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LITTLE FROLIC
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al.; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1404675
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Large format. Attractive colour pictorial boards and spine with front showing child in Santa suit with teddies by Christmas tree. 8 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 1 b/w illustrations of dogs playing cricket by Wain. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Bottom of board edges rubbed. Small prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Some marks including to endpapers otherwise contents generally clean. All plates present. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and creased. Large tear between front panel and spine. Tear across spine and onto front panel. A few other smaller edge tears and slight loss to top and bottom of spine. Browned to verso.

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HANDY PANDY! A PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by A. Pembury; Y.B. Sew; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; M. Bowley; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315070
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

By the editor of "The Children's Friend". Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one holding two apples behind her back. Colour plates, two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is "The Nursery Fire" told in verse. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, front cover a little scuffed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents and some light fingering.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - SECOND YEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Beryl Reid; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1404674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Nelson's Children's Annual. Pictorial boards with red spine. Titles and vignette of a girl waving a flag on spine. Front cover shows sailor boy leaving with two girls in the background. Pictorial endpapers. Colour, b/w and two tone illustrations. Mixture of stories and poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cover edges rubbed. Covers generally grubby. Scratches to rear board. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Couple of hinges are cracked. Vertical crease to page 137/138. Endpapers browned. Foxing to page edges. A few grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - THE LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL THIRD YEAR
Written by Edward Shirley; Jacqueline Clayton; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1315068
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1916. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl marching in soldier outfits. 24 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Front cover is a little grubby, as is rear. Prize plate to front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is cracked. Some foxing and fingering and some page margin tears but contents generally clean.

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PLEASURES AND JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
Written by D.J.D.. Illustrated by Harold Copping; et al..
Stock no. 1314976
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows 3 boys pushing/pulling a girl on a sleigh. First story is "The Race". Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 112 pages. Spine slightly bumped and stained. Covers slightly edge worn and scuffed. Front joint is cracked at lower half causing free-endpaper and frontis to be part detached. Front joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing, lower half is broken. Hinges cracked and pulled causing contents to be loose. A decent copy overall.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 29TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Written by Alfred C. Playne; Everett Green; L.L. Weedon; et al. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett; Dorothy Hardy; et al..
Stock no. 1314973
Published by Ernest Nister. 1917. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 176 pages. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. There is some slight wrinkling of cloth to rear cover. Frontis has been re-inserted in the incorrect place (before half-title) and is slightly edge-chipped. Light page browning to contents.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 22ND YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Olive Molesworth; L.L. Weedon; Sheila E. Braine; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; E. Stuart Hardy; G.H. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1314970
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1910. Very good condition.

22nd year of publication. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows a boy and a girl sledging. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 131 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small indentation to edge of rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light page browning throughout, some grubby marks to margins and some light foxing.

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HOLIDAY TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by M. Bowley; et al..
Stock no. 1314966
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

A book of short poems/rhymes for children. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy pushing a girl in a sleigh with dog running beside them. Pretty mounted chromolithograph frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers scratched and edge worn. Page browning throughout. A couple of hinges cracked. Light fingermarks to page margins.

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MY FAVOURITE
No author listed. Illustrated by Percy Holland; Victor Prout; et al..
Stock no. 1314965
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1906. Very good condition.

Stories for Little People. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two young girls huddled under brolly on ferry crossing in snow scene. B/w & two-tone illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, some slight rubbing to corners. Rear cover is lightly browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light page browning and fingering but generally contents clean.

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BO-PEEP A TREASURY FOR THE LITTLE ONES
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1314964
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1900. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows young boy and girl washing dolls in bath tub in front of fire. First story is "Uncle Tom's Story". 8 colour plates plus two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 184 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine bumped, covers grubby and edge worn. Some colouring to the b/w illustrations. Page browning, mainly to publication list. Grubby marks to front endpaper and small embossed booksellers stamp to top corner of front free-endpaper.

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A TRIP TO STORYLAND
Written by R.V.; Christina Rossetti; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harold Copping; Thomas Maybank; et al..
Stock no. 1404568
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial boards with dark titles to spine. Colour frontis plu b/w illustrations. Adverts on endpapers. Spine bumped and worn with small split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers are grubby. Front joint and one hinge badly cracked showing webbing below. A couple of other hinges beginning to crack. Remains of a blue presentation plate to front endpaper. Small, blind bookseller's stamp to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Tissue guard for frontis is detached and browned. Some grubby marks to page margins. Advertising leaflet inserted into book.

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SOUTH CAROLINA BIRD LIFE
Written by Alexander Sprunt; E. Burnham Chamberlain. Illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques; John Henry Dick; Roger Tory Peterson; et al..
Stock no. 2118321
Published by University of South Carolina Press. 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream +cloth boards, gilt titles. Revised edition with a supplement. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0872491234. Tape marks to endpapers. Browning to some pages. Wrapper is unevenly browned/faded with some grubby marks; tear hole to rear panel.

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