TO TELL THE KING THE SKY IS FALLING
Written by Sheila E. Braine. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.
Stock no. 1505737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1902. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine and light green title and vignettes to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. All edges gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine darkened and gilt dulled. Covers slightly grubby. Front joint and a few hinges cracked. Prize plate to front endpaper. A couple of corners creased. Some grubby marks to contents, most to pages near front of book. Some browning and a few fox spots.

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SUNNY DAYS
Written by L.T. Meade; George Manville Fenn; Evelyn Everett-Green; F.E. Weatherly; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Ada Dennis; et al..
Stock no. 1404989
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1906. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine is a little faded. Couple of deep scratches to front board. Light marks to rear board. Board edges a little scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Rear endpaper torn by margin with some browned taped mending a couple of tears. Both joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges cracked. Browned tape to hinge of several pages including frontis and title page. One colour plate is creased. Some fingering and page browning otherwise contents are generally clean.

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AUNT LOUISA'S WELCOME VISITOR
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 1315542
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1870. Almost very good condition.

Comprising: The Birthday Party; Children's Lullabies; The Courtship, marriage, death, and burial of Cock Robin; The King, Queen and Knave of Hearts. Large format. Purple pictorial cloth with gilt. Easy to read text. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) illustrations, some double-spread. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Embossed booksellers stamp to top corner of front free-endpaper, lower corner of same page creased. Some light foxing but the contents are very clean.

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WINTER FUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505327
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1903. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows three children skating, title in red and green is snow covered. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some pale browning to cover edges. Rear cover slightly grubby. Presentation inscription to front endpaper. Staples rusty. A few marks to margins but generally clean. Some light foxing and browning to contents. Large crease to one page corner.

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PICTURES FOR HAPPY HOURS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315390
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. circa 1879. Good condition.

The Cosy Corner Series. Blue cloth, gilt title blocks, black and gilt decorations with pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Joints are broken but stitching still holding. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1315237
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt. Edges olive green. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates plus 1 map and 7 battle-field plans. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Illustrations to spine and front cover rubbed away slightly. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents throughout and light page browning to the catalogue pages at rear.

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THE GOLDEN PLAYBOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson.
Stock no. 1505197
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Comprising The Golden Alphabet, Dorothy's Dolls, Red Riding Hood's Party. Grey and blue pictorial cloth. Full-page pictures printed in colour by Edmund Evans. All edges gilt. A delightful Victorian book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Both joints cracked. Some damp damage to contents, two pages have been stuck together on bottom margin, now torn apart causing surface paper damage to last line of text and a few other pages have surface paper damage or tears to bottom edge. Large 5.5" tear to one illustration. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Numerous pencil marks to contents. mostly short lines to blank pages. Grubby marks to contents.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1890
Written by Robert Ellice Mack; L. Haskell; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Edith Scannell; et al..
Stock no. 1404721
Published by Ernest Nister. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles and flower vignette to spine and gilt titles and vignette of a girl skipping to front. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 1st item is a poem - Goodbye. One b/w plate by Wain entitled 'The Cats Party.' Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Cover edges darkened and covers a little marked. Front and rear joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges cracked. One plate is loose and has ragged edges. Foxing and browning especially to prelims. A few light marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE AFFECTIONATE PARENT'S GIFT
Written by Henry Sharpe Horsley.
Stock no. 1315143
Published by Thomas Kelly. 1st 1827. Good condition.

Small format. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and vignettes to spine, marble-effect boards. Containing a Series of Poems and Essays on Natural, Moral and Religious Subjects... To Which is Prefixed and Affectionate Address on the Duties and Obligations They Owe to God and Their Parents. Illustrated with upwards of 150 b/w engravings. xxxviii + 224 pages; 192 pages + 3 page plate list plus 1 page booklist. This is volume 1 only, volume 2 is "The Good Child's Reward". Spine and corners worn. Covers are very scuffed. Joints are cracked but binding is firm. Some page browning, grubby fingermarks and light foxing.

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THE CAPTAIN'S DOG
Written by Louis Enault. Illustrated by Riou.
Stock no. 1315052
Published by W. Swann Sonnenschein & Allen. 1st 1880. Very good condition.

Attractive grey cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Bevelled edges. 135 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Name in blue ink to front pastedown, name and date in black ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to page edges and prelims and a few light fingermarks at page margins else contents clean.

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A CHILDREN'S SUMMER
Written by M.L.B.; W.M.C.. Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle.
Stock no. 1315032
Published by Addey & Co.. 1st 1853. Fair condition.

Large, oblong format (11.25 x 14.5"). Burgundy leather spine, blue cloth with gilt title to front. Cream endpapers. Eleven etchings on steel with paper guards accompanied by prose and rhyme. Spine and corners are very worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Front joint (between free-endpaper and frontis) is cracked. Heavy foxing to contents (affecting plates). Some of the guards are creased. Contents generally clean.

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THE CHILDREN'S PLEASURE BOOK
Written by W.H.G. Kingston; A.G. Forbes; W. Burnett; et al.
Stock no. 1505077
Published by J.S. Virtue & Company Limited. circa 1892. Almost very good condition.

Containing Original Tales, Biographies and Sunday Readings with numerous b/w illustrations. Blue and orange pictorial cloth covers, orange titles to front, gilt to spine. All edges gilt. 254 pages. Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at either end, also browned. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and browned with large white paint(?) mark to rear cover. Front joint starting to crack. Dated ink inscription to prelims. Some browning and foxing to contents but generally clean.

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