HAPPY HOURS
Written by Elizabeth S. Perks; Jessie Pope; Nancy M. Hayes; et al. Illustrated by Ethel K. Burgess; R.H. Facey; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1505514
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. circa 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictures and Stories. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows boy with geese, wonder books advert to rear cover. Endpapers by Thomas Maybank. 3 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and slightly faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. A few hinges and bottom 2" of front joint cracked. Dated ink inscription to half title page. One small illustration coloured in. Light browning and a few marks and fox spots to contents.

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AUNT LOUISA'S WELCOME VISITOR
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 1315542
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1870. Almost very good condition.

Comprising: The Birthday Party; Children's Lullabies; The Courtship, marriage, death, and burial of Cock Robin; The King, Queen and Knave of Hearts. Large format. Purple pictorial cloth with gilt. Easy to read text. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) illustrations, some double-spread. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Embossed booksellers stamp to top corner of front free-endpaper, lower corner of same page creased. Some light foxing but the contents are very clean.

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CATS AND DOGS FOR LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Cecil Aldin; Rosa C. Petherick; G.W. Goss; et al..
Stock no. 1315538
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows two children, two cats and two dogs. Colour & b/w illustrations including double page spreads in colour by Aldin, and two b/w pages by Rackham. Spine has slight loss at top and 2" loss at base. Corners are worn, covers slightly edge rubbed. Foxspots and fingermarks to contents. Old tape marks to inner margins of frontis and title-page and old tape repairs to last page. Prize plate to verso of title-page (which is the belongs to page). Some margin tears.

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PAGES TO PLEASE YOU
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; Elsie Blomfield; G.H. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1505512
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title, pictorial covers, front shows two horses and a cockerel, back shows dog and two sheep. Colour frontis plus two-tone and b/w illustrations. A mix of short stories and rhymes edited by Vredenburg. Spine slightly faded and worn. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby with a few light scratches. Inscription to front pastedown. One hinge cracked, first gathering pulled. A little light browning and a few marks to contents. Odd small margin tear.

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MY VERY BEST BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; MD; R. Hope; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1505511
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Stories and rhymes for little folk. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Colour frontis plus colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and discoloured. Wear to corners and cover edges, some loss of surface on corners. Covers grubby with pencil writing in title. Large, dated ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Just an odd mark to contents.

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MERRY HOURS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Chris Temple; Harry B. Neilson; Marjorie Slade; et al..
Stock no. 1315531
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1932. Very good condition.

Stories and Pictures for the Little Ones edited by Mabel Mackintosh. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl washing her toy. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny nick to edge of rear cover. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Small Xmas sticker to belongs to box and pencil name. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to contents.

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THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1315522
Published by The Home Library Book Company. 1st 1927. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

12 musical plays for children aged 8 to 15. 24 full-page b/w drawings by Alfred Bestall and music by Alec Rowley. Large format. Green cloth, black title to spine. Covers are badly damp stained (think the original colour was green but not 100% sure). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to endpapers and browning to textblock. Scarce original wrapper is worn to spine and corners with loss, large tear to rear edge of spine. A few light stains to wrapper.

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GRAN'POP'S ANNUAL
Written by Arthur Groom. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1315512
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

First story Toby To The Rescue. Front cover shows Gran'pop riding on a pair of roller skates with a piglet pulling him. Covers are worn with slight loss of surface paper at edges. Spine is bumped and grubby. Name in ink has been mostly erased from belongs to box. Frontis is detached at lower half. Some grubby fingermarks to pages and a few small margin tears.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1315489
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Recased in original covers, joints professionally repaired and rear free-endpaper backed as some loss to edges. Some pages and plates slightly worn to edges where they were loose before repairs. Some creases to pages. Light browning mainly to margins of text pages, plates bright and clean. Inscription in ink and small newspaper clipping (about Peter the lost Budgerigar!) fixed with white tape to verso of front-endpaper. Musty odour to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce title, now in sound binding.

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JACK ROBINSON
Written by J. Keir Cross. Illustrated by John R. Parsons.
Stock no. 1315486
Published by Peter Lunn. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Yellow cloth, red titles and vignette to front. Superb colour illustrations throughout. Covers are faded and foxed at edges. Small pencil mark to top edge of front cover. Contents clean, just a few light fingermarks at margins.

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MARY'S MENAGERIE
Written by Arthur Layard. Illustrated by Arthur Layard.
Stock no. 1315484
Published by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. White pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 44 pages. Mary had a Little Lamb... a Little Bear... a Little Crab... etc told in Rhyme. Spine bumped and slightly frayed at top and tail. Covers edge worn and slightly grubby. New Endpapers. Foxing to contents and a few fingermarks at margins.

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THE STORY OF PADDY PORKIE
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1315468
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1947. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue pictorial boards with white spine. B/w illustrated endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Name, address and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and a few small fingermarks at page margins else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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