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FRIENDLY MATCHES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 737797
Published by Viking. 2001. Fine condition.

Uncorrected proof with green cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. 86 pages. Tiny bump to top of spine. Contents fine. Full colour front/back cover loosely laid in.

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OUT OF TOWN
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Linnie Watt.
Stock no. 737615
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Delightful chromolithograph illustrations to almost every page. 64 pages. 9 x 7". Spine bumped, corners worn. Covers a little scratched. Inscription in ink to top margin of half-title page. Front free endpaper missing. Light foxing and fingering to contents. One page has a small ink mark to margin.

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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 737291
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with blue titles, pictorial onlay to front. Blue cloth spine. 12 poems with music by Linnell, each has accompanying colour tipped-in plate. A beautiful book! Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Joints cracked but not broken. Some light foxing and fingering. All plates present and in fine condition. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss at corners and grubby.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 737072
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Cover edges rubbed, corners worn. A few small dents to cover edges. New endpapers front and rear (which are lightly foxed). Contents clean.

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PILLICOCK HILL
Written by Herbert Asquith. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 431022
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Corners are a little bumped and worn. Foxing and grubby marks to some internal pages.

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TWO MERRY MARINERS
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 736486
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. Story in verse. Covers edge worn with slight loss of surface paper to corners. Spine bumped and slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some light fingering and foxing but contents generally clean. A nice copy.

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SYCAMORE SQUARE AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Jan Struther. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 584504
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. Gilt vignette of tradesman to front cover. B/w illustrations. Poetry for children from Punch. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Covers a little unevenly faded. Wrapper spine browned with 1" missing from base.

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THE MIGHTY SLIDE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 584542
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1988. Fine condition.

Stories in verse about a mighty slide, a couple of baby-skinners, a thing that lived under a school and more... B/w pictures throughout. Glazed boards. 96 pages. 8 x 5". ISBN: 0670816779.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 734813
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Spine and corners a bit bumped. Boards bright. Small ink inscription to front free endpaper. Contents foxed but otherwise bright. price-cut wrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby with a few closed tears to outer edges and very slight loss to corners and top and base of spine. Faint ink mark to rear panel of wrapper.

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BLESS THIS DAY
Written by Elfrida Vipont. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 580049
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A book of prayer for children. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrated endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations surrounding text throughout. 95 pages. Some foxing to rear cover and grubby marks. Presentation plate to verso of front endpaper. Contents are generally clean and bright. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, grubby and edge-chipped and nicks.

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BLUEBEARD
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 429082
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Walter Crane's Toy Books Series. New Series, no. 113. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Some splitting and chipping to spine. A few marks to rear cover. Contents are detached from covers. Some foxing to contents, but colours of pictures are still bright.

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MY MOTHER
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 429085
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Walter Crane's Toy Books Series. New series, No. 103. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Couple of inch split to base of spine. Rear cover marked. Contents are detached from covers. Some light foxing to contents.

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