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NURSERY RHYME RAG BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh; Gertrude E. Taylor; et al..
Stock no. 1315078
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1914. Slightly better than very good condition.

Produced for Suchard advertising their products in children's rhyme. 10 cloth pages/covers with colour illustrations. Extremely rare. Pale foxing to contents otherwise contents fine. A super copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MOTHER GOOSE LULLABY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh.
Stock no. 1404669
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, cream covers, front shows baby in bed with girl sat beside, rear shows both sat on stool. 5 cloth leaves plus inside of covers gives 12 rhymes with colour illustration for each. No: 124. Covers fraying at spine and edges. A few small red marks to verso. Covers grubby. Pencil marks to a couple of pages. Brown marks to several pages. Contents grubby.

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HAPPY DAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Muriel Dawson.
Stock no. 1404666
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps, charming colour illustrations. A Tuck Book Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges rubbed. Paper to top of rear cover becoming unstuck and is slightly torn. Covers creased and a little grubby with large circular mark to front cover. Rear pastedown becoming unstuck at edges. Page edges wrinkled and a little ragged. Margins of pastedowns grubby. Some marks to margins. Staples are rusty.

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BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
No author listed. Illustrated by Will Kidd.
Stock no. 1315010
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Square format (9.75 x 9.75"). Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout with a well-known nursery rhyme opposite each. Printed on green paper. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Some loss of surface paper to lower front edge of spine. Contents clean. Stitching is slightly pulled. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1404566
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Boards grubby. Bottom corner of front endpaper torn off. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers. Large inner margin tear to one page. Foxing and some marks to contents.

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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.
Stock no. 2118013
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Green/grey pictorial cloth with red/brown titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading and some scuffing to covers. Front endpaper and prelim text page are detached, with chipping and creasing, but loosely inserted. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. A few grubby margin marks. All plates are present - some tissue-guards are creased/detached. A reading copy.

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THE GOLDEN BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Written by T.C. Micklem. Illustrated by J.R. Carlton.
Stock no. 1504824
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. circa 1955. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows blackbirds flying out of pie. Illustrated endpapers. Words and music score with colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Top corners bumped. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover slightly scuffed with couple of spots of surface paper damage. Top 2" of rear joint broken, next 2" cracked. Contents generally clean. Light page edge browning.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1314808
Published by George Allen. 1st thus 1885. Very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Dark green cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts in b/w taken from the hand coloured edition of 1823, 4 of the illustrations are by Kate Greenaway. 20 pages. Plain endpapers. Spine and corners bumped, small splash mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingermarks to contents but generally they are clean. Joints are cracked but binding still tight.

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TEAPOTS AND QUAILS AND OTHER NEW NONSENSES
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1314793
Published by John Murray. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited and introduced by Angus Davidson and Philip Hofer. Previously unpublished verses found 65 years after Lear's death. Brown pictorial boards. B/w drawings to text. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers slightly foxed. A few light fingermarks to pages else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge chipped with minimal loss and tape repairs on verso.

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THE FIVE BLACK COUSINS
Written by J. Murray Allison. Illustrated by John Austin.
Stock no. 1504459
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

And Other Bird Rhymes. White cloth covers with gilt vignette and titles to front cover. 7.75 x 5.5". Small b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Some page edges uncut. SIGNED by author to front endpaper, with dedication and date. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with light stains along top edge of front cover. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and a very odd fingermark to contents.

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OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Jack Orr; Mabel Sims; et al..
Stock no. 1314660
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format, pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations to inside covers, colour illustrations throughout. 14 pages. Covers edge rubbed and very slightly grubby. There is a small crayon mark (old price?) to top of front cover. Contents clean.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1504452
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. SIGNED, with best wishes, by illustrator on title page. Spine is faded and some uneven fading to front cover. Small erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Bookplate with name on to verso of front endpaper. A few light fox spots to prelims.

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