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THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST
Written by Mrs. Sherwood.
Stock no. 1331372
Published by The Religious Tract Society. 1834. Good condition.

Dark green spine and corners with gilt title on spine. Marbled boards. 108 pages, all edges gilt. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Marble effect endpapers to match boards. Spine and corners are bumped, rubbed and worn. Front free-endpaper is missing. Joints are cracked. Name in ink to front fly-leaf. Some browning to the corners of front fly-leaf. Crease to one corner tip. Some light margin marks but contents are clean considering it is nearly 200 years old!

HALF-A-DOZEN SISTERS
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green.
Stock no. 1331287
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Good condition.

Brown cloth with green titles and decorations and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. 338 pages plus book list. Spine and corners bumped. Rubbing to spine edges. Light vertical crease to front cover. Name in ink and another with address. Front joint cracking. Some foxing but contents generally clean.

THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD
Written by Charles Brown. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1830706
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1923. Good condition.

Being addresses to children on Bunyan's "Holy War". Red cloth pictorial boards with black titles. 4 colour plates including title page and frontispiece, 4 b/w plates. 130 pages. Spine browned, boards damp stained and browned. Text block lightly browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Half-title page browned. Lower corner tip removed from page 33/34. One or two minor marks to contents. A working copy.

CHRISTIE REDFERN'S TROUBLES
Written by Mrs Robertson. Illustrated by E. Barnard Lintott.
Stock no. 1324595
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Green cloth with red decoration to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to centre of front cover. 3 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Small white paint(?) spot to top edge of rear cover. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout else contents clean.

BERTHOLD THE GOATHERD
Written by Marianne Filleul. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1323818
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1885. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Floral decorated endpapers. 208 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w plates and small text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Mark to top edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents generally clean.

MY POETRY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134184
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1859. Good condition.

Smaller format. Red/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. 3 Kronheim plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning with some uneven fading to cover edges and spine. Split/tear to cloth to one edge of cover; some fraying to cloth. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little writing to front pastedown. A few margin marks and the odd foxspot.

THE CHILD'S COMPANION AND JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318823
Published by The Religious Tract Society. 1858 Good condition.

New Series. Small format. Brown embossed clotgh with gilt title to spine. Colour Kronheim frontis and b/w engravings. 380 pages. Cream endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine faded. Front joint is cracked. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Some light foxing and fingering.

EASY STEPS FOR LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131359
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1904. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Large format. Stiff card covers. Pictorial front cover show two children sitting on a bench looking at a book, with sunflowers in the background. B/w illustrations. Chipping and some loss to cloth at top and tail of spine. Corners are bumped, with chipping. Binding weak; stitching is starting to come loose in a few places. Bookplate to inside front cover. Foxing and grubby marks. A reading copy.

TALES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES
Written by Dorothy Arnold.
Stock no. 2127500
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Almost very good condition.

Short stories and rhymes. Large format 12.5 x 10.25". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Santa Claus. 4 full page chromolithographs and 80 b/w engravings. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some browning and marks to spine; chipping and a little fraying to cloth at top and tail. Scuff marks to covers. Joints are a little cracked. Browning to endpapers; some foxing; a few grubby margin marks. Light pencil colouring to prelims; partially erased.

MY PICTURE STORY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by M.A. Boole; J. Ley Pethybridge; J.F. Weedon; et al..
Stock no. 1506928
Published by The Religious Tract Society. circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, stiff card covers, pictorial front cover shows two children with wheelbarrow and chickens, advert to rear cover. Colour frontis and upwards of 60 b/w illustrations. 88 pages. Short stories and rhymes. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scratches to covers and crease to bottom corner of rear cover. Prize plate to front endaper. Contents fingered, mainly lower margin. Light stain affects top corner tips of all pages.

HID IN THE CEVENNES
Written by Blanche M. Moggridge.
Stock no. 1315046
Published by The Religious Tract Society. circa 1885. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles, bevelled edges, outer page edges gilt. B/w frontis. 208 pages plus 8 pages publications by the RTS. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light darkening to cover edges and spine. Prize inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is slightly cracked. Some light page browning, foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

TALES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES
Written by Dorothy Arnold.
Stock no. 1314516
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Almost very good condition.

Short stories and rhymes. Large format 12.5 x 10.25". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Santa Claus. 4 full page chromolithographs and 80 b/w engravings. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Wear to cover edges. Rear cover is browned and foxed, light damp staining to spine and some damp staining to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers foxed. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean.