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AN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Carton Moorepark.
Stock no. 1307920
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Magnificent b/w plate for each animal along with a paragraph of text on each. Large format. Green boards and spine, front shows a pair of shire(?) horses. Spine rebacked with green cloth keeping most of the original title-strip. Corners worn and some slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers professionally replaced. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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TWO OF A KIND
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1706095
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth. B/w frontis plus 3 other plates. 253 pages. Price-cut wrapper is grubby with small patch of surface damage to front panel.

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DADDY CAT
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2106927
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, dark green paper boards with pictorial onlay to front. 32 colour illustrations including half-title page and title page. All about 'Daddy Cat'. Covers are heavily worn; bumping and chipping to corners; grubby marks; some red crayon scribble to rear cover. Onlay has a little chipping to edges. Front joint is cracked. Grubby marks and some foxing to pages internally. Tears to edges of some pages; one has 1" x 1" semi-circle of loss to margin (with tiny piece of loss from actual illustration). Classic charming Louis Wain cat illustrations!

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THE DOCTOR'S LASS
Written by L.E. Tiddeman.
Stock no. 2106383
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1934. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. The Pinnacle Library Series. Colour frontis. Small split to base of spine. Bumping and wear with a couple of chips to corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxign.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2106107
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper has some edge-tears and chips, with a little loss; browned; creased; some grubby marks.

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FIVE OF THEM
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1306410
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1912. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 247 pages plus catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Rear cover is a little grubby with a gilt London Council stamp to centre. Prize plate to front pastedown. Front joint (between endpaper and half-title) cracked. Foxing to contents else clean.

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TWIN PICKLES
Written by Ellen Campbell. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1106734
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Two Australian Children. Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. Bumping and wear to covers, corners and spine. Presentation plate to front pasetdown. Some foxing and browning.

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JOSEPHINE'S PANTOMIME
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1306250
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn. A few light spots to covers. Some pale foxing and front joint just starting to crack else contents clean.

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LITTLE GREYCOAT
Written by Ellinor Davenport Adams.
Stock no. 2105262
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Pinnacle Library. Pictorial boards, showing girl, with dolly, reading a book. 1.5" split to base of spine; smaller split to top of spine. Corners and edges are bumped and worn. Some grubby margin marks.

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MADGE'S MISTAKE
Written by A.E. Armstrong.
Stock no. 2105257
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Recollection of Girlhood. Red decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. Corners are bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with loss to top and tail of spine and some damp marks.

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THE FORM THAT LIKED TO BE FIRST
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by W. Spence.
Stock no. 1305935
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, purple titles to front and spine. 272 pages. 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners are bumped with some slight wear to top front corner. Front endpapers have been replaced and the front joint (between half-title and frontis) is partially cracked. Light foxing throughout else contents clean.

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THIS TIME NEXT TERM
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1305934
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with white titles. 4 b/w plates. Very slight bumping to spine and corners, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1945). Light foxing to prelims and heavy foxing to page edges. Pictorial wrapper is just slightly edge rubbed/nicked and a little grubby on rear panel.

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