MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1315243
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with black titles and colour vignettes to front cover and spine, colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 12 colour plates mounted onto plain captioned paper. B/w text illustrations throughout. 159 pages. Spine bumped, some fading and browned at base. A few tiny nicks to cover edges. Name plate and small sticker (J.6.) to front pastedown. 1st colour plate (frontis) is missing, 11 remaining. Light foxing and fingering else contents clean. Closed tears to the bottom of a couple of pages.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1315173
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1938. Good condition.

Hodder & Stoughton's Colour Books series. Grey cloth, red titles and vignettes. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with small splits to top and tail of spine. Spine foxed and lightly browned. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to belongs to box (and below). Remains of a small sticker to centre of half-title page. Two plates have tears at top, worst is 2". Foxing and fingering to contents.

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PRINCESS BADOURA
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1505035
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

White cloth beautifully decorated in pale green and gilt to front cover. Pale green endpapers. 10 tipped-in paper-guarded richly coloured plates. A tale from The Arabian Nights retold by Housman. Spine browned, bumped and worn with small nicks to cloth at either end. Corners worn. Covers grubby and marked. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. A little foxing and browning. Fingering to contents but generally clean. All plates present and in very good condition.

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THE POOR DEAR DOLLIES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1404567
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with red titles. Green cloth spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine re-backed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small indents to rear board. Small bump to top of rear board which also affects internal pages. Boards are grubby. Small red mark to top of front board. Name and date to front endpaper. Front joint beginning to crack. One hinge cracked. Erased writing and slightly sticky residue possibly from removal of label to front endpaper which is a little grubby. Some foxing and fingering to contents.

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DRUSCILLA
Written by Clarice England. Illustrated by Lynley Dodd.
Stock no. 1606737
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Druscilla, spirited, sensitive and eloquent, a fascinated observer of the grown-up world flowing around her. Set in New Zealand. Dark orange boards with white title block to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. 91 pages. ISBN: 0340256915. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is scuffed with surface damage to front panel, and some small chips at corners etc.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TROOPER PEEK-A-BOO
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1503844
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1916. Slightly better than good condition.

Timothy Peek-a-Boo decides to become a soldier. Paper boards with pictorial onlay and brown titles, 7.75 x 6.5". Illustrated endpapers. 4 plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine reglued into place, some damage at top and bottom. Wear to corners. Some browning to cover edges and a few marks to covers and onlay. Front joint cracked with glue seeped through from spine repair showing along joint. Tiny tear to top edge of front endpaper. Half-title page browned. Some marks to contnets but many pages are clean. Last plate has marks to margin and a little wax(?) to picture. Brown spot on lower edge affects last couple of pages and endpapers.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1314200
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Signed limited edition of 350 copies. Printed on handmade paper and bound in white vellum, gilt. 40 superb tipped-in colour plates on dark green mounts with captioned tissue-guards. 143 pages. Large, heavy format. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 53. A few small, light marks to covers. Silk ties are missing. Foxing to textblock and to some page margins. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf.

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THE BOAT SEEKERS
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by B. Kay.
Stock no. 1314179
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Blue boards, dark blue titles and vignettes. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are badly faded. Spine and corners bumped. Textblock browned. A few corner tips creased.

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THE NURSERY SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2115129
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Small format. 6 colour plates plus cover by Dulac. B/w drawings (illustrator not named). 5.5 x 5.4". Colour pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Edge wear. Foxing to outer page edges. All plates present.

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THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES
Written by Jean M. Auel.
Stock no. 1809787
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

6th book in the Earth's Children Series. ISBN: 9780340824252. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FINDING THE GREEN STONE
Written by Alice Walker. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter.
Stock no. 1502564
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Johnny lives in a town where everyone has a glowing green stone. Johnny has one too - until his mean-spirited behaviour causes him to lose it. Large format, purple paper boards with green cloth spine. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0340513632. Slight bumping and wear to spine. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased with a small stain bottom of front panel, more visible on verso.

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VELVET PAWS AND SHINY EYES
Written by Carol Cassidy Cole. Illustrated by Dudley Ward; Leo. L. Stead.
Stock no. 2114353
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

"The Adventures of a Little Boy in Nature's Wonderland among Furry Friends and Feathery". Pockets contain card models of animals which can be taken out and made to stand up. B/w illustrations. Pretty pale blue pictorial boards. 232pp. 8.5 x 6.5". An unusual novelty book. Spine appears to have been repaired - still has a couple of splits to top and tail. Scuffing and wear to covers; a few grubby marks. All characters that stand up are still present in their correct places. A few page margin marks. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Couple of page corners have chips of loss. A cute book - in good condition for it's age - with all pieces present!

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