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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 738893
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Bound in publishers deluxe binding of brown leather with embossed decoration at front edges and with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Two-tone green pictorial endpapers. 12 tissue-guarded colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny worn patch to lower edge of rear cover. Some very faint marking to covers. Light foxing throughout. Lower corner of half-title and frontis creased, tiny nick to edge of half-title page. All other plates fine condition.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 738815
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges very very slightly grubby. Large but light foxspots throughout. One plate was detached, now reinserted but with slightly ragged edges. A nice copy of the first edition.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 590317
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1ST 1929. Very good condition.

A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners are bumped. A few light marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Front hinge next to frontis and title page is cracked. All plates are present and beautifully bright!

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AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 589994
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Wear to cover edges. Browning to top and tail of spine. Foxing to endpapers and a couple of internal pages. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, browned, with a few grubby marks and has a couple of closed edge-tears.

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PAM'S SECRET-HOUSE
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 587891
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Paperboards, colour pictorial onlay. Colour illustrations of Pam and her dollies. Colour pictorial endpapers. Small format. 0.5" missing from top and bottom of backstrip. Corners rubbed. Contents very good.

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GRANDPA NOG AND THE NIMBLIES
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by Muriel Gill.
Stock no. 733606
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Attractive colour pictorial boards. Two-tone text illustrations. 59 pages. Large print text. Spine and corners bumped with slight wear. Page browning to half-title and last page. A couple of hinges pulled. Matching pictorial wrapper has some patches of loss at edges and has been stuck onto brown paper to preserve it.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 576038
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1ST 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Hinge between frontis and half-title page cracked. Contents fine. A few tiny foxspots to edge of textblock. Pictorial wrapper is soiled and torn with loss at edges.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 575842
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth spine. Paper boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. One plate missing. Frontis has margin tears repaired with tape. Corners rubbed. Contents bright and clean.

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AMELIARANNE GOES DIGGING
Written by Lorna Wood. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 574486
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine. Red pictorial boards. Charming colour illustrations. A couple of tiny chips to edge of wrapper. A super copy.

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HONK THE MOOSE
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 669356
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Good condition.

Green pictorial paperboards. Cloth spine. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Boards marked. Some surface paper lifting to covers. Spine faded and bumped.Foxing to endpapers and scattered through book. 1st title page has had 1.75 inches cut from the top of the page, so the frontis on the verso is now incomplete. Few grubby marks to margins. Pictures still nice and bright.

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A TREASURY OF TWENTY SONGS FOR LITTLE SINGERS
Written by Marjorie Wilson; Nancy M. Hayes; Alethea Chaplin; Queenie Scott-Hopper.
Stock no. 685221
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Pictorial paper boards, blue spine. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a little stained. Foxing to endpapers. Inscriptions in pencil to front endpaper.

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