PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1315489
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Recased in original covers, joints professionally repaired and rear free-endpaper backed as some loss to edges. Some pages and plates slightly worn to edges where they were loose before repairs. Some creases to pages. Light browning mainly to margins of text pages, plates bright and clean. Inscription in ink and small newspaper clipping (about Peter the lost Budgerigar!) fixed with white tape to verso of front-endpaper. Musty odour to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce title, now in sound binding.

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JACK ROBINSON
Written by J. Keir Cross. Illustrated by John R. Parsons.
Stock no. 1315486
Published by Peter Lunn. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Yellow cloth, red titles and vignette to front. Superb colour illustrations throughout. Covers are faded and foxed at edges. Small pencil mark to top edge of front cover. Contents clean, just a few light fingermarks at margins.

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MARY'S MENAGERIE
Written by Arthur Layard. Illustrated by Arthur Layard.
Stock no. 1315484
Published by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. White pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 44 pages. Mary had a Little Lamb... a Little Bear... a Little Crab... etc told in Rhyme. Spine bumped and slightly frayed at top and tail. Covers edge worn and slightly grubby. New Endpapers. Foxing to contents and a few fingermarks at margins.

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THE STORY OF PADDY PORKIE
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1315468
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1947. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue pictorial boards with white spine. B/w illustrated endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Name, address and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and a few small fingermarks at page margins else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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FIDDLESTICKS
Written by David Naylor. Illustrated by Ian Hassall.
Stock no. 1315461
Published by The Diamond Press Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Nonsense verse. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. 118 pages. Full-page colour and two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. A few small page edge nicks.

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NURSERY RHYMES AND VERSES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1505499
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Queen of Hearts baking, rear board shows two ladies, one with spinning wheel by Brisley. Illustrated endpapers. 4 colour plates plus 150 b/w illustrations all by Lambert. Spine bumped with wear and a little wrinkled. Wear to corners and cover edges with some loss of surface. Bump to outside edge of front cover. Some rippling and light pink marks to endpapers. One hinge cracked. 2" tear to title page alongside spine. Most pages are clean. All colour plates present but one has not been printed straight on the page, marks to verso of another.

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OUR HAPPY HOME BOOK
Written by Clifton Bingham; May Byron; Felix Leigh; et al.
Stock no. 1505498
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1914. Slightly better than good condition.

Stories and Pictures for Little Folk. Green cloth covers, pictorial front cover shows two children at a table reading. 8.5 x 6.25". Colour and b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Unpaginated. Damp staining to outside edges of covers, more noticeable on back than front, endpapers not affected. Spine darkened with some bumping and wear. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. Large presentation inscription in pen to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges. An odd mark but most pages are clean.

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MR. PUNCH'S BOOK OF BIRTHDAYS
Written by Olga Morgan. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 2119891
Published by Punch. Circa 1906. Very good condition.

Red and black pictorial cloth. Two-colour illustrations. Corners worn. Some grubby marks to covers, with a little scuffing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and some foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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NOW I AM EIGHT
Written by Shirley Temple.
Stock no. 2119874
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Very good condition.

Large square format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Some creasing and wear to covers. A little foxing and page browning.

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THEY TAMED THE WEST
Written by Barry Ford. Illustrated by Stein.
Stock no. 1315451
Published by Daily Mirror. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

True tales of Lawmen and Outlaws. Orange pictorial cardwraps. 95 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to corners. One hinge cracked (between pages 82 and 83). A few light foxspots to page edges and a small splash mark to fore-edge.

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FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1505490
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows girl washing toys. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front cover slightly grubby, rear cover has a few marks and a tiny indentation. Front joint cracked between frontis and title page. First gathering pulled so feels loose. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Painting to some b/w illustrations with transfer of colour to page opposite. Also some painting to verso of a couple of plates and to blank pages at rear and endpapers.

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THE IRON WOMAN
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 1315435
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Iron Woman has come to take revenge on mankind for its thoughtless polluting of the seas, lakes and rivers. Black boards, white title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 057117003X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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