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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1908
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506083
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1908. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, red and yellow covers with onlay of girls feeding carrot to calf. 13 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Browning to endpapers. Contents generally clean with some fox spots, mainly to page edges. All plates present.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1898
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506082
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with black borders and decoration around gilt title block. 13 chromolithograph colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages plus publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with darkening to spine and some edges. Front joint cracked next to frontis and frontis partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and prelims, small hole to rear endpaper. Publication list is browned. A few marks to contents but generally clean. All plates present.

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IMMORTALITY
Written by Alice Reed.
Stock no. 1506078
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Easter Poems. Beige card wraps, pictorial front cover with silver title. Silver tassle tie and all edges silver. 7.25 x 6.5". 4 chromolithographs. Wear to spine. Very light crease to lower corners. Covers slightly grubby. Contents clean with just a little light foxing/browning.

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THE TALE OF TOMBO
Written by Ada Harrison. Illustrated by Robert Austin.
Stock no. 1405583
Published by J. Fairston. Slightly better than good condition.

Number One of the Tally-Ho Books. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Tombo is a monkey. 47 pages. 7" x 4.5". Spine and corners grubby. Covers creased and grubby. Closed tear to the top of one page. Some grubby marks.

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DAILY MAIL ANNUAL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Susan French; Enid Blyton; Mollie Chappell.
Stock no. 2121802
Published by Daily Mail. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blyton story is 'The Dirty Little Boy'. Red boards, blue titles. Wrapper edge-torn and rubbed with slight loss.

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HOLIDAYS
Written by Chas. Herbert. Illustrated by Jaques Browne; Leigh Kidman; Levine Helmer; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1506065
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette. Pictorial front cover shows girl and three puppies. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Front joint cracked next to frontis and one hinge cracked. Some light browning and foxing to contents. All plates present. Neat colouring to some of the b/w illustrations.

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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.

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PLAYFUL PUPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506051
Slightly better than good condition.

Tall slim format, 12 x 4.75". Stiff card wraps, pictorial front cover shows begging dog, cut-out face, dog on page behind blinks eyes when book opened. Dog in dressing gown on rear cover. Red, black and white illustrations with text in rhyme. Spine worn at ends, some creasing to covers. Colour page behind front cover has 2" split to spine edge at bottom, ink inscription to verso. Staples rusty. Light browning and an odd mark to text pages.

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BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1506042
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1930. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Dark yellow cloth with black titles to spine and front cover and black and red vignette to front cover. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, with captioned page guards before them. Small b/w illustrations to text. 254 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Spine faded with tiny dark mark towards base. Top edges of covers and text block browned. Light browning to endapers. Some foxing, mainly to prelims and page edges. All plates present and in fine condition. Contained in rare dustwrapper which is price-cut and edge worn with small chips at top of folds. Spine, folds and edges of rear panel browned. Remains of small circular labels to spine and bottom of front panel.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1506036
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Fair condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Joints badly cracked, holding by threads, a few hinges cracked too so binding feels weak. Colouring to some b/w illustrations. Last text page partially detached. A few marks to contents. All plates present but one is detached.

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THE GOLD THREAD
Written by Norman MacLeod. Illustrated by M. Bowley.
Stock no. 2121692
Published by Valentine & Sons, Limited. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Dark maroon cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 6 chromolitograph plates, including frontis. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Front joint is a little cracked. Some pale foxing. Colour plates are lovely and bright!

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME III
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 2121688
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1892. Very good condition.

Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning. Volume III ONLY!

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