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PLAYFELLOWS
No author listed.
Stock no. 378640
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

Our Little Folks Library. No. 1186. Small format (3.75 x 3.25"), brown cloth spine with cream pictorial front board. 4 colour illustrations and a few b/w text illustrations. Binding professionally reinforced with new endpapers. Slight marking to inner margins from rusty staples (now replaced).

THE LITTLE PEOPLE'S SCRAP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 738413
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Blue and white floral decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout with some simple text phrases. Corners worn, cover edges rubbed. Spine bumped and rubbed at head and tail. Some scuff/scratch marks to covers. Some grubby fingermarks and light page browning to margins. Contents otherwise clean. A nice copy.

EDWARD BUTTONEYE AND HIS ADVENTURES
Written by Hilda Austin. Illustrated by Cyril F. Austin.
Stock no. 588937
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1908. Good condition.

Small square format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Little Mother Series. Full colour illustrations. Wear to covers and spine. Title page is missing and first text page to its verso. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some light foxing to a few pages.

FUR COATS AND FEATHER FROCKS
Written by Clifton Bingham; Edith E. Cuthell; Edric Vredenburg; et al. Illustrated by W. Foster; et al..
Stock no. 737967
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1892. Very good condition.

Contains short stories and verse about animals. De-Luxe Edition with red pictorial cloth and gilt title to front cover. 24 chromolithograph plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents, mainly to margins and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents are clean.

SEEING IS BELIEVING
Written by L.E. Tiddeman. Illustrated by Hilda K. Robinson.
Stock no. 586477
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations.

HAPPY PLAYHOURS
Written by L. Haskell; Helen J. Wood; et al. Illustrated by W. Rainey; et al..
Stock no. 584129
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two children on a sledge. Blue floral patterned endpapers. Chromolithograph frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine slightly marked. Corners worn. Rear cover scratched and grubby. Front cover slightly grubby. Foxing to front endpaper and some foxing to contents. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. 1 page has closed margin tear. Some finger marks to page margins.

SAND CASTLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 734641
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Covers and spine a bit scuffed. Tiny, faint name to top corner of rear cover. Contents a bit browned but otherwise bright and clean. A super copy of a delightful book.

LITTLE CHICKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 733508
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. A lovely bright copy of this sweet little book. Pale page browning and very pale browning on rear cover.

THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Written by M. Morris. Illustrated by M. Morris.
Stock no. 811768
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1910. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Short and a Merry One! A tale for children about a Persian cat named Mary and a dog named William. Oblong format. Green cloth spine, green paper boards, oblong pictorial onlay to front. 8 full page colour plates plus b/w illustrations. REDUCED FROM £480. Covers lovely and bright. First gathering a little loose and pulled at hinges. A few pale foxspots/marks else contents bright. White pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss and a little grubby. A nice copy of a scarce item.

OUR CHILDREN'S NURSERY SCRAP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 697496
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1926. Poor condition.

Large square format. Colour pictorial front board showing boy and girl sledging. Attractive colour illustrations and b/w drawings. Nursery rhymes. Disbound with backstrip missing. Boards worn. Contents bright.

NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 28TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 571202
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial front cover showing girl and dog. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is "In Blackberry Time". New cloth spine. Edges worn, rear board grubby, page edges browned. Reduced from £95.

NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1903
Written by Alfred J. Fuller; et al.
Stock no. 571785
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1903. Good condition.

Brown cloth with pictorial front board. Colour and b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front and rear joint cracked. Hinges pulled. Name in ink to front pastedown. One page and one plate detached. Possibly one plat missing (?). 2" margin tear to one page.