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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 2127734
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1936. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Bumping and wear along cover edges. Some browning to spine. All plates present. Some marks to page 241. Wrapper is torn and creased with loss along edges; some grubby marks.

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BUNNYBOROUGH
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2127707
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st thus 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Reissue of 1919 edition. Yellow cloth. Colour illustrations of Bunny Rabbits. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss; other tears are repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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INDIAN TALES FOR LITTLE FOLKS
Written by W.S. Phillips; El Comancho. Illustrated by W.S. Phillips.
Stock no. 2127700
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red cloth, large pictorial onlay to front cover. Illustrated with 11 full page coloured plates, reproduced from water colour paintings by the author and further embellished with several hundred little Indian drawings. With explanatory key list so little folks can understand them. Scuffing and chipping to onlay to front cover; so loss at edges. Wear and bumping to cover edges and corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks. Some foxing and browning. Frontis has a repaired closed tear.

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THE CLASSIC PAINT BOOK NUMBER TWO
No author listed.
Stock no. 2127698
Published by Brown Watson Ltd. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Coloured illustration to one side, with outline to help on opposite page - but left uncoloured, ready for painting! Some creasing to covers. Binding is starting to weaken in places. All painting pages are clean and NOT completed.

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FLUTES AND CYMBALS
Written by Leonard Clark. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2127665
Published by The Bodley Head. 1973. Very good condition.

Poetry for the young. Large format. Orange pictorial boards. 103 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0370010906. Bumping to a couple of corners and cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning.

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THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2127640
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1933. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Brown boards, white titles and small onlay to front cover. 84 pages. Colour illustrations. Title to spine has mostly worn off. Name in ink to half-title page. Grubby marks to a few page margins and outer page edges.

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ALMANACH DE KATE GREENAWAY POUR 1883
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2127633
Published by Librairie Hachette Et Cie. 1883. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are scuffed, with wear. Spine is browned. Foxing and browning to page throughout.

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THE THREE JOVIAL PUPPIES
Written by E.D. Cuming. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 2127501
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, dark pictorial covers. Colour illustrations and rhymes. A tale of three foxhound puppies. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges. A few scuff marks to covers. Foxing and some page browning. Appears to rear joint has been repaired.

Price: £80.00 £60.00.

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TALES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES
Written by Dorothy Arnold.
Stock no. 2127500
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Almost very good condition.

Short stories and rhymes. Large format 12.5 x 10.25". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Santa Claus. 4 full page chromolithographs and 80 b/w engravings. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some browning and marks to spine; chipping and a little fraying to cloth at top and tail. Scuff marks to covers. Joints are a little cracked. Browning to endpapers; some foxing; a few grubby margin marks. Light pencil colouring to prelims; partially erased.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2127497
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Green cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. What appears to be 'repairs' to top and tail of spine. A few small splits/nicks to spine, with a little fraying to cloth. Uneven fading to covers. Corners are bumped, with wear. A couple of score marks to rear cover. Margin tear to front endpaper, which also has a couple of partially erased children's names. Foxing. B/w illustration to page 54 has some colouring to it.

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MR. POPCORN'S FRIENDS
Written by Ruth Ainsworth. Illustrated by Phyllis E. Webb.
Stock no. 2127486
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, black titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 95 pages. Grey endpapers. Corners bumped, top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. A few marks to covers. Endpapers browned, text block browned with minor foxing. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few minor marks to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, faded to spine and chipped at edges.

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FIRESIDE FABLES AND INDOOR WALKS
Written by E. Walter Walters. Illustrated by A.E..
Stock no. 2127484
Published by J.W. Butcher. Circa 1918. Almost very good condition.

Olive green cloth with red orange and black titles and decorations. 12 full page colour illustrations. Some fading and scuffing to covers. Bumping to corners. Front endpaper is cut out and missing. Some foxing. All illustrations are present.

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