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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1916
Written by Elsie Blomfield; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; N. Buchanan; et al..
Stock no. 1310493
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1916. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows girl in red cape carrying holly and ivy followed by elves. Maroon cloth spine. 191 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations throughout, many Wain cats. Covers are edge worn and grubby to rear. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Pencil writing (name and date) to title-page. Contents clean.

Price: £78.00 £58.50.

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THE AMATEUR COOK
Written by Katharine Burrill; Annie M. Booth. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1310466
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Good condition.

Pale green pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates plus b/w text illustrations. 296 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned and looks like it may have been re-glued at top. Pale foxing/browning to grubby covers. Foxing and a few other spots to contents.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MARY CONTRAIRY
Written by Ethel Talbot.
Stock no. 1401672
Published by Lutterworth Press. Almost very good condition.

Miss Mary Contrairy's house blows away because she does not look after it. This is the story of how she gets it back. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Backstrip is missing. Corners bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is grubby and marked. Bump to bottom of rear edge. Some hinges cracked. Foxing to contents.

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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1401671
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Corners bumped. Spine bumped and rubbed with small split at top. Bottom 2cm of backstrip missing. Covers are grubby with marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink plus small crossing out in ink to front endpaper. Some browning mainly to endpapers. A few foxspots.

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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1917
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; E. Blomfield; G Sidney; et al..
Stock no. 1501369
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1917. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine. Front board shows 2 children on ice-skates, carrying a large kite! With about 200 illustrations, including a few Louis Wain cat illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges rubbed and worn. Rear cover slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Odd margin mark/grubby fingermark. Light browning to pages 148/149. Contents otherwise very good. A nice copy.

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THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN METEOR
Written by Jules Verne. Illustrated by George Roux.
Stock no. 2111169
Published by Grant Richards. 1909. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to front, yellow title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Translated from the french by Frederick Lawton. 292 pages. Spine is a bit browned. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front joint is a bit cracked. Partially removed presentation plate to front pastedown - some surface paper damage now. Some foxing and browning.

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DO LOOK OUT, NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1310446
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Noddy Book 15. Spine and corners worn. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with tape repairs to spine and corners. Damp stains visible on verso.

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WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2111106
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1930. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth covers with black title to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Front cover is bowed. Uneven fading to covers, with black marks to cover edges. Foxing to pages. Wrapper is torn and chipped with 2-3" loss to top of spine and 1" loss to base; other smaller areas of loss to corners and along edges.

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NONSENSE SONGS
Written by Edward Lear; Dudley Glass. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1310444
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Set to music by Glass. Large format. Cloth spine, orange boards. 23 pages. B/w text illustrations. Foxing and browning to endpapers and prelims. Light crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is grubby and torn at edges with slight loss.

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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY OF MOSSY MOUSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Doris Whibley.
Stock no. 1310443
Published by McCorquodale & Co.. Very good condition.

An All-Picture Series of Children's Books. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Lovely colour illustrations every page. Covers are a bit grubby. A few ink spots to covers. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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ELSIE AND THE RAYMONDS
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310433
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 324 pages. Spine bumped. Heavy foxing and top edge of textblock a bit dusty else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and chipped with slight loss.

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ELSIE'S NEW RELATIONS
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310432
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 324 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing and top edge of textblock dusty. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss.

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