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THIRD BUBBLE BOOK
Written by Ralph Mayhew; Burges Johnson. Illustrated by Rhoda C. Chase.
Stock no. 557366
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1918. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial paperboards. 3 rhymes with accompanying gramophone records. Colour illustrations. Covers slightly grubby. Bookplate to front pastedown. All records present, complete but untested. Split to side of two of the record pockets otherwise contents very good.

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BYGONE DAYS
Written by Leonard De Vries.
Stock no. 805235
Published by Chancellor Press. 1st thus 2002. Fine condition.

Illustrations, Stories and Poems from Years Gone By. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 0753707209.

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PAWS AGAIN
Written by Maureen Melvin. Illustrated by Geoff Crook.
Stock no. 691368
Published by Chapmans. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Anthology of verse by Abigail a seven year old King Charles Spaniel. Delightful b/w illustrations. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1855925613. Wrapper just very slightly rubbed at top corners.

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ODD CREATURES
Written by Captain Kendall. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 315690
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

21 humourous verses. Delightly b/w text illustrations throughout. Blue pictorial cloth. Browning to endpapers otherwise a nice clean copy.

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GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 327183
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. Some very light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper slightly creased at edges.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 730066
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Spine bumped with slight fraying to top, small nick to side of spine. Corners worn. Covers a bit grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to plate margins (actual pictures not affected). A nice copy of a scarce book.

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CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES - SECOND SERIES
Written by Alice B. Gomme. Illustrated by Winifred Smith.
Stock no. 317209
Published by David Nutt. Circa 1920. Good condition.

Pale brown boards with indented stamp to front. Orange writing. Red cloth spine. Contains music, words and decorations to many popular rhymes. 70 pages. 9 x 12". Ltd. Edition. Has had a new spine fitted. Boards rubbed on corners. Internally, end papers slightly marked. All pages browned. Otherwise, a lovely copy.

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A CAT CAME FIDDLING
Written by Paul Kapp. Illustrated by Irene Haas.
Stock no. 328034
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st uk 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'... and other rhymes of childhood'. Adapted and made into songs by Kapp. Red cloth spine with pictorial green boards. Musical scores and b/w illustrations throughout. 80 pages. Foxing to endpapers with inscription to front endpaper. Contents clean and bright. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn with one closed tear to front and some grubby markings.

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SPACE, TIME, RHYTHM & RHYME
Written by Russell Stannard. Illustrated by John Levers.
Stock no. 403140
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

A wonderfully varied collection of poems to introduce us to astronomy and cosmology. Pictorial card wraps. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0571195792. SIGNED by author to half title "To Jenny Russell Stannard". Corner of rear cover creased.

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NUMBEARS - A COUNTING BOOK
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 666617
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A charming counting book which children (and adults) will treasure. Blue boards, gilt to spine. Cream endpapers. Lovely full-page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 8.25". ISBN: 0416956904.

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MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Turner. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 710982
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1897. Very good condition.

Dumpy Books For Children Series no. 11. Small format. Green striped cloth. Pictorial endpapers by Edith Farmiloe. 69 cautionary stories in verse chosen from five books by Mrs. Turner. Spine slightly darkened. Corners just a little bumped. Endpapers browned. Contents bright and clean.

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MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Turner. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 724187
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1897. Very good condition.

Dumpy Books For Children Series no. 11. Small format. Green striped cloth. Pictorial endpapers by Edith Farmiloe. 69 cautionary stories in verse chosen from five books by Mrs. Turner. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light marks to covers. Contents clean.

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