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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Robert Broomfield.
Stock no. 1506506
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A humorous tale written principally by a lady of ninety, edited with additional verses by Ruskin. Oblong format. Pictorial boards, 31 pages. Colour illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Wear to ends of spine and corners. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of tears and chips. 1" tear to bottom edge of rear panel. Spine lightly browned.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1405847
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1917. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Black title to spine. Title to front is Little Ann A Book. Grey endpapers. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Light pencil marks and some scratches to boards . Browning to top of boards. Joints and some hinges cracked. Foxing throughout. Some marks to endpapers.

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PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1405775
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front. Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges darkened. Both joints beginning to crack. Heavy browning to endpapers, tissue guard and title page. Some foxing, worst on prelims and last couple of pages and page edges.

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FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1405768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1940. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown chequered boards, dark title to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board of "The Mulberry Fairy". 24 colour plates throughout. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Blue illustrated endpapers. Bumping to spine and corners. Pencil writing erased from title page. Pages browned. Couple of hinges are cracked. Some light foxing to verso of illustrations. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped. Wrapper is grubby. Foxing to verso.

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HEARD BY A MOUSE
Written by Irene G. Heath. Illustrated by Irene G. Heath.
Stock no. 1316159
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books series. Small format, white pictorial boards. Children's poetry with colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn but minimal loss.

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GAY GO UP
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Decie Merwin.
Stock no. 1506134
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Childrens Poetry. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. 1"crack to front joint. A couple of hinges cracked. Pages 23-26 DETACHED. A little foxing and an odd mark to contents.

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THE FAIRIES
Written by William Allingham. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1315956
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited. 1st UK 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Fairies, with it's combination of humor, fantasy, enchantment, and mischief- will weave it's spell afresh each time it is read! Oblong format. Orange boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1854790374. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small marks to covers. Some light wrinkling of pages else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly wrinkled and just a little rubbed at corners.

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TOP OF THE HEAP
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 2121934
Published by Ant Belmont. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards; gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550506. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND A CALENDAR FOR 1912
No author listed. Illustrated by Fred Hines; Eddie J. Andrews; et al..
Stock no. 1505944
Published by Ernest Nister. 1912. Very good condition.

A calendar for the year 1912. Beautiful chromolithographs. 6 x 4.5". White cloth spine. Cream covers with blue titles and decoration. Colour chromolithographs. Green illustrations on pages with verses and months. Covers slightly grubby with a little bubbling to front cover and faint stains, looks like been splashed with water. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Staples strating to rust. Contents clean and colours bright.

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THE FARMER'S BOY
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1505849
Published by George Routledge & Sons. circa 1890. Good condition.

One of R. Caldecott's Picture Book. 9 x 8". 8 colour plus b/w illustrations. 30 pages. Tape stuck along full length of spine. Rear cover partially faded and slightly grubby along bottom edge. Contents detached from covers and string binding broken so pages are loose. A little foxing and an odd fingermark to contents.

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CRUSADERS
Written by Hugh Chesterman; Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Hugh Chesterman.
Stock no. 1315571
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

A book of poems. Blue cloth, black titles and large pictorial onlay to front. 2 tipped-in colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers, white mark to base of spine. Inscription in ink (biro) to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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MARY'S MENAGERIE
Written by Arthur Layard. Illustrated by Arthur Layard.
Stock no. 1315484
Published by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. White pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 44 pages. Mary had a Little Lamb... a Little Bear... a Little Crab... etc told in Rhyme. Spine bumped and slightly frayed at top and tail. Covers edge worn and slightly grubby. New Endpapers. Foxing to contents and a few fingermarks at margins.

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