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BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
No author listed. Illustrated by Will Kidd.
Stock no. 1315010
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Square format (9.75 x 9.75"). Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout with a well-known nursery rhyme opposite each. Printed on green paper. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Some loss of surface paper to lower front edge of spine. Contents clean. Stitching is slightly pulled. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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BIG ANIMAL RAG BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1315000
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1939. Very good condition.

Rag Book 344. Very large, oblong format (11.5 x 14.5"). 14 cloth pages with colour illustrations of animals. The book has been folded in half for a period of time causing it not to sit flat. Corner tips lightly creased. Contents clean. A nice copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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PICTURES AND PLUMS FOR FINGERS AND THUMBS
Written by Edric Vredenburg; et al.
Stock no. 1314999
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1893. Good condition.

Large format (12.25 x 10.25"). Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Pretty chromolithographs and b/w illlustrations. Short stories and rhymes. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small, light scratches to covers. Spine slightly discoloured. New endpapers. First gathering is detached at staples. One page has a small section torn at lower margin. Light fingermarks and page browning else contents clean.

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HELLO, LITTLE NODDY
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1404610
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Waynford Press Ltd.. circa 1959. Almost very good condition.

Enid Blyton's Colour Strip Book No 4. Contains two stories: "Noddy's Little Ship" and "Noddy and Top-Speed The Golly". Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of endpaper. Foxing mainly to page edges. A few light marks otherwise contents are clean.

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HAPPY HOURS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314995
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

A "Palette" Painting Book. Pictorial cardwraps. 15 b/w illustrations to paint (colour guides to rear cover). Includes a "Palette" of colours to use with painting brush and water stuck into front of book. UNUSED, palette still present. Some slight rubbing to cover edges.

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OLD SONGS FOR YOUNG ENGLAND
Written by Clarence Forsythe. Illustrated by B. Ostertag.
Stock no. 1314989
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Harmonized by Clarence Forsythe. Large oblong format (10.25 x 12"). Brown cloth with illustration to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 46 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper which is also very slightly edge chipped. Page browning to half-title. Foxing to textblock. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1314987
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1930. Very good condition.

A large format board book with cloth spine. Bright colour pictures every page. Spine and corners worn. Covers slightly grubby and foxed. Foxing and some light fingermarks else contents clean.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1404605
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1958. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pink pictorial glazed boards showing Noddy in his aeroplane. Colour illustrations. Big Noddy Book No. 8. Top and bottom of spine browned. Corners bumped. Board edges faded. Name in belongs to box plus inscription on same page. One colouring page messily completed. Couple of corners are creased. Some foxing, mainly to page edges. Some marks, including a few coloured pencil marks otherwise contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with small areas of loss to top and bottom of spine. Spine and panel edges are faded, Some pen marks to front cover. Wrapper grubby.

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NODDY'S TALL BLUE BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1404595
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1960. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial blue paper wraps. 4 pictures to a page - in colour - with text beneath. 10 pages. Unpaginated. 26.25cm tall, 7.5cm wide. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents excellent.

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BABY BUNTING'S FIRST BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1314977
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. 2 pretty colour plates. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Foxing to contents. One page has a small margin tear. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front pastedown.

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NODDY'S TALL GREEN BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1404594
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1960. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial green paper wraps. 4 pictures to a page - in colour - with text beneath. 10 pages. Unpaginated. 26.25cm tall, 7.5cm wide. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents very good. An excellent copy.

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PLEASURES AND JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
Written by D.J.D.. Illustrated by Harold Copping; et al..
Stock no. 1314976
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows 3 boys pushing/pulling a girl on a sleigh. First story is "The Race". Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 112 pages. Spine slightly bumped and stained. Covers slightly edge worn and scuffed. Front joint is cracked at lower half causing free-endpaper and frontis to be part detached. Front joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing, lower half is broken. Hinges cracked and pulled causing contents to be loose. A decent copy overall.

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