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THE ROSEBUD VOLUME XI
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J.A. Shepherd; W. Reynolds; et al..
Stock no. 1501403
Poor condition.

Blue marbled boards with blue corners and spine. Gilt title and border to top and bottom of spine. Blue decorated endpapers. 192 pages. B/w illustrations including many by Louis Wain. First story is Miss Brown-Mouse. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Spine darkened. Covers scuffed. Front joint broken, rear joint holding by a thread. Pencil writing to front endpaper. Creasing to rear endpapers. Some hinges cracked. Margin marks and an odd page tear. A reading copy.

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THE ROSEBUD VOLUME X
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1501402
Fair condition.

Blue marbled boards with blue corners and spine. Gilt title and borders to top and bottom of spine. Blue decorated endpapers. 192 pages. B/w illustrations including many by Louis Wain. First story is "A-Hunting he would go". Spine bumped with wear and splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Spine darkened. Both joints weak, just holding by threads. Split to edge of blank page in prelims. A few hinges cracked. Marks to contents.

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RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by J.T.R. Sharrock; E.M. Sharrock. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor; et al..
Stock no. 2111479
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mottled red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and distribution map. 336 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610143. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Scuffing along a couple of cover edges. Small white name and address label to front endpaper. Some foxing. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing and small nicks; a little damp staining along bottom edge.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310567
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. A nice copy.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Esther Branthwaite; Duncan McLaren; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310566
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows young boy sailor with a small girl on his shoulder. First story is "Molly's Decision" (this is a long story serialised throughout the annual) by Branthwaite. Colour plates mounted on green paper plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and faded with small dark mark to centre. Covers edge rubbed. Endpapers browned, small piece chipped from lower edge of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges. One plate has slight damage to edges, one mount has very slight paper damage to verso.

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THE FAVOURITE STORY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Gordon Robinson; Anne Anderson; Inez Topham; et al..
Stock no. 1501391
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Tan colour cloth spine with black title. Colour pictorial front board. B/w pictorial rear board. Pictorial endpapers. Unpaginated. Short stories and poems. Contains 7 b/w illustrations by Louis Wain. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Corners and cover edges a little worn. Covers very slightly grubby with foxing to spine edge and inside edge of rear cover. Some old tape marks to endpapers. A couple of repaired margin tears. Foxing to text block edges. Contents generally clean.

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PLAYBOX 1908
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1501384
1908. Very good condition.

12 issues of the Playbox comic January to December 1908. Bound in embossed maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine slightly rubbed. Neat name and date to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents lightly browned, otherwise clean.

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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1916
Written by Elsie Blomfield; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; N. Buchanan; et al..
Stock no. 1310493
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1916. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows girl in red cape carrying holly and ivy followed by elves. Maroon cloth spine. 191 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations throughout, many Wain cats. Covers are edge worn and grubby to rear. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Pencil writing (name and date) to title-page. Contents clean.

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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1917
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; E. Blomfield; G Sidney; et al..
Stock no. 1501369
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1917. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine. Front board shows 2 children on ice-skates, carrying a large kite! With about 200 illustrations, including a few Louis Wain cat illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges rubbed and worn. Rear cover slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Odd margin mark/grubby fingermark. Light browning to pages 148/149. Contents otherwise very good. A nice copy.

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OUR DARLINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; Ambrose Dudley; et al..
Stock no. 1501367
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children carol singing. Tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Includes 3 colour plates by Wain plus some b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and board edges worn. Small pieces of paper missing from both front and rear board. Front board lightly scratched. Tiny hole near to centre of front endpaper. A little foxing and one or two marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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SONGS FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Robert Ellice. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway; Miss Bennett; Robert Barnes; et al..
Stock no. 1401596
Published by W. Mack. circa 1891. Almost very good condition.

A Collection Of Children's Poems, Old & New. Small format. Cloth spine and corners, marble effect boards. B/W illustrations throughout. 142 pages. Small font text. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth a little grubby. Bottom of boards scuffed. Name to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges. Some fingering and grubby marks. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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SHAKESPEARE TALES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS and WHEN SHAKESPEARE WAS A BOY
Written by F.J. Furnivall; William Shakespeare. Illustrated by John H.F. Bacon; et al..
Stock no. 1309876
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Golden Treasury Library. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to the edge of the pictorial onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents.

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