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A SIX-YEARS' DARLING
Written by Ismay Thorn.
Stock no. 585095
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Attractive colour pictorial front board showing children with snowman. B/w illustrations. Beautiful colour frontis. Subtitled "Trix in Town". Book: book plate to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing. Slight loss to page margins. Page edge browning.

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SLEEPY CASTLE
Written by Sibyl B. Owsley. Illustrated by Chris G. Temple.
Stock no. 622037
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title & decoration. Front cover shows children in night clothes gathering around town crier holding lamp. First story is Ronnie and the Beehive. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Base of cloth spine starting to fray. A few marks to rear board. Possible that colour plates may have been removed. Foxing present.

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OUR DARLINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Ambrose Dudley; et al..
Stock no. 624506
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Green decorated cloth with red title to front and gilt title block to spine. Circular pictorial onlay to front shows three young people with lantern carol singing. Tipped in colour plates & b/w illustrations. All edges green. Corners lightly worn, small splits to top & tail of spine. Joints cracked & weak. Front endpaper torn at spine edge & repaired with clear tape. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few foxspots. One plate creased else plates in excellent condition.

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LITTLE FROLIC
Written by Mabel Mackintosh.
Stock no. 554216
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Front cover shows children playing with hoops. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Corners worn.

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JOLLY TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Chris G. Temple; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 718844
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards show children drawing on blackboard. First story is "The Elf-Girl and the Prince". Pretty colour plates by Temple. B/w illustrations throughout including one small picture by Wain featuring 3 cats in the sea. Corners worn. Edges rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Prizeplate to front pastedown. Contents browned and foxed affecting margins of plates.

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