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THE JOSEPHINE DOLLY BOOK
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2126375
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Contains "Josephine's Happy Family", "Josephine, John and the Puppy" and "Josephine is Busy". Cream cloth spine, beige boards with pictorial onlay to front. Each story contains 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some scuffing, with a little surface paper lifting to some cover edges. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink and pencil to front endpaper. Foxing and page browning to some pages internally. 24 colour plates present.

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JOSEPHINE KEEPS HOUSE
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2125664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Buff paper-covered boards with cream cloth spine. Colour onlay to front cover. 8 exquisite colour plates plus 16 b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Damp/splash mark to top corner of front cover and along top of rear cover. Spine is grubby. Some foxing. All plates present.

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COLLINS' CHILDREN'S ANNUAL
Written by Katharine Tynan; Christine Chaundler; Ethel Talbot; Katharine Oldmeadow; et al. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton; A.A. Dixon; Agnes Richardson; R. James Williams; et al..
Stock no. 2125067
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Large format, cloth spine, front cover shows two children sledging, three stood behind. 5 colour plates plus 23 full page colour illustrations, b/w illustrations to text. 184 pages. First story is Chris's Knight by Tynan. Heavy bumping and wear along cover edges and to spine; some chipping. Fading to spine. Foxing to rear cover and throughout book.

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SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Written by William Blake; Thomas S. Seccombe. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1406398
Published by Herbert & Daniel. Slightly better than good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles and embossed decoration. Preface by Seccombe. 12 colour plates with captioned paper guards by Appleton. 49 pages. Decorated endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine and board edges browned. Covers a little grubby. Front endpaper has been REMOVED. Joints and several hinges cracked. Rear endpaper creased. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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LITTLE FOLKS' BOOK OF COLOURED PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Harry Woolley; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Lawson Wood; Honor C. Appleton; et al..
Stock no. 1506060
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial covers, front shows boy eating slice of melon. Full page colour illustration to each page, 12 in total, with title below. 10.25 x 8. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks/fingermarks to contents, mainly to margins. Colours still bright.

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THE MERRY LAUGHTER BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by M.A. Peart; Honor C. Appleton; Rosa C. Petherick; Elsie Blomfield; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1315737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1927. Very good condition.

An anthology of short stories. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board showing boy and girl on a swing. 8 full-page colour illustrations, b/w text illustrations throughout. First story is "The Knight and the Dragon" (told in rhyme). Spine bumped, corners worn. Covers are slightly grubby with a few small ink spots to rear cover. Gold address label to top margin of front pastedown (which is also the frontis - but it is in the margin so picture not affected). Prize plate neatly inserted at inner margin of title-page. Grubby fingermarks and pale page browning to contents. Neat list of illustrator names written in pencil to verso of title-page.

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JOSEPHINE KEEPS SCHOOL
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1405180
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1935. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Large format, cream cloth spine. Beige boards with pictorial onlay to front. 8 pretty colour plates. B/w text illustrations. A little bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to page edges. Small tears to bottom of some pages. Top corner of page 11/12 missing. Stain to bottom of page 44 and margin of plate opposite, also affects a few pages before. Couple of hinges pulled leading to bottom of a couple of plates being detached. Contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears, creases and several small areas of loss. Wrapper is grubby with a few marks. Some browning to verso.

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TALES & PICTUIRES AND FAIRY FUN
No author listed. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Honor C. Appleton; Peter Fraser; Lunt Roberts; Frank Hart; et al..
Stock no. 1505552
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title. Pictorial front cover shows girl sat in wicker chair reading, fairy on her foot. Colour and b/w illustrations. 10.25 x 8". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Rear cover is scuffed and slightly grubby with some pen marks. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Contents a bit fingered with a few margin marks and an odd margin tear. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers.

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MY OWN BOOK OF COLOURED PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Honor C. Appleton; Frank Hart; et al..
Stock no. 1505281
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial covers, front shows baby with toy monkey. 12 full page colour illustrations with title below. Spine worn with 3.5" split to rear edge which has been glued into place, small split with some fraying to top. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby and marked. Split to tape at bottom of most hinges. 3.5" split to top of one hinge. Crack to one board alongside spine. Small margins to margins, illustrations still bright.

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JOSEPHINE GOES TRAVELLING
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1504622
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1940. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with large pictorial onlay to front. 8 attractive colour plates. B/w text illustrations. A little bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Light lines to onlay (only visible at certain angles). Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Pencil inscription to front endpaper, small bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown. Half-title page and last text page very browned. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges. Brown spots affect lower margins on a few pages including one plate. Dustwrapper has loss, mainly from top of spine and lower corner of front panel. Also has a few small tears and is grubby.

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ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Stephen Southwold. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton; Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1312417
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st thus 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth spine with pictorial front board (design by Aris). Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 126 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers partly browned, foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge chipped with only minimal loss.

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JOSEPHINE'S PANTOMIME
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1207953
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1939. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Browning to endpapers. Plates bright.

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