial old price label. Some browning to outer page edges. Contents are still generally very good - illustrations are nice and bright.

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