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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by M.E. Buckingham; Ruth Cobb; Natalie Joan; Violet M. Methley; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1324768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Front cover shows a young woman in hat leading a horse. First story is 'The Cat That Ruled a Village' by Buckingham. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and rear cover is grubby. Ink address stamps to front endpapers and also written in ink too. Some heavy foxing and some light fingering to contents.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Frances Joyce; Ruth Cobb; Natalie Joan; Bessie Marchant; Elizabeth Gould; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Ruth Cobb; C.E. Brock; Edith Hilder; Rowland Hilder; et al..
Stock no. 1324767
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine. Yellow front board shows girl with bobbed hair and in a blue dress looking at a book. First story is "Stop Me and Buy One" by Frances Joyce. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Front cover is slightly grubby. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper and another name written in ink over the top of one of the stamps. Light foxing and fingering to contents.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Constance Bickersteth; Primrose Cumming; Ruth Cobb; et al. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; R.H. Brock; Alfred Bestall; Eileen Soper; et al..
Stock no. 1324765
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows girl with hockey stick. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story "Lance" by Bickersteth. Spine bumped and a bit grubby. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top front corner. Some foxing and other marks to page edges/margins.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR SCOUTS 2ND YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; John Martin; W. Percival Westell; Harold Avery; et al. Illustrated by Savile Lumley; N. Sotheby Pitcher; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1324762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Green pictorial front board shows a boy scout in shorts with a union jack flag and a castle in the background. First story is "Hogmanay Camp" by Martin. 4 colour plates. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear to cover edges. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Thora Stowell; Jessie Pope; et al. Illustrated by E.E. Brier; A.H. Watson; May Smith; et al..
Stock no. 1324758
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board shows two children on a swing "ever so high!". First story is "Six and Twenty Fairy Cows". Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations to text. Spine slightly bumped. Mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Some hinges cracked and pulled but binding still tight.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Jocelyn Oliver; M.A. Peart; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by E.E. Brier; M.D. Johnston; A.H. Watson; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324757
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows children in sailing boat "happy days". Colour frontis. B/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "One Last Ride". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled and cracked but binding still tight.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Margaret Baker; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; H.R. Millar; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324756
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "Our Ship". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story is The Fairy Tree. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly browned. Some hinges pulled. A little foxing to contents, mainly at page edges.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1324755
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "The Swing". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story: The Mill Wheel. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Covers are grubby. Inscription in pencil to verso of frontis. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Foxing to contents.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; M.A. Peart; May Smith; et al..
Stock no. 1324754
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Good condition.

Pictorial paper boards entitled 'Fairy Lights' shows children with Chinese lanterns. Colour frontis by Florence Harrison plus b/w and two-tone illustrations (one or two by F.Harrison). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Rear cover is grubby. Browning and foxing to contents. Some pencil colouring to endpapers, especially rear endpapers. One b/w illustration has been coloured in with watercolours. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Name in heavy pencil to rear free-endpaper.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; K. Wallis Coales; M.I.K. Carruthers; Jocelyn Oliver; et al. Illustrated by K.W. Coales; Mary S. Reeve; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324753
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows a girl on a white horse "in the paddock". Colour frontis, b/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "The Little Girl Who Put Her Tongue Out". Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Cracke between frontis and title-page else contents clean.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Alan Wright; et al..
Stock no. 1324752
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1925. Good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows two children with kites "on the hilltop". Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Lennie the Woodman". Spine is bumped and browned with damage at top (split and slight loss of surface paper). Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.

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THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON
Written by Thomas Day.
Stock no. 1324650
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Circa 1899. Almost very good condition.

Corrected and revised by Cecil Hartley. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. 448 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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