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MISTER FOX
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Comus.
Stock no. 738889
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Almost very good condition.

Comus is the pseudonym of R.M. Ballantyne. Red embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front. Eight colour plates. Contains music accompanied by the verse and a short story. Spine and corners worn. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (4.5 x 1") affects the lower edges of the front endpapers and first 12 pages (including 3 plates - margins only, pictures not affected). Previous owner's name and address in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a small closed tear and light creasing to front endpaper. Not as bad as it sounds, still a nice copy.

THE CAPTAIN'S YOUNGEST PICCINO AND OTHER CHILD STORIES
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Stock no. 714327
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1894. Almost very good condition.

Blue/green and orange decorated cloth. B/w plates. 183 pages. Corners and edges rubbed. Spine bumped. Covers slightly marked. Foxing to endpapers. Joints cracked. Contents clean.

THE YOUNG MAN'S COMPANION OR BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Written by Thomas Bartlett.
Stock no. 686649
Published by Thomas Kelly. Circa 1858. Fair condition.

Containing English Grammar, Writing, Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Drawing and Perspective, Geography, Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, History, Natural History, Chronology etc. Full brown leather binding. B/w plates. 752 pages includes index. 9 plates (of 10) present. Joints split and repaired with cloth. Boards badly worn and chipped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Pages browned.

NURSE HEATHERDALE'S STORY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 672481
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

Orange decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w plates. 191 pages plus 55 page publishers booklist. Edges rubbed. One plate detached. One gathering a bit loose.

THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL 1888
Written by Katharine Macquoid; Rev J.G. Wood; Mrs. Molesworth; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Harrison Weir; et al..
Stock no. 571550
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1888. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "Puff: An Autobiography" by K.S. Macquoid. Spine browned. Covers a bit grubby. Ink prize stamp with inscription to verso of title page. Foxing else contents clean.