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THE PATSY BOOK
Written by Anne Anderson. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1506246
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

Being the Adventures of Patsy, Patty and Pat. Large format 11.75 x 9.75". Cloth spine. Colour pictorial front board. Illustrated endpapers. 13 beautiful colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Browning and foxing to cover edges. Rear cover marked. Free endpapers browned. Contents generally clean just a few fingermarks. All plates present but 2 have been remounted and have slightly ragged edges.

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FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1405768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1940. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown chequered boards, dark title to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board of "The Mulberry Fairy". 24 colour plates throughout. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Blue illustrated endpapers. Bumping to spine and corners. Pencil writing erased from title page. Pages browned. Couple of hinges are cracked. Some light foxing to verso of illustrations. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped. Wrapper is grubby. Foxing to verso.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1892-3
No author listed.
Stock no. 1405765
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1893. Slightly better than good condition.

Black textured cloth, gilt title to spine.Beautiful chromolithograph plates. B/w text illustrations. Contains January 1892 to December 1893. Spine bumped and worn with splits to bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Covers a little marked. Joints beginning to crack. Some hinges cracked. Front endpaper missing. A few pages are partially detached. Foxing throughout, especially to endpapers. Grubby margin marks. Closed tear to top of one page.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS VOL 65
Written by Hilda T. Skae; F.J.S. Bennett; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Peacock; Marjorie Slade; Gordon Robinson; Winifred Barham; Joyce Mercer; et al..
Stock no. 1506240
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth spine, yellow and red pictorial front cover shows 3 children under cherry tree. Volume LXV on verso of title page. 140 pages. Adverts to rear cover and endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine lightly browned. Covers scuffed and slightly grubby. One hinge cracked. Name and address in pencil to verso of frontis. Large tear through text to page 133/4. Contents have some foxing but are generally clean otherwise.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1915
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506238
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1915. Almost very good condition.

Deep pink cloth with black decoration around gilt title block on front cover. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 210 pages. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers unevenly faded with a few marks. Small hole to front cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Contents browned with some foxing. 3" tear to page 193. All plates present,

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1903
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506235
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1903. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, front cover has black borders and decorations around gilt title box. 13 chromolithograph plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages plus publication list. Spine bumped with tiny nicks to cloth at base. A little wear to corners. Spine slightly darkened. Odd small mark to covers. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to verso of frontis and to one of publication pages at end of book. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges. One gathering pulled, pages 131-138. Contents generally clean.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1904
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506234
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1904. Good condition.

Blue/grey cloth with black decoration around gilt title block to front. 13 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. 164 pages plus publication list. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly faded. Odd small mark to covers. Both joints cracked. First gathering pulled. Front endpaper browned. A little foxing. Contents generally clean. All plates present.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1405759
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. circa 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine, glazed pictorial front board showing a girl marooned on a sandcastle. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Bumping and rubbing to page edges. Title page is missing. Couple of hinges cracked. Some foxing to page edges. Fingering to some page margins.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MISCHIEF
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer; Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1405747
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mister Meddle is just like his name - he meddles in everything with hilarious results! Red covers, black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Bumping to spine, corners and rear board. Browning to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped. Spine and folds are browned. Panels are grubby.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316213
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

SIGNED/LTD edition of which 300 copies are for sale. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. White boards, gilt titles. Plates have captioned tissue-guards. 80 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by Aldin to limitation page. This is copy no. 46. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and slight grubbiness to covers. Evidence of removal of a name plate to front pastedown. Some pale foxing else contents clean.

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DR. JOLLYBOY'S ABC
No author listed. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1316190
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. Full-page illustrations with words to find for each letter of the alphabet. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight grubbiness to covers. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning and some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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NEPOMUK OF THE RIVER
Written by Roger Pilkington. Illustrated by Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1506210
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story set in Bavaria featuring the Branxomes, their cruiser the Dabchick and a valuable carving. Red boards with blue titles, vignette of Dabchick on front cover and small spire on spine. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny hole to spine in author's surname. Child's writing to page 138 and one word to publisher's page. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, spine is faded. Pale blue stains to bottom of rear panel, small mark to front panel and tiny amount of surface paper damage. Revised price label to front flap.

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