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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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UNDER THE WINDOW PICTURES AND RHYMES FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325428
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1900. Fair condition.

Dark green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Green endpapers. 64 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight loss of surface paper to spine corners of front cover. Cover edges worn. Hinges are pulled causing binding to be loose. Some page margin tears and light stains.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 1325414
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and peacock vignette to front. 127 numbered pages. 16 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing else contents clean.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S DIARY FOR 1920
Written by Lilian Holmes. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1325407
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. 1920. Good condition.

Small format. Beige cloth with large colour only to front. 6 colour plates with verses on the rear. Spaces for each day of the year plus other sections at rear. Covers warped. Joints and hinges cracked but binding still tight. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents unused but foxed.

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THE HUTCHINSON TREASURIES OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE & POETRY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325405
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two volumes packed full with colour illustrations. This set containes "The Hutchinson Treasury of Fairy Tales" instead of Literature. Spine and corners of the books are bumped and rubbed. Dustwrappers are creased at edges. Both volumes have a name in ink to front free-endpapers. The box is bumped at corners.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1325394
Published by E.P.Dutton & Co.. 1st thus 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Reprinted from new plates and engravings, type entirely reset. Light green decorated covers. B/w text illustrations throughout. 102 pages. Cr 8vo. Spine bumped. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine with minimal wear/loss to top and tail.

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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1325175
Published by E.P.Dutton & Co.. 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Reprinted from new plates and engravings, and type entirely reset". Red, decorated cloth covers. B/w text illus throughout. 100 pages. Cr 8vo. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine, spine also faded.

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PROFESSOR POTTS MEETS THE ANIMALS IN NORTH AMERICA
Written by Peter Spence. Illustrated by Gillian Chapman.
Stock no. 1325051
Published by Franklin Watts Ltd.. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout accompany the rhyming verse. ISBN: 0851668968. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some pale page edge browning to contents.

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SIX AND TWENTY BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325042
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1889. Almost very good condition.

An ABC of children told in rhymes... Awkward Ada, Dirty Dick, Kind-Hearted Kitty, Particular Paul, etc etc. Each rhyme is illustrated with a full-page colour illustration. Green decorated cloth with black title to spine and cream title to front cover. All edges are gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some stains (minor) to front cover. Apart from some foxing the contents are clean and bright.

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HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325037
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. A short passage from The Song Of Hiawatha. ISBN: 0571132863. Some evidence of heavy pencil markings erased to front free-endpaper. Contents fine.

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MR MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325036
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An exuberant interpretation of two poems from Eliot's classic "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 057115347X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is complete and bright.

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GROWLTIGER'S LAST STAND AND OTHER POEMS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325034
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With: The Pekes and the Pollicles and The Song of the Jellicles. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Superb colour pictures throughout. A brilliant new interpretation of three favourite poems from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. ISBN: 0571138829. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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