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WHAT PET SHOULD I GET?
Written by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1505251
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books.
1st
2015.
Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Every pet looks like fun, so how in the world do you pick just one? It isn't easy but it can be done - as Dr. Seuss shows in this newly discovered story about an age-old problem. Matt pictorial boards, 11.25 x 8.25", colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780008170783. Bottom edges of two pages are stuck together otherwise a nice copy.
MAKING MISCHIEF A MAURICE SENDAK APPRECIATION
Written by Gregory Maguire.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1505250
Published by William Morrow.
1st
2009.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An inspired visual tribute to the work of the legendary writer and illustrator. Black cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. ISBN: 9780061689161. Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Dustwrapper has small tear to top of rear fold, remains of label to rear panel and a few marks, both barely visible. 2" stain to bottom edge only visible of verso.
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THE REAL FAIRY STORYBOOK
Written by Georgie Adams.
Illustrated by Sally Gardner.
Stock no. 1404786
Published by Orion Children's Books.
1st
1998.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Well known fairy tales as told by 'real' fairies. Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 pages. ISBN: 1858816246. Dustwrapper is slightly edgeworn. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
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- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
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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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- ANNUALS (GIRLS)
- GIRLS
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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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
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.
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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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.
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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- CHILDRENS
- ANTHOLOGY - POETRY
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
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.
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.
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.