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CAROLS
No author listed. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 1506935
Published by Alexander Moring Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Dark red cloth with gilt title and onlay. 14 carols. 6 double page spread colour plates; 5 other colour plates. 43 pages. 10.25 x 8". Spine faded and bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Uneven fading to front and rear cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Tiny hole to front joint. One hinge cracked. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light page edge browning. All plates present.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1506917
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned with a few white marks. A few marks to covers. Front joint cracked. Pen inscription to verso of front endpaper and school plate to front pastedown. 4" tear to page 115/6 and tear to top edge of 117/8, both repaired with clear tape which is now yellowed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to text block and page edges.

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THE SLEEPY-SONG BOOK
Written by Eugene Field; May Byron; Florence Campbell. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1506909
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

Music by H.A.J. Campbell. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 13 colour plates. 83 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear and a few marks to onlay. Spine lightly browned and gilt darkened. Rear cover slightly grubby with a few light scratches. Small ink blot affects top edge of pages 28/29. Top page corners lightly creased from bumped corners. A few small marks to endpapers. Light foxing and a few fingermarks to contents. All plates present.

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SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Written by William Blake; Thomas S. Seccombe. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1406398
Published by Herbert & Daniel. Slightly better than good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles and embossed decoration. Preface by Seccombe. 12 colour plates with captioned paper guards by Appleton. 49 pages. Decorated endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine and board edges browned. Covers a little grubby. Front endpaper has been REMOVED. Joints and several hinges cracked. Rear endpaper creased. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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FUNNY FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Sybil Tawse; et al..
Stock no. 1406283
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Nelson's fireside library. Green cloth with pictorial onlay, gilt titles and pale green borders. 8 colour plates to contents. Pictorial endpapers. 95 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light fading to rear cover which also has a couple of marks. Inlay to font cover is a little scuffed. Endpapers browned. Small mark to top of front pastedown. Inscription to verso of frontis. Heavy foxing to pages 78-80. Some light fingering.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506651
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Spine and corners bumped and worn, nicks to cloth at ends of spine. Covers grubby, spine darkened. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Both joints cracked. Foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Nick to outside edge of rear endpaper.

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TAIL FEATHERS FROM MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Iona Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; Janet Ahlberg; Quentin Blake; John Burningham; Anthony Browne; Nicola Bayley; et al..
Stock no. 2122378
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Rhymes chosen from the Opie family archives. Oblong format. Red/brown boards, blue title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout by renowned illustrators. ISBN: 0744510392. Light wear to corners and top and tail of spine. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with a few small marks; faded to spine.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Robert Broomfield.
Stock no. 1506506
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A humorous tale written principally by a lady of ninety, edited with additional verses by Ruskin. Oblong format. Pictorial boards, 31 pages. Colour illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Wear to ends of spine and corners. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of tears and chips. 1" tear to bottom edge of rear panel. Spine lightly browned.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1405847
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1917. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Black title to spine. Title to front is Little Ann A Book. Grey endpapers. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Light pencil marks and some scratches to boards . Browning to top of boards. Joints and some hinges cracked. Foxing throughout. Some marks to endpapers.

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PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1405775
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front. Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges darkened. Both joints beginning to crack. Heavy browning to endpapers, tissue guard and title page. Some foxing, worst on prelims and last couple of pages and page edges.

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FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1405768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1940. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown chequered boards, dark title to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board of "The Mulberry Fairy". 24 colour plates throughout. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Blue illustrated endpapers. Bumping to spine and corners. Pencil writing erased from title page. Pages browned. Couple of hinges are cracked. Some light foxing to verso of illustrations. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped. Wrapper is grubby. Foxing to verso.

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HEARD BY A MOUSE
Written by Irene G. Heath. Illustrated by Irene G. Heath.
Stock no. 1316159
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books series. Small format, white pictorial boards. Children's poetry with colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn but minimal loss.

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