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THE CHUMMY BOOK - EIGHTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; Amy Whipple; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Blampied; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Peter Fraser; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505439
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red pictorial boards showing various children and fairy folk. Edited by Chisholm. Brazil story is Two Little Scamps and a Puppy. 14 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 287 pages. Spine bumped and worn, wear to edges of onlay. Bumping to corners, wear to corners and cover edges. Covers rubbed with a few light scratches. Front joint cracked next to contents page. ink inscription to front endpaper. Title page is partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A few fox spots and marks to contents. All plates present.

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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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THE BIG BUDGET FOR CHILDREN
Written by Natalie Joan; W. Kersley Holmes; Ethel Talbot; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by R.H. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 2119425
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Covers show children ice skating and on a sledge. First piece is 'The Warning' by Natalie Joan. B/w illustrations and some plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping and small splits to edges. Grubby marks to covers. Bookplate to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - THE LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL THIRD YEAR
Written by Edward Shirley; Jacqueline Clayton; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1315068
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1916. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl marching in soldier outfits. 24 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Front cover is a little grubby, as is rear. Prize plate to front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is cracked. Some foxing and fingering and some page margin tears but contents generally clean.

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TOT AND TIM ANNUAL
Written by Laurence Alma Tadema; Alice Massie; Bertha Leonard; Ethel Talbot; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; E. Dorothy Rees; Grace Lodge; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1504777
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1925. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, 10.5 x 8". Front cover shows two children holding a book. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper, titles faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Spine and covers grubby, some small areas of surface paper loss from front cover. Joints cracked. Some marks and foxing to contents but generally clean.

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JACK FROST DAYS
Written by John Lea; Ethel Talbot; Edith Millard; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Agnes Richardson; Alice M. Cook; N. Parker; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 2113059
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Collins Picture BOok. Front cover shows children sledging. An anthology of stories and rhymes. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers are a little bowed. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper, with inscriptions in ink. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE KIDDIES' ANNUAL
Written by Nellie Fielding; Ethel Talbot; John Lea; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Savile Lumley; Harry Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1311837
Published by The Epworth Press; J. Alfred Sharp. circa 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial front board showing children on tricycle with dog running beside them. First story is "The Young Adventurers" by Fielding. Colour plates plus b/w and two-colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and a little grubby on rear panel, tape repairs/reinforcements on verso.

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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1916
Written by Elsie Blomfield; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; N. Buchanan; et al..
Stock no. 1310493
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1916. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows girl in red cape carrying holly and ivy followed by elves. Maroon cloth spine. 191 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations throughout, many Wain cats. Covers are edge worn and grubby to rear. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Pencil writing (name and date) to title-page. Contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MARY CONTRAIRY
Written by Ethel Talbot.
Stock no. 1401672
Published by Lutterworth Press. Almost very good condition.

Miss Mary Contrairy's house blows away because she does not look after it. This is the story of how she gets it back. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Backstrip is missing. Corners bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is grubby and marked. Bump to bottom of rear edge. Some hinges cracked. Foxing to contents.

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CHILD VERSES FROM 'PUNCH'
Written by George Greenland; Eleanor Farjeon; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Phyllis Chase.
Stock no. 1501308
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Slight fading to top and bottom of spine. Small white mark to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Name and date to front endpaper. Small red stain to top corner of a few pages. Some foxing and marks to contents. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine and corners. Spine is a little faded and marked. Crease to front flap.

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LITTLE FOLKS
Written by Ethel Talbot; C. Chandler; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1708198
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1915. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows boy and girl in barrel boat with dog. Edges very worn, rear cover has some scuffing.

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OUR GIRLS' HOBBY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot; J.T. Gorman; Bertha Leonard; et al.
Stock no. 1202915
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1928. Very good condition.

Collins Bumper Books Series. Yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl swinging a sports club. First hobby is 'Gardening as a Hobby' by Talbot. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Prize plate to verso of frontis. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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