POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
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FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209010
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd..
7th
1926.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers very lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with some slight loss. Grubby marks to verso.
SONGS FROM NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209009
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd..
1st
1927.
Very good condition.
Music by Fraser-Simson. Large format. Cream cloth spine, brown boards with white pictorial title label. 10 songs with music. Small b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some very slight page browning to endpapers. One hinge is cracked exposing webbing. Contents clean.
TWELVE SONGS FROM 'PLAYTIME & COMPANY'
Written by E.V. Lucas.
Stock no. 1209008
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1926.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown paperboards. Music by Herman Finck. Spine and corners bumped. Slight darkening to base of spine. Minimal page browning to endpapers. Contents lovely and clean. Orange dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn (but no loss) and has a large tear to front panel.
TEDDY BEAR AND OTHER SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209007
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1926.
Very good condition.
Large format. Brown paperboards, cloth spine. Words by Milne, music by Fraser-Simson. Delightful decorations by Shepard. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some sligh foxing to contents (mainly to prelims) and also to title-label on front cover. Endpapers very slightly browned. Some light fingermarks to page margins.
FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209006
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd..
11th
1927.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some slight darkening to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. One hinge is gaping - exposing stitching/webbing. A few corners creased and some light margin marks.
PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1330672
Published by Constable and Company Ltd..
1st
1916.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front (also cream/gilt illustration 'He told me his dreams'). Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Illustrated pastedowns. Spine and corners bumped. Spine very slightly darkened. Light stain to rear cover. Endpapers and textblock slightly browned. Some light foxing to contents. Scarce original wrapper is slightly edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and darkened to spine.
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- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- RHYME
NOTHINGMAS DAY
Written by Adrian Mitchell.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1330667
Published by Allison & Busby.
1st
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A book of poems for children combined with irresistible woodcuts. Black boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. ISBN: 0850315328. SIGNED by the author with an elephant doodle and dedication to Heather(?). Slight bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased and a little sunned at rear edges.
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- WOODCUTS
COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg.
Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330617
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1978.
Very good condition.
On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Indentation to top edge of rear cover. Some light/faint scoremarks to covers. Foxing throughout. A couple of hinges pulled but binding still tight.
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RHYME STEW
Written by Roald Dahl.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1330560
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1989.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Hare likes a flutter, the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes... Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0224026607. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. Couple of small dents to top edges. Foxing and a few grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is foxed to flaps and slightly edge rubbed.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- RHYME
- HUMOUR
CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Hilaire Belloc.
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1208923
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1997.
Nearly fine condition.
Olive green, yellow & red pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Yellow endpapers. 160 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some light shelf-scuffing.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Written by Tim Rice; Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1830715
Published by Pavilion Children'S Books.
1st thus
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
Based on the smash-hit musical of the same name that has become a classic in children's entertainment, this book retells in verse and pictures one of the most exciting action-packed stories in the Old Testament. Revised edition. White matt pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations throughout in Blake's unique style. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781843651031. A lovely copy.
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- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- BIBLE STORY
ROGER WAS A RAZOR FISH AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jill Bennett.
Illustrated by Maureen Roffey.
Stock no. 1830708
Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
1st USA
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A collection of twenty-two short verses compiled by Jill Bennett. Specially selected to offer an enticing adventure in poetry for young readers. White boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0688419860. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, covered with clear laminate and stuck to boards. Name in ink to front endpaper. Last page (acknowledgements) is a little grubby. Else contents clean.
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