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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1894
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al; Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; A. Hallward; et al..
Stock no. 1330501
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1894. Good condition.

Cream cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "A Long Ago Piano" by Mrs. Molesworth. Covers are edge worn and grubby, spine is browned. Some hinges pulled, joints cracked, this causes contents to be little loose but still tightly bound. There is a small hole to the centre of page 63/4 and a couple of large tears.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1893
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; G.C. France; C.S. Flint; et al..
Stock no. 1330500
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Ducks, not Geese" by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly browned. Name in ink to title-page. Endpapers are browned and there is some light fingering to page margins but the contents are generally clean. There are some small margin tears at lower edges.

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THE TOBY BUDGET VOLUME III
Written by Gunby Hadath; E. Talbot; Nancy M. Hayes; Leslie Wood; Bessie Marchant; Percy F. Westerman; et al; Stanley Phillips. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre; Donald R. Sexton; et al..
Stock no. 1830611
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1927. Good condition.

Yellow/orange cloth boards with pictorial onlay depicting galleons. a man overboard and boy with shark. This volume is page 561 (Vol 6 No. 1 July 1926) to page 856. Stories, puzzles, articles on stamp collecting. Boards are grubby and marked, corners worn, base of spine has split in cloth and some wear to top of spine. Front and rear joint cracked and feeling fragile but holding at time of writing. Inscription in ink to top of front pastedown. Text block browned, margins browned and grubby. Two coloring competitions completed. Page 561-604 cust shorter than the rest of the contents. Contents foxed/browned. A good working copy, front joint is liable to split.

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THE FOLIO GOLDEN TREASURY
Written by James Michie; et al. Illustrated by Simon Brett; et al..
Stock no. 1830569
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Very good condition.

The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in English Language chosen and introduced by James Michie. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by various artists selected by Simon Brett. Leather spine with gilt titles. Yellow cloth boards with repeating pattern. B/w wood engravings. 733 pages including index. Top edge yellow. Tiny fox-spots to text block, not affecting contents. Last few pages have been miscut by binder so top corner of page is folded in a crease. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked.

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OPEN THE DOOR
Written by Margery Fisher; Eleanor Farjeon; Charles Kingsley; Leila Berg; et al. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1330415
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt vignette to front cover plus gilt title label to spine. Red bookmarker ribbon. B/w illustrations. Jacket designed by Edward Ardizzone. Margery Fisher's own choice of stories from books by famous writers of today and yesterday. ISBN: 0340037091. Covers are slightly edge rubbed. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and has a few felt-tip pen marks to front panel.

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GOLDEN SUNBEAMS VOL. I 1897
Written by E.A. Bulley; Christina Rossetti; Maud Carew; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; George Soper; et al..
Stock no. 1330406
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1897. Very good condition.

December 1896 (no. 1) to Novemeber 1897 (no. 12). Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front cover. 192 pages. Packed full of b/w illustrations, including some early work by Charles Robinson. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly rubbed and grubby. Prize plate (name blotted out) to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack. Contents are well browned but otherwise are clean. Endpapers are slightly grubby.

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THE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Michael Morpurgo; Quentin Blake; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley; Emma Chichester Clark; et al..
Stock no. 1330398
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated treasury of stories and poems in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts in celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday. Edited by Morpurgo and Blake. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780224083607. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to prelims else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1925
Written by Frank Richards; P.G. Wodehouse; et al.
Stock no. 1330343
Published by Howard Baker. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Howard Baker Omnibus/Anniversary edition. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0070300462. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with some fading.

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GRAN'POP'S ANNUAL
Written by W. Haughton; Roma Lobel; Mabel M. Stevenson; Arthur Groom; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1330266
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

Bright yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows Gran'pop with piglet on one knee and baby monkey on the other. Colour plates. Red and black and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Large tear to top edge of frontis has been tape repaired on verso. Lower corner tip of page 25/6 torn off (only a very small piece, no text missing). Some small margin tears. Slight loss to inner margin of plate opposite page 112 (again, no loss of illustration) and margin tear to top edge of same page. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1931
Written by T.F. Wilson; J. Lawrence Cooper; Randolph Mitchell; et al.
Stock no. 1330265
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards showing a water scene, 3 boys in speed boat, with two behind on a board. 4 colour plates, including frontis. First story is 'When The Toddlet Scored' by Wilson. Covers are edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Spine is browned and vertically creased with small splits to top and tail. Name, address and date in belongs to box. Contents are browned, a few foxspots to margins.

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TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF SOMERSET
Written by Jane Penoyre; et al.
Stock no. 1830251
Published by Somerset Books. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book, illustratd by photographs and drawings of local stones, building styles, house plans, roof structure and the more decorative features of the houses, explores the local traditional buildings thate extend in date here, from the late thirteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth. Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, line drawings and plans. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861834075. Reprint. Tiny pinhole to lower front spine edge and light rubbing to base of spine. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has some minor foxing to verso, not visible to front.

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FERDINAND PORSCHE: DESIGN DYNASTY 1900-1998
Written by Ferdinand Porsche; Paul Frere; et al.
Stock no. 1830179
Published by Design Museum. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Design Museum, London 1998. The first museum exhibition ever to survey the contribution of the Porshe family to automotive design over the last 100 years. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 93 pages. ISBN: 1872005209. Covers lightly scuffed, corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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