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THE GRAPHIC STORY READER BOOK 1
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Cecil Aldin; et al..
Stock no. 1317963
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 144 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 2 full page colour illustrations by Louis Wain. Numerous illustrations by Cecil Aldin and others. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Grubby fingermarks to contents and endpapers lightly browned.

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THE STEADFAST GABRIEL
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 1317960
Published by William and Robert Chambers. Good condition.

A tale of Wichnor Wood. Small format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and small gilt vignette to front cover. 215 pages. Frontis is a map of Wichnor Wood and Grublow. Spine bumped and worn. Covers are worn and grubby. Joints cracked. Contents are browned and grubby. Inner corners of pages are creased.

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PETITE SUZANNE
Written by Marguerite De Angeli. Illustrated by Marguerite De Angeli.
Stock no. 1317952
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Colour pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers are partly browned else contents are fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and browned to spine.

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BRIGHT EYES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317939
Published by P.M. (Productions) Ltd.. Very good condition.

A 'Magic Book' with eyes that move and glow in the dark. Pictorial cardwraps, front shows an owl with moving eyes. Colour illustrations throughout different animals, with holes cut out so that the moving eyes show through. Covers edge rubbed, foxed and browned on rear cover. Page browning and foxing to contents. Contents part detached from cover at lower staple.

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FIRESIDE TALES
Written by Sibyl B. Owsley. Illustrated by Chris G. Temple.
Stock no. 1317930
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title and vignette. Colour front board showing 2 children with their teddies and pixies. 8 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to centre of title-page. Foxing to contents. Small repair with white tape to rear joint.

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THE OOJAH ANNUAL
Written by Flo Lancaster. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre.
Stock no. 1317910
Published by Peter Pitkin. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing Uncle Oojah as doorman at the cinema. Red cloth spine. Two-tone pictures throughout. 100 pages. First story is "Uncle Oojah's Curious Cousin". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge worn. Rear cover just a little grubby. Name in ink to belongs to box (ink has transferred a little to the front pastedown). Foxing and some grubby marks to contents. Some margin tears and a little pulling of the stitches causing contents to be a bit loose.

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OSCAR DANBY, V.C.
Written by Rowland Walker. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1317896
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A tale of the Great European War. Red pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 255 pages. 4 b/w plates. Spine bumped. Slight fading to spine. Heavy foxing to contents and some light browning to endpapers.

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DUMPY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 1317888
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Grey pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. First story 'Little Pink Pig and His Three-Legged Stool'. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Light foxing to contents.

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GILL'S EARLY STEPS IN DRAWING AND READING
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317879
Fair condition.

Series D. 24 cards contained in a box. Drawings to one side with write-up on the other. For example, card one shows 'The Water Can' and has a write up about Water. The box is very worn and split. The cards are grubby. Unfortunately card 17 is MISSING from this set.

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MARTIN HYDE
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by T.C. Dugdale.
Stock no. 1317878
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1910. Slightly better than good condition.

The Duke's Messenger. Brown pictorial cloth. 16 b/w plates. 303 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Browning to endpapers, textblock and some page margins. Some foxing and other marks to contents.

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FUN IN THE FROZEN NORTH
Written by Molly B. Thomson. Illustrated by Molly B. Thomson.
Stock no. 1317874
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

A Kiddie Kut Book. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations with peep-through windows. Covers and pages shaped at top edges. Staples slightly rusty. Some light edge creases. Contents clean.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1317861
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. pre 1919. Good condition.

A fresh bunch of old rhymes and tunes, with music. A Companion to the 'Baby's Opera'. Brown cloth spine. Green and cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures printed by Edmund Evans. Covers edge worn and scuffed. Some light foxing else contents clean.

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