HAPPY FAMILIES AND THEIR TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610115
Published by Ernest Nister. c. 1901. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. 5 beautiful fold-down full-page chromo-lithographed layered scenes. B/w illustrations. Board corners worn with some surface loss; spine scuffed at top & tail with fading and slight fraying of cloth. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Hinges strengthened with bookbinding tape. One pop-up scene is edge creased, with corner repair. Scattered foxing.

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THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES FOR MY CHILDREN
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 2124063
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1904. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 6 chromolithograph plates and 70 half-tone illustrations. 296 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing to spine; small splits to edges, with a little fraying to corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing. 1-2" multi-way tear to page margin (no loss).

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MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY
Written by W.J. Miles; J.I. Lupton. Illustrated by Benjamin Herring.
Stock no. 2123937
Published by William Mackenzie. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, with gilt title. A complete guide to all that relates to the horse. Its history, varieties, and uses - breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming - how to buy, keep and treat a horse in health and disease, etc. Complete System of the Veterinary Art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London. With numerous illustrations and a series of anatomical plates, engraved from original drawings from nature by Herring. To which is added an Essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and Pigs by Lupton. 12 colour plates and frontis. Covers are heavily marked with some scuffing. Damage to spine, which may have been partially repaired; split all the way down front edge, which appears to have been re-glued. Joints are cracked. Foxing and some grubby margin marks. Damp marking to top of some page margins.

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MY LADY DOLLY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316971
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. circa 1895. Almost very good condition.

Large shaped book with pictorial cardwraps (shaped as a dolly). Bright colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Light creases to top of covers and pages (dolls head). Small piece missing from lower front corner. Crack to spine at lower 2".

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OUR LITTLE FOLK'S BIRTHDAYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1814703
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1898. Very good condition.

With Spaces for Names for Every Day in the Year. Small format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 12 chromolithograph illustrations. Boards a little scuffed. Inscription in pencil to brown front endpaper which is also creased. Some hinges pulled. A few entries in ink.

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WHEN MOTHER WAS A LITTLE GIRL
Written by Amy Blanchard; et al. Illustrated by Ida Waugh.
Stock no. 1208798
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Blue patterned cloth with oval colour onlay and title label to front cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. 25 gorgeous full-page chromolithograph illustrations. Cloth lightly stained at top of rear cover. Spine browned. Corners bumped. Inscription in ink on verso of front endpaper. Occasional light fingermarks to contents but generally bright and clean.

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Written by J.R. Wyss; Julia S.E. Rae. Illustrated by Florence Maplestone.
Stock no. 1406458
Published by Trischler & Company. 1st thus 1891. Almost very good condition.

Old stories told anew edited by Rae. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. 67 pages. 6 chromo plates plus tinted text illustrations. Oblong format. 8.75 x 6". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. bubbling to cloth on front and rear boards. A few marks to covers. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Tissue guard for frontis is loose. One plate and its tissue guard is detached. Foxing to tissue guards and prelims. A few margin marks.

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TWILIGHT LAND
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards; John C. Staples.
Stock no. 1506757
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial covers. Small format, 6.25 x 5". Chromolithographs and rhymes. Sepia text. Spine bumped and worn, corners worn especially lower front corner. Covers marked and lightly browned. Staples rusty. Some foxing and browning and an odd fingermark to contents.

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GOOSEY GANDER
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 1506756
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. 1st Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial covers. Small format, 6.25 x 5". Chromolithographs and rhymes. Sepia text. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby and lightly browned. Staples rusty. Browning to verso of frontis. Some foxing and light browning to contents. A few light fingermarks to margins. A couple of the chromolithographs have small spots of surface paper damage, assume they have been lightly stuck to page opposite. Not dated but British Library say possibly 1884.

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THE STORY OF MOSES, THE STORY OF RUTH, THE STORY OF SOLOMON
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506755
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue covers with gilt border. 11 x 8.5". Three stories bound in one volume. 8 text pages plus 4 full page chromolithograph illustrations to each volume. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Tiny nick to front edge of spine. Front joint cracked. Name to top edge of verso of frontis in each volume, some transfer of ink to page opposite. Brown mark to edge of Moses title page. Water stain to outside edge of both sets of endpapers. Some browning to contents but is mostly from colour illustration opposite.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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