NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1890
Written by Robert Ellice Mack; L. Haskell; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Edith Scannell; et al..
Stock no. 1404721
Published by Ernest Nister. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles and flower vignette to spine and gilt titles and vignette of a girl skipping to front. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 1st item is a poem - Goodbye. One b/w plate by Wain entitled 'The Cats Party.' Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Cover edges darkened and covers a little marked. Front and rear joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges cracked. One plate is loose and has ragged edges. Foxing and browning especially to prelims. A few light marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE AFFECTIONATE PARENT'S GIFT
Written by Henry Sharpe Horsley.
Stock no. 1315143
Published by Thomas Kelly. 1st 1827. Good condition.

Small format. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and vignettes to spine, marble-effect boards. Containing a Series of Poems and Essays on Natural, Moral and Religious Subjects... To Which is Prefixed and Affectionate Address on the Duties and Obligations They Owe to God and Their Parents. Illustrated with upwards of 150 b/w engravings. xxxviii + 224 pages; 192 pages + 3 page plate list plus 1 page booklist. This is volume 1 only, volume 2 is "The Good Child's Reward". Spine and corners worn. Covers are very scuffed. Joints are cracked but binding is firm. Some page browning, grubby fingermarks and light foxing.

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THE CAPTAIN'S DOG
Written by Louis Enault. Illustrated by Riou.
Stock no. 1315052
Published by W. Swann Sonnenschein & Allen. 1st 1880. Very good condition.

Attractive grey cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Bevelled edges. 135 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Name in blue ink to front pastedown, name and date in black ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to page edges and prelims and a few light fingermarks at page margins else contents clean.

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A CHILDREN'S SUMMER
Written by M.L.B.; W.M.C.. Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle.
Stock no. 1315032
Published by Addey & Co.. 1st 1853. Fair condition.

Large, oblong format (11.25 x 14.5"). Burgundy leather spine, blue cloth with gilt title to front. Cream endpapers. Eleven etchings on steel with paper guards accompanied by prose and rhyme. Spine and corners are very worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Front joint (between free-endpaper and frontis) is cracked. Heavy foxing to contents (affecting plates). Some of the guards are creased. Contents generally clean.

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THE CHILDREN'S PLEASURE BOOK
Written by W.H.G. Kingston; A.G. Forbes; W. Burnett; et al.
Stock no. 1505077
Published by J.S. Virtue & Company Limited. circa 1892. Almost very good condition.

Containing Original Tales, Biographies and Sunday Readings with numerous b/w illustrations. Blue and orange pictorial cloth covers, orange titles to front, gilt to spine. All edges gilt. 254 pages. Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at either end, also browned. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and browned with large white paint(?) mark to rear cover. Front joint starting to crack. Dated ink inscription to prelims. Some browning and foxing to contents but generally clean.

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AUNT LOUISA'S BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mrs. L. Valentine.
Stock no. 1314901
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1904. Good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with black title to spine, gilt title (Animal Stories For Children) to front cover and vignette of boy on a donkey. 94 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Not sure if the book had free-endpapers, if it did then they have been removed. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Grubby fingermarks and some foxspots to contents.

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MR FOX'S PINCH FOR PRIDE
Written by Frances Clark. Illustrated by R.H. Moore.
Stock no. 2117636
Published by John Bellows. Circa 1887. Very good condition.

Once upon a time the animals thought they would turn civilised and have shops like other people in which they could sell goods instead of prowling about for what they ate themselves... Small format. Brown boards with illustration to front and rear cover. Green cloth spine. B/w illustrations. 74 pages. Covers a little scuffed and spotted. Name in ink to inside of front cover. Contents clean.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1314808
Published by George Allen. 1st thus 1885. Very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Dark green cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts in b/w taken from the hand coloured edition of 1823, 4 of the illustrations are by Kate Greenaway. 20 pages. Plain endpapers. Spine and corners bumped, small splash mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingermarks to contents but generally they are clean. Joints are cracked but binding still tight.

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OVER THE SEA
Written by A Patchett Martin; F.E. Weatherly; et al. Illustrated by Emily J. Harding; H.J. Johnstone; T.J. Hughes; R. Carrick.
Stock no. 1403972
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Stories of Two Worlds. Brown cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 7 colour plates. B/w illustrations. 8 Stories. 48 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Rear cover is marked and grubby. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Mark down the side margin of one plate otherwise plates are all clean and bright. Faint transfer of colour from plates to opposite pages. Some margin marks otherwise contents are very good.

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DEAN'S LITTLE FOLK'S LIBRARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314447
Published by Dean & Son. circa 1880. Good condition.

Contents: A, Apple Pie; Jane and Her Brother; Pretty Puss and Little Dog; My Picture Book. Small format. Green cloth with gilt title labels to front and oval pictorial onlay of a bird. Yellow endpapers. Chromo illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly discoloured, spine browned. Small pink mark to lower edge of front cover. Joints cracked, front joint possible repaired. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some light foxing to contents. Top corner tips lightly creased.

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THE BABY'S OPERA
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1314407
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1877. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Black endpapers. Colour illustrations and text decorations printed by Edmund Evans. Spine bumped. Corners worn with slight loss to lower front corner. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1403674
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.; William Briggs. 1st Canadian 1899. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates and 3 battle plans. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt. Spine is bumped, worn and faded. Corners are bumped and worn. Couple of marks to rear cover. Name and date to front endpaper. Transfer sticker has been stuck to half-title page with slight transfer of colour to opposite page. Endpapers a little browned. Foxing to prelims and page edges but most pages clean.

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