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PROVERBS IMPROVED
Written by Frederic Chapman. Illustrated by Grace H. May.
Stock no. 1315108
Published by John Lane. Good condition.

24 charming colour pictures printed by Edmund Evans wth humourous verses based on well-known proverbs. 103 pages. Oblong format (5.5 x 7.75"). Pictorial boards. Spine and corners worn, covers a little grubby and scuffed. Endpapers browned. Front joint is broken to lower half. Some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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KIDDIEWIDDIES STORY BOOK OR THE TWINS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315099
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Title is "The Twins" on front cover which features a boy and girl (girl holding doll). Cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers edge worn. Rear cover grubby. Joints partly broken. Page browning and grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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RAGGEDY ANN IN COOKIE LAND
Written by Johnny Gruelle. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle.
Stock no. 1315082
Published by P.F. Volland Company. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. 95 numbered pages. Colour illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (x2!). Some light fingering to page margins and light foxing to textblock.

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NURSERY RHYME RAG BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh; Gertrude E. Taylor; et al..
Stock no. 1315078
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1914. Slightly better than very good condition.

Produced for Suchard advertising their products in children's rhyme. 10 cloth pages/covers with colour illustrations. Extremely rare. Pale foxing to contents otherwise contents fine. A super copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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KITTY AND PENELOPE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315076
Good condition.

Title inside is Donkeys and Dollies. Pictorial boards. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners worn. Covers are grubby. Large tear to first page. Some foxing and light page browning.

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HANDY PANDY! A PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by A. Pembury; Y.B. Sew; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; M. Bowley; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315070
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

By the editor of "The Children's Friend". Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one holding two apples behind her back. Colour plates, two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is "The Nursery Fire" told in verse. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, front cover a little scuffed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents and some light fingering.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - SECOND YEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Beryl Reid; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1404674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Nelson's Children's Annual. Pictorial boards with red spine. Titles and vignette of a girl waving a flag on spine. Front cover shows sailor boy leaving with two girls in the background. Pictorial endpapers. Colour, b/w and two tone illustrations. Mixture of stories and poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cover edges rubbed. Covers generally grubby. Scratches to rear board. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Couple of hinges are cracked. Vertical crease to page 137/138. Endpapers browned. Foxing to page edges. A few grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - THE LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL THIRD YEAR
Written by Edward Shirley; Jacqueline Clayton; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1315068
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1916. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl marching in soldier outfits. 24 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Front cover is a little grubby, as is rear. Prize plate to front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is cracked. Some foxing and fingering and some page margin tears but contents generally clean.

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SANTA CLAUS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1315066
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition.

Dean's 2/6 Patent Rag Book Series 3, no. 208. 10 pages featuring colour illustrations accompanying the text of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Lower corner tips lightly creased. Small, light stain to top edges of pages else contents lovely and clean. A super copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BARTLETT AND THE CITY OF FLAMES
Written by Odo Hirsch. Illustrated by Andrew McLean.
Stock no. 2118411
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An exciting adventure story in which Bartlett must draw on all his legendary powers of Inventiveness, Desperation and Perserverance. Pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0747546096.

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MOTHER GOOSE LULLABY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh.
Stock no. 1404669
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, cream covers, front shows baby in bed with girl sat beside, rear shows both sat on stool. 5 cloth leaves plus inside of covers gives 12 rhymes with colour illustration for each. No: 124. Covers fraying at spine and edges. A few small red marks to verso. Covers grubby. Pencil marks to a couple of pages. Brown marks to several pages. Contents grubby.

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PLAYMATES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1404667
circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories, verses and puzzles. Red spine, pictorial covers show girl reading to semi-circle of toys. 10.5 x 7.5". Red, black and white and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and worn with small patches of surface paper damage. Corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges a little rubbed and small bump to bottom of rear cover. Covers a little grubby. Names in belong to box. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Contents generally clean.

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