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THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2134631
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

The twelve adventures of the brave and good Uncle Lubin. Blue/green decorated cloth with cream/red/beige titles/decorations. Colour frontis, b/w plates and illustrations. Top 1" - 1.5" colour to spine is rubbed/worn off. Other smaller loss to base of spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Endpapers are browned; some offsetting/transfer from opposite pages also. Page edge browning. A few page margin tears (some repaired); grubby margin marks.

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FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Norman R. Shapiro; Sarah Bakewell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821900
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Translated by Shapiro, introduced by Bakewell. Green goatskin leather binding with gilt titles. Limited edition of 1000, each copy numbered and signed by Quentin Blake. Colour illustrations. Top edge gilt. This is copy 55 of 1000 and SIGNED by Quentin Blake. A beautiful copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is in almost fine condition with a minor knock to to spine edge.

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THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON
Written by Thomas Day; Richard Johnson.
Stock no. 1821831
Published by J. Wallis. Circa 1795. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Abridged from the original by Richard Johnson. Entertaining and practical lessons in manners, masculinity, and class politics. Small format. Green leather spine, marbled boards. 4 b/w engravings. Boards are heavily scuffed and edge-worn with loss of surface paper at edges. Spine is creased. Contemporary inscription in ink to free front endpaper dated 1803. Large dampstain to endpapers. 'Cooper' handwritten to title page. Binding tight. Contents browned with age.

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RURAL SCENES: OR, A PEEP INTO THE COUNTRY. FOR YOUTH
Written by Ann Taylor.
Stock no. 1821826
Published by R. Yorke Clarke And Co.. 8th 1948. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Eighth edition. A book of childrens rhymes. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. 87 b/w engravings. Covers browned and stained. Contemporary inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents browned and a few grubby marks.

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FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Norman R. Shapiro; Sarah Bakewell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821639
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Translated by Shapiro, introduced by Bakewell. Green goatskin leather binding with gilt titles. Limited edition of 1000, each copy numbered and signed by Quentin Blake. Colour illustrations. Top edge gilt. Copy 180 SIGNED by Quentin Blake. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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JUST WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1320872
Published by George Newnes Limited. 6th 1923. Almost very good condition.

Original publisher's burgundy leather binding with gilt titles and vignettes, top edge gilt. Green marble-effect endpapers. 248 pages, 4 page adverts at rear. B/w illustrations. 6th impression of the first edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front edge of spine is starting to split. Foxing to contents. A nice copy with very scarce binding.

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CATHERINE SUSAN'S CALENDAR 1907
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1320559
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. 1907. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Full page colour illustration for each month featuring Catherine Susan and friends and a double-spread illustration to centre pages. Covers grubby and slightly edge rubbed. Small stain to lower edges of inside rear cover and facing page. Some light foxing and fingering to pages.

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LITTLE BOOKS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320558
Published by Castell Brothers. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Small box (11.5 x 9cm) containing 6 small rhyme books: Three Blind Mice, Little Blue Boy, Bo-Peep, The Man in the Moon, Baa! Baa! Black Sheep and Little Miss Muffett. Each book has pictorial cardwraps. Chromolithograph text illustrations. 3 of the books are lightly foxed on the covers. The box is just a little edge worn and lightly foxed.

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THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR!
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1320555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper at corners. Covers grubby with a pink mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Joints cracked. Small margin tears to some pages. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE SECRET ROOM
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 2134316
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, yellow titles and magnifying glass vignette. B/w illustrations. The third adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Some uneven fade/possible damp marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with some pieces of loss; damp marked with grubby marks and some fading. Parts of title to front panel of wrapper have been written inside.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE CLEVER CATS, & C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320522
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Coloured picture book for the nursery. 11.5 x 8.5". Blue decorated cloth. 16 colour illustrations. Printed one side on untearable paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to top 2" of rear cover. Endpapers browned. New front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingering, showing mainly on unprinted sides of pages. Small ink mark to one page (unprinted).

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ANIMAL PLAYTIME
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1320518
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows Fox with cockrel. B/w illustrations throughout. Some cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Front cover illustration is still bright. Some slight chipping of paper covering to spine. Small binding error of crease in paper to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of title-page (dated 1909) and one name crossed out and replaced with another. Some slight foxing and fingering to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents.

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