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MOTHER GOOSE COOKED
Written by John H. Myrtle; Reginald Rigby. Illustrated by John H. Myrtle; Reginald Rigby.
Stock no. 1313591
Published by John Lane. circa 1901. Good condition.

Pale blue boards with black title orange/green vignette to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 52 pages. Colour illustrations throughout with adapted rhymes below. 9.5" x 7". Spine and corners bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper. Covers damp stained and browned. Endpapers browned with name in ink to front endpaper. Some light page browning and fingering else contents clean.

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THE BOOK OF PENNY TOYS
Written by Mabel Dearmer. Illustrated by Mabel Dearmer.
Stock no. 1313589
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth spine with green pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. 94 pages, all edges red. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light scuffing to covers. A few small chips to spine cloth, cleverly disguised with matching ink(?). Quite heavy foxing and a musty smell to contents. A couple of pages have very slightly ragged edges. A very nice copy of an extremely rare book.

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PRETTY TOY PICTURES
Written by L.L. Weedon.
Stock no. 1313586
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Almost very good condition.

A Colour Book of Favourite Objects. Oblong format. Pictorial front board. Thick board pages with colour illustrations showing every day objects with words beside them and short rhymes as well. Covers edge rubbed, wear to corners with minimal loss to lower corner tip of first page as well (no loss of text or illustrations). Some grubby fingermarks and foxspots and name in ink inside front cover. Pale page browning to contents. A nice copy overall of a scarce book.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2007
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1712399
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

The last Rupert annual to be illustrated by John Harrold. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert with a shopping list in his hand and a basket full of shopping in his other hand. Annual No. 72. ISBN: 9781405231015. Maze has be completed in pencil. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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PUSSYCATS AND BOW-WOWS
No author listed. Illustrated by Gilbert Haldane Dodd.
Stock no. 1313583
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. circa 1915. Good condition.

Untearable pages, mounted on cotton cloth. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations plus multi-colour text and text illustrations. Includes the rhyme "Three Little Kittens" and a story "The Dog's Party". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers replaced. Inscription in ink to title-page. Title-page and first text page separated at lower corner, some page creases and grubby marks to contents.

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THE BEDTIME BOOK
Written by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Illustrated by Mrs. Ernest Ames.
Stock no. 1313582
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Good condition.

Large oblong book, 8 x 10". Cloth bound pictorial boards. Full page colour illus throughout accompanied by adaptations of well known nursery rhymes. Printed one side of paper only. 103 pages. Covers are edge worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers have been replaced. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins/edges. Generally contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2006
Written by Jim Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1313563
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2006. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and a baby Yak on top of a reindeer. ISBN: 0850793203. SIGNED by the illustrator to front pastedown with an accompanying couplet. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TOPPER BOOK 1975
No author listed.
Stock no. 1313549
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1975. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. NOT price cut. Child's writing in belongs to box and inscription in ink above. Contents clean.

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ROCKING ISLAND
Written by Edwin M. Love. Illustrated by Edwin M. Love.
Stock no. 1712322
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1927. Good condition.

Gilt titles. Onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w plates. 182 pages. Covers marked damp? Front joint a little weak. All plates present.

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IVAN THE PEARL-FISHER
Written by Marie Bayne.
Stock no. 1712317
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Grade B. Oliver and Boyd's Pleasure Readers. Subtitle: Or The Boy whose, dreams came true. B/w illustrations. 46 pages. Corners creased.

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MAX AND THE MISSING MEGASTAR
Written by Terrance Dicks. Illustrated by Toni Goffe.
Stock no. 1712313
Published by Piccadilly Press. 1st 1992. Fine condition.

A Cat Called Max. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 51 pages. ISBN: 185340103x.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1503114
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Small dark spots to top edge of front cover by corner and outside edge by lower corner. Some light browning to endpapers and prelims. Pen lines to lower corner of page 59, text not affected. Some light foxing to text block with small light stain to top edge. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with a little loss at top of spine. Tears to side of spine have been repaired on verso with clear tape. Spine is faded, rear panel is browned. Some grubby marks.

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