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GWAE FI FY MYW: COFIANT HEDD WYN
Written by Alan Llwyd.
Stock no. 1713089
Published by Cyhoeddiadau Barddas. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Text in welsh. B/w photos.

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CADWN Y MUR BLODEUGERDD BARDDAS O GANU GWLADGAROL
Written by Elwyn Edwards.
Stock no. 1712730
Published by Cyhoeddiadau Barddas. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Text in Welsh.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (HENRY VII TO ELIZABETH)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312999
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2.5" of spine. Light scuff marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Some messy colouring to the b/w illustrations. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (JAMES I TO EDWARD VII)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312998
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2" of spine. Light scratch marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Light pencil mark to rear endpaper. Some messy colour to the b/w illustrations, pencil doodles to one of the plates. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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TEN SONGS FROM CHILD WHISPERS
Written by Enid Blyton; Sydney Twinn.
Stock no. 2114430
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream cardwraps with red titles. 19 pages. Words by Blyton, music by Sydney Twinn. Covers are grubby, with some wear; small splits to top and tail of spine. Contents are very good - just a few odd margin marks.

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FORTY FINE LADIES
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1109160
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 250 copies. White vellum spine, burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Large format. B/w and two tone illustrations. Top edge gilt. Verses to do with fox-hunting which have appeared in Punch previously . SIGNED by author and illustrator. This is copy no. 96. Vellum spine is grubby. Some foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are very nice!

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CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE
Written by William Calder; Geoffrey Chaucer.
Stock no. 2114309
Published by William Blackwood and Sons. 1892. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Fold-out b/w illustration to front. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping and fraying of cloth to top and tail of spine. Marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning.

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RIGHT ROYAL
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114104
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles and horsehead vignette to front. 4 tipped-in colour plates. A horse-racing poem. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is faded. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312289
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, 9.75 x 7.5". Blue cloth, gilt titles and green decorations. 16 tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some hinges cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxspots else contents clean. All plates present and in fine condition. Dustwrapper has slight loss to top and tail of spine (and a slightly larger section of loss to top of front panel beside spine edge. Very scarce in dustwrapper.

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LOUD LAUGHTER
Written by C. Errington Pegler. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.
Stock no. 1311447
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1907. Good condition.

Humorous drawings illustrating "Easy French Exercises" with verses by Pegler. Pictorial boards. 8 colour plates. Spine professionally rebacked with red cloth. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Covers a little grubby and marked. Joints cracked and endpapers slightly torn. A couple of small margin tears (including 1 plate). Heavy foxing and fingering to contents.

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THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne; Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1108627
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1918. Very good condition.

As the close of his life approached, Swinburne often expressed his desire to extract from his various volumes those poems addressed to children. He died without doing so. Edmund Gosse has brought together this collection of Swinburne's poems which are concerned with infancy. Rackham's delicate and romantic illustrations are a perfect complement to the text. 8 colour plates plus b/w text decorations. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Green/white decorated endpapers. 133pp. cr 4to. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Crossed out inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing; mostly to endpapers. All plates present.

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THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN
Written by William Cowper. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1108611
Published by Chiswick Press. 1952. Very good condition.

Limited to 1600 copies. Showing how he went farther than he intended and came safe home again. Grey pictorial paper covered card-wraps. B/w illustrations in typical Searle style. Uneven browning and foxing to covers. A little creasing to corners. Foxing also to endpapers, contents are very nice.

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