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THE WISE BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325916
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Corners bumped. Foxing to covers. Spine has been relaid with glue, glue marks to spine edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers.

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THE FLAME-FLOWER AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Jas. F. Sullivan. Illustrated by Jas. F. Sullivan.
Stock no. 1324242
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 285 pages, top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents else clean.

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THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Mrs. Herbert Railton.
Stock no. 1820468
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st thus 1891. Almost very good condition.

Limited Edition of 150. The Temple Library series. Vellum(?) spines, orange/brown title to spine, green cloth boards. Deckle-edged. Numbered copy 139. Both spines grubby, volume II spine is also worn with chips of missing vellum and title is faded. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight.

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OLD SONGS FOR YOUNG ENGLAND
Written by Clarence Forsythe. Illustrated by B. Ostertag.
Stock no. 1314989
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Harmonized by Clarence Forsythe. Large oblong format (10.25 x 12"). Brown cloth with illustration to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 46 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper which is also very slightly edge chipped. Page browning to half-title. Foxing to textblock. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1314241
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st thus 1907. Very good condition.

Olive green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Large format. Dark green pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 24 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards, 12 full-page tinted illustrations plus numerous b/w drawings. Spine and corners slightly bumped with minimal rubbing. Small indentations to cover edges. All plates present, a couple have light corner creases all others are fine. Foxing to contents and some light fingering to page margins.

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THE TALKING THRUSH AND OTHER TALES FROM INDIA
Written by W.H.D. Rouse; W. Crooke. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1310971
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Collected by W. Crooke and retold by Rouse. Indian folk-tales. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers grubby and marked, red ink marks to front cover. Child's red ink writing to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to page edges. Front joint cracked. Lower corner of rear free-endpaper torn off (only a small piece).

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A BOOK OF DAYS FOR LITTLE ONES
Written by Clare Bridgman. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1702347
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1st 1901. Fair condition.

The Bairn Books. Pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. 120 Pages. Covers scuffed and faded. Front joint broken with rest of binding weak. One page tipped back in with tape. Some colouring, and a little pencil writing to a couple of pages.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or MIRTH & MARVELS
Written by R. Barham. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 382097
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

3/4 bound dark blue leather with raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Binding by Zaehnsdorf. 24 colour plates with captioned guards (mounted on to stiff green paper). 12 full-page tinted illustrations plus numerous b/w drawings. 549 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 3 of the plates have light corner creases, all others in fine condition. Some light foxing (mainly to prelims and outer page edges). A very handsome book.

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THE CHRONICLES OF AUNT MINERVY ANN
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by A.B. Frost.
Stock no. 378074
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine and blind stamped publishers motif to front cover. B/w plates. 210 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, cover edges lightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Endpapers lightly browned. A couple of hinges pulled. Some foxing to contents but generally clean.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 592196
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st thus 1907. Very good condition.

Olive green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Large format. Dark green pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 24 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards, 12 full-page tinted illustrations plus numerous b/w drawings. Book: all plates present. Tissue guard to frontis heavily foxed not affecting plate. Title page lightly foxed. Spine slightly faded and bumped. Corners rubbed.

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PARIS AND ITS STORY
Written by Thomas Okey. Illustrated by Katherine Kimball; O.F.M. Ward.
Stock no. 987602
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Limited to 150 copies. Pages: xxii, 350. Original white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 50 coloured plates by O. F. M. Ward, numerous line drawings by Katherine Kimball. Large format. Copy no. 43. Free endpapers lightly browned. Spine slightly rubbed.

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