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SCAREDY CAT
Written by Phyllis Krasilovsky. Illustrated by Ninon.
Stock no. 1330489
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards, black spine. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Small tear to base of spine. Light foxing to contents and a musty smell.

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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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THE CRIMINAL CAREER OF VINEGAR TOM
Written by David Fisher. Illustrated by David Fisher.
Stock no. 1330486
Published by Abelard-Schuman Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Vinegar Tom was the laziest cat in Bluebell Street... Yellow boards, black title to spine. Colour illustrations to each page. Spine slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Light damp spots to endpapers. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (twice) to front flap, is slightly edge rubbed and is heavily foxed.

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WOBBLE THE WITCH CAT
Written by Mary Calhoun. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 1330485
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1960. Good condition.

Burgundy spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed, slightly bumped to spine and corners. The front endpapers are a little messy with previous inscriptions and pencil marks. Endpapers lightly foxed. Some light page browning to the white pages (some of the pages are black). A decent copy of this scarce book.

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NAPPER TANDY: THE STORY OF A GOOD CAT BY HIS FRIEND ARGOS
Written by Hazel Brill Jackson. Illustrated by Hazel Brill Jackson.
Stock no. 1330484
Published by Hazel Brill Jackson. 1962. Very good condition.

Burgundy cardwraps with gilt title and vignettes to front cover, small gilt vignette to rear cover. B/w illustrations throughout. SIGNED by the author to colophon page and also to dedication page (this copy dedicated to Una(?)). This is copy no. 9. Covers are edge worn with slight fading and a couple of small tears. Staples are rusty (the lower one has partially broken away on the outside of the book). Minimal foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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LOUIS WAIN
Written by Brian Reade. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1330483
Published by HMSO. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition.

Oblong format, purple card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. An essay written some time between 1947 and 1951 but not accepted for publication. The essay is presented alongside a Louis Wain Exhibition held in the Victoria and Albert Museum during December and January 1972-73. The text of 1947-51 was slightly revised in 1959. This edition of the text has been corrected, and altered but is substantially as it was in 1951. ISBN: 090148654X. Slight rubbing to corners. Slight browning to cover edges. Light page browning else contents clean.

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THE TALE OF MR. TOD
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208907
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Light brown boards and lettering. Pictorial onlay of Mr. Tod to front cover. 93 numbered pages. 5.5 x 4.25". The dedication page states William Francis (instead of Francis William) which denotes a 1st printing. Some slight wear to spine which has been professionally restored (only visible on close inspection). Some light fingering to margins and some very light foxing else contents are generally clean. A couple of small marks to covers and some very slight wear to lower corner of rear cover. A nice copy of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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GOLF BOBBY JONES "FLICKER" No. 11C OUT THE ROUGH AND PUTT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830632
Published by Flicker Productions Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Flicker Book No. 11c. Orange Card wraps. Very small format, 7cm x 5cm. Sepia photos showing Jones in action as you flick through the book. Copyright Reserved, Harrods Ltd to spine. Staples rusted and stains around staples to covers. Rear cover marked. Contents clean.

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GOLF BOBBY JONES "FLICKER" No. 11B BRASSIE AND IRON
Written by Bobby Jones.
Stock no. 1830631
Published by Flicker Productions Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Flicker Book No. 11b. Orange card wraps. Very small format, 7cm x 5cm. Sepia photos showing Jones in action as you flick through the book. Copyright Reserved, Harrods Ltd to spine. Covers lightly browned. Staple binding is rusty and stain from rust shows on covers. Covers lightly creased through use. Contents clean.

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THE GREY GENTLEMEN
Written by Michael Ende.
Stock no. 1830630
Published by Burke Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy novel about the concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies. Originally published in German in 1973. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text in brown and illustrations brown & white. 238 pages. ISBN: 0222003677. Spine lightly rubbed and worn. Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, worn at top & tail of spine with 1" split at tail. Overall, a very nice copy of an unusual title.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay.
Stock no. 1830626
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Circa 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware. Large format. Fully illustsrated edition by Kate Greenaway Medal winner, Jim Kay. Large format. Orange cloth boards, metallic green title to spine, orange ribbon page marker. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations. 258 pages. ISBN: 9781408845653. Second printing. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge with very light scuffing to rear panel.

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