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THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD
Written by Frank R. Stockton.
Stock no. 2112877
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1891. Almost very good condition.

And Other Stories. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Binding is a little weak - stitching pulled. Some foxing.

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CHILD-LAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311588
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Fair condition.

Picture Pages for the Little Ones. Brown decorated cloth, gilt titles. Inset pictorial onlay. Crammed with b/w illustrations. 192 pages plus 16 page publication list. Sold with all faults. Spine and corners bumped and worn, scuffing to covers. Prelims missing and new front endpaper. Contents are grubby. There is a glue mark to the front pastedown. The binding repairs to the book are very amateurish.

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THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311585
Published by John Harris. circa 1840. Good condition.

Small format, burgundy mottled boards. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents are worn and a bit grubby/foxed with paper repairs. Stitching is pulled causing contents to be loose but binding still holding.

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DARTON'S PARIS EXHIBITION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311372
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 13 colour illustrations with some text (not much), including a double-spread at centre pages. Covers slightly worn at spine, a couple of tiny edge chips. Some grubby marks to page margins.

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THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Gustav Canton.
Stock no. 1311370
Published by Joseph, Myers & Co.. circa 1863. Good condition.

"An Invitation to the Youth of both Sexes to contemplate animated nature in 16 plates designed and engraved on stone by Gustavus Canton. Text according to the best and latest authorities on natural sciences". Large format. Embossed navy cloth with gilt title and decoration to front cover. 97 pages. Cream endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine professionally re-backed retaining original cloth. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Joints cracked and repaired, Small binders sticker to rear pastedown. There is foxing and grubby fingermarks throughout and there are light damp stains to the plates (mainly evident on verso but some do show stains to front, however, colours are still bright on all plates). A decent copy of a very scarce book.

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THE CURSE OF CARNE'S HOLD
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Charles Kerr.
Stock no. 2112114
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. Circa 1902. Good condition.

A tale of adventure. Red decorative cloth with gilt titles to spine. B/w frontis. 356 pages. All edges gilt. New edition. Spine is browned, with some chipping and fraying to cloth. Covers are scuffed with marks. Bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and page browning. A reading copy.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAYS
Written by Marianne Farningham.
Stock no. 1108904
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1878. Very good condition.

Small format. Red cloth with gilt title/title box and black borders and decorations. Out-of-door stories for the Little Ones. Grubby marks and some scuffing to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE
Written by M.A. Titmarsh.
Stock no. 1709053
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1850. Very good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. Edges worn, covers scuffed. A few finger marks to contents.

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ALMANACK FOR 1883
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1311052
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1883. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers are edge worn with scratch marks to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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WOODLEIGH HOUSE OR; THE HAPPY HOLIDAYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1310955
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1869. Almost very good condition.

Embossed red cloth with gilt titles. 228 pages. B/w plates (with tissue-guards) and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers a bit grubby and marked. Foxing throughout. Hinges pulled. Tissue-guards browned.

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AN OLD STORY OF BETHLEHEM
Written by Elizabeth Charles.
Stock no. 1310927
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. circa 1884. Almost very good condition.

"One link in the Great Pedigree". The story of Ruth and Naomi. Cream cloth with decorated front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 32 pages, all edges red. Chromolithograph plates. Covers are grubby and slightly worn, spine browned with small tear to lower 2". Name in pencil to front pastedown. There is some very slight damage to the plates in that small pieces of paper from the facing pages has stuck to them.

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SONGS FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Robert Ellice. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway; Miss Bennett; Robert Barnes; et al..
Stock no. 1401596
Published by W. Mack. circa 1891. Almost very good condition.

A Collection Of Children's Poems, Old & New. Small format. Cloth spine and corners, marble effect boards. B/W illustrations throughout. 142 pages. Small font text. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth a little grubby. Bottom of boards scuffed. Name to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges. Some fingering and grubby marks. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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