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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Albert Lee; Mabel Mackintosh; Catharine Shaw; et al. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; May Gladwin; et al..
Stock no. 1325930
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl pulling a girl (with teddy bear) in a sledge (plate is duplicated inside). 288 pages. Colour plates mounted on green paper, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Golden Passports" by Lee. Covers are edge worn. Spine has been rebacked with red cloth. There is a section of surface paper missing to lower corner of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name plate to verso of frontis. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Page corner tips are creased and there is some light fingering to page margins.

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OUR DARLINGS - 22ND VOLUME
Written by G. Stebbing; Catharine Shaw; Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain; A.H. Collins; et al..
Stock no. 1325927
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine, front cover shows 3 children on a beach with small wrecked boat behind them. First story is "Never Give In" by Stebbing. Includes a couple of b/w illustrations of cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Scratch mark to front cover. Heavy page browning to endpapers and lighter page browning to margins. Some foxing to textblock.

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OUR DARLINGS - 31ST VOLUME
Written by M.S. Comrie; Catharine Shaw; W.A. Atkinson; Mabel Mackintosh; et al. Illustrated by Levine Helmer; Fred S. Howard; D. Peachey; May Gladwin; et al..
Stock no. 1325926
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl in red cloak holding holly and a basket of fruit. First story is "In The Tyrant's Grip" by Comrie. Colour plates and numerous other illustrations. Spine bumped and grubby. Covers edge worn. Rear cover is grubby and spotted. Front joint is almost broken, rear joint cracked. Page browning and some fingering to margins.

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HAPPY DAYS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by K. Harrow; et al..
Stock no. 1317826
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Edited by Mackintosh. Large format. Cloth spine with pictorial front board showing two young girls baking. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Heavy foxing to contents.

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CATS AND KITTENS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2128233
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1928. Very good condition.

Larger format. Card wraps. Colour pictures to inside front and rear covers. Rest of illustrations are black an white. Easy-to-read text. A thin book - not too many pages long. Shows distinctive Wain cat depictions. Wear to spine. Creasing to cover corners. A few light foxspots. Name in ink to top of title page.

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MERRY HOURS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1506815
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1924. Very good condition.

Stories and Pictures for the Little Ones edited by Mabel Mackintosh. Stiff card covers, pictorial front shows boy and girl collecting mussels. B/w illustrations, at least six by Wain. Staples rusty. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents very good, just an odd fox spot.

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MERRY DAYS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Chris G. Temple.
Stock no. 1505920
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows three children sailing a toy boat, yellow titles. 10 x 7.5". Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby, mainly edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. One hinge cracked. Contents clean but with foxing and some browning.

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MERRY HOURS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Chris Temple; Harry B. Neilson; Marjorie Slade; et al..
Stock no. 1315531
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1932. Very good condition.

Stories and Pictures for the Little Ones edited by Mabel Mackintosh. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl washing her toy. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny nick to edge of rear cover. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Small Xmas sticker to belongs to box and pencil name. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to contents.

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SUNNY DAYS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh.
Stock no. 1502664
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Paper boards with full size pictorial onlay to front cover which shows horses and dogs by a stream. 3 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. A mix of short stories and rhymes. Wear to spine, corners and edges of onlay on front cover. Covers a little grubby. Name in ink to verso of frontis which is first page in book. Staples rusty. Tiny tear to bottom edge of first two pages. Odd mark and fox spot but contents generally clean.

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LITTLE FROLIC
Written by Mabel Mackintosh.
Stock no. 658025
Published by John F. Shaw. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Decorated front board with large pictorial onlay showing children in a pillow fight. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Corners bumped and slightly worn.

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LITTLE FROLIC
Written by Mabel Mackintosh.
Stock no. 554216
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Front cover shows children playing with hoops. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Corners worn.

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