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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY TALES
Written by L. Edna Walter. Illustrated by Charles Folkard; J.H. Hartley.
Stock no. 1325923
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st thus 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 16 colour plates (10 by Folkard and 6 by Hartley). 219 pages. A book of well-known and loved fairy tales. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Joints cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to half title-page has been partially erased. Heavy foxing and some fingering to margins of plates.

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THE WORLD
Written by Ascott R. Hope.
Stock no. 1826300
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1915. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine, blind decorations to both spine and front cover. Peeps at Many Lands. 32 full page colour illustrations. New edition. Spine and covers are a bit browned with some grubby marks. Some foxing and browning throughout. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.

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WILLIAM TELL TOLD AGAIN
Written by P.G. Wodehouse; John W. Houghton. Illustrated by Philip Dadd.
Stock no. 2138092
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition.

Brick red/brown pictorial cloth. 16 colour plates described in verse by John W. Houghton with tissue-guards. 105 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper, which is also creased to corners. Page browning throughout, including to plate margins.

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LANCASHIRE
Written by F.A. Burton. Illustrated by Albert Woods.
Stock no. 2137541
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. Circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. 32 colour illustrations. Map at rear. South Manchester School gilt embossed stamp to front cover. Spine is browned with some chipping to cloth. Marks to covers; possibly damp marks. Some browning and foxing to pages. Plate opposite page 28 slightly edge-worn. Slight damp stains to margins of plates.

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OVER THE MOON
Written by M.A. Peart. Illustrated by M.A. Peart.
Stock no. 2137498
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration. 8 colour plates and tow-tone text illustrations. 100 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping to cloth to top of spine, which is browned. Some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Browning and foxing throughout. Browning also affects plates.

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DENMARK
Written by Clive Holland. Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137429
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. Popular series. Spine is browned. Some marks to covers. One of first pages of prelims is partially detached. Some page corner tips are creased. Foxing and light browning.

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AROUND ST. MALO
Written by Spencer Musson. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis.
Stock no. 2137417
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1917. Very good condition.

Green cloth, pale yellow titles to spine and front cover. 20 beautiful colour plates and sketch map. Originally published in French in 1912, this is the English edition. A and C Black 7/6 series. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuff/wear marks to covers. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Browning and some light foxing.

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NORFOLK & SUFFOLK
Written by W.G. Clarke. Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137334
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Embossed border to front cover. 40 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; grubby marks and spotting to covers. Foxing throughout - some heavy (e.g. page 89).

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GERMANY
Written by Gerald Bullett; Anthony Bertram. Illustrated by E.T. Compton; E. Harrison Compton.
Stock no. 2137300
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Black's New Series Of Colour Books. With a chapter on German tourism and mountaineering by Bertram. Blue cloth. 32 colour plates and sketch map. Bumping and wear to spine and corner. Marks to covers. Inscriptions and drawings in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Foxing and browning.

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IRELAND
Written by Frank Mathew. Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137240
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st thus 1916. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Dark blue cloth with harp and shamrock design printed in green and yellow. Gilt titles to spine. 50 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. The text used is the same as the 1906 edition illustrated by Walker. This is the NEW edition with new illustrations. Front cover is a little bowed. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine, with small split to rear edge. Joints are a bit cracked, some hinges are pulled. Foxing to various degrees throughout. A couple of pages (around pages 15 / 16) have chipped/ragged page margins.

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SWITZERLAND
Written by Frank Fox. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis; May Hardwicke Lewis; A.D. McCormick; et al..
Stock no. 2137220
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 2nd 1930. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Second edition. 32 illustrations. The Fascination of Europe Series. 2 page booklist to rear. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing throughout, but heaviest to outer page edges.

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WATER-COLOUR GUIDANCE FOR THE STUDENT, THE AMATEUR AND THE OCCASIONAL COLOURIST
Written by J. Hullah Brown. Illustrated by J. Hullah Brown.
Stock no. 2137051
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 24 colour plates and other b/w illustrations. A & C Black Colour Book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting and marks to covers. Top inner margins of pages (next to top of spine) creased. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks. All plates present.

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