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WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL
Written by Susan Coolidge.
Stock no. 1825995
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. Circa 1881. Almost very good condition.

The Lily Series. Small format. Red pictorial boards, gilt titles. Plain endpapers. Advert for Judson's Dyes sixpence per bottle facing title page. 236 numbered pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Slight loss of cloth to front edge of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Corners of boards worn. Joints pulled, front endpapers grubby and name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Text bkock browned. Grubby marks to contents. Overall, pretty good for a book of it's age and genre.

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A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES
Written by Mrs. O.F. Walton.
Stock no. 1324688
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 272 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and cover edges slightly darkened. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Joints are cracked and some hinges have been pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. A couple of small damp stains to margins of title-page and to tissue-guard of frontis. Page browning to contents.

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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Written by John Bunyan; George Godwin; Lewis Pocock. Illustrated by Henry C. Selous.
Stock no. 2140757
Published by M.M. Holloway. 1844. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Black leather binding with gilt title to spine; borders and decorations. Blue decorated onlays to front and rear cover. Marbled endpapers. From this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream wherein are discovered Christian's manner of setting-out, his dangerous journey, and his safe arrival at the desired country. Edited by Godwin and Pocock. With a memoir of the author and a bibliographical notice. Illustrated by engravings in outline, and wood-cuts, from drawings by Selous. Some wear and scuffing to covers and edges. Spotting. Small splits to top of spine, with some chipping; a little loss. A few page margin creases. Foxing and browning with some margin marks to varying degrees throughout book. Triangle of surface paper damage to corner of rear pastedown.

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SUNNY HEARTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2138156
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very good condition.

No. 10. An anthology of stories and rhymes. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl with baskets of yellow flowers (boy is leading dog who is carrying basket!). Mounted colour frontis plate. B/w and two-tone illustrations throughout. First rhyme is "A Little Song". Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page browning; a little foxing. Small tear to bottom edge of front endpaper.

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SONGS OF LOVE AND EMPIRE
Written by E. Nesbit.
Stock no. 2138005
Published by Archibald Constable And Co.. 1898. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Foxing to prelims, endpapers and outer page edges. Some page browning.

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PLACES OF PLEASURE: FROM MUSIC HALLS TO THE SEASIDE TO FOOTBALL, HOW THE VICTORIANS INVENTED MASS ENTERTAINMENT
Written by Lee Jackson.
Stock no. 2137777
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300224634. A couple of grubby marks to wrapper.

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PAINTINGS FROM THE REIGN OF VICTORIA
Written by Mary Cowling; Tim Barringer; et al.
Stock no. 2137707
Published by Art Services International. 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark blue cloth with silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. The Royal Holloway Collection, London. Published to accompany the exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International. ISBN: 9780711229273.

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BESLEY'S VIEWS: DEVONSHIRE
No author listed. Illustrated by G. Townsend.
Stock no. 2137636
Published by H. Besley. Circa 1850. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Green covers with gilt title to front. B/w illustrations by Townsend throughout - no text, only captions of where drawing is depicting. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Nicks to top and tail of spine. Browning and foxing. Some page corners are creased.

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OUR FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by A.W. Bayes; T. Dalziel; J.B. Zwecker.
Stock no. 2133898
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

Card wraps. With upwards of 100 illustrations. New (cloth) spine; original covers, which have browned; some tears and creasing; numbers in ink to bottom of front cover. Appears to be ex-lib., but with minimal markings. Foxing and marks.

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VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN LOCOMOTIVES
Written by David Baxter.
Stock no. 2133630
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1ST 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 086190169X.

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OUR DARLINGS: AT HOME, IN TOWN, AT THE SEA-SIDE, IN THE COUNTRY, AT PLAY
Written by Mars. Illustrated by Mars.
Stock no. 1818422
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

A picture book with minimal text. Oblong format. Bevelled edge boards. Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Green, floral endpapers. 47 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn, boards a little browned and scuffed. Joints repaired. Diagonal corner crease to lower corner of free front endpaper is fragile and liable to tear. Vertical crease to half-title page. Light browning to contents with minor grubby marks in places.

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ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine. Circa 1895. Good condition.

Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.

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