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FEE FI FO FUM A POP-UP KIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Rowan Barnes-Murphy.
Stock no. 1107281
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. With pieces and instruction booklet on how to make up the kit. ISBN: 0722656092. Some light creasing to covers. Contents unused and in excellent order.

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MORE PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1107009
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Second Little Book of Unusual Piety. Blue boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Some uneven fading to covers. Foxing to pages. Wrapper is unevenly faded with some foxspots and edge-nicks.

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NICOLA BAYLEY'S BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1307490
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Nicola Bayley's first book. Favourite nursery rhymes illustrated by glorious full-colour pictures. Dark blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224011731. Spine and corners bumped. Some erased pencil writing to top margin of title-page. Some very light foxing. Contents clean.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 1703716
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1935. 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. Corners bumped. Edges worn. Some scuffing to covers. Front endpaper MISSING. A little foxing.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1203725
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. Spine faded. Some foxing.

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BOY
Written by Paul Manning. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1303977
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st USA 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A verse and beautiful picture on every page. Glazed pictorial boards. A Merry-Go-Rhymes book. 5.75 x 4.75". ISBN: 0027622517.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1303561
Published by Oxford University Press. 1911. Very good condition.

A huge selection of delightful children's verse. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. 4 Colour plates. 336pp. 9 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers are slightly grubby. Both joints have been repaired. Some foxing and light page browning. Hinges cracked. The mount for the plate opposite page 82 has a small closed tear to the lower margin. A nice copy.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1103802
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green boards with red lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 52 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Edition is identified by the endpapers. Book has been professionally rebacked. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing and browning to outer page edges and a few page margins.

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PLAYTIME & COMPANY
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1801536
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Rhymes for children. Corners lightly worn, covers a little scuffed, red spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE BABES IN THE WOOD
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1301526
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

The title inside book is "The Story of The Babes in the Wood". Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front cover slightly scuffed and some marks to rear cover. A few light marks to endpapers. Stitching pulled to first gathering, causing a tear at the inner margins. One hinge is cracked. Foxing and some grubby fingermarks to contents. Small closed tear to edge of title-page.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1801114
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn, covers browned. Endpapers slightly grubby else contents nice and clean. A nice copy!

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TUFTY, TEDDY AND TOOTS
Written by Agness E. Cash. Illustrated by Stavert J. Cash.
Stock no. 1801042
Published by Partridge. Circa 1916. Almost very good condition.

The Adventures of Three Bold Bears told in verse. Small format. Grey paper boards with lilac vertical lines and pictorial onlay to front showing bears coming down the stairs. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations to text. Not paginated. Top and tail of spine worn. All plates present. Centre hinge pulled. '15' in ink to top margin of one page else contents clean.

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