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THE ROSEBUD VOLUME X
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1501402
Fair condition.

Blue marbled boards with blue corners and spine. Gilt title and borders to top and bottom of spine. Blue decorated endpapers. 192 pages. B/w illustrations including many by Louis Wain. First story is "A-Hunting he would go". Spine bumped with wear and splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Spine darkened. Both joints weak, just holding by threads. Split to edge of blank page in prelims. A few hinges cracked. Marks to contents.

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THE BETRAYER
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1310641
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light green cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Black and white illustrations. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Damp staining to cover edges with colour running to edges of pastedowns. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with damp staining to edges.

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LITTLE UNA
Written by Isa J. Postgate.
Stock no. 1310626
Published by The Art Lithographic Publishing Co.; The Artistic Lithographic Company. Very good condition.

A poem. Small format. Cream card wraps. 10 pages (unpaginated). Chromolithograph illustrations to text and full-page. Covers very slightly foxed and grubby. Name in ink inside front cover. Contents clean.

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FRISKY FOX GETS A PRESENT
Written by E.E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1310625
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Centre hinge is broken but binding still holding tight by stitches. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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FAVOURITE OPERAS
Written by J. Cuthbert Hadden. Illustrated by Byam Shaw.
Stock no. 1310624
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1938. Very good condition.

From Mozart to Mascagni their plots history and music. Red imitation leather covers with gilt titles and vignettes. 287 pages. 24 colour plates. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Gilt school stamp (attractive) to front cover. Light page browning to endpapers.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MONK AND BUN
Written by Rex Tucker. Illustrated by Lois Castellain.
Stock no. 1310611
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seven Stories for Children. Monk is a monkey and Bun is a rabbit. Pink cloth boards, blue title to spine and vignette of Monk and Bun to front. Black, red & white illustrations. 63 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and just a little foxed and grubby.

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DREAM DAYS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1310588
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1942. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis plus 11 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A couple of small dents to cover edges. Prize plate to front pastedown has been partially removed. Foxing to contents.

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TIM IN DANGER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1401716
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Purple and yellow pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. The fifth book in the chronicles of this legendary small boy. ISBN: 0192795643. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Bottom of boards also rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing mainly to endpapers. Pale browning to some pages else contents are cleam. Dustwrapper has piece missing at top. Large tear to front panel and smaller tear to rear. Edge worn with small tears and foxing to rear.

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THE LITTLE BIPLANE
Written by James Kruss. Illustrated by Lisl Stich.
Stock no. 1401715
Published by Wheaton. 1st UK 1967. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards, black title to spine. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Originally published in German as Der kleine Doppeldecker. ISBN: 0080087485. Spine, corners and board edges rubbed. Spine and corners also bumped. Covers a little foxed and grubby. Name in ink to top of front pastedown. A few grubby marks else contents generally clean.

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A CHILD IS BORN
Written by Edna Baker. Illustrated by Mary Royt.
Stock no. 1310584
Published by Collins. circa 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A child's story of Jesus. Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. 60 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some foxing to covers, endpapers and page edges. Some light fingering to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss, also grubby and foxed.

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THE BONNIE BIG STORY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Topham.
Stock no. 1310576
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Front cover shows children on a sledge. Four colour plates. Many b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK
Written by Ida May.
Stock no. 1310575
Published by Albert E. Marriott. circa 1931. Very good condition.

Blue boards, black titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos of the very young Princess Elizabeth and two-tone illustrations for the children's stories. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Small nick to lower edge of spine. Inscription in ink and small Xmas sticker to front endpaper. Pale page browning and light foxing to first few and last few pages else contents clean.

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