GOBLIN MARKET
Written by Christina Rossetti. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327986
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream decorated paperwraps. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 42 pages. Covers are lightly edge creased and very slightly grubby having been protected with matching dustjacket which is very grubby and edge creased. A few foxspots at outer page edges and slight grubbiness to margins of endpapers. Contents clean. A fairly decent copy of a scarce Rackham softback book.

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NURSERY RHYMES AND NURSERY TALES OF ENGLAND
Written by James Orchard Halliwell.
Stock no. 1828276
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 5th Almost very good condition.

Fifth edition. Collected by J.O. Halliwell. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title & vignette to spine and vignette to front, black decoration to spine & front. xiv and 351 pages. Undated. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. A few light marks to rear board including a crease to cloth. Text block browned. Scattered foxspots throughout. Hinges pulled but binding tight.

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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1327885
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 10th 1925. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition in publisher's blue calf binding. Gilt border to front cover with floral motif at corners and vignette of little girl in mop cap. Gilt vignettes and floral decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Cream and blue pictorial endpapers. Charming verses and b/w illustrations. The first of the Milne Pooh quartet in which we meet Winnie-the-Pooh for the first time in a poem entitled Teddy Bear. 'A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise...' Complete with blue ribbon page marker. This is the second deluxe edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Indentation to centre of front cover, pencil mark to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small patches of surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Page marker is detached but still present. Some joints are cracked and some are lightly pulled but the binding is still tight.

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ALBERT, 'AROLD AND OTHERS
Written by Marriott Edgar. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1828144
Published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.. Very good condition.

Wonderfully humourous soliloquies including the famed "Lion and Albert". Complemented by Hassall's ingenious drawings. Cardwraps with pictorial onlay showing Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom at Blackpool. Two-tone drawings throughout. Contains 12 poems. Publication is undated. Covers are grubby and rubbed at corners. Pictorial onlay to front cover is creased. Text block grubby. A few marks to contents.

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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S JOHN GILPIN AND OTHER STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1327764
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House That Jack Built, The Frog He Would A-Wooing Go and The Milkmaid. Brown boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. Mustard yellow endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 80 pages. 12 x 8.5". ISBN: 072322062X. Spine and corners bumped. Evidence of erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased.

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JOURNEY THROUGH TIME IN VERSE AND RHYME
Written by Heather Thomas.
Stock no. 1327756
Published by Rudolf Steiner Press. 1st 1987. Almost very good condition.

Poems collected by Thomas for teachers of children. Green cardwraps. 373 pages. ISBN: 0854406867. Covers creased, fading to spine. Foxing to covers and some page margins/textblock. Pale page browning. Light crease to top corner of first few pages.

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THE BAREFOOT BOOK OF CLASSIC POEMS
Written by Jackie Morris; Carol Ann Duffy. Illustrated by Jackie Morris.
Stock no. 1327698
Published by Barefoot Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An anthology that reflects every facet of life. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1905236557. SIGNED by the illustrator with a small doodle to title-page. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at top of spine.

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A BOOK OF RHYMES FOR YOUNG READERS
Written by Florence Harrison; Jessie Pope; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Nina K. Brisley; Helen Jacobs; et al..
Stock no. 1327691
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Orange cloth,black titles to spine. 4 colour plates including 2 by Harrison (one with fairies!), numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper neatly removed. Foxing else contents clean.

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MY FIRST BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES & POEMS
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1327680
Published by Chancellor Press. 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A timeless collection of beautifully illustrated best-loved nursery rhymes and poems. Square format. 126 pages. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9780753720479. Evidence of erasure of an old pencil price to front free-endpaper else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE MERRY MINSTREL
Written by Haydn Perry. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop; Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1827903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthology of Verse for Children. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Two-tone illustrations to text throughout. 376 pages, top edge blue. Reprint. Corners bumped, top & tail of spine shelf worn. Text block browned, blue top edge has faded. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed, browned to spine and worn at corners. A musty odour present.

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1827872
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1827834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Spine lightly browned. Contents and plate margins also browned. Hinges are lightly pulled but the binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor closed tears (no loss) and is just a little grubby.

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