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TIMOTHY
Written by Elizabeth Ramal. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1328694
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, blue titles and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. Lovely colour and b/w lithograph illustrations throughout. 47 pages. 8.5 x 6.25". Spine and corners bumped, some fading to spine. Wrapper is well worn and a bit grubby, most of wrapper spine is missing, what remains is very fragile.

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ONE DAY ON BEETLE ROCK
Written by Sally Carrighar. Illustrated by Eileen Mayo.
Stock no. 1328693
Published by Pleiades Books Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

What happens to the whole animal community of Beetle Rock, in the High Sierra, during one typical day. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 152 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pencil writing to front free-endpaper has been erased. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped and a little grubby.

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THE ALMOST ALL-WHITE RABBITY CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by H.B. Vestal.
Stock no. 1328689
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story about a remarkable cat and the remarkable people who lived in her apartment building; a happy book written by a master storyteller. Orange boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Full page b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718819985. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and a musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

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THE EASTER CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale.
Stock no. 1328688
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. Family tensions interwoven with Millicent's longing for a cat of her own. ISBN: 0718818776. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel and has a "Lutterworth Children's Author" sticker to front panel.

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SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIRDS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328687
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wonderful b/w illustrations accompany quotations from Shakespeare. Red cloth, black titles. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn, grubby and browned to spine with inscription in ink to front panel.

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SHAKESPEARE WITH THE PETS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328686
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Wonderful b/w illustrations of cats and dogs with quotations from Shakespeare. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and browned (particularly to spine) and worn at top and tail of spine.

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SCRUFFY THE LITTLE BLACK HEN
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1328683
Published by John Murray. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

White pictorial boards. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are a bit grubby and marked, spine browned and rubbed. Price cut from lower corner of front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY TUG-OF-WAR
Written by Letta Schatz. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1328680
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Oblong format. Full page colour illustrations. Hippopotamus tugged and Elephant tugged. The rope grew tighter - but nothing happened! ISBN: 0370015037. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to textblock but contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn with large tears and slight loss.

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THE CAT WHO CAME TO STAY
Written by Lesley Fotherby. Illustrated by Lesley Fotherby.
Stock no. 1328675
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. ISBN: 1854791060. Foxspots to last couple of pages. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at top of spine with some foxing on verso.

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LASS
Written by Roland Gebauer. Illustrated by Cheri Bladholm.
Stock no. 1328674
Published by Thomas Nelson Inc.. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story for children based on the best-selling book "Lessons from a Sheepdog" by Phillip Keller. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0849914493. Old price-sticker (yellow) to front pastedown. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ian Penney.
Stock no. 1328673
Published by The National Trust. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. An enchanting collection of fairy tales, with paintings by Ian Penney linking the stories to National Trust properties. ISBN: 0707801885. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine and spine edges of wrapper are faded.

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THE CAMEL FILE
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Gordon Page.
Stock no. 1828980
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 272 pages. ISBN: 0851302122. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn, light rubbing to board corners. Boards are scuffed and just a little grubby. Lower corner tip cut from title page. Contents are clean.

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