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UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1331292
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1908. Good condition.

Or, The Story of Mr. Fox and Brer Rabbit. Small format. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles and large onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 155 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Both joints cracked but binding still tight. Browning to verso of last page and to half title-page. Name plate to rear pastedown (upside-down). One plate is lightly creased. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER AND OTHER TALES
Written by John Ruskin; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1329933
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Also contains: The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ten Pieces of Gold by Mrs. Craik; The Golden Apples of Lough Erne told from traditional sources. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, 4 by Rountree to the first story. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cloth covers marked. Plates all present, a couple have creased/ragged margins. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges cracked but binding still tight.

THE SWEDISH FOSTER-BROTHERS
Written by Sarah S. Baker.
Stock no. 1325262
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt title to spine. 127 pages. B/w frontis and title-page. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown, prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

THE WANDERERS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Stock no. 1324685
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1897. Very good condition.

The Kingston Library For Boys. Dark red pictorial cloth with gilt to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and title page plus b/w plates. 392 pages. Green floral decorated endpapers. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to cloth. Small ink name stamp and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock, some foxing to prelims.

THE CHANCELLOR'S SPY
Written by Tom Bevan. Illustrated by Richard Tod.
Stock no. 1324665
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

A vivid picture of life in the reign of Henry the eighth. Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 2 colour plates. 263 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing and page browning. Some hinges pulled.

RALPH THE OUTLAW
Written by Mrs. Henry Clarke.
Stock no. 1324591
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A tale of adventure in medieval England. Colour frontis and title page. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 248 pages + 24 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock, a couple of spots to margins. Some hinges pulled but generally binding still tight.

HARLEQUIN CORNER
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1323558
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Writing in ink (black and pink) to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped, rear panel slightly grubby.

THROUGH THE WOOD
Written by Harold Avery. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1321692
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

A picture book. Large format 11.5 x 9.5", cloth spine and pictorial boards show boy watching weasels. 24 colour plates. 50 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front endpapers have been neatly replaced. Foxing to rear endpapers. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Light musty smell to contents.

WINTER JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall; E. Lance; et al..
Stock no. 1320793
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A mix of stories and verses. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, front cover shows two children on a sledge on ice. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners worn. A few light scratches to rear cover. Joints just starting to crack. Foxing to endpapers and text block, last text page is browned. Just an odd fingermark to contents and looks like small staple(?) indentations to margins of first pages.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE CLEVER CATS, & C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320522
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Coloured picture book for the nursery. 11.5 x 8.5". Blue decorated cloth. 16 colour illustrations. Printed one side on untearable paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to top 2" of rear cover. Endpapers browned. New front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingering, showing mainly on unprinted sides of pages. Small ink mark to one page (unprinted).

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Written by Jonathan Swift; W. Dingwell Fordyce.
Stock no. 1319067
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Red boards, cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour tipped-in plates by "BS". 64 pages. 10.5 x 8". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Last text page and rear of frontis mount are browned. Foxing to contents. One plate has had a pencil grid drawn onto it. Light tobacco smell to contents.

THE JACKIE JACKDAW BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2132543
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Off-white cloth with orange titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Pretty colour and b/w illustrations accompany short verses for children. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endppaer. Margin marks and some foxing. A couple of small page margin tears.