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ROSAMOND
No author listed.
Stock no. 594364
Circa 1816. Good condition.

A collection of four stories about a girl of seven years old - The Purple Jar, The Two Plums, The Injured Ass, and A Day of Misfortunes. Very small format, 4.25" x 3". Plain grey paperwraps. 127 pages. Joints broken, cover attached to contents by binding. Name in ink to first page. Covers worn. First page grubby else contents generally clean for a book of almost 200 years old.

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COMFORTING THOUGHTS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 594371
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Nearly fine condition.

A Golden Thoughts Booklet. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. Approx 5 x 3.5 inches. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Small corner crease to bottom of front cover. Contents beautiful!

Price: £80.00 £60.00.

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RAINBOW ANNUAL 1954
No author listed.
Stock no. 594311
Published by The Fleetway House. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front cover. Colour frontis, numerous illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with a little chipping to corners. Name and address in ink in belongs to box. Maze puzzle has been completed.

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THE OLD GENIE HOTTABYCH
Written by Lazar Lagin; Fainna Solasko. Illustrated by B. Markevich.
Stock no. 594276
Very good condition.

A Story of Make-believe. Cloth spine, with black title to it. B/w illustrations. Translated by Solasko. Some wear to spine, with a little browning. Bumping to a couple of cover edges, with wear to corners. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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LITTLE SUSY'S SIX BIRTHDAYS AND OTHER STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 594292
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1901. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to front cover, with black picture. B/w plates. Original spine is missing, with new cloth spine (no title to it) has been put on. Some fraying to original cloth. Grubby marks and wear to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis, which has been repaired with glue. Some grubby marks and browning internally. Still a good reading copy.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 594297
Published by Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

A Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Some wear and light chipping to cover edges and corners. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Colour plates are still beautifully bright! Scuff marks to rear cover.

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ANGUS AND THE CAT
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 594220
Published by The Bodley Head. 2nd Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Angus is an inquisitive Scottie dog who now has a cat living in his home - a cat who boxes Angus's ears and takes his food and sits in his sunshine... Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Rear cover a little grubby. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few finger marks to contents. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, a little edge-rubbed with a few tiny closed edge tears.

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A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE
Written by Myles B. Foster. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 594222
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1881. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Songs for a child's day with music. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5 ". Green and yellow pictorial paper boards. 29 pages. Boards a little foxed. A few finger marks to margins. Page 12 and facing page 13 has paper residue to bottom corners and small mark. Pictorial wrapper is foxed and torn at edges with loss including most of spine missing (of dustwrapper).

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 594244
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Front endpaper missing. Name in ink to top of first blank page. A few minor foxspots present. All plates present. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss at corners and a little grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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POWDER MONKEY
Written by Paul Dowswell.
Stock no. 435722
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Adventures of Sam Witchall. Set in the 1800's - Sam Witchall is forced to join the Royal Navy frigate, and on board, he is told that he will be a powder monkey.... ISBN: 0747577048.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MISCHIEF
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer; Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 594146
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1942. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mister Meddle is just like his name - he meddles in everything with hilarious results! Red covers, black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Very small pinhole (compass point?) in wrapper which has caused a small dent to front board and first few pages. Wrapper edge-chipped.

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NIGHT NIGHT, CUDDLY BEAR
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Penny Dale.
Stock no. 435631
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. It's bedtime and Joe's playing his Cuddly Bear Game. - 'Have you seen Cuddly Bear?' he asks everyone. ISBN: 0744567807. Inscription in ink to front pastedown.

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