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THE JOLLY BOOK - FIFTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Gordon Whitehead; Amy Steedman; Gunby Hadath; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Laurie Tayler; Harold Earnshaw; Albert Morrow; Harry Woolley; Warwick Reynolds; et al..
Stock no. 1506869
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, blue pictorial matt boards show boy and girl, boy blindfolded. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Endpapers browned. A couple of hinges starting to crack. All plates present. Contents generally clean.

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THE BOX OF 'MRS' BOOKS
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1316083
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

A small square box (4.25 x 4.25") containing six of the "Mrs." books: Mrs. Purr; Mrs. Nibble; Mrs. Cackle, Mrs. Polly, Mrs. Bear and Mrs. Waddle. Each book has pictorial paperwraps, colour and two-tone illustrations. 2 of the volumes (Cackle and Polly) have small marks to covers, 1 volume has a couple of tiny edge tears to front cover. Books are otherwise bright and clean.Box is very worn, half of top of box missing.

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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 JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505914
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1920. Almost very good condition.

For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine bumped with some rubbing to vignette. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few marks and scratches to covers. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Evidence of something having been stuck to rear endpaper. Contents very good.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1405242
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some fading to spine. Front cover and edges rubbed and worn. Rear cover grubby and marked. Top of rear board next to spine badly bumped. Top inner corner of contents also bumped. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges pulled. Dated inscription to front endpaper. Page 17/18 is detached from book. Browning to endpapers. A few small marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - TENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Angela Brazil; Constance Heward; Queenie Scott-Hopper; et al. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Lawson Wood; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1405240
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth pictorial spine, yellow covers show children dressed as clowns. 16 colour plates. 320 pages. Edited by Chisholm. First story: The Khaki Boys by Angela Brazil. Spine bumped and a little worn. Corners bumped and worn. Bottom edge of front board worn. Other edges rubbed. Light browning to edge of rear board and a few marks to front board. Browning to endpapers and prelims. Name and inscription to verso of frontis. A few foxspots to page edges. Some marks to text block edge otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - THIRTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Frank Hart; Joyce Mercer; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Chloe Preston; G.E. Studdy; Harry Woolley; Frank Hart; et al..
Stock no. 2120403
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

For all Boys and Girls who are Good Chums. Edited by Chisholm. Pictorial cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Punch and Judy show. 16 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Spine is faded, with some scuffing. Bumping to corners, with a bit of chipping. Inscriptions to front endpaper, with tape mark. Some foxing and page browning throughout. All plates present.

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GRAN'POP'S ANNUAL
Written by Arthur Groom. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1315512
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

First story Toby To The Rescue. Front cover shows Gran'pop riding on a pair of roller skates with a piglet pulling him. Covers are worn with slight loss of surface paper at edges. Spine is bumped and grubby. Name in ink has been mostly erased from belongs to box. Frontis is detached at lower half. Some grubby fingermarks to pages and a few small margin tears.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - FOURTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Harold Avery; Ethel Talbot; G.E. Hopcroft; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; W.H.C. Groome; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1505452
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards show children running after dog. 16 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Edited by Chisholm. First story: Pocket Thunder by Harold Avery. Spine bumped, picture on it worn, 1.5" split to bottom of front edge. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers very grubby. Erased writing and faint ticks to both endpapers and verso of frontis. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some light foxing and a few marks to contents but most pages are clean. All plates present.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - TWELFTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Mary Shrewsbury; Sibyl B. Owsley; Harold Avery; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Blampied; Harold Earnshaw; Lawson Wood; Peter Fraser; G.E. Studdy; et al..
Stock no. 1505449
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1921. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue and white pictorial boards. Front cover illustration of children on sledges by Blampied. 16 Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edited by Chisholm. 287 pages. Spine bumped with wear to picture. Heavy wear to cover edges with loss of surface. Corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Joints cracked, showing webbing, a few hinges starting to crack. 3" tear to top of front endpaper alongside spine. Vertical creases to title page. A few fingermarks to contents. All plates present.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - THIRTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Frank Hart; Joyce Mercer; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Chloe Preston; G.E. Studdy; Harry Woolley; Frank Hart; et al..
Stock no. 1505441
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

For all Boys and Girls who are Good Chums. Edited by Chisholm. Pictorial cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Punch and Judy show. 16 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Spine bumped and worn. Corners worn and lightly bumped. Covers slightly grubby, rear cover a little rubbed. Corner, including two words text, almost torn off page 239. Puzzles completed. Just an odd mark to contents. All plates present.

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THE STRONG-TAIL
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1404889
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

How he jumped onto the moon. Part of the Rummy Tales series. Small format, 4.5 x 3.25". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two tone illustrations. Covers a little grubby. Contents detached from covers. Staples rusty. Pale red marks to inside of rear cover. Contents otherwise clean.

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