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QUEENS FOR CHOICE
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1325234
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - illustrated by E.E. Brier. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and rear cover very slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially removed. Heavy foxing. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing stitching/webbing beneath.

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A LADY OF METTLE
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1324451
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy decorated cloth with gilt titles and pictorial onlays to front and spine. Colour frontis of My Lady Bellamy, 4 other colour plates. 384 pages plus 32 page publication list to rear. Spine and corners are bumped. Onlay to spine is sunned. Name plate and a tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned, some creasing to front free-endpaper. Hinges are pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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GOD'S BAIRN
Written by Dorothea Moore. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324188
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

A story of the Fen Country. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 240 pages plus catalogue to rear, all edges gilt. 8 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing throughout. Front hinge is cracked.

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A RIDE TO PICTURELAND
Written by Dorothea Moore; Ethel Talbot; John Lea; Queenie Scott-Hopper; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Joyce Lankester Brisley; Audrey J. Watson; Harry B. Neilson; A.L. Bowley; et al..
Stock no. 2129171
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Front cover shows a young woman driving with a dog in the passenger seat. First story is 'Great-Great-Grandmother's Christmas' by Moore. Colour plates and line drawings. Spine is faded, browned and has split to base; some chipping. Scuffing marks to covers. Bumping and wear to corners. Title page is MISSING! A few hinges are pulled. Browning to outer page edges and some page margins, which also have a few small tears. A reading copy.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' STORY BOOK
Written by Angela Brazil; Josephine Elder; Doris Pocock; Dorothea Moore; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; C.E. Brock; P.B. Hickling; et al..
Stock no. 1406409
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board showing school girl with tennis racket. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. 208 pages. 9.75 x 7.25". Spine bumped and rubbed with small splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint cracked and mended with tape. Frontis detached. Slight colouring to one plate. Pencil scribble to rear endpapers and some other pages. Red pen and pencil scribble to verso of one plate. A little foxing and some fingering to page margins.

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HAPPY ALL DAY!
Written by Sheila E. Braine; Dorothea Moore; Fay Inchfawn; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Margaret Tarrant; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1505810
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictures and stories for the little ones. Pictorial front board shows children picking apples. Black titles to spine. Adverts to rear board. 3 colour illustrations plus two tone illustrations. Spine bumped and very worn with some loss of surface. Heavy wear to corners and cover edges. Couple of tiny patches of surface paper damage to front cover, rear cover grubby and stained to edge with surface paper missing from lower inside corner. Name and address in pencil to verso of frontis. Marks to contents, mostly to margins.

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LITTLE FOLKS 1912
Written by Dorothea Moore; John Comfort; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Noel Harrold; et al..
Stock no. 1405232
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1912. Good condition.

Volume 76. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First story is 'Penelope - Poet' by Dorothea Moore. 10" x 7" Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. A few light marks to rear board. Both joints cracked. Title page and prelims missing. Inscription to verso of frontis. Colouring to a few b/w illustrations. Biro has been used to outline some smaller illustrations. Biro drawing on reverse of one illustration which does affect a small part of text. Small hole to one colour plate. Some foxing and grubby margin marks.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 5TH YEAR
Written by Dorothea Moore; John Lea; Fay Inchfawn; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; Harold C. Earnshaw; Savile Lumley; Margaret Tarrant; Chris Temple; et al..
Stock no. 1505453
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black titles and black vignette, pictorial front board shows small girl riding on shoulders of older girl. Advert to rear cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. Colour plates, two-tone and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped with a few small, light marks. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover slightly grubby. Paper covering rear joint split for 1" at top and bottom. Nick to outside edge of front endpaper. Dated ink inscription to verso of frontis. A couple of hinges cracked. Brown mark, mostly to inner margins of two pages, one of which is a two-tone illustration page. A few fox spots and fingermarks but generally clean otherwise.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL
Written by Dorothea Moore; Ethel Talbot; Queenie Scott-Hopper. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Joyce Lankester Brisley; H.G.C. Marsh; et al..
Stock no. 1404924
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board showing a boy and a girl on a cloud. Includes 4 b/w illustrations and endapers illustrated by Louis Wain. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Some bumping to bottom edge of boards. Covers a little grubby. Vertical crease to front endpaper. Couple of hinge are cracked. Browning to endpapers and contents. Some light foxing otherwise contents are clean.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 2ND YEAR
Written by Dorothea Moore; Evelyn Everett-Green; Brenda Girvin; et al. Illustrated by M. Bowley; H.G.C. Marsh; Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1315362
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows children in a snowy scene on toy horses. First story is Three Little Sabots. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Joints cracked and endpapers browned. Foxing and some grubby marks to page margins.

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SERAPHINE-DI GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1502869
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Light green boards black decoration and black title to front cover. Gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and 4 b/w full page illustrations. 189 pages plus 2 page book list. Spine is bumped and has white splash marks. Couple of small marks to rear cover. Front joint and a couple of hinges starting to crack. Presentation plate to front endpaper, neat child's writing to front pastedown. A little foxing and browning, contents generally clean. Top text block edge grubby.

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A YOUNG PRETENDER
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1108522
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. Some page browning and foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; both flaps have been detached (one now repaired with tape); some loss to tears along edges.

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