TIRRA LIRRA: RHYMES OLD AND NEW
Written by Laura E. Richards. Illustrated by Marguerite Davis.
Stock no. 1830829
Published by Little, Brown and Company (Canada) Limited. Circa 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nonsense verses, songs and jingles for children of all ages. Green cloth boards, yellow titles. B/w illustrations to text. Pictorial endpapers show children riding various animals. xviii and 194 pages including index. Eleventh printing. Top 7 tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards clean and bright. 1" tear to lower edge of front joint. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small chips, browned, and a little grubby.

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RABBIT AND PORK RHYMING TALK
Written by John Lawrence. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830828
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'Rabbit and Pork' stands for 'rhyming talk' or Cockney rhyming slang, the unique language with its famous phrases suchas 'plates of meat' (feet) and 'bees and honey' (money). A collection of fifty different phrases, all illustrated with a coloured wood engraving. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0241891302. Light rubbing to corners of boards, minor knocks to board edges. Couple of tiny pieces of surface paper loss to margins of front endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily browned else clean.

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RHYME STEW
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1330560
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. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. Couple of small dents to top edges. Foxing and a few grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is foxed to flaps and slightly edge rubbed.

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HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1830709
Published by The Bodley Head. 1975. Very good condition.

Two nonsense nursery rhymes wonderfully illustrated by full-page colour pictures. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0370007743. Second impression. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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WEE WILLIE WINKIE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1830624
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A book of nursery rhymes illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler. One rhyme and colour picture to accompany it per page. First rhyme is Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Cloth spine, green pictorial paper boards with Wee Willie Winkie clasping a lantern to front and Little Bo-Peep to rear board. Not paginated. Board edges rubbed, corners worn. Spine faded and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Some finger creasing and marks to contents. Some foxing to gutters (minor).

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GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1330388
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330277
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile reproduction of the original edition published October 1927. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w text illustrations. Top edge gilt. ISBN: 0416196713. Neat inscription in ink to half title-page. Minimal fading to spine. White slip is foxed with a couple of small edge tears.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S BOOK OF VERSE
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1330191
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1978. Very good condition.

White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations every page. ISBN: 0603015484. Spine and corners bumped. Contents have been pulled and coming away from covers slightly.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330124
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Browning to last (blank) page and to half title-page. Some very light fingering to pages and some of the hinges are slightly pulled. A nice copy of the second edition (published same year as first edition).

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PIXIELAND RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1329995
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Pixie Book Series. Very small format (4 x 4 inches). Pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. Covers are slightly edge rubbed. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents are slightly pulled at top staple but still tightly bound. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly marked.

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THE APRIL BABY'S BOOK OF TUNES
Written by Mary Russell. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1329940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1903. Good condition.

Tan cloth, red titles and small vignette of girl to front cover. Colour plates throughout. 74 pages, all edges red. 7.5 x 7.75". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers rubbed and marked with damp stain to base of spine/cover edges. Damp stains to endpapers, prelims and last few pages. Some fingermarks to page margins. Tissue-guard for frontis has been removed.

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WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 1329913
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards with title to spine. Full page colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406319408. Slight rubbing to corners of book. Contents are fine. Slipcase is just a little bumped at corners.

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