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NEW PICTURES IN OLD FRAMES
Written by Gertrude M. Bradley; Amy Mark. Illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley.
Stock no. 2130744
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Mark + Moody Limited. 1894. Good condition.

Large format. Blue boards with gold titles and decorations. Being a Book of Verse for Girls & Boys. Written in Old French Forms. B/w illustrations. Uneven browning/fading to covers. 1.5" loss to paper cover at base of spine; 1" loss to top. Bumping and wear, with some chipping to corners and cover edges. Foxing is heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges and last few pages. 2" closed tear to half-title page.

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MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130654
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of classic nursery rhymes selected and illustrated by Hague. Red cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards with blind stamp vignette of a ship to front board. Colour illustrations to text throughout. ISBN: 0416494307. Wrapper is unevenly browned.

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NUMBEARS - A COUNTING BOOK
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130600
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1ST 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A charming counting book which children (and adults) will treasure. Blue boards, gilt to spine. Cream endpapers. Lovely full-page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 8.25". ISBN: 0416956904.

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CALENDARBEARS A BOOK OF MONTHS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130599
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 1st USA 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0805038183.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 2130370
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Heavy wear to covers; scuffing, bumping. Some page creasing. Browning and grubby marks to pages. One of last pages has surface paper damage/lifting.

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NEW RHYMES FOR NURSERY TIMES
Written by Edith A. Steinthal.
Stock no. 2130363
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board, stiff card pages each with a rhyme and colour illustration. Oblong format. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping. Scuffing to covers. Browning and foxing to some pages; a few creases. Binding starting to become a bit weak in places.

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MY OWN NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs.
Stock no. 2130306
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother reading a book to her children. 4 plates. B/w illustrations. Slight bowing to covers. Darkening to spine. Wear to cover edges. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and marks throughout.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
Written by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2130295
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Square format. Decorated endpapers. Printed in colours by Edmund Evans. "A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes and Tunes". Companion volume to "The Baby's Opera". Rebacked (new spine). Original covers; some paper chipping, with loss. Heavy wear and bumping to corners. Contents have some tape/paper repairs to binding/pages. Chipping to page edges, some browning. A reading copy.

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THE TOYMAN AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Mary Dobson.
Stock no. 2129893
Published by Humphrey Milford. Circa 1956. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Title to front cover is: The Toyman and Other Songs of India For Children. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges.

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A LITTLE BOOK OF OLD RHYMES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2129892
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards, black titles to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. Decorated endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Foxing to outer page edges and some internal pages. Wrapper is price-cut with name in ink to front flap; couple of closed edge-tears; some grubby marks.

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THE JACKY DANDY SONG BOOK
Written by Deborah Niland. Illustrated by Deborah Niland.
Stock no. 2129831
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Music by Patrick Niland. Large format. Green boars, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Musical score. ISBN: 0340266155. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper has tiny nicks to a few corners/edges.

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THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2128140
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

A fantastic collection of nursery rhymes! Soft green leather/suede covers, gilt titles. . Gilt page edges. Colour frontis piece. Some two tone colour plates. B/w illustrations throughout. Larger format. Heavy wear and some damage to cover edges. Pastedowns are starting to come away from suede at edges; also creased. Marks to covers; a few nicks. Some damp marks along a few edges. Some margin marks, but contents are still generally very good in this more unusual format of this title!

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