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PIPPETY'S UNLUCKY DAY
Perring, W. & Macgregor, A.J..Illustrated by Macgregor, A.J.. Stock no. 380281
Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st. 1952. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Ladybird Series 401. Brown boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to margins of endpapers. Several hinges are cracked (showing stitching) and some light fingering to margins of first few pages else covers and contents clean. Blue pictorial wrapper is edge worn and grubby, 1.5" closed tear to top front corner is repaired with tape on verso. [S]
Price: £210.00

THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Levy, Muriel.Illustrated by Kiddell-Monroe, Joan. Stock no. 439301
Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd. 1942. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Series 417. Green boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Small ink mark to front endpaper. A couple of page margins a little grubby. Overall a bright and clean copy. Dustwrapper edge worn with some small tears and slight loss. [R]
Price: £150.00

THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING
Richards, Dorothy.Illustrated by Aris, Ernest A.. Stock no. 442412
Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Top and bottom of spine are chipped with small pieces missing. A few light margin marks, else lovely and bright. Pictorial wrapper is grubby in places and edge-torn and chipped, with a little loss to corners and bottom of rear panel. Still a nice copy of one of the rarer ladybird titles. [S]
Price: £110.00

JEREMY'S DAY IN THE COUNTRY
Macgregor, A.J. & Perring, W..Illustrated by Macgregor, A.J.. Stock no. 442420
Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 7th. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Series 401. Orange boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Top of spine has a couple of tiny splits. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Some light brown margin marks in places. Illustrations are lovely and bright. Pictorial wrapper is chipped to top and tail of spine and corners, with some grubby marks. [R]
Price: £100.00

A LITTLE SILK APRON
Richards, Dorothy.Illustrated by Aris, Ernest A.. Stock no. 739689
Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd. 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Contents are detached from covers but very clean. Wrapper is edge creased and torn with a few pieces of loss to front corners, grubby with light pencil marks to rear panel. [R]
Price: £120.00

THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING
Richards, Dorothy.Illustrated by Aris, Ernest A.. Stock no. 1104089
Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st. 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Page edges are browned, else a lovely copy. Wrapper has been repriced by Ladybird books to front flap (sticker), but original price underneath is 2/6. Some edge-chipping to wrapper with closed tear. [R]
Price: £100.00