Millicent Sowerby
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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1828595
Published by Humphrey Milford.
Almost very good condition.
A board book for young children. Front cover shows young child in highchair wearing a blue gown and eating snacks, yellow background. Blue cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Front board lightly rubbed at edges, rear board grubby and rubbed at corners. Spine a little browned and slightly worn at top & tail. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a nice example.
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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 1828594
Published by Humphrey Milford.
Almost very good condition.
A board book for young children. Front cover shows young girl in blue & red dress, blue shoes, on swing with a flowering shrub and thrush singing to one side. Green cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Board covers rubbed at edges, scuffed and grubby, stained to rear board. Board contents are slightly grubby at edges and rubbed at corner tips.
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THE BONNIE BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325918
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
Circa
1917.
Good condition.
White pictorial boards with gilt title to front. Pretty colour pictures accompany verse for children. Covers are edge worn with chipping of paper covers are edges and to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Some light fingermarks to page margins.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE MERRY BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325917
Published by Oxford University Press.
Good condition.
A book of verses for children. Small format. White boards with picture to front. Colour illustrations throughout with verses on pages opposite. Printed on one side of the paper only. Covers worn and grubby. Endpapers foxed. Some hinges pulled.
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THE WISE BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325916
Published by J.M. Dent & Co..
Circa
1909.
Almost very good condition.
Small format. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Corners bumped. Foxing to covers. Spine has been relaid with glue, glue marks to spine edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers.
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- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE HAPPY BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325915
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde.
Good condition.
Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Covers are worn and a bit grubby. Spine chipped with slight loss and browning from old tape which is no longer present. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. A few light marks to pages.
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- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE TINY FOLKS' ANNUAL
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al.
Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; Millicent Sowerby; Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1324838
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press.
Fair condition