A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 382540
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1909. Very good condition.

Autograph Edition De Luxe, Limited to 50 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). Bound in attractive brown leather with gilt titles, vignettes and borders. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This is copy no. 22, SIGNED by the author. Corners are slightly worn and covers a little edge rubbed. Spine has been professionally rebacked retaining the original spine piece (which is worn). A few light fingermarks and tiny foxspots else contents clean. A very nice copy of a handsome and very scarce book.

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ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 380802
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1911. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and titles. 20 beautiful colour plates mounted on grey card with captions below. Verses arranged by Mabel and Lilian Quiller-Couch. Spine and corners bumped with slight rubbing. Name in ink to front pastedown. Joints just starting to crack. Corner of grey frontis mount is creased. Foxing throughout (some heavy). A nice copy of an attractive book.

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A COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Davenport. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 806931
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. 4 colour plates and 12 b/w illustrations. Bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean. Small closed tear to the top inner margin of one plate not affecting illustration. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and chipped with loss, grubby.

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MOTHER CAREY
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Stock no. 379246
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles and circular onlay to front cover. 4 colour plates, tissue guard to frontis. 319 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Prize plate to front pastedown (dated Christmas 1911). Page browning and foxing else contents clean. One of the plates is loose but still present.

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SWEETHEARTS AT HOME
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 378517
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. Brown endpapers. 4 tipped in colour plates mounted on brown card with captioned tissue-guards. 311 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to first few and last few pages. A couple of page margins have light fingermarks. A nice copy.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626829
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. One hinge pulled, a few foxspots and finger marks. 2.25" closed tear to bottom edge of 'up with the lark'. A nice copy.

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THE JOY OF THE LORD
Written by J.R. Miller. Illustrated by Norman Price.
Stock no. 583849
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Slightly better than good condition.

Grey boards, gilt titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates. Contents very good. 1" missing from backstrip.

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 734024
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Beautifully decorated green cloth covers, gilt title to spine. Illustrated endpapers. 25 super tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 197 pages. 10.5 x 8". Spine mottled and gilt rubbed. Otherwise covers are bright and clean. Name in ink to verso of frontis page. Some top page corner tips very lightly creased. All plates present and in fine condition. In original tissue wrapper and box. Box is in several pieces. FRAGILE

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CELEBRATING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
Written by Geoff Fox.
Stock no. 425601
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A selection by Geoff Fox. Card wraps. This unique collection of articles celebrates 25 years of the internationally renowned journal Children's Literature in Education. ISBN: 0340618639. SIGNED by Geoff Fox to half-title page.

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BY ITALIAN SEAS
Written by Ernest C. Peixotto. Illustrated by Ernest C. Peixotto.
Stock no. 680176
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. A tour around Italy. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. A few foxspots to front endpapers. Rear joint very slightly cracked.

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DYNAMIC EUROPE
Written by C.F. Strong.
Stock no. 655839
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. A Background of Ferment and Change. B/w maps. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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