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OUR DARLINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; Ambrose Dudley; et al..
Stock no. 1501367
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children carol singing. Tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Includes 3 colour plates by Wain plus some b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and board edges worn. Small pieces of paper missing from both front and rear board. Front board lightly scratched. Tiny hole near to centre of front endpaper. A little foxing and one or two marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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OBOLI, BOBOLI AND LITTLE JOBOLI
Written by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin.
Stock no. 1401654
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1942. Good condition.

Five short stories. Red pictorial card wraps. Black titles to spine. Five full page colour illustrations plus b /w text illustrations. 79 pages. Spine is split at top and bottom with slight loss of backstrip. Covers a bit grubby. Some joints are broken where backstrip is missing but binding generally firm. Bookplate to front endpaper. 5cm x 1.5cm piece missing from bottom of one page. Large crease to top of a page. Pages a little browned.

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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2111072
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Yellow cloth with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Some grubby marks to covers. Spine is bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. Colouring to some b/w illustrations. Wrapper is edge-torn with over 1" loss to top of spine; price-cut; edge-creased with chips that have some small loss.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 2111071
Published by Oxford University Press. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine is creased, with some bumping. Grubby marks and foxing to covers. Some foxing also to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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GRANDMOTHER ELSIE
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310420
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 298 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss. Slightly grubby to rear panel.

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ELSIE'S KITH AND KIN
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310417
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 388 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing and some fingering else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is edge torn, tear and creases to base of spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby with some loss to lower edge.

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ELSIE'S MOTHERHOOD
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310416
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black title to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 376 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Frontis is almost detached. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is chipped at spine with slight loss and faded at spine.

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THE PRINCESS'S BIRD
Written by Phyllis R. Mann. Illustrated by Phyllis R. Mann.
Stock no. 1310412
Published by Museum Press Limited. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The beautiful legend of how Ping Mei fell in love with the Princess, was put to death by her father and how his prayer was answered. Slim format. Pink cloth, gilt title/vignette to front cover. 16 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Some browning to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is a little bit grubby, edge chipped with loss, was torn in two pieces at spine but has been taped together on verso.

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ELSIE'S CHILDREN
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310410
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. 340 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents, mainly at page edges. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some slight loss, large tear to front panel has been repaired on verso.

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ELSIE'S WOMANHOOD
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310406
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 406 pages. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing. Front joint cracked. Dustwrapper is chipped at spine and corners and faded to spine.

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THE TWO ELSIES
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310405
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 302 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxspots to page edges. Top edge of textblock is dusty. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss at spine and corners and also faded to spine.

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THE GINGERBREAD BOY WITH ANIMATED PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Julian Wehr.
Stock no. 1310402
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1949. Almost very good condition.

Slim format, blue pictorial boards. Two-tone text illustrations. Full-page colour illustration to verso of title-page. Inside front and rear covers are two pictures with moving tabs/pieces. Covers slightly edge worn. Staples rusty. Tabs are very slightly worn but moveable actions still in good working order.

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