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FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323730
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company; William Heinemann. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

"This volume grew out of an exhibition of the picture of Pamela Bianco (aged 12) which was held in 1919, they are accompanied by exquisite poems that De La Mare was inspired by them to write". Beautiful colour and b/w pictures. Large format. White boards with grey titles and illustration to front cover. This edition has the small image to page 43. 45 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small dents to lower edges. Some browning to cover edges. Heavy foxing and some browning to contents. Some top edges remain untrimmed from the binding process. Dustwrapper is very worn (as usual) with some loss. Spine is browned and torn with white sticky paper reinforcements to verso.

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FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323527
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company; William Heinemann. 1st 1919. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"This volume grew out of an exhibition of the picture of Pamela Bianco (aged 12) which was held in 1919, they are accompanied by exquisite poems that De La Mare was inspired by them to write. Beautiful colour and b/w pictures. Large format. White boards with grey titles and illustration to front cover. This edition has the Angel & Child plate facing page 19. This was Dorothy Lathrop's copy with inscribed card from W. DLM laid in. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly worn. Some foxing and slight page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with just a tiny piece of loss to top front edge, slightly foxed and rubbed to front edge.

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WHEN IT RAINED CATS AND DOGS
Written by Nancy Byrd Turner. Illustrated by Tibor Gergely.
Stock no. 2140208
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. 1st USA 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some small splits. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some small pieces of loss.

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CORNELLI
Written by Johanna Spyri; Elisabeth P. Stork; Charles Wharton Stork. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.
Stock no. 1320461
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles, black illustration to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. 8 colour plates. 274 pages. Translated by E. Stork, introduction by C. Stork. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Foxing throughout.

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THE WATERBOYS AND THEIR COUSINS
Written by Charles Dickens Lewis. Illustrated by E.H. Suydam.
Stock no. 1507701
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. circa 1918. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories to help children understand and enjoy the wonders of country life and the growing of food products in the garden. The Waterboy is a water molecule that dances down from the clouds and visits all the plant folk i.e. The Bean-Baby, Mother Corn Stalk etc. Beige cloth covers with brown and blue vignettes and titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 172 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light browning to endpapers and page edges. A lot of foxing to verso of half-title and title page, just a couple of spots elsewhere. Dustwrapper has a few tears and some loss, mostly from ends of spine and folds. A bit grubby and spine and folds darkened.

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THE AIRSHIP LADYSHIP ADVENTURE
Written by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy. Illustrated by Glo Coalson.
Stock no. 750063
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. 1st USA 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0397317271. Spine and corners a little worn, small split to side of spine. Wrapper a little edge-worn and grubby.

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