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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1313162
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1880. Almost very good condition.

Verses by Mrs. Barker, 382 illustrations by Greenaway (colour plates and b/w text illustrations). Small format (3.75 x 4"). Beige decorated cloth covers with bevelled edges. Turquoise endpapers. 125 numbered pages. All edges yellow. Spine and corners bumped, spine split along rear edge (but not detached). Covers foxed. Initials and date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Front joint is broken at lower half, rear joint is cracking. There are a few neat ink entries but generally the contents are clean and mainly unused.

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THE CLEVER LITTLE TAILOR OR SEVEN AT A BLOW
Written by Frederic B. Saywell. Illustrated by Herbert J. Harvey.
Stock no. 2114799
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine; decorated covers. Tipped-in colour plates on grey paper, with border and caption. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to spine; title is partially faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing to pages. 1" margin tear to page 38. A couple of light creases.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 2114719
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing to corners. Chipping to cloth at top and tail of spine. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby margin marks throughout. Stitching is pulled in a few places.

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WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1312888
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly creased and edge rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top front corner. Staples rusty. There are very neat ink annotations to top margins of the pages.

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GAMMON AND SPINACH
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 1312737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Verses with accompanying colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Beige pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Covers edges worn, spine a little bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins and a couple of small page edge tears.

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THE DARLING BOOK
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1109461
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Paper boards. Embossed feel illustration to front board in colour depicts two young girls picking tulips. Full page colour illustration accompanied by a verse on facing page. Back strip worn with loss. Foxing to pictorial boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1710936
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Area of surface loss to front panel. Edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks.

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TWO MERRY MARINERS
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 2114541
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. Story in verse. Book has been rebacked, with new spine and endpapers. Scuffing to covers; chipping and bumping to edges. Some grubby margin marks and foxin. Damp mark to bottom corner of some pages, next to spine.

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SOUL THOUGHTS
Written by Felicity Pyke. Illustrated by Jennie Preece.
Stock no. 1109168
Published by Felicity Pyke. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author. Some light wear and a little bumping to spine.

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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2114228
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with blue titles, pictorial onlay to front. Blue cloth spine. 12 poems with music by Linnell, each has accompanying colour tipped-in plate. A beautiful book! Some light wear to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few light margin marks. Wrapper is grubby with edge-tears and chips/nicks, with a little loss in a couple of places.

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SOUL THOUGHTS
Written by Felicity Pyke. Illustrated by Jennie Preece.
Stock no. 2114194
Published by Felicity Pyke. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Some light wear to cover edges.

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SOUL THOUGHTS
Written by Felicity Pyke. Illustrated by Jennie Preece.
Stock no. 2114192
Published by Felicity Pyke. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. A few marks to covers.

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