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LIVES OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS - BOOK 2
Written by Ian Woodward. Illustrated by Martin Aitchison.
Stock no. 1831360
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Series 662. Blue pictorial paper boards. Composers in this book are Handel, Haydn, and Schubert. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402429. Spine & corners lightly rubbed, tiny patch of surface paper loss to top end of spine. Rear board is a little scuffed. Child's name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Tally is 240.

LIVES OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS - BOOK 1
Written by Ian Woodward. Illustrated by Martin Aitchison.
Stock no. 1831352
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 662. Pink pictorial paper boards. Composers in this book are Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402305. Boards are edge-rubbed and worn, top of spine is split. Rear board is scuffed with a few marks. Minor foxing to text block. Minor mark and pencil erasure to front endpaper else contents clean. Tally is 230.

FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209010
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 7th 1926. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers very lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with some slight loss. Grubby marks to verso.

TWELVE SONGS FROM 'PLAYTIME & COMPANY'
Written by E.V. Lucas.
Stock no. 1209008
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown paperboards. Music by Herman Finck. Spine and corners bumped. Slight darkening to base of spine. Minimal page browning to endpapers. Contents lovely and clean. Orange dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn (but no loss) and has a large tear to front panel.

TEDDY BEAR AND OTHER SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209007
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown paperboards, cloth spine. Words by Milne, music by Fraser-Simson. Delightful decorations by Shepard. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some sligh foxing to contents (mainly to prelims) and also to title-label on front cover. Endpapers very slightly browned. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209006
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 11th 1927. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some slight darkening to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. One hinge is gaping - exposing stitching/webbing. A few corners creased and some light margin marks.

THE SONGS OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Dudley Glass. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1830502
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

Based on "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter. Large format, pictorial card wraps. Musical scores with words and b/w text illustrations. 31 pages. ISBN: 0723210357. Reprint. Foxing to covers and a few spots to contents. Light pencil marks to front cover. Light damp stains to lower edge of rera cover (not bad). Else contents clean.

FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330359
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 6th 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight grubbiness to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn with minimal loss. Vertical crease to spine edge of front panel of wrapper.

THE DULCIMER BOY
Written by Tor Seidler. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1825535
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st UK 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for children set in New England at the turn of the century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224019333. Slight fading to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and a little scuffed.

THE GRUFFALO SONG AND OTHER SONGS
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1323842
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All join in for a monster singalong! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Includes a CD of the songs written and performed by Julia Donaldson. ISBN: 1405022337. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly worn and edge creased. CD is present in wallet to front pastedown but has NOT been tested. The wallet is split at edges.

LESSONS IN LINE FOR LITTLE LEARNERS
Written by A.H.S.; Geoffrey Ryley. Illustrated by Evelyn Beale.
Stock no. 1321771
Published by Elliot Stock. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth with vignettes to front. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the composer to verso of front free-endpaper (** Hastings withe the Composer's kind regards). Spine and corners bumped. Small worn patch to lower edge of front cover. Small, light stain to rear cover. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing.

THE BABY'S BOUQUET
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1321689
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1908. Almost very 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. Spine slightly bumped. Corners worn. Foxing to contents.