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BROTHER, BABY AND I
No author listed. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane.
Stock no. 1322249
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of 44 favourite poems and rhymes of childhood, selected and illustrated by Doane. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers edge rubbed. Spine split at top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned, splits at spine ends with loss at base.

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KENSINGTON RHYMES
Written by Compton Mackenzie; J.R. Monsell. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 1322245
Published by Martin Secker. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, brown boards. Gilt title to front board and spine. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers. Page edges untrimmed. 87 pages. 10 x 7.5". Covers are browned and edge worn, spine browned and bumped. Endpapers and half title-page lightly browned.

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JOKEBY, BURLESQUE ON ROKEBY
Written by John Roby.
Stock no. 2135877
Published by Thomas Tegg. 1813. Fair condition.

Leather spine and corners. Blue boards. A Poem, In Six Cantos By An Amateur Of Fashion. 8th edition, corrected and enlarged. Colour frontis. Much of leather spine and corners are chipped away/worn away and missing. Stitching to binding can be seen through spine. Covers are grubby and foxed. Prelims are almost detached. Foxing and page browning. Musty smell to book.

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HORACE IN LONDON
Written by James Smith; Horatio Smith.
Stock no. 2135876
Published by John Miller. 1st thus 1813. Good condition.

Pale blue boards with paper title to spine. Consisting of Imitations of The First Two Books of The Odes of Horace. Third edition. Much of paper covering to spine is chipped away (so can see gatherings/stitching of pages underneath. Covers are marked. Foxing throughout, but heaviest to prelims and endpapers and outer page edges. Name in ink to title page. Binding a bit weak; a few hinges are pulled. A working copy ONLY!

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RHYME STEW
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2135815
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. A few spots to covers. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with small chips to top and tail of spine.

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MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1321776
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

An early edition. Small format, green cloth spine with black title and cream pictorial boards. 52 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges rubbed with a dent and small patch of wear to lower edges. Covers slightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned. One hinge cracked.

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WIDDY-WIDDY-WURKEY
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Valery Carrick.
Stock no. 1321764
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes from many lands. Beige decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Translated by Rose Fyleman Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some evidence of pencil marks erased from front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and foxed.

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THE BELLS OF LONDON TOWN
Written by Molly B. Thomson. Illustrated by Molly B. Thomson.
Stock no. 1321698
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

A Kiddie Kut Book. Shaped pictorial card wraps and pages. Colour illustrations every page with peep-through windows. Some creases to covers. Crayon scribbles to inside front cover. Some light browning to the top of the shaped pages.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1321689
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

A fresh bunch of old rhymes and tunes, with music. A Companion to the 'Baby's Opera'. Brown cloth spine. Green and cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures printed by Edmund Evans. Spine slightly bumped. Corners worn. Foxing to contents.

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A LITTLE BOOK OF OLD RHYMES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1321682
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1946. Very good condition in a 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". Spine slightly bumped. A couple of tiny dents to lower cover edges. Foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly grubby.

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A BOOK OF NONSENSE
Written by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1321526
Published by Gowans & Gray Ltd.. 1919. Good condition.

Minature Edition. Pictorial card wraps (illustration to front by Hassall). B/w illustrations. Covers grubby, foxed and edge rubbed. Tobacco smell to contents. Fingering to page margins.

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LAYS OF A LONDONER
Written by Clement Scott.
Stock no. 2134802
Published by David Bogue. 1st 1882. Almost very good condition.

Peach cloth with gil title and dark brown vignettes. Book of verse. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Foxing and page browning.

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