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GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1325896
Published by The Children's Press. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover illustrated by A.H.Watson shows a blonde haired girl holding the hands of some kind of spirit being(?). First story is 'The House in the Wood'. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with chipping to the paper covering of the spine edges. Browning and foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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PIXIES' PLAYTIME
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826113
Published by The Children's Press. Very good condition.

Red pictorial paperwraps. Welcome to Pixieland. Full page colour illustrations, with two lines of text below. 8 pages including covers. Staple binding. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Covers a little scuffed. Contents browned but pictures bright.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2140235
Published by The Children's Press. Circa 1930. Good condition.

Yellow cloth spine. Paperboards with large colour onlay to front. 8 pretty colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Bumping and wear to cover edges, corners and spine; damp staining to rear cover and to some page edges internally. Inscription in ink to prelims. Foxing and browning.

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MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2131616
Published by The Children's Press. Almost very good condition.

Proverbs and Rhyme Games. Foreward Laurence Alma Tadema. Green cloth spine Pictorial front board shows Mother Goose with broomstick on the back of a flying goose. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 128 pages Spine has darkened (now looks a blue/green colour). Some chipping to spine. Bumping and wear with chipping to corners and cover edges. Rear cover is grubby, with surface paper damage and loss. Foxing; mostly to prelims and outer page edges. A few hinges are pulled.

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PIXIES' PLAYTIME
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316873
Published by The Children's Press. Very good condition.

Red pictorial paperwraps. Welcome to Pixieland. Full page colour illustrations, with two lines of text below. 8 pages including covers. Staple binding. Light edge rubbing to covers. Pale page browning.

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THRILLING AIR STORIES
Written by T.C. Bridges; Geoffrey Prout; et al.
Stock no. 1608410
Published by The Children's Press. Very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine. 8 colour illustrations, b/w illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and outer page edges foxed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to prelims and page margins.

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THE INVINCIBLE FIFTH
Written by E.E. Cowper. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1403731
Published by The Children's Press. circa 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light blue boards. Black titles to spine. B/w frontis. 216 pages. Spine and corners worn. Bottom of boards scuffed. Prize presentation plate to front pastedown. Frontis is partially detached. Couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to page margins but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and creased with a few small tears. Rear panel and spine are grubby.

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JOLLY DAYS
Written by Olive Chandler; Eleanor Farjeon; et al. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1312301
Published by The Children's Press. circa 1930. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Contains numerous short stories, b/w illustrations throughout, 4 colour plates. Spine rebacked with blue cloth (not very professionally as it is coming away from the front board). Covers are edge worn and there is a damp stain to the edge of the rear cover. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint has been neatly repaired.

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ANIMAL ANTICS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1806558
Published by The Children's Press. Slightly better than very good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with text below. 6 pages. Light browning otherwise a nice copy.

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ANIMAL ANTICS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1806553
Published by The Children's Press. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with text below. 6 pages. Browning to margins else a fine copy.

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ANIMAL ANTICS
No author listed.
Stock no. 627100
Published by The Children's Press. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with text below. 6 pages. Tiny amount of loss to top of front cover. Contents clean.

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ANIMAL ANTICS
No author listed.
Stock no. 627106
Published by The Children's Press. Slightly better than very good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with text below. 6 pages. A nice copy.

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