FILIDA AND CORYDON, WITH OTHER STORIES
Written by Gwendolen Forwood. Illustrated by Gwendolen Forwood.
Stock no. 380164
Published by J.J. Keliher & Co. Limited. 1902. Good condition.

Written and illustrated by a child for Children. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. 32 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Covers edge worn with some paper loss to spine edge of rear cover. Covers stains to covers. Foxing and fingering throughout but generally contents clean. Both joints have been neatly repaired with white paper. 1" closed tear to top of title page.

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MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 380105
Published by George Newnes Limited. 5th 1923. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout else contents clean. Wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with loss (mainly to top and tail of spine.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 597353
Published by J. And F. Rivington. 1774. Good condition.

A Description of Three Hundred Animals viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects With a Particular Account of The Manner of Their Catching of Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Use of All Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Whereon is Curiously Engraven Every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent and Insect Described in the Whole Book. The Eleventh Edition Carefully Corrected and Amended. Small format. 7 x 4". Full brown leather binding. B/w frontis. Title page in red and black. 212 pages. Numerous b/w illustrations including one large folding plate. Contents very good. Front board almost detached. Boards very worn. A fascinating early natural history book.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379828
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Small closed tears to margins of two plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins (affecting a couple of plates - pictures remain bright). Foxing to page edges. A nice copy of a scarce edition.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 379626
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Red Cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers soiled. Foxing throughout, mainly to endpapers. Erased child's pencil writing to front endpaper. Initial 'F' in ink to margin of page 2. Some grubby marks to pages and to rear side of some plates but generally contents still clean. A desirable copy of a very scarce Wain item.

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POPINJAY'S JIG-PUZ BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 596255
Published by John Leng. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

A book containing five jig-saw puzzles, a story about the pictures, and keys for the puzzles to be coloured in. Each puzzles fits into a page and if closed carefully the puzzles remain in position. The stories are about the toys in Anthony and Rosemary's nursery - Popinjay and Pongo the two teddies and Wogga the golly. Pictorial front cover, blue cloth spine. All puzzles complete and in very good condition, complete with transparent overlays. Spine faded and worn at top and tail. Edges and corners worn. Front cover bright and clean. Rear cover just a little grubby. No colouring to contents. A lovely bright copy.

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OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379320
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to 450 copies. Cream vellum binding, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Very pretty illustrations in delicate pastel colours. Oblong format. All edges gilt. Rhymes set to music. SIGNED by illustrator. Covers ever so slightly marked, corners a little bumped and rubbed. Ties missing. Endpapers heavily foxed. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins but generally contents clean. A nice example - copy no. 4.

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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 595653
Published by George Robertson & Co.. 1st 1907. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth covers with bevelled edges, red title to front with illustration of a Brownie swinging in a cobweb. Marbled endpapers. Packed with charming pen-and-ink illustrations, many full-page. A typically stylised Outhwaite fairyland. 184 pages. Oblong format. Spine bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Corners slightly worn. Two small dents to cover foredges, Contents near fine with just the occasional very pale mark. A super copy of this rare fairy book.

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THE SQUIRREL THE HARE AND THE LITTLE GREY RABBIT
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 595132
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1929. Good condition.

Red boards, colour pictorial onlay to front. Green pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 111 pages. The first in the Little Grey Rabbit series and Alison Uttley's first book. Corners worn, covers lightly marked. pictorial onlay to front cover has surface paper loss to vertical edge. Backstrip missing and replaced with red cloth. A few light creases, a few margin marks. Rear joint just starting to crack.

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DONALD & PLUTO MOVIE BOOK IN 10 REELS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 594940
Published by Collins. Circa 1939. Almost very good condition.

10 flip books, all contained in one! 2000 pictures. A complete Film of Donald's adventures. Flip books are all contained in 1 card-cover, with story to two pages on inside, with flip books beneath. Spine is a little faded. Some wear to edges. A few light marks to covers. Lower cover edges creased. Small inscription in pencil to top of front cover. Tears to a couple of pages of flick books. Where first five books have been bound, underneath has now started to come unglued. Some browning to pages. Couple of creases to internal story pages. A rare item, especially with 10 flick books, which actually tell 20 parts of the story (are double-sided). A great Disney item!

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THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 594580
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Larger format maroon paper-covered boards. Picture of Miss Ribby in a small circle on front cover. Mottled lilac endpapers (changed to pictures of the patty-pan in later editions). 52 pages. 7.25 x 5.5". First printing of the first edition. Spine repaired with very slight loss at top and tail. Corners worn. Slight fading to covers with a few very small marks. Name in ink to front pastedown. Light marks to contents but still a bright copy of the first edition.

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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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