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ABC AND ALL THAT
Written by Gladys M. Rees. Illustrated by Gladys M. Rees.
Stock no. 1319692
Published by Robert Hale Limited. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In addition to a new rhyming alphabet, the nursery child's first introduction to numbers, coins, measure, time, the days, months and seasons and even some first prayers. Black pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. 86 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges slightly worn. Some light foxing. A light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, slight loss of surface paper to top corner of rear panel.

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GRANDMA'S ATTIC TREASURES
Written by Mary D. Brine.
Stock no. 2133955
Published by Griffith and Farran. Circa 1906. Good condition.

Larger format. Blue cloth with gilt and black titles and decorations. A Story of Old-Time Memories. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some tears to cloth at base of spine; some fraying. Marks to covers. Front endpaper is nearly fully detached. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Foxing throughout.

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MY FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES & TALES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1820347
Published by Reader's Digest. Circa 2010. Fine condition.

Retold and illustrated by Tony Ross. Large format. Three books with pictorial boards: My first Nursery Stories; My Favourite Nursery Rhymes; My Favourite Fairy Tales. Includes Nursery Rhymes CD. ISBN: 9780276446542. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase and still wrapped in original shrinkwrap.

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OUR FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by A.W. Bayes; T. Dalziel; J.B. Zwecker.
Stock no. 2133898
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

Card wraps. With upwards of 100 illustrations. New (cloth) spine; original covers, which have browned; some tears and creasing; numbers in ink to bottom of front cover. Appears to be ex-lib., but with minimal markings. Foxing and marks.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2133897
Published by George Allen. 1st 1885. Almost very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. Nearly 2" split to cloth at base of spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks.

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THE PANJANDRUM PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1319226
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Containing: Come Lasses and Lads, Ride a Cock-Horse, A Farmer Went Trotting, Mrs. Mary Blaize & The Great Panjandrum Himself. Oblong format. Beige pictorial cloth. Colour pictures and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small stain to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Vertical creases to front free-endpaper.

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GOOSEY GANDER
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 1319125
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. 1st Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial covers. Small format, 6.25 x 5". Chromolithographs and rhymes. Sepia text. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby and lightly browned. Staples rusty. Browning to verso of frontis. Some foxing and light browning to contents. A few light fingermarks to margins. A couple of the chromolithographs have small spots of surface paper damage, assume they have been lightly stuck to page opposite. Not dated but British Library say possibly 1884.

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FULL OF FUN
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2132546
Published by Scott & Sleeman. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Front board shows cat at a writing desk with 3 kittens behind. Colour mounted frontis plate, two dogs playing at the sea-side. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats! 87 pages. 10 x 8". Spine has faded to brown, with some other marks; appears to have been repaired to top and tail at some point. Heavy scuffing and surface paper damage to covers. Corners are bumped and very worn. Joint/hinge between title page and frontis is cracked, showing stitching and webbing. Foxing and browning to pages throughout.

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STORY PLAYS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
Written by Mary Leora Hall; Sarah Elizabeth Palmer.
Stock no. 2132131
Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial cloth. Musical score, some b/w drawings. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Couple of nicks to cloth on corners. Spotting and foxing to some pages.

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THE BABY'S OPERA
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1818417
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1877. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Black endpapers. Colour illustrations and text decorations printed by Edmund Evans. Board edges rubbed, corners worn. Free front endpaper starting to detach from bottom. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Rear hinge split but binding hanging on. Page 49/50 and 55/56 is detached but present. Other hinges pulled. Contents therefore fragile in binding. A few grubby marks to contents.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
Written by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1818416
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1878. 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". Corners worn, boards a little browned. Cloth spine is fraying and has a couple of small pinholes to lower rear edge. Front joint split but binding thread holding. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to half-title page. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks.

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HEROES AND HEROINES
Written by Eleanor Farjeon; Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated by Rosalind Thornycroft.
Stock no. 1318294
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. History in rhyme. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 1" loss to base of spine and very slight loss at top. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and some fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is worn with loss at edges, grubby and foxed.

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