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CHILDHOOD A COLLINS ANTHOLOGY
Written by Penelope Hughes-Hallett; et al.
Stock no. 2118548
Published by Collins. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Through her skilful choice of extracts, from memoirs and letters to poems that echo through the generations, the author draws us into the child's own vision of things, be it the humble pleasures of travelling by pram or the more stately progress of the young Queen Victoria. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0002177951. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some light edge-creasing and small nick to one corner.

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KIDDIEWIDDIES STORY BOOK OR THE TWINS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315099
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Title is "The Twins" on front cover which features a boy and girl (girl holding doll). Cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers edge worn. Rear cover grubby. Joints partly broken. Page browning and grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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HANDY PANDY! A PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by A. Pembury; Y.B. Sew; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; M. Bowley; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315070
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

By the editor of "The Children's Friend". Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one holding two apples behind her back. Colour plates, two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is "The Nursery Fire" told in verse. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, front cover a little scuffed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents and some light fingering.

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PLEASURES AND JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
Written by D.J.D.. Illustrated by Harold Copping; et al..
Stock no. 1314976
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows 3 boys pushing/pulling a girl on a sleigh. First story is "The Race". Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 112 pages. Spine slightly bumped and stained. Covers slightly edge worn and scuffed. Front joint is cracked at lower half causing free-endpaper and frontis to be part detached. Front joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing, lower half is broken. Hinges cracked and pulled causing contents to be loose. A decent copy overall.

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A TRIP TO STORYLAND
Written by R.V.; Christina Rossetti; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harold Copping; Thomas Maybank; et al..
Stock no. 1404568
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial boards with dark titles to spine. Colour frontis plu b/w illustrations. Adverts on endpapers. Spine bumped and worn with small split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers are grubby. Front joint and one hinge badly cracked showing webbing below. A couple of other hinges beginning to crack. Remains of a blue presentation plate to front endpaper. Small, blind bookseller's stamp to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Tissue guard for frontis is detached and browned. Some grubby marks to page margins. Advertising leaflet inserted into book.

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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2118334
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some scuffing also to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and foxspots.

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WE THREE AND GRANDPA
Written by J.D.. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Edith A. Cubitt; P.B. Hickling; et al..
Stock no. 1314906
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Almost very good condition.

A Picture Story Book For Little Ones. Large format (10.5 x 8"). Pictorial boards, front shows Grandpa guiding a donkey and cart with three little ones in the cart. First story is "A Windy Day". B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Front free-endpaper removed(?). A piece of white paper has been stuck to the front free-endpaper (covering previous inscription perhaps?). Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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THE WICKED GIANT AND OTHER TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2117687
Almost very good condition.

Hard card covers. Full colour pictorial front cover, showing giant sitting on a rock giving directions. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Wicked Giant and the Mountain'. Some creasing to covers; Colour front cover is starting to come away from rest of boards at corners. Scuffing. Page browning with a few grubby marks.

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BRAINS & BRAVERY
Written by G.A. Henty; Guy Boothby; et al. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1403629
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

A Collection of Stories - first four by Henty. 8 b/w plates. Russet pictorial cloth with gilt title boxes. 398 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges a little bumped and worn. Gilt on front a little worn. Covers grubby. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Inscription to half title page. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges. Some light fingering to page margins. Small ink mark affecting edge of a few pages.

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SUNSHINE TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Gladys Peto.
Stock no. 1314308
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large, heavy format. Pictorial boards. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w text illustrations. First story "Blue Goblin". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and lightly stained. Remains of a small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Name and address in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing and some light fingering. Faint colouring to a couple of illustrations else contents clean.

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BRAINS & BRAVERY
Written by G.A. Henty; Guy Boothby; et al. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2116025
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

A Collection of Stories - first four by Henty. 8 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title boxes. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks and scuffing to covers. Tape/glue residue with some paper residue to edges of pastedowns. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Some grubby margin marks. One plate is partially detached.

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THE MARY FRANCES STORY BOOK
Written by Jane Eayre Fryer. Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie.
Stock no. 1503864
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

Or Adventures Among the Story People. Blue cloth covers with pictorial onlay. Gilt titles to spine. 4 colour plates plus 24 two-tone full page illustrations. 286 pages. Spine split for 3.5" along front edge. Top part of spine looks to have been glued into place. Spine darkened with small splits at either end and middle of rear edge. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Nick to onlay. All plates are present but frontis is detached. Top 2" of front joint broken. Pen writing to publisher's page. Foxing and marks to contents throughout.

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