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ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 594895
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1885. Very good condition.

Dark cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Enchanting illustrations throughout, mostly of young ladies in typical Greenaway dress. 4 x 3". Some grubby marks and foxing to covers. A few foxspots to pages internally.

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GOOD COMPANIONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 594481
Published by The Sunshine Press. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

A collection of short stories for children. First story is 'The Butterfly Hunters' by Cicely M. Drury. Blue pictorial paper boards showing young boy in his sailor outfit carrying a toy boat with a young girl in yellow dress holding hook and terrier on leash. B/w illustrations, colour plates. Edges rubbed, corners worn. 0.25" loss to top of spine affecting title, base of spine split to either side. Large inscription in ink to front pastedown has imprinted on to half-title page. Contents clean.

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BUSY FINGERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 593953
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial stiff cardwraps show butterfly girl helping young girl to sew a quilt. Stories for children. B/w illustrations. Spine worn, contents loose, some pages detached. Inscription in pencil to verso of front cover. Page browning.

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HELLBENT
Written by Anthony Mcgowan.
Stock no. 434833
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. Not suitable for younger readers. ISBN: 0385608608. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-creased with a couple of tiny nicks.

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BEYOND AMAZING SIX SPECTACULAR SCIENCE POP-UPS
Written by Jay Young.
Stock no. 432892
Published by Harper Collins. 1st USA 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

American Edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. This unique book includes a working sand timer, binoculars, scale, telephone, phenakistoscope and abacus. ISBN: 0694010553. Light bumping to corners. All parts appear present and in tact.

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THE VOICES OF SPRING FLOWERS AND OTHER TALES
Written by M.S..
Stock no. 589729
Published by William and Robert Chambers. 1862. Good condition.

Small format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and small vignette to front cover. B/w frontis. Chamber's' Library for Young People Second Series. Joints cracked. Top and tail of spine chipped. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents page detached.

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YOUNG HAROLD DRESS-ME DOLL
No author listed.
Stock no. 589171
Published by Mamelok Press. Fine condition.

Contains one doll and four different outfits - in a cardboard original box. Contents are fine - still shrink-wrapped. Box has a bit of wear, with a little surface paper damage to lid.

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THE BIG PICTURE BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 588845
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Front cover shows a boy handing a young black and white puppy to a girl through a window. Colour plates & b/w and two tone illustrations. Spine is faded, bumped and worn, with small split to top. Edges are bumped and worn. Name in pencil to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and page margins.

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TALES IN VERSE FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 737996
Published by Darton And Clark. 1865. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 207 pages. States "New Edition" on the title page. Contains b/w illustrations which have been hand-coloured for publication. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby and spine slightly darkened. Front joint cracked. Evidence of removal of bookplate to front pastedown, embossed address stamp and date in crayon to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Contents are well fingered with some slight foxing but still very good.

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WINGS AND STINGS
Written by A.L.O.E..
Stock no. 588285
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1875. Very good condition.

Red decorative cloth, gilt title blocks. Colour frontis. 6 b/w plates. A Tale For The Young. Endpapers lightly foxed. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 588153
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1889. Fair condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Picture to front cover shows a mother and young girl walking on a path. First rhyme is 'Up a Tree'. Cover edges are a bit worn. Frontis and prelims are missing, other plates are present. Tape to front and rear pastedowns. Some page browning and small margin tears.

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THE YOUNG COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
Written by E.C.R. Hadfield; C. Hamilton Ellis.
Stock no. 585784
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1940. Almost very good condition.

From birds eggs to stamps and tickets. B/w illustrations. Contents very good. Stain to front cover.

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