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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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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1321165
Published by Waverley Book Company Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Paper boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful colour plates. Words and music. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper. Spine bumped and slightly worn. Covers a little grubby/marked. Light foxing and fingering to contents.

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SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1321148
Good condition.

Once of R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Pale blue pictorial cardwraps. 30 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Original price one shilling. Spine covered with white typing fluid (perhaps to strengthen it). Foxing and light tobacco smell to contents.

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JUMPING JOHNNY
Written by Kitty Why.
Stock no. 1321110
Published by Amex Company Ltd.. Good condition.

Based on the rhyme by Kitty Why. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to each page (14) with small paragraph of text below. Covers are creased and a bit grubby. Staples rusty. Some slight markings to contents.

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THE OLD MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1320450
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial front cover and spine. Red pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners are worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Covers are lightly scratched. Some light foxing to contents.

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