ELOISE
Written by Kay Thompson. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 1808932
Published by Simon & Schuster. Circa 1970. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book for precocious grownups, about a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel. Large format. White boards with red titles. Two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 067122350X. 16th printing. White boards are stained. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with a few small chips and is grubby to rear panel.

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SUNNYSIDE TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1808926
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl on barrel in the sea. Colour plates and b/w illustrations, all by the same artist, a few very similar to the style of Arthur Rackham. First story is "John, Topsy and the Raven". Lower edges rubbed, corners worn. Small patch of surface paper loss to top front corner of cover. A few stains to cloth spine. Belongs to box completed in pencil. Page browning else contents fine.

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COMFORTING THOUGHTS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1402623
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Golden Thoughts Booklet. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. Approx 5 x 3.5 inches. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Covers a little grubby. Staples a little rusty. Contents clean.

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YOUNG SIX-FOOT
Written by Mrs. Charles Garnett.
Stock no. 1502688
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. circa 1883. Very good condition.

And what became of him. Green boards with gilt titles and foliage decoration. Black titles to spine. B/w frontis. 80 pages plus 4 page publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Ink stamp and presentation inscription to front endpaper plus a few small marks to endpapers. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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THE STORY BOOK OF SUGAR
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham. Illustrated by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 1312840
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Story Books of Foods From the Field series. Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. 32 pages. Spine and corners bumped, nick to base of spine. Small spot to front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and grubby. Slight loss to top and tail of spine and light foxing on verso.

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THE STORY BOOK OF WHEAT
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham. Illustrated by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 1312838
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Story Books of Foods From the Field series. Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. 32 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. A couple of page corners creased. Some light fingermarks to margins. Two pages are slightly damaged (surface paper) where there were once stuck together (text unfortunately affected). Dustwrapper is worn and grubby with slight loss at corners, child's pencil/crayon doodles and foxing on verso.

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AUNT LOUISA'S JUMBLE PICTURE BOOK
Written by Aunt Louisa. Illustrated by Louis Wain; W.H.C. Groome; et al..
Stock no. 1312788
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. 3 b/w text cat illustrations illustrating "The Egg Pie" by Wain. Colour frontis. Packed with b/w illustrations by various artists. Covers worn and grubby. Spine worn. Joints cracked, sellotape repairs to rear joint. Inscription in ink to half-title page, the free-endpapers are possibly missing (if there were any). Small piece torn from top inner corner of half-title. Contents are foxed and browned but generally clean.

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THE PROCESSION
Written by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Charles Mozley.
Stock no. 1312787
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The story of a little girl who joins a colourful procession, which takes her through woods and desert, over the sea, up and mountain, etc. Large oblong format. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations to every page. ISBN: 0460057804. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few small light marks to covers. Pale browning at inner margins of endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with large pieces of loss at edges.

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LITTLE WHITE BARBARA
Written by Eleanor S. March.
Stock no. 1808883
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Small format. Printed to one side of pages only. Colour illustrations. 95 pages. Dumpy Book No. 18. Spine lightly browned. Pages have finger creasing and one or two grubby marks. Overall a lovely example.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502681
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial front board showing a girl marooned on a sandcastle. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. 162 pages. Spine browned with small splits at top. Corners and cover edges worn. Rear cover has large scratch mark and top outside corner is darkened/stained. Contents are very good.

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THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1312776
Published by Holt Rinehart & Winston. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited edition of 350 copies containing a reproduction of a specially commissioned pen and ink drawing. Brown cloth spine, green cloth covers. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0030641626. SIGNED by the artist to limitation page, this is copy no. 349. Contents fine. There is a small mark to top of rear cover. Contained in original brown slipcase and also original cardboard box (which is very slightly grubby/worn). A lovely copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE QUEEN AND ROSIE RANDALL
Written by Helen Oxenbury. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 1312742
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Rosie Randall and the Queen are friends, and when the Queen gets into one of her muddles, Rosie helps out... Beige glazed pictorial boards. Brown endpapers. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434956007. Slight bumping to spine which is also faded. Contents clean.

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