ISBN:0961684402, Hardback, reprint edition, Fine Minus in a Very Good DJ; some wear, rubbing, small closed tears, and chipping to DJ edges, spine ends, and corner tips, small 1/2 inch triangular piece missing from bottom back edge of DJ and small 1/4 inch chip to front top edge by spine, the story and adventures of Mabel, who is given the power to communicate with animals by using a secret call given to her by a lizard, illustrated with 7 full page color plates plus smaller drawings, no names or inscriptions, overall, still an attractive copy of a relatively uncommon book, 8vo., 223 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

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Title: The Adventures of Mabel
Publisher: Marshall, VA, U.S.A.: Greenhouse Publishing Company, 1986
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0961684402
ISBN 13: 9780961684402
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Rountree, Harry
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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1. THE GREEN LIZARD. ONCE upon a time there was a little girl named Mabel, who lived in a cottage with her Grandma, and her brother Walter, and Jane the cook. The cottage was not very near any other houses, but was away out beyond the village and near a large wood. The wood was very big, and the trees iI]. it were great tall trees all covered with leaves, and havIng thick vines around them, so that even in the middle of the day it was shady and cool; and when the sun began to go down it was so dark that you could hardly see. Mabel loved the big woods because when the sun was hot she could go under in this book...

Table of Contents

Contents; PAGE; I THE GREEN LIZARD 1; II THE TAMING OF REX � 14; III THE FROGS AT THE BRIDGE 29; IV THE ROBBERS 40; V REX PLAYS POLICEMA~ 68; VI WALTER AND THE GOAT 78; VII THE GREY RAT UNDER THE PUMP 98; VIII THE ANIMAL PARTY 115; IX THE TRICKS OF THE BAD WOLF 132; X THE GIANT'S CASTLE � ; XI THE BROWNIE JELLY; XII THE RESCUE OF JACK

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