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THE JOLLY BOOK - SECOND YEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Beryl Reid; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1404674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Nelson's Children's Annual. Pictorial boards with red spine. Titles and vignette of a girl waving a flag on spine. Front cover shows sailor boy leaving with two girls in the background. Pictorial endpapers. Colour, b/w and two tone illustrations. Mixture of stories and poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cover edges rubbed. Covers generally grubby. Scratches to rear board. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Couple of hinges are cracked. Vertical crease to page 137/138. Endpapers browned. Foxing to page edges. A few grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean

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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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SANTA CLAUS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1315066
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition.

Dean's 2/6 Patent Rag Book Series 3, no. 208. 10 pages featuring colour illustrations accompanying the text of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Lower corner tips lightly creased. Small, light stain to top edges of pages else contents lovely and clean. A super copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OUR PETS
No author listed. Illustrated by Joan Hoyle.
Stock no. 1315061
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1930. Very good condition.

Dean's 6d Patent Rag Book Series 1, no. 256. Small format (5.25 x 4.5"). 10 pages (including covers) each featuring a colour illustration of a pet with a couple of descriptive words below. Light page browning and foxing throughout otherwise a nice copy.

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BARTLETT AND THE CITY OF FLAMES
Written by Odo Hirsch. Illustrated by Andrew McLean.
Stock no. 2118411
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An exciting adventure story in which Bartlett must draw on all his legendary powers of Inventiveness, Desperation and Perserverance. Pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0747546096.

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ROCK-A-BYE RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1404670
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth covers. Front shows girl holding a baby, rear cover shows a baby drinking out of a bottle. 3 cloth leaves plus inside covers. 8 rhymes with colour illustration for each. Covers a little grubby with a few brown spots. Light creasing to covers. Brown marks to pages otherwise contents generally clean.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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MOTHER GOOSE LULLABY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh.
Stock no. 1404669
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, cream covers, front shows baby in bed with girl sat beside, rear shows both sat on stool. 5 cloth leaves plus inside of covers gives 12 rhymes with colour illustration for each. No: 124. Covers fraying at spine and edges. A few small red marks to verso. Covers grubby. Pencil marks to a couple of pages. Brown marks to several pages. Contents grubby.

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PLAYMATES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1404667
circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories, verses and puzzles. Red spine, pictorial covers show girl reading to semi-circle of toys. 10.5 x 7.5". Red, black and white and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and worn with small patches of surface paper damage. Corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges a little rubbed and small bump to bottom of rear cover. Covers a little grubby. Names in belong to box. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Contents generally clean.

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WELL DONE NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 2118388
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book No. 5. Orange pictorial paper boards. Colour endpapers. Colour illustrations. 61 Pages. Rounded spine. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Light wear to corners. Belongs to box is clean. Foxing to outer page edges; a few grubby margin marks. Wrapper is faded to spine, with small piece of loss to top of spine; a few other closed tears, with more minimal loss; creased.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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WINGED VENTURERS
Written by Guy Dempster. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 2118379
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with red title to spine. Black and white frontis by Lumley. Spine is bumped and darkened to top. A few grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has 2" missing from top of spine; rest is browned. A few marks to covers; uneven browning and grubby marks to edges; some closed tears and chips, with minimal loss.

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NODDY AND THE MAGIC RUBBER
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2118373
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Pleiades Books Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy book No. 9. Peach pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A little fading to top and tail of spine. Erased inscription to belongs to box. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-tears and some creasing; small tape repairs to verso.

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DO LOOK OUT, NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 2118367
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Noddy Book 15. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little scuffing to cover edges. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and some page browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing; chips and nicks, with a few grubby marks.

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