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THE JOLLY BOOK - FIFTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Gordon Whitehead; Amy Steedman; Gunby Hadath; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Laurie Tayler; Harold Earnshaw; Albert Morrow; Harry Woolley; Warwick Reynolds; et al..
Stock no. 1506869
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, blue pictorial matt boards show boy and girl, boy blindfolded. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Endpapers browned. A couple of hinges starting to crack. All plates present. Contents generally clean.

RHODA
Written by E.L. Haverfield.
Stock no. 1506644
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

A Story for Girls. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to front cover, gilt title block to spine. Floral decorated endpapers. 292 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine darkened. Endpapers browned. A few hinges cracked. Ink inscription to prelims. Contents generally clean with some foxing.

POCOMOTO AND THE ROBBERS' TRAIL
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Jack Harman.
Stock no. 1506367
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pocomoto becomes involved in a smash-and-grab robbery in Yakima City. Dark red boards with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 197 pages. Spine and top front corner bumped. Top of spine lightly browned. Name and date in pen to front endpaper. Some light foxing and browning, mainly to endpapers and text block. Just an odd mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with loss from top of spine and small hole near base. Spine lightly browned and rubbed, rear panel slightly grubby. Light foxing/browning to verso.

POCOMOTO - BRONCO BUSTER
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Jack Harman.
Stock no. 1506265
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pocomoto and Elmer, an old-timer bronco buster, set off to recapture a stallion which has broken loose and taken over the leadership of a wild horse herd. Red boards, dark titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. 216 pages. Base of spine and top corners bumped. Small white mark to base of spine. Name, address and date in ink to front endpaper. Small bookseller's label to rear endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and text block, especially top edge of text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss from top of spine and folds, small tear to base of front panel and a grubby rear panel. A little wear to spine, light foxing/browning on verso.

THE PATSY BOOK
Written by Anne Anderson. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1506246
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

Being the Adventures of Patsy, Patty and Pat. Large format 11.75 x 9.75". Cloth spine. Colour pictorial front board. Illustrated endpapers. 13 beautiful colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Browning and foxing to cover edges. Rear cover marked. Free endpapers browned. Contents generally clean just a few fingermarks. All plates present but 2 have been remounted and have slightly ragged edges.

SILVER AND GOLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ethel F. Everett.
Stock no. 1506116
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1927. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Attractive white cloth with silver and gold decorations and vignette. Pictorial endpapers. Eight pretty colour plates. Full-page b/w illustrations. A book of verse for children. Spine bumped. Browning to spine and some cover edges. Cloth at top edge of rear cover slightly rippled. Covers slightly grubby. Light crease to front endpaper. Foxing to contents otherwise clean. All plates present. Dustwrapper has some edge wear with a couple of small tears, chips and creases. Loss from base of spine disguised by photocopy underneath. Clear tape repairs to tears on verso. 5 written on front panel near fold. Corners cut from flaps.

THE CHILDREN'S TREASURY OF PICTURES AND STORIES No. XVIII
Written by Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; Robert Hudson; et al; Edward Shirley. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1506094
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1917. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title and vignette, cream pictorial boards with picture of children in boat in night sky to top half, black title to bottom half. Adverts to rear cover and endpapers. 4 Colour plates by Anderson, b/w text illustrations throughout. Brazil story is While Frank had Measles. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Spine faded. Covers grubby and marked. Light crease to rear cover. Both joints and a couple of hinges cracked. Ink presentation inscription to verso of frontis. Some marks to contents but most pages are clean. A little foxing/browning. All plates present.

LITTLE FOLKS' BOOK OF COLOURED PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Harry Woolley; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Lawson Wood; Honor C. Appleton; et al..
Stock no. 1506060
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial covers, front shows boy eating slice of melon. Full page colour illustration to each page, 12 in total, with title below. 10.25 x 8. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks/fingermarks to contents, mainly to margins. Colours still bright.

THE SMITH FAMILY
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 2121577
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 4 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations to text. 87 pages. Approx. 9 x 7". Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All colour plates are present.

WEE TALES FOR WEE TOTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505979
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Happy Stories and Jolly Pictures for the Little Folks. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows four toddlers around a book. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Small bumps and some wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby, edges of rear cover browned. Small bookseller's embossed stamp to front endpaper. Some foxing and browning, worst to endpapers and prelims. Just a couple of marks to contents otherwise.

ISLAND NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stock no. 1505925
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Nelson's Classics in Leather series. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp and The Isle of Voices. Green leather soft covers, gilt titles and circular vignette. Small format 6.25 x 4.25". Top edge gilt. B/w frontis. 281 pages plus book lists. Wear to ends of darkened spine with slight loss to top edge. Corner tip of rear cover missing. Faint light marks to covers. Name in pencil to prelims. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a little loss from ends of spine. Panels grubby, spine darkened.

THE BUMPER BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Dora Percy Smith; Marjory Royce; et al. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; Topham; Cicely Englefield; et al..
Stock no. 1505877
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1928. Slightly better than good condition.

Orange pictorial boards show circus pictures, two children and clown to front, lion in hat to spine, ringmaster and horse to rear. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. First story is The Dancing Bear. Covers slightly darkened. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Clear tape stuck to corners. A few hinges cracked. Name in ink to verso of frontis and pencil inscription to verso of title page. Some foxing and an odd mark to contents. All plates present but one is detached and two are partially detached.