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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1322239
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1915. Very good condition.

Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton. Large format. Cream cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown stiff paper with decorative border. 11 x 8.5". Covers slightly grubby and spine lightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. A few foxspots to textblock. Plates fine.

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STRAWBERRY FAIR AND OTHER RHYMES AND BALLADS
Written by Carole Tate. Illustrated by Carole Tate.
Stock no. 2135939
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

Collection of songs, rhymes and ballads capturing the atmosphere and life of the old fairs and markets up to Victorian Times. Superb colour pictures. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001957627. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing throughout and stain to bottom edges of margins to some pages.

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RHYME STEW
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2135815
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hare likes a flutter, the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes... Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0224026607. A few spots to covers. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with small chips to top and tail of spine.

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THINGS
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 2135584
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Humourous colour illustrations. ISBN: 034027445X. A few knocks/bumps along cover edges; a few marks. Foxing/marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

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LESSONS IN LINE FOR LITTLE LEARNERS
Written by A.H.S.; Geoffrey Ryley. Illustrated by Evelyn Beale.
Stock no. 1321771
Published by Elliot Stock. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth with vignettes to front. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the composer to verso of front free-endpaper (** Hastings withe the Composer's kind regards). Spine and corners bumped. Small worn patch to lower edge of front cover. Small, light stain to rear cover. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing.

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WIDDY-WIDDY-WURKEY
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Valery Carrick.
Stock no. 1321764
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes from many lands. Beige decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Translated by Rose Fyleman Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some evidence of pencil marks erased from front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and foxed.

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FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1321681
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a 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. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's inscription in ink to front endpapers. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with some tiny tears and slightly grubby to rear panel. 'New' price label of 2/6 net to front covering original printed price.

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GROWLTIGER'S LAST STAND AND OTHER POEMS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1321619
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With: The Pekes and the Pollicles and The Song of the Jellicles. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Superb colour pictures throughout. A brilliant new interpretation of three favourite poems from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. ISBN: 0571138829. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and lightly foxed on verso.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1321616
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5". ISBN: 0723205868. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small museum ink stamp to lower corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn/creased.

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TALES IN VERSE FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 2134931
Published by William Darton And Son. Circa 1845. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners, marbled boards. B/w illustrations. Wear and scuffs to covers/edges; a bit of chipping to spine. Name label and inscription in ink to front pastedown/endpaper. This book was gifted to and belonged to Godfrey Wedgwood - Great grandson of Josiah Wedgwood and partner in the firm from 1859-1891. Foxing and page browning.

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WHEN ALL IS YOUNG
Written by Robert Ellice Mack. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
Stock no. 2134716
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show young girl in a blue & white pinafore holding a baby and watching a kitten and puppy at her feet. Verse for children. Colour chromolithographic illustrations plus two tone illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover edges, corners and spine. Scuffing and marks to covers. Has possibly been rebound or restitched at some point; the front fly-leaf is now missing. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. Illustrations are still bright.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2134709
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Almost 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. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuffing and marks to covers. Wear to cloth corners, which have a little fraying to cloth. Foxing throughout. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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