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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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VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN LOCOMOTIVES
Written by David Baxter.
Stock no. 2133630
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1ST 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 086190169X.

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OUR DARLINGS: AT HOME, IN TOWN, AT THE SEA-SIDE, IN THE COUNTRY, AT PLAY
Written by Mars. Illustrated by Mars.
Stock no. 1818422
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

A picture book with minimal text. Oblong format. Bevelled edge boards. Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Green, floral endpapers. 47 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn, boards a little browned and scuffed. Joints repaired. Diagonal corner crease to lower corner of free front endpaper is fragile and liable to tear. Vertical crease to half-title page. Light browning to contents with minor grubby marks in places.

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ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine. Circa 1895. Good condition.

Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.

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THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1403653
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and illustration to front cover. Black endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. 419 pages. All edges gilt. Spine bumped, browned and a little worn at top. Corners are bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Foxing and some fingering throughout.

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COLLECTING VICTORIAN TILES
Written by Terence A. Lockett. Illustrated by Geoff Taylor; Stephen Yates.
Stock no. 2113942
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902028820. Wrapper is faded to spine, with a few small marks.

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SMILES AND DIMPLES: HAPPY HOURS FOR LITTLE PETS
Written by J.D..
Stock no. 1108838
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. 2nd 1892. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Pictorial glazed boards show a young girl in a high chair with title banner and cat looking up at two butterflies. First story is 'A Lesson in Kindness'. 4 Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 70 pages. Cracking to laminate at spine edge with some loss of surface paper. Corners worn. Boards bowed. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few marks to contents but generally a lovely copy.

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WROUGHTON HISTORY PART 3 WROUGHTON REMEMBERED
No author listed.
Stock no. 1602784
Published by Wroughton History Group. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. A pictorial record of Victorian and Edwardian times in the village of Wroughton, Wiltshire. ISBN: 0950839329.

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WALES A NATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PARTS OF WALES VOL II
Written by Owen M. Edwards.
Stock no. 1803709
Published by Hughes & Son. 1st 1895. Fair condition.

Contains January 1895-December 1895 plus a supplement to rear. Three-quarters leather binding, blue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. Leather spine and corners worn with loss. Family name 'Holmes' in gilt to front board. Front joint is broken and front board is hanging on by one last cord. A few scattered foxspots but contents generally clean and tight.

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WALES A NATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PARTS OF WALES VOL I
Written by Owen M. Edwards.
Stock no. 1803708
Published by Hughes & Son. 1st 1894. Fair condition.

Contains May 1894-December 1894. Edited by Owen M. Edwards. Three-quarters navy leather, blue cloth boards, gilt title spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. Leather spine and corners badly worn with loss, most of spine is missing except '1894' in gilt. Family name 'Holmes' in gilt to front board. Front joint broken, front cover hanging on by the binding cords. A few minor foxspots else contents are generally clean and tight.

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A MASQUE OF DAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 385556
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

From the last essays of Elia. Attractive pictorial boards, cream cloth spine. Blue and yellow decorated endpapers. Pretty colour illustrations on every page. Unpaginated. Pages printed one side only and unopened. 11 x 8.5". Cover edges worn. Some scuffing/rubbing to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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A MASQUE OF DAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 819347
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1901. Good condition.

From the last essays of Elia. Attractive pictorial boards, cream cloth spine. Blue and yellow decorated endpapers. Pretty colour illustrations on every page. Unpaginated. Pages printed one side only and unopened. 11 x 8.5". Covers scuffed, edges & corners worn, Top & tail and front edge of spine a little frayed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rear joint pulled. A few foxspots and light marks to contents. Small closed tear to lower margin of one page (no loss).

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