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  • THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES. by POTTER, Beatrix.
    POTTER, Beatrix.
    THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES.

    London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. 86 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original grey boards with mounted shaped pastedown to the upper panel. First edition; first or second printing which are identical. Slight touch of wear to spine ends; gift inscription for Christmas 1909 on free endpaper. A very good, clean, copy. .

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  • THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. by POTTER, Beatrix.
    POTTER, Beatrix.
    THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES.

    London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1911. 85 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original green boards with mounted shaped pastedown to the upper panel. First edition; first or second printing which are identical. A very good, clean, copy with no inscriptions or marks, etc.

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  • THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. by POTTER, Beatrix.
    POTTER, Beatrix.
    THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES.

    London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1911. 85 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original brown boards with mounted pictoirial pastedown. First edition. First or second printings. (Believed to be identical.) A very nice copy.

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  • THE TEDDY BEARS IN HOT WATER. Rhymes by Robert D. Towne, Editor of Judge. Pictures by J. R. Bray. Cover design and Decorations by C. A. Sieber. by TOWNE, Robert D.
    TOWNE, Robert D.
    THE TEDDY BEARS IN HOT WATER. Rhymes by Robert D. Towne, Editor of Judge. Pictures by J. R. Bray. Cover design and Decorations by C. A. Sieber.

    Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, Circa 1907. [16] pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 17.8 x 14 cm. Head & heel of spine chipped; ownership name and address on title; else a very good, slight wear at lower fore-edge; else a clean copy.

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  • THE TEST FLIGHT OF SKY ROBIN. Story by Doris Garn. Picture by George Zaffo. A Rainbow Playbook. by GARN, Doris.
    GARN, Doris.
    THE TEST FLIGHT OF SKY ROBIN. Story by Doris Garn. Picture by George Zaffo. A Rainbow Playbook.

    Cleveland. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. [20] pages of text and colour illustrations, including four moveable pictures operated by levers and slides. Original spiral bound boards. First edition. Little rubbed and worn at spine and edges, but all moveable images are in excellent working order.

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  • SPAIN, Nancy.
    The Tiger who went to the Moon. Written and drawn by Nancy Spain.

    London: Max Parrish, 1956. 36 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original red boards, with a tiger on the front panel. Original unprice-clipped pictorial dust-wrapper. First edition. Wrapper chipped at spine and corners; some loss of paper at the base of the wrapper; else a very good copy. Rarely found in the original wrapper.

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  • THE TINDER BOX animated by Julian Wehr. by WEIR, Julian.
    WEIR, Julian.
    THE TINDER BOX animated by Julian Wehr.

    New York: Stephen Daye, Inc, 1945. With five full-page coloured moveable illustrations, and others. Original pictorial boards; spiral bound. No dust-wrapper. First edition. Ownership stamps to the front and rear paste-downs; the rear paste-down has a library pocket; else very good, with all moveable plates working correctly.

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  • CLEWES, Dorothy.
    THE TREASURE IN THE WILD WOOD. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.

    London.Faber and Faber Limited. 1947. [i-iv],5-52pp. 6 colour plates and many black & white illustrations throughout. Blue cloth, gilt. Pictorial dust wrapper and endpapers. Quarto. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed on half-title by the illustrator; 'To Lesley with love from Irene Christmas 1947.' Slight fading to top and bottom edges of boards. Some very minor chipping to dust wrapper edges; else, an excellent copy.

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  • THE TREASURE OF THE GARDEN. A Play by Jack B. Yeats. Scenes and Characters together with Book of the Words and full Directions for Playing on a Miniature Stage. by YEATS, Jack B.
    YEATS, Jack B.
    THE TREASURE OF THE GARDEN. A Play by Jack B. Yeats. Scenes and Characters together with Book of the Words and full Directions for Playing on a Miniature Stage.

    London: Elkin Mathews, No date [1902]. [16] ] leaves [32 pages]; seven leaves bearing illustrations hand-coloured by Yeats.; the last leaf and advert' for another title in the series. Original blue wrappers with a hand-coloured vignette of a pirate to the upper panel. Quarto. Complete as issued, First and only edition. The book is worn; the spine repaired; the last two small blank corners and that of the lower wrapper lost; some creasing and staining of wrappers, but a good copy.

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  • The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. by LANGLEY, Noel.
    LANGLEY, Noel.
    The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.

    London: Lindsay Drummond, 1947. 63 [64] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Corners very lightly bumped; else a fine copy in wrapper that is chipped head & heel of spine. Inscribed on front endpaper, ‘To George Cowan with best wishes from Noel Langley 1951.’

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  • The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. by LANGLEY, Noel.
    LANGLEY, Noel.
    The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.

