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BROWNING: POETRY AND PROSE (THE REYNARD LIBRARY)
Written by Robert Browning; Simon Nowell-Smith.
Stock no. 1831525
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1967. Very good condition.

Selected by Simon Nowell-Smith. Black cloth spine with gilt title, mottled red/black boards. xviii and 776 pages including index. Top edge red. Second impression. White speckles to spine else boards clean. Text block a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown, '3980' written in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

RHYMES OF A RUSTIC BARD: THE POEMS AND SONGS OF RICHARD WATSON MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE
Written by Richard Watson. Illustrated by Norman Robinson.
Stock no. 1831306
Published by The Teesdale Mercury. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. A few b/w illustrations to text. 206 pages including index. One of two minor scuff marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

THE DORSET POET
Written by William Barnes; Chris Wrigley.
Stock no. 1831304
Published by The Dovecote Press Ltd. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive selection of poetry and prose by the greatest and most popular of all English dialect poets. Introduced and selected by Chris Wrigley. Green pictorial cardwraps. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0946159173. Spine slightly faded. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block a little dusty and a few foxspots to top edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

A NEW TREASURY OF POETRY
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830975
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

English poetry celebrating rich traditions in poetic forms--from early robust ballads and folk verse to breathtaking gems from such moderns as Yeats and Dickinson. Selected and Introduced by Philip. Burgundy boards with silver title to spine. Small b/w wood engraving illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0216928893. Gift inscription in ink to title page else a lovely copy. Light grey pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and lightly browned to spine, small stain to rear panel.

LIGHT UNLOCKED: CHRISTMAS CARD POEMS
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland; Lawrence Sail. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830966
Published by The Enitharmon Press. 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A sparkling anthology consisting of poems sent by their authors, many of them well-known contemporary writers, as Christmas cards. Edited by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Lawrence Sail. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Gold coloured endpapers. B/w wood engravings. 96 pages. ISBN: 1904634184. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly faded to spine.

THE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Michael Morpurgo; Quentin Blake; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley; Emma Chichester Clark; et al..
Stock no. 1330398
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated treasury of stories and poems in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts in celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday. Edited by Morpurgo and Blake. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780224083607. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to prelims else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine

THE DAISY CHAIN
Written by A.L.O.E.; et al.
Stock no. 1329944
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1880. Good condition.

A picture story book for children by A.L.O.E. (C.M. Tucker) and other favourite writers. Black spine. Pictorial front board showing three children fishing. 6 chromolithographs. B/w chapter headings and tailpieces. 72 pages. Backstrip and Frontis are both MISSING from this copy. Covers are marked and scuffed, corners are worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots and some light fingermarks to page margins. A couple of corner tips creased. Contents generally bright and clean.

THE BIG BUDGET FOR CHILDREN
Written by Natalie Joan; W. Kersley Holmes; Ethel Talbot; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by R.H. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325970
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Covers show children ice skating and on a sledge. First piece is 'The Warning' by Natalie Joan. B/w illustrations and some plates. Covers are slightly edge worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

BONNY BAIRNS
Written by Annie Ingham; Elsie Blomfield; Natalie Joan; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Cicely Mary Barker; et al..
Stock no. 1324632
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl on a sledge on a river which has iced over. Colour frontis by Florence Harrison. B/w text illustrations throughout. A book of short stories and verses. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly edge rubbed. Large but light stain to rear cover. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and to page margins. One hinge is cracked showing webbing beneath.

TALES AND PICTURES AND GAMES TO PLAY
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harold Earnshaw; Frank Adams; Harry Woolley; et al..
Stock no. 2138749
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows young woman sat in chair with book, boy at her feet. First rhyme is 'A Game Of Tennis'. Colour & b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; scuffing to covers. Marks to rear cover. Some foxing and browning to pages.

SOMEBODY'S PLAYMATES
Written by George Manville Fenn; Clifton Bingham; Edric Vredenburg. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; R.J. Wealthy.
Stock no. 2137694
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing rabbit in open hutch eating and two puppies looking up at it. 2 colour plates, including frontis. Two-tone, black and white and silhouette illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Scuffing to covers; a little chipping. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby marks and foxspots.

WIDDY-WIDDY-WURKEY
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Valery Carrick.
Stock no. 1321764
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes from many lands. Beige decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Translated by Rose Fyleman Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some evidence of pencil marks erased from front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and foxed.