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WARD LOCK & CO'S WONDER BOOK 1927

by Harry Golding

Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley; Margaret Tarrant; Chris G. Temple; Alan Wright; et al.

Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1927

Good condition. Twenty-second year of issue. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows child with a plate of fruit. 12 colour plates plus two-tone and b/w illustrations to text throughout. Pictorial endpapers by Alan Wright. First story is The Magic Knocker by Christine Chaundler. 264 pages. 10" x 7.25".

Spine bumped and worn with splits to top and bottom. 5.5" split in cloth at front edge. Corners bumped and very worn. Board edges rubbed and scuffed. Scuffing and some marks to boards. Front joint cracked at top. Endpapers browned. Name and address in ink to verso of front endpaper. Ink tracing of picture beneath on tissue guard for frontis. 3 plates are MISSING. Foxing and some grubby margin marks.

Stock no. 1405231

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Contents

  • Colour Plates
  • Which? by St. George Hare, R.I.
  • "Who Goes There?" by G.W. Goss
  • The "Annual" by Inez Topham
  • Christmas Morning by Anne Anderson
  • A Summer Shower by R. Gemmell-Hutchison, R.S.A., R.O.I., R.S.W.
  • Feeding the Squirrels by Kenneth Harrow
  • The Magic Pool by Margaret W. Tarrant
  • The "All-Black." by Lilian Cheviot
  • The Bubble Man by Nina K. Brisley
  • The Ford by Wright Barker
  • Endpapers: The Kite. by Alan Wright
  • The Magic Knocker (story), Christine Chaundler
  • Little Betsy Crosspatch (drawing), Chris. G. Temple
  • Clever Johnnie Crow (drawing) Ernest Aris
  • Left Behind (story), Jessie Pope. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley
  • Marjorie's Mistake (story) Hilda Redway. Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant
  • I Wish (verses and drawing), Mary Heath and Inez Topham
  • Leap Hare (drawing), G. E. Shepheard
  • The Maze (story), Constance Heward
  • The Walk to School (verses), Lilian Homes and Inez Topham
  • The Days of the Week (drawings), Mollie Bailie
  • Lucy Runs Away (story) T. H. Scott. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb
  • After Dark (verses), Grace Deighton
  • Bogey (story), Margaret Baker
  • "Baker, Baker, have you a Bun?" (verses), Agnes Grozier Herbertson
  • Peter at the Window (verses and drawing), Madge Williams
  • Betty's Christmas Toys (story), Blanche Winder
  • "Who Goes There?" (drawing), Robert Morley, R.I.
  • The Goblin Cobbler (verses), Natalie Joan
  • The Disgraceful Conduct of Dodo (story), Sybil B. Owsley
  • The Raggle Taggle Elves, Christine Chaundler
  • The Teeny Weeny Man (story), Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by Ernest Aris
  • The Sign (verse), Lilian Holmes. Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant
  • The Toy Cupboard (drawing), Chris. G. Temple
  • The Donkey that Would Go, E. S
  • The Pied Piper (drawing), Mollie Bailie
  • "How Now?" (drawing), Frank Adams
  • The I-Why Bird (story), Agnes Grozier Herbertson
  • The Tale of a Wish (story) Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant
  • By the Sea (verses and drawing), H. G. C. Marsh Lambert
  • The Island of Moonshine (stroy), E. S.
  • Black and White (verse), Dorothy Dickinson
  • child's Song of Spring (verses), M. F.
  • The Pixies' Race (story), Blanche Winder
  • The Photo (verses), Jessie Pope
  • Sound Advice (verse), A. . P.
  • The Birthday Present (story), A. Robinson. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley
  • The Binksy Bird (verse), Agnes Grozier Herbertson
  • A Day at the Office (story), Christine Chaundler
  • The Very Big Boy (verses), Mary Heath
  • Time O' Day Castle (story), Natalie Joan
  • Derek's Dream (story), Mabel M. Stevenson
  • The Milk Can (drawings), Oswald Griffin
  • Nimbie and the Wolf-hound (story), Olwen Bowen
  • The Prince's Bride (story), Blanche Winder
  • A Letter to Santa Claus (drawing), C. T.
  • What the Grandfather Clock Said (drawings and verses), Chris. G. Temple
  • The Trackers (story), Natalie Joan. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley
  • John Christopher (verses), Grace Deighton
  • Edward the Elf (verses and drawings), Madge Williams
  • The Boy in the Train (story), Jessie Pope. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley
  • A Day Off (story), Beryl Faulkner. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson
  • The Bath Tap (verses and drawings), Kathleen W. Coales
  • The Wind and the Washing (verse and drawings(, H. G. C. Mash Lamber
  • A Perilous Swim (story), T. H. Scott. Illustrated by Stanley Rogers
  • Archie and the Apples (drawing), Mabel E. Sims
  • Bobby Bright-Eyes (story), Oliva Prater
  • Who'll Buy a Bubble (story and drawings), Nina K. Brisley
  • The Yellow Tent (story), Evelyn Maud Whitaker
  • The strut-About (verse and drawings), Grace Deighton
  • Some Jolly Games, Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by H. G. C. Marsh Lambert
  • To Father Christmas (verses), Mary Heath
  • The Singer and the Princess (story), Madge Williams
  • The Smoke Fairies (story), May Wynne. Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant
  • The Christmas Cracker (drawing), Alan Wright
  • A Fishy Tale (verse and drawings), Madge Williams
  • The Conquering Heroes (story), E. S.
  • The Clockwork Toys (story), Jean Morton
  • The Cross Word Puzzle (drawing), G. E. Shepheard
  • The Old Dutch Clock (verses and drawings(, Grace Deighton
  • Dinner (photograph), J. V. Haswell
  • The Grow-Grow Trees (story), Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by Warwick Goble
  • The Pug's Christmas Present (story), Olwen Bowen
  • The Grandfather Clock (verses), G. D.
  • The Spider Postman (verses and drawing), Kathleen W. Coales
  • Scooting to Fairyland (story), Beryl Faulkner
  • A Problem (verse), Lilian Holmes
  • The O.G.R. (story), E. S. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson
  • How Two Saved Three (story), E. S.
  • The Robin (verses), Lilian Holmes
  • The Girl who was not a Boy (story), Margaret Baker
  • Hush-a-Bye Baby (story), Christine Chaundler
  • A Fight (verses), Jessie Pope
  • Evening Time (verses), Natalie Joan

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