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MRS. STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Thora Stowell; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Winifred Darch; et al. Illustrated by Howard K. Elcock; Mary Strange Reeve; M.D. Johnston; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1505231
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. circa 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Slight bumping and wear to spine, corners and lower edge of front cover. A couple of small marks to rear cover and fading to edges. Spine and front cover general lovely and bright. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Hinge cracked next to first page of text and first gathering pulled so feels very loose. A few hinges cracked. Contents generally clean with just a little foxing.

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THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
Written by A.S. Pushkin; Hannah Waller.
Stock no. 2119295
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press. 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Red cloth, black title to spine. 22 pages. Translated by Waller. Foxing to covers. Wrapper is unevenly faded with a bit of foxing and some edge-creasing.

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MERRY GAMES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315271
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1903. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows boy and girl playing badminton. Blue decorated endpapers. Mounted colour frontis. B/w and two-tone text illustrations. First story is "Vera's Visit To Dollyland". Spine bumped. Corners worn. Light scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers ink stamp to rear endpaper. Some foxing and fingering and light page browning to contents.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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SEASIDE PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315268
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1912. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children putting flag into top of a sand castle. Mounted colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. First story is "The New Yacht". Spine worn and split at top and tail. Corners worn. Scuff marks to rear cover and a few light scratch marks to front. Prize inscription in ink to front endpaper. Hinges are pulled causing contents to be loose, one gather is almost detached but just holding on. Some grubby fingermarks to contents.

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THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND PLAY-HOUR COMPANION 1913
Written by W. Francis Aitken.
Stock no. 1315264
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1913. Almost very good condition.

Vol LII. Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to spine and title-label to front. Pictorial onlay to front shows boys playing rugby. 188 pages. All edges gilt. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Page browning else contents clean.

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BABY'S DIARY
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh.
Stock no. 2119204
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. Circa 1912. Slightly better than very good condition.

Dean's 1/- Patent Rag Book Series 2, no. 114. 10 pages featuring colour illustrations with accompanying rhymes below. Foxing, otherwise would be fine.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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DRAGON CASTLE
Written by Elinor Lyon.
Stock no. 2119196
1st 1956. Very good condition.

Pale blue/green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. Some light wear to cover edges. Small sticker and blue mark to front endpaper. A few pencil margin marks; other yellow marks to some pages internally. Contained in a colour PHOTOCOPY wrapper.

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THE FABER BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 2119193
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Designed for those aged 8-14. A collection of poems that show a wide range of mood and sentiment. Pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few page corner creases. Wrapper is badly torn and chipped; with some loss and browned.

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A STEPMOTHER FOR SUSAN OF ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Ruth Adam.
Stock no. 2119177
Published by Hulton Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, blue title to spine. B/w frontis. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and chipping; small piece of loss to top edge of front panel.

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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1904
Written by E.W. Grierson; S.L. Heward; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; A.G. Walker; Helen Miles; et al..
Stock no. 1315246
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1904. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl on steps of a house talking to a man with a wooden leg. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "How The King Escaped". Spine bumped, corners and cover edges lightly rubbed. A few scuff marks to front cover. Prize inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing to textblock.

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DOOMED FLIGHT
Written by J. Railton Holden.
Stock no. 2119169
Published by Newnes. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with black title to spine. This thriller-of-the-air is set around the Suez Canal zone, with heroes 'Spider' Stockwell and 'Nugget' Willis, members of the Air Intelligence branch of the Australian Expeditionary Force. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint a bit cracked. Some foxing. Contained in a colour PHOTOCOPY wrapper.

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MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1315243
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with black titles and colour vignettes to front cover and spine, colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 12 colour plates mounted onto plain captioned paper. B/w text illustrations throughout. 159 pages. Spine bumped, some fading and browned at base. A few tiny nicks to cover edges. Name plate and small sticker (J.6.) to front pastedown. 1st colour plate (frontis) is missing, 11 remaining. Light foxing and fingering else contents clean. Closed tears to the bottom of a couple of pages.

Price: £98.00 £73.50.

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