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SEE-SAW
Written by William M. Hutchison.
Stock no. 584211
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

A Book of Songs and Pictures with Original Music. Grey cloth spine with black title. Attractive colour pictorial front board shows children on a see-saw. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Quaint and intriguing rhymes. Contents almost detached. One page torn. Corners rubbed.

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HAPPY PLAYHOURS
Written by L. Haskell; Helen J. Wood; et al. Illustrated by W. Rainey; et al..
Stock no. 584129
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two children on a sledge. Blue floral patterned endpapers. Chromolithograph frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine slightly marked. Corners worn. Rear cover scratched and grubby. Front cover slightly grubby. Foxing to front endpaper and some foxing to contents. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. 1 page has closed margin tear. Some finger marks to page margins.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1894
Written by Ernest Nister; Robert Ellice Mack; Alfred J. Fuller.
Stock no. 583488
Published by Ernest Nister. 1894. Good condition.

Attractive pale blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Front cover shows boy and girl being pulled on skates by dog. 6 chromolithograph plates. Numerous b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. All plates present though one foxed and frayed at edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. first two page and two pages to centre detached. Page-edge browning. Spine browned. Front cover exceptionally bright and clean.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1892
Written by C.J. L'Estrange. Illustrated by M.J. Dicksee; et al..
Stock no. 583463
Published by Ernest Nister. 1892. Fair condition.

Large format. Bright blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 2 chromolitho plates, numerous b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. A few pages detached. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontis detached and pasted onto white paper, to stop any further edge chipping.

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STORIES OF MANY WHEELS
Written by William J. Forster.
Stock no. 581146
Published by Charles H. Kelly. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt title blocks. B/w illustrations. Includes the Night Mail, the Dog Cart, In a Caravan and other stories. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Rear covers a little marked.

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LITTLE SUSY'S SIX BIRTHDAYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 734079
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1868. Almost very good condition.

'By Her Aunt Susan'. Blue embossed cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby. Writing in pencil to front endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Some grubby marks to page margins but generally clean.

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THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE
Written by Thomas Hughes. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 733176
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1859. Very good condition.

'Or the long vacation ramble of a London clerk'. By the author of 'Tom Brown's school days'. Blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title. B/w text illustrations. 228 pages plus booklist to rear. 7 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light dampstaining to lower edges of endpapers. Joints very slightly cracked. Some light foxing. A nice copy.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 577066
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Prelims and last few pages foxed. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Top and bottom of spine bumped. Small nick to edge of front cover. Covers clean and bright.

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THE HOME OF THE WOLVERENE AND BEAVER
Written by Charles Henry Eden.
Stock no. 732707
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1885. Good condition.

Sub-titled Fur Hunting In The Wilds Of Canada. Green decorated cloth with gilt title label to spine. 254 pages plus booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few tiny brown spots to front cover and very faint splashmark to rear cover. Front joint broken, name and date in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to contents.

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THE FOUR LITTLE WISE ONES
No author listed.
Stock no. 732180
Published by James Nisbet. 1st 1853. Almost very good condition.

Square format. Blue embossed cloth with gilt titles. 427 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little darkened. Front joint slightly cracked. Contents clean.

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THE BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BEONALL GREENE
Written by William Harvey.
Stock no. 990512
Published by William Tegg. 1ST 1865. Very good condition.

Pages: 24, 24, 24, 24. 19 full page engravings, with many other in the text.bound in blue cloth, A collection of 4 illustrated poems. Title on front of book is "Poetry for Children". Corners rubbed.

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MERRY CONCEITS AND WHIMSICAL RHYMES
Written by Charles H. Ross. Illustrated by Charles H. Ross.
Stock no. 619929
1883. Fair condition.

Pictorial paper boards, red/brown cloth spine. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Colour illustrations. 62 pages. Cloth spine split at edges, covers worn. Both joints and first & last hinge repaired with tape. Heavy foxing.

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