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BEAR HUGS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1304743
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Nothing feels better than a hug from a teddy bear! 9 heartwarming poems. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Delightful colour pictures. ISBN: 0416148220. Slight bumping to spine. Some light finger creases to page margins else contents bright and clean. Wrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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OUT OF TOWN
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Linnie Watt.
Stock no. 1203745
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Delightful chromolithograph illustrations to almost every page. 64 pages. 9 x 7". Edges are worn. Covers are grubby. A few margin marks, but illustrations are bright.

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THE BEASTS CHOIR
Written by Carmen Bernos De Gasztold. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1803252
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A further collection of delightful poems translated by Rumer Godden from the original French. Some poems reveal a humourous perception of each animal's nature, and all combine to harmonise and give glory to The Lord of Creation. Written by the French poet and mystic, Carmen Bernos De Gasztold, the translation has achieved the spirit of the original text. A book for all ages. Some scattered very pale foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn and browned at spine.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1202891
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Page corner tips lightly creased. Foxing to contents else clean.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1302889
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Very 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 slightly rubbed. Cover edges lightly rubbed and covers slightly scuffed. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Joints cracked. Grubby fingering and other marks and light page browning but contents are generally clean.

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MEET MY FOLKS!
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1103741
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The authors first book for children. Yellow and red pictorial boards. Full-page b/w illustrations. 42 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn to top of spine for a few inches with 1" loss to very top; repaired to verso with tape. A couple of other edge-tears. Grubby marks to wrapper.

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THE PICTURE SHOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 1302306
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1895. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing girl dressed in clown suit. "A Novel Picture book For Children". Four pop-up colour pictures. B/w text illustrations. Spine worn at top and tail. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Joints and hinges cracked, front free-endpaper missing. A few loose pieces to first pop-up and skipping rope is twisted (but still intact), other 3 pop-ups in excellent working order. Some tears to inner margins and some loose pages caused by the cracked hinges. Some light page browning and fingering. Still a nice copy of a very scarce Nister pop-up.

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DAISIES AND APPLE TREES
Written by Mary E. Boyle. Illustrated by Mildred R. Lamb.
Stock no. 1801032
Published by Eneas Mackay. Circa 1923. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cream card wraps with black title and illustration to front. Silhouette illustrations to endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. A lovely book of children's poems. Pages unopened by printer. Light browning to covers else contents clean. Pictorial buff wrapper is edge-worn and slightly grubby. A decent copy in a dustwrapper.

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WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1201069
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to title page. Top and tail of spine slightly chipped.

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A NURSERY COMPANION
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie.
Stock no. 1301028
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume, the celebration of an epoch, brings together the contents of more than a score of early 19th century children's booklets including classics such as 'Dame Wiggins Of Lee', 'House That Jack Built' etc. Hundrens of illustrations throughout - many in colour. Grey boards, red title to spine. Red endpapers. 12 x 8". 128 pages. ISBN: 0192122134. Corners bumped. A few tiny dents to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and has a little wear to spine and corners.

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THE MOTHERS' BOOK OF SONG
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 449480
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Fading and wear to spine. Some browning and odd foxspot to contents.

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SECOND BUBBLE BOOK
Written by Ralph Mayhew; Burges Johnson. Illustrated by Rhoda Chase.
Stock no. 449122
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1917. Slightly better than good condition.

Small square format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Contains 3 records. All three records present. Contents very good. Boards worn and slightly stained.

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