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THE PIE AND THE PATTY PAN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2136938
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Dark brown boards. pictorial onlay to front, titles in grey. Larger format. 6.5 x 5.5". Early reprint (pre-1919). Chip to top of spine. Some white (possibly scuff) marks to covers. Front endpaper is MISSING. Grubby margin marks with foxing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1971
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2136937
Published by Daily Express. 1971. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing into a cave with a bucket and spade. 1st story Rupert and the Gomnies. 115 pages. 10 x 7inches. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Name in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Some foxing and browning.

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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime. Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2136930
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Small knocks to base of spine. Browning to half-title page and outer page edges, which are also foxed. Wrapper is browned to spine and has closed tear to top; with a few small chips and nicks along edges.

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THE OTTERBURY INCIDENT
Written by Cecil Day Lewis. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2136921
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A tale of detection and high adventure for boys and girls. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Couple of corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few tears and chips; small chips of loss; some marks and foxing.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 2136918
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 7th 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 417. Buff boards with vignette and titles. Also contains: ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT. Name and date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper is creased with some closed tears and chips; minimal loss; some marks.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - THE SNOWMAN
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 2136917
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 4th 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Blue boards with pale blue vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Also contains: KIDNAPPED. Small knocks to top and tail of spine, which has become a little faded. Inscription in ink to verso of title page. Wrapper is price-cut with ink name stamps to front flap; some tears and chips; 1" piece loss to top edge of front panel.

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POPINJAY STAIRS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 2136914
Published by Vanguard Press. 1st USA 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. American edition. ISBN: 081490758X. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner on front endpaper. Couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Small sticker has been removed from front pastedown - so showing surface paper lifting. Wrapper has slight fading to spine.

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COURTNEY
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1322715
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When the children bring Courtney home he's just a loveable scruffy old dog. But the mongrel-that-nobody-wants has the most amazing talents! ISBN: 0224038680. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to lower cover edges. Spine and spine edges slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE TYGER VOYAGE
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1322712
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial green boards. Orange endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations facing each page of verse. 30 pages. 10 x 7.75 inches. ISBN: 0224012371. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners and minimal fading to spine. Small erasure patch to top corner of front free-endpaper. Reprint in same year as first edition.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2019
Written by Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1322708
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert on the back of a cycling bear! ISBN: 9781405294447. Slight wear to spine and corners else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2009
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1322705
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert riding in a 'Fish-Plane' with pilot; friends watching from below. ISBN: 9781405244015. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners and a small nick to top front edge of spine.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2136899
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards. Charming colour illustrations. ISBN: 0603015689. Bumping and some chipping to spine and corners. Stitching is a little pulled in places. Page edges are browned with foxing.

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