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QUACK
Written by Mollie Clarke. Illustrated by Mollie Clarke.
Stock no. 1319170
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tales To Read no. 11. Pink pictorial paper wraps. Colour text illustrations. Easy to read text. No major faults, light rubbing to cover edges.

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BIGGITY BANTAM
Written by T.L. McCready. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Stock no. 1318770
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light grey boards with no markings. Colour & b/w illustrations. 49 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light fingermarks else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, creased and lightly foxed.

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LITTLE BROWN HEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Violet M. Williams.
Stock no. 2131162
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25"). Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little chipping along cover edges. Some foxing.

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MR POPPLECORN & FOUR LITTLE HENS
Written by Margaret Musson. Illustrated by Kathleen Burrell.
Stock no. 2130652
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

How Mr Popplecorn pretended he was a boy again by keeping hens and collecting their eggs. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour and two-tone text illustrations. Wear along cover edges. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with creasing, edge-tears and chips; a little loss and some grubby marks.

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ESCAPE TO THE DOWNS
Written by Hester Knight. Illustrated by Raoul Millais.
Stock no. 2127238
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with white title to spine. B/w illustrations. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and some foxing.

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE WICKED WOOD-CUTTER
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 2125259
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 4. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Grubby marks to covers. Bumping and wear along edges and to corners. Some page edge browning and foxing, a few light margin marks, but contents are very good.

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LITTLE BROWN HEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Violet M. Williams.
Stock no. 2125121
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25"). Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Bump to top of spine. Home made 'library ticket' to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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THE CARELESS CHICKEN
Written by Baron Krakemsides. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson.
Stock no. 1815599
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Story told in verse. Square format. Green boards, circular onlay to front cover. 46 pages. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine rubbed with splitting and wear to top. Surface paper loss to top front of front board. Faint name in ink and small mark to front endpaper. A few scattered fox spots to contents. Binding firm.

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE AEROPLANE
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 1507201
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 3. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with a few marks. Ink name, address and date to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to title page. Just an odd mark to contents.

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THE STORY OF CHANTICLEER
Written by Edmond Rostand; Florence Yates Hann. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1506753
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Adapted from the French by Hann. Chanticleer is a most handsome cockerel, but, he has a secret... Delightfully illustrated with colour and red, black and white plates. Tan pictorial cloth, black titles. Pictorial endpapers. 144pp. 8 x 6". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine darkened. A few marks to covers. Prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to prelims and page edges. A few fingermarks to contents but generally clean.

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THE THREE BAD BANTAMS
Written by Kathleen Mv. Harke. Illustrated by Kathleen M.V. Harke.
Stock no. 2120398
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 39 pages. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A bit of scuffing and some marks to covers. Inscription to front pastedown. Page browning and a few margin marks, but illustrations are lovely and bright!

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THE COCK, THE MOUSE AND THE LITTLE RED HEN
Written by Felicite Lefevre. Illustrated by Tony Sarg.
Stock no. 1405019
Published by E. Grant Richards. 1st 1907. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with red titles to front board and black titles to spine. 24 colour illustrations. 103 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine a little faded and browned. White marks to rear board. Boards are grubby. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Rear joint and several hinges cracked making the binding a little loose. Bottom of most pages detached. Pencil scribble to front endpaper and a couple of blank pages. 'The End' and some pencil lines to last text page. A few small edge tears. Grubby marks and some foxing to contents.

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