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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1948
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2130320
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1948. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Bonzo wearing a crown and sat on a donkey. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Contains a story entitled "The Little Nigger Boy". Spine is faded and worn. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Frontis is MISSING! Foxing. Name in belongs to box and inscription in ink to same page. A few closed edge tears to lower margins (no loss). Page 13/14 detached at top gutter edge. A few marks to contents.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK MINGO
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2114330
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Grey/blue boards with dark titles and decorations. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; grubby marks to covers. Spine has been repaired with glue (was at one time split). A few pages to prelims partially stuck back in (possibly incorrectly). Grubby margin marks. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK BOBTAIL
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2114110
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth. Delightful colour illustrations. The story of three little black children - Little Black Tag, Rag & Bobtail. 6 x 4.5". Unpaginated. Some page browning. Wrapper is a bit grubby and edge-creased.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1708989
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial onlay to front cover with decorative border. Colour illustrations. 139 pages. Top 1/2" of spine split to both sides. A Little foxing, but contents and covers generally bright.

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THE CHRONICLES OF AUNT MINERVY ANN
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by A.B. Frost.
Stock no. 378074
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine and blind stamped publishers motif to front cover. B/w plates. 210 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, cover edges lightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Endpapers lightly browned. A couple of hinges pulled. Some foxing to contents but generally clean.

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UNCLE REMUS OR THE STORY OF MR. FOX AND BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Rene Bull.
Stock no. 737200
Published by Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Limited. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large format (12.5 x 10"). Beige cloth with brown and red title and colour illustration to front. With twelve tissue-guarded colour plates by Rountree and eighty-four pen and ink text illustrations by Bull. A wonderful edition of this classic story. Spine and corners bumped. A dozen or so pinholes to rear cover (a couple of which penetrate the last few pages). Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1942). Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Green wrapper (with pictorial onlay to front) is edge creased with tears at corners which are repaired with magic tape on verso, creasing to top edge of rear panel and the same pinholes affecting the rear cover. Very slight loss at corners. A nice copy of this attractive but scarce edition.

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STEAMBOAT BILL
Written by Charles Crowther. Illustrated by Charles Crowther.
Stock no. 586786
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Collins Colour Book. The story of a paddle-steamer who goes up and down the Mississippi. Oblong format. Brown cloth. Colour illustrations. A few faint marks to contents. Stitching very slightly loose. Pictorial wrapper is torn at edges with slight loss at base of spine and a little grubby.

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JUNGLE DOCTOR AND THE WHIRLWIND
Written by Paul White. Illustrated by Helen M. Gillham.
Stock no. 804135
Published by Paternoster Press. 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black titles. Map to endpapers. 26 b/w illustrations. Jungle Doctor series no. 9. Corners bumped. Foxing to outer page edges. Few closed edge-tears to wrapper.

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THE BOOK OF LITTLE BLACK BROTHER
Written by Emily Huntley. Illustrated by Margaret E. Voelcker.
Stock no. 985518
Published by United Council For Missionary Education. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Green cloth spine. Red and black illustrations. Stories of little black children. Joints cracked. Corners worn. Contents very good.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1948
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 712401
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Bonzo wearing a crown and sat on a donkey. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Contains a story entitled "The Little Nigger Boy". Corners worn. Front cover scuffed & scratched. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to outer page edges and contents otherwise contents very clean.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1948
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 713720
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Bonzo wearing a crown and sat on a donkey. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Contains a story entitled "The Little Nigger Boy". Corners worn, edges rubbed. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Name in belongs to box is crossed out. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page margins. A few grubby fingering marks to contents. Neat colouring to page 53. One or two closed tears to margins (no loss).

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LEGENDS OF SAVAGE LIFE
Written by James Greenwood. Illustrated by Ernest Griset.
Stock no. 738000
Published by John Camden Hotten. 1st 1867. Very good condition.

Rebound in three-quarter brown leather with brown cloth covers. 164 pages. 36 wood engravings hand-coloured. Spine and corners rubbed, split to top of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (also states "rebound 1888"). Some foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout. Front board completely separated from rest of book. A decent copy of this scarce antiquarian children's book.

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