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IN CHINGALEE
Written by B. Clayton Tomlinson. Illustrated by M.E. Stewart.
Stock no. 2126685
Published by Serif Books. 1st 1952. Good condition.

Blue cloth. Two-tone illustrations. SIGNED by author; a dedication/presentation copy to his wife. What is possibly a proof copy, with another set of what appears to be identical pages loosely inserted. Covers are very marked with scuffs. Foxing to outer page edges. One hinge is badly pulled/broken, with stitching showing, but still attached. A few page marks.

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THE PIG THAT SAVED THE CITY
Written by H.Y.J. Taylor. Illustrated by Noreen Littleton.
Stock no. 2125176
Published by Miss N. Littleton. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ballad of the Famous Pig Which Caused King Charles To Raise The Siege of Gloucester September 5 1643. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. Red and black calligraphy. Line drawings. Illustrations and calligraphy by Littleton. ISBN: 0950704202. SIGNED by Illustrator/Calligrapher, with No. 199 (assumed Limited edition). A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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THE BALFOUR NURSERY RHYMES PAINTING BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124999
Published by Balfour Publications. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Card wraps. Includes 7 Nursery rhyme pictures to paint. One page shows the full colour finished picture to copy on the facing page. Vertical creasing to covers. A few small edge tears to covers. Belongs to box has been completed in ink. Only 1 picture in this painting book has been attempted.

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ORIGINAL RIDDLES IN RHYME
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees.
Stock no. 2124069
Published by Geographia Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Colour illustrations. Some wear to cover edges; a bit of scuffing. Creasing to endpapers. Some margin marks.

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TEAPOTS AND QUAILS AND OTHER NEW NONSENSES
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 2123967
Published by John Murray. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

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 Previously unpublished verses found 65 years after Lear's death.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 faded. A few scuff marks and grubby marks to covers. Foxing.

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THE JACK AND JILL BOOK OF JOLLY JINGLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317113
Published by Fleetway Publications Ltd.. 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Jack & Jill book of happy verses and gay pictures that everyone will love. Small verses opposite bright colour pictures throughout. Buff boards with large black vignette to front. Unpaginated. 7 x 4.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just slightly worn/nicked at corners.

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MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2123902
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1956. Good condition.

Beige leather with gilt titles and borders. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans Ltd. Spine is worn and faded; bottom 3" are split, small piece of loss to base. A few marks to covers. Printers code is: 368.456.

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THE FANCIFUL FROG
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 2123856
Published by ABC. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A classic story of the princess and the frog with a twist in the tale and a happy ending. Told in rhyme. Small format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550513. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper, with dedication to previous owner.

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THOSE MAGNIFICENT SHEEP IN THEIR FLYING MACHINE
Written by Peter Bently. Illustrated by David Roberts.
Stock no. 1316991
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

A ripping, round-the-world adventure as the magnificent sheep take to the skies in their spiffing, yellow flying machine. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781849396349.

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OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Jack Orr; Mabel Sims; et al..
Stock no. 1316970
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format, pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations to inside covers, colour illustrations throughout. 14 pages. Covers edge rubbed, creased and very slightly grubby. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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RIDE A COCK-HORSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316934
Almost very good condition.

Small format, shaped book. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. 10 pages. Vertical crease to centre of front cover. Some loss of surface paper to a small section of the rear cover. Contents clean.

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KINDERRYMPJES: HANDJE_PLAK
Written by N. Bodenheim. Illustrated by N. Bodenheim.
Stock no. 1814784
Published by A.W. Sijthoff. 1979. Very good condition.

Dutch language nursery rhymes. Matt white boards with black silhouettes. Colour illustrations and silhouettes. ISBN: 9021826798. Boards a little grubby.

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