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MERRY CONCEITS AND WHIMSICAL RHYMES
Written by Charles H. Ross. Illustrated by Charles H. Ross.
Stock no. 737995
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1866. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt decoration/title to front cover. Colour illustrations to each page with rhyme below (printed on one side of the page only). 62 pages. Spine and corners worn, covers slightly grubby and spine a bit darkened. Name in pencil (underscored) to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Name in ink to booklist on rear fly-leaf. Lower corner tip of front free-endpaper torn off. Contents are a bit foxed and fingered but considering the age of the book still very good.

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TALES IN VERSE FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 737996
Published by Darton And Clark. 1865. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 207 pages. States "New Edition" on the title page. Contains b/w illustrations which have been hand-coloured for publication. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby and spine slightly darkened. Front joint cracked. Evidence of removal of bookplate to front pastedown, embossed address stamp and date in crayon to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Contents are well fingered with some slight foxing but still very good.

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THE LOOKING GLASS FOR THE MIND OR INTELLECTUAL MIRROR
Written by M. Berquin. Illustrated by I. Bewick.
Stock no. 737997
Published by John Harris; G. Whittaker. 17th 1827. Very good condition.

"Being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories and interesting tales; chiefly translated from that much admired works L'Ami Des Enfans." Black leather binding with gilt title and flower vignettes to spine. Marble effect endpapers. 74 b/w woodcut illustrations to text. 259 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A couple of tiny dents to cover edges. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Front joint just starting to crack. Some foxing to page margins. Very light damp stain to edges of title-page and preface. Pages 13-16 have a light brown stain to lower corners. Overall a very nice copy of this antiquarian children's book.

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MY COLOURED PICTURE STORY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 737965
Published by The Religious Tract Society. 1st 1884. Good condition.

Large format. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks. Floral decorated endpapers. 64 coloured plates and vignettes. The colour plates have plain paper guards. Spine and corners worn with slight fraying of cloth. Covers a little grubby and darkened. Joints have been repaired with magic tape. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. One plate has a large closed tear to lower margin. One hinge is cracked. Contents have grubby fingermarks to page margins but plates are still bright. A nice copy of this rare antiquarian children's book.

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FUR COATS AND FEATHER FROCKS
Written by Clifton Bingham; Edith E. Cuthell; Edric Vredenburg; et al. Illustrated by W. Foster; et al..
Stock no. 737967
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1892. Very good condition.

Contains short stories and verse about animals. De-Luxe Edition with red pictorial cloth and gilt title to front cover. 24 chromolithograph plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents, mainly to margins and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents are clean.

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WINGS AND STINGS
Written by A.L.O.E..
Stock no. 588285
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1875. Very good condition.

Red decorative cloth, gilt title blocks. Colour frontis. 6 b/w plates. A Tale For The Young. Endpapers lightly foxed. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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HONEYMAID AND OTHER POEMS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by St. Clair Simmons.
Stock no. 588286
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial stiff card covers. Sepia illustrations. Verses. Corners lightly rubbed. Number in ink to front cover. Contents nice and bright. Not dated but 19th century.

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THE BIRTH-DAY
Written by Eliza Lee Follen.
Stock no. 587253
Published by James Munroe And Company. 1848. Slightly better than good condition.

A Sequel to the Well-Spent Hour. Small format. Red embossed cloth, gilt titles to spine. 2 b/w plates. Contents very good. Spine chipped with loss at top and tail. Spine and covers faded to brown.

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UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 586574
Published by Blackie & Son. 1st 1883. Very good condition.

Very dark green full leather binding. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. 368 pages. 12 tinted illustrations. REDUCED from £100. All plates present. Inscription in ink to first blank page. Frontis loose. School crest in gilt to front cover.

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THE ITALIAN'S CHILD AND OTHER TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 585236
Published by W. & R. Chambers. 1884. Very good condition.

Blue decorative cloth. Gilt titles. B/w frontis. All edges gilt. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Dustwrapper: corners rubbed.

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A LITTLE BOY'S TOYS
Written by Meg Wood. Illustrated by Katharine May Roberts.
Stock no. 585239
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Small format. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Lilac decorative boards. Backstrip browned and torn. Front joint cracked. Pages browned.

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LITTLE WIDE-AWAKE
Written by Leonard De Vries.
Stock no. 736706
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthology of Victorian Children's books and periodicals. Full of colour & b/w illustrations, many full-page. Green boards, gilt decorations to spine and front cover. 240 pages. Top of spine and top corners bumped. A few small foxspots else a bright copy. Wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby, date (June 1970) written in ink on front flap of wrapper.

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