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SMILE-A-WHILE
Written by Angel Davis.
Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson.
Stock no. 1315201
Published by St. Catherine Press.
1918.
Very good condition.
Large format. Cream front board with colour illustration of an elephant reading a book. Spine and rear cover are white. 77 pages. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations throughout. A book of verse for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A nice copy.
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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 26
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; et al.
Illustrated by Alice Havers; Walter Paget; et al..
Stock no. 1315182
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1888.
Almost very good condition.
Issues 609 to 631 bound together and including "The House of Surprises" by L.T.Meade bound in at the back "being the Little Folks Annual for 1888" which includes a colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt. 2 other colour plates. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. Some foxing.
THE ABC PICTURE BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1505184
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd..
Very good condition.
A Cosy Corner Picture Book. Illustrated alphabets and some numbers. Green cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two children reading a book, 10 x 7.5". Illustrated endpapers. 2 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a bit grubby. Ink inscription to verso of frontis. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean. Book has slight musty smell.
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- ABC
- EARLY READERS
- COUNTING
THE EASY READING BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1505183
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.
Very good condition.
Cosy Corner Picture Book. Contains the alphabet, counting, puzzles and short stories. Red spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and doll stood facing each other, 10 x 7.5". Illustrated endpapers. Two colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover grubby. Ink inscription to top corner of front pastedown. Erased pencil scribble to rear endpapers. Foxing and a few marks to frontis, title page and first two text pages, rest of contents have less foxing and just a very odd mark. Some of dot-to-dots have been completed then erased.
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- ABC
- COUNTING
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RAGGEDY ANN STORIES
Written by Johnny Gruelle.
Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle.
Stock no. 1505182
Published by P.F. Volland Company.
circa
1918.
Slightly better than good condition.
A Volland Happy Children Book. Red paper boards with yellow titles and pictures of Raggedy Ann. 9.25 x 6.25". Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Top 2.5" and bottom 1.25" of backstrip missing, wear to remaining. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly scuffed. Large tear to front endpaper has been repaired but final inch of tear has not. Erased writing on front endpaper and half-title page, also pen line and grubby marks to half-title. 3 hinges starting to crack. A few marks and fingermarks to contents but many pages are clean. Endpapers browned.
CHATTERBOX ANNUAL 1927
Written by J. Erskine Clarke; et al.
Stock no. 1315177
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd..
1927.
Very good condition.
Front cover shows galleon. First story is "The Dim Red Dawn" by Mrs. Hobart Hampden. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 316 pages. Competition closing date is January 1928. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Front cover is lovely and bright. There is a small dent to top edge of rear cover. Foxspots to textblock else contents clean.
THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1315173
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st thus
1938.
Good condition.
Hodder & Stoughton's Colour Books series. Grey cloth, red titles and vignettes. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with small splits to top and tail of spine. Spine foxed and lightly browned. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to belongs to box (and below). Remains of a small sticker to centre of half-title page. Two plates have tears at top, worst is 2". Foxing and fingering to contents.
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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1907
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Clifton Bingham; et al.
Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Edith A. Cubitt; et al..
Stock no. 1404723
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co..
1907.
Slightly better than good condition.
19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Spine bumped, worn and faded with small splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some scratches to covers. Both joints and some hinges cracked. Front endpaper partially detached. A little surface paper damage to front endpaper where a list had been stuck. Page browning and some foxing plus some marks to contents, including a co A few small tears to margins. One plate is creased.
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- ANNUALS
- CHROMOLITHOGRAPH
- NISTER
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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1890
Written by Robert Ellice Mack; L. Haskell; et al.
Illustrated by Louis Wain; Edith Scannell; et al..
Stock no. 1404721
Published by Ernest Nister.
1890.
Slightly better than good condition.
Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles and flower vignette to spine and gilt titles and vignette of a girl skipping to front. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 1st item is a poem - Goodbye. One b/w plate by Wain entitled 'The Cats Party.' Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Cover edges darkened and covers a little marked. Front and rear joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges cracked. One plate is loose and has ragged edges. Foxing and browning especially to prelims. A few light marks otherwise contents generally clean.
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- ANNUALS
- NISTER
- CHROMOLITHOGRAPH
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Written by Dr. Zwanziger.
Stock no. 1404720
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1914.
Almost very good condition.
Illustrated in 27 coloured plates containing several hundreds of species. Large format. Pictorial front board. Red cloth spine. Translated form the original German text by Gerard K. Gude. Spine bumped and worn with a small hole in the cloth at the top and a few small marks. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges are scuffed. Front joint cracked showing webbing beneath in places. Light damp stain to bottom of prelims and visible on several other pages. Some foxing and page browning otherwise contents generally clean.
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THE WOULDBEGOODS
Written by E. Nesbit.
Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 2118629
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1949.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers. Blue cloth, red title label to spine. B/w text illustrations. 384 pages Fading to spine and cover edges/corners. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; a bit of loss; grubby marks; some repairs to verso with sticky tape.
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GRANNIE GRAY
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon.
Stock no. 2118628
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1st
1939.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Plays and Singing-Games for Children. Dark pink cloth with dark titles. B/w illustrations. 148 pages. Bumping to corners. Uneven fading to covers. Paper 'snowflake' stuck to front endpaper. A few marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby to spine and edges. A few tears and chips; a little loss; some repairs to verso with sticky tape.