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A FAIRY GARLAND
Written by Charles Perrault; Madame D'Aulnoy; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 806195
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Browning to spine, with a little fraying/chipping to cloth to top and tail. Some browning marks/scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges, endpapers, title pages and a few page margins internally. All colour illustrations are present and bright.

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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1938
Written by Leslie Grant; C.L. Spiers; Alan Drake; et al.
Stock no. 437520
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial covers and spine. Front cover shows a cowboy having his tooth pulled out with a rope! Colour frontis + 3 other colour plates. First story is 'How Lee Perry Played the Juice' by Grant. Cover edges are bumped and worn, with some chipping. Score mark to top of front cover. Chipping along edges of spine. Some tears to paper on spine which appear to have been repaired with glue. Browning to pages internally. A few grubby finger marks. All colour plates are present. Couple of b/w illustrations have been coloured in.

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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH MAPLE
Written by Kevin R. Coombes; et al.
Stock no. 597985
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1997. Fine condition.

2nd edition. Revised for Maple V Release 4. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0471176451.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Tinsley Pratt; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 597157
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with silver title block to spine and blue/green decorations. 'T' shaped pictorial onlay to front cover, shjowing a boy and a girl walking in the snow, confronted by a big bird! First story is 'When Hawkins Sailed the Sea'. Includes roughly 6 Louis Wain illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with some fraying to cloth. Chipping and a few tears to pictorial onlay with a couple of pieces of loss. New endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1932
Written by Crawford Kaye; Jack Ballantine; et al.
Stock no. 437251
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1932. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards showing two boys hiking with dog. 4 colour plates, including frontis. First story is 'The Shanghaied Mountie' by Crawford Kaye. Chunky volume. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Chipping to cover edges and top and tail of spine. A few grubby marks to covers, with a few small scuffs. Front joint is cracked and becoming weak; webbing showing through. Some ink stamp marks to belongs to box and verso of frontis. Small tear to bottom of frontis. Light browning to page edges and margins. A few hinges are pulled. All plates are present.

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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Written by L.L. Weedon; Mary E. Boyle; et al.
Stock no. 379352
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1971
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Penelope Douglas; Sylvia Allen; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 379326
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards, front shows a boy and girl and little puppy dog, 'Hello! Here we are again!. Colour and two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 0603070043. Spine and corners bumped, a few tiny dents to lower edges. Light speckles to front cover (paint?) and a light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Some puzzle and colouring pages completed. Light page browning. Contents generally clean.

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HANES LOUIS NAPOLEON AND OTHER TITLES IN WELSH
Written by J. Ceiriog Hughes; Jenkin Thomas; et al.
Stock no. 593121
Published by H. Humphreys; Hughes A'I Fab. Circa 1865. Very good condition.

Title on spine is Amyrw. 5 titles bound together in full brown diced leather binding. Text in Welsh. Includes: Hanes Louis Napoleon Diweddar Ymerawdwr Ffraingc published by H. Humphreys, b/w frontis, 56 pages + 3 page booklist, undated but c1865; Oriau'r Hwyr by J. Ceiriog Hughes, Llyfr I, published by I. Clarke, 123 pages + 3 page booklist, undated but c1865; Dyddanwch Yr Aelwyd, Yn Cynnwys Caneuon Dewisol, published by Hughes A'i Fab, 160 pages, undated but c1865; Caniadau Gan Y Diweddar Manod Wylld, published by J. Cox, dated 1867, 104 pages; Hanes Bywyd Siencyn Penhydd by Mr. Jenkins Thomas, published by Hughes A'i Fab, undated but c1867, 136 pages. Corners rubbed. Some light browning but in general contents are very good. Name in ink to individual title pages.

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TO NURSERY LAND WITH LOUIS WAIN
Written by Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626882
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Edited by Edric Vredenburg. Father Tuck's "Golden Gift" Series. Red cloth spine with black title. Pictorial boards show dozing mother cat with rocking cradle of three kittens in front of a fireplace. Colour frontis plus b/w and two tone illustrations of cats and some of dogs throughout. REDUCED FROM £460. Top of boards and frontispiece damp stained. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Slight margin loss at top of title page and next four pages. A few grubby marks to last page else contents lovely, clean and bright. A nice copy of a scarce title.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Ravenor Bullen; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 739451
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial front board shows a girl at the seaside listening to a shell. Green pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates mounted on brown paper (2 cat plates by Wain and 5 plates by Aris), numerous b/w text illustrations throughout (including many non-cat illus by Wain). 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped, corners worn, edges rubbed. A couple of scratch marks to front cover and covers slightly grubby with foxing on rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. One colour plate (of a teddy) is lightly creased and one Wain plate has a light corner crease. Contents are clean.

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BOXER AND OTHER STORIES
Written by C.T. Stoneham; et al.
Stock no. 591638
Published by The Bruce Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A collection of popular stories. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour frontis & b/w illustrations. 156 pages. Spine is faded. Edges are worn. Light foxing.

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