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THE OLD WOMAN AND HER CHICKEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318702
Published by Darton & Co.. Circa 1856. Good condition.

Embossed red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates (with tissue guards) to include title-page. Half title-page states "There is No Such Thing as a Trifle". 63 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Darkening to covers. Foxing to textblock. Grubby fingermarks to page margins thoughout. Musty smell to contents (tobacco?).

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A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318701
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1853. Good condition.

Embossed brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spinea nd corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Cloth scuffed. Tiny binder's (S.Curtis) sticker to front pastedown. Foxing and fingering to textblock and page margins.

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ARCHIE'S CHANCES
Written by Deborah Alcock.
Stock no. 1318618
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1889. Very good condition.

Also includes "The Child's Victory". Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles. 141 pages plus two page booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock.

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THE DOG FIEND; OR, SNARLEYYOW
Written by Captain Frederick Marryat.
Stock no. 1318472
Published by Richard Bentley. 1847. Good condition.

Bentley's Standard Novels series. Brown embossed cloth with gilt title/decoration to spine. 400 pages, b/w frontis. Spine has been rebacked retaining most of original cloth. Covers are worn. New endpapers. Contents are fingered and foxed but generally clean.

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THE BABY'S OPERA
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1818417
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1877. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Black endpapers. Colour illustrations and text decorations printed by Edmund Evans. Board edges rubbed, corners worn. Free front endpaper starting to detach from bottom. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Rear hinge split but binding hanging on. Page 49/50 and 55/56 is detached but present. Other hinges pulled. Contents therefore fragile in binding. A few grubby marks to contents.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
Written by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1818416
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1878. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Square format. Decorated endpapers. Printed in colours by Edmund Evans. "A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes and Tunes". Companion volume to "The Baby's Opera". Corners worn, boards a little browned. Cloth spine is fraying and has a couple of small pinholes to lower rear edge. Front joint split but binding thread holding. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to half-title page. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks.

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ALL PLAY
Written by Ismay Thorn. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 1318314
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial front board and spine. 169 pages plus catalogue to rear. B/w text illustrations. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some hinges and broken but although loose binding is still held together with stitching. Contents are browned.

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RED SNOW AND OTHER PARABLES FROM NATURE
Written by Mrs. Alfred Gatty.
Stock no. 1318038
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1862. Good condition.

Third Series. Small format (5 x 3.5"). Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to front cover. 187 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Covers are grubby, worn at spine and corners. Joints cracked. Textblock is a little grubby.

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THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
Written by Elizabeth Turner.
Stock no. 1318037
Published by John Harris. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Small format, 5 x 3.75". Cardwraps. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Facsimile of 1807 edition. Adverts to rear of the book dated 1899-1900. Covers are grubby and edge worn. Tiny booksellers sticker inside front cover. Front joint is reparied with white paper. Contents are browned. Contained in custom made blue cloth covered box.

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THE STEADFAST GABRIEL
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 1317960
Published by William and Robert Chambers. Good condition.

A tale of Wichnor Wood. Small format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and small gilt vignette to front cover. 215 pages. Frontis is a map of Wichnor Wood and Grublow. Spine bumped and worn. Covers are worn and grubby. Joints cracked. Contents are browned and grubby. Inner corners of pages are creased.

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ONLY FIVE
Written by Ismay Thorn. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 2131047
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Or Pussie's Frolics in Farm and Field. Attractive blue pictorial cloth. B/w frontis and illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting and marks to covers. Front endpaper is MISSING. Foxing.

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THE ROYAL PROGRESS OF KING PEPITO
Written by Beatrix F. Cresswell. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2131018
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Chipping to cover edges and spine, with loss of paper cover. Damp stain to front cover. Rear joint is partially cracked. Endpapers are browned. Contents are still very good!

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