    London: Lindsay Drummond, 1947. 63 [64] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in wrapper that is chipped head & heel of spine.

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  • THE UGLY DUCKLING. by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
    ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
    THE UGLY DUCKLING.

    Wigtown: The Gleniffer Press, 1997. Number 114 of a limited edition of 210 copies. Bound in full red sheep, gilt. 23 x 18 mm [15/16 x 11/16 inches]. A mint copy in the original polythene envelope with printed slip.

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  • THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE. With illustrations by Stuart Tresilian. by BLYTON, Enid.
    BLYTON, Enid.
    THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE. With illustrations by Stuart Tresilian.

    New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Hardcover. Pictorial price-clipped dust-wrapper. First U.S. edition. Slight wear to the extremities of the dust-wrapper with three minor chips; else a very good, fresh copy.

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  • THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Or How Toys Become Real. With Illustrations by William Nicholson. by WILLIAMS, Margery.
    WILLIAMS, Margery.
    THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Or How Toys Become Real. With Illustrations by William Nicholson.

    London: Heinemann, 1922. [8], 19, [1] pages. With seven coloured illustrations, of which four are full-page and three are double-page. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. First edition. First issue. Some light wear and staining to the very heel of the spine; some very light spotting here & there; wrappers split in half along spine and with some loss and chipping and rubbing; else a very good copy of this extremely scarce and important illustrated book for children. Inscribed on front free end paper: ‘Nino Wardrop with love & best wishes from Edith Ridgeway December 25th 1922.’ Extremely scarce first edition of this classic children's work (the only printing from lithographic stones), seldom seen with the dust-jacket.…

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    London: Heinemann, 1922. [8], 19, [1] pages. With seven coloured illustrations, of which four are full-page and three are double-page. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. First edition. First issue. Some light wear and staining to the very heel of the spine; some very light spotting here & there; wrappers split in half along spine and with some loss and chipping and rubbing; else a very good copy of this extremely scarce and important illustrated book for children. Inscribed on front free end paper: ‘Nino Wardrop with love & best wishes from Edith Ridgeway December 25th 1922.’ Extremely scarce first edition of this classic children's work (the only printing from lithographic stones), seldom seen with the dust-jacket. With contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper verso to Nino Wardrop, daughter of Sir John Oliver Wardrop, British diplomat, traveller and translator, who published his famous work 'The Kingdom of Georgia' in 1888.

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  • THE VISIT TO THE FARM. by JONES, Harold.
    JONES, Harold.
    THE VISIT TO THE FARM.

    London: Faber and Faber, No date [1939]. [32] pages. Illustrated in colour. Original pictorial paper-covered boards; original pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. First edition. The bottom inch of the rear inner joint has an old worm track; else a fine copy.

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  • KINGSLEY, Charles.
    THE WATER BABIES.

    London & Glasgow.Collins' Clear-type Press. No date. 198pp. Coloured frontispiece and title. Full pictorial paper-covered boards by Jessie M. King. Slight wear to spine edges as with all title in this series; small split at base of base; but a very good, clean copy - much, much better than usually found.

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  • KINGSLEY, Charles.
    THE WATER BABIES. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.

    London: Hodder and Stoughton for Boots the Chemist, No date [inscribed 1934]. 240 pages. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in full-colour plates and many illustrations within the text. Original pictorial green cloth gilt; original green dust-wrapper with mounted illustration to front panel. Gift inscription on front pastedown; some light spotting to fore-edges; else a fine copy in a fresh, bright binding.

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  • ST, JOHN WEBB, Marion.
    THE WEATHER FAIRIES. Verse by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant.

    London: The Modern Art Society Ltd, No date. 40 pages. Illustrated with 6 mounted colour plates, and many black & white vignettes that have been finely coloured by a former owner. Original boards with a duplicate plate mounted to the front panel. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. 158 x 121 mm. Small piece chipped from spine of wrapper; wrapper a little dust-soiled; else a very good copy.

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  • THE WELSH FAIRY BOOK. With one hundred Illustrations by Willy Pogany. by THOMAS, W. Jenkyn.
    THOMAS, W. Jenkyn.
    THE WELSH FAIRY BOOK. With one hundred Illustrations by Willy Pogany.

    London: T. Fisher Unwin, No date, but probably the undated first edition of 1907. 312 pages. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous illustrations in black & white and with pictorial initial letters in red. School prize binding of calf gilt recently expertly and finely re-backed. Octavo. First edition. Prize label for 1922; the occasional small mark; else a very good copy.

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  • THE WHITE CAT. by LE CAIN, Errol.
    LE CAIN, Errol.
    THE WHITE CAT.

    London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1973. Unpaged. Illustrated in colour. Original Pictorial glazed boards. Oblong: 194 x 255 mm. First edition. A near fine copy.

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