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OUR GARDEN
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 1329083
Published by SPCK. Circa 1884. Good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards with red spine. Pretty colour and sepia illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn. Spine is worn and faded with splits. Fingermarks to page margins throughout. Front joint is a little cracked at top.

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THREE LITTLE NEST BIRDS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 1329082
Published by SPCK. Circa 1908. Fair condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards with brown spine. Pretty colour and sepia illustrations throughout. A sobering tale of what happens when three children take three baby birds from their nest. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Backstrip is missing. Name plate to front pastedown. Erased pencil marks to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, a couple of foxspots to page margins. Front joint is cracked and a little weak but still holding.

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FRIENDSHIP: THOUGHTS OF GREAT MINDS CONCERNING FRIENDSHIP
Written by Seneca; William Shakespeare; Socrates; et al.
Stock no. 1329043
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Nister volume 1364. Very small format (6.5 x 8.25cm). Brown cloth, gilt title and red flower vignette to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations (chromolithographs). Short sayings by famous authors surrounded by illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Split to cloth on front edge of spine. Front joint is cracked. Name in ink to front free-endpaper, inscription in ink (dated 1905) to verso of front free-endpaper). Some foxing and light page browning but contents generally clean.

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PANSIES
Written by Clifton Bingham; Frances Ridley Havergal; et al.
Stock no. 1328973
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1933. Good condition.

White cloth, gilt title and decoration to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. White covers are grubby, ink imprint to front cover. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Staples rusty. A few small brown spots to some page margins.

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"TUT-TUT"... RICHARD II
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1328842
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Oblong format, cardwraps with green string tie. 9 wonderul colour illustrations plus 1 double-spread at centre. Covers slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby with small marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to top corner of title-page. There is a light stain affecting the margins of the rear half of the book (8 pages).

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1895-97
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328413
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1897 Good condition.

Contains Jan 1895 to Dec 1897. Dark blue textured cloth, gilt title to spine. 40 chromolithograph plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light page browning and foxng. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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A RABBIT'S TALE
Written by G.R. Glasgow.
Stock no. 1323557
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Some slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

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THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL
Written by Marie Boyle.
Stock no. 1323555
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight rubbing/scuffing to covers, light white mark to title on front cover. A few small spots to contents, ink number (1875) written to front pastedown and light page browning else contents clean.

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SNAPDRAGON
Written by L. Haskell.
Stock no. 1323552
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

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EARLY DAYS FOR 1878
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323274
Published by Wesleyan Conference Office. 1878. Almost very good condition.

Third Series. Vol II. Cream bards with colour picture to front (girl sniffing a flower). 190 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Colour chromolithograph frontis. Spine and corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Covers grubby. Large but neat inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some fingering and foxing but generally contents clean.

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TALES FROM NURSERY LAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood.
Stock no. 1321519
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. 64 pages. Colour illustrations. Re-backed with blue cloth spine. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and a little grubby. New endpapers. Contents are browned and well fingered.

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WHEN ALL IS YOUNG
Written by Robert Ellice Mack. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
Stock no. 2134716
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show young girl in a blue & white pinafore holding a baby and watching a kitten and puppy at her feet. Verse for children. Colour chromolithographic illustrations plus two tone illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover edges, corners and spine. Scuffing and marks to covers. Has possibly been rebound or restitched at some point; the front fly-leaf is now missing. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. Illustrations are still bright.

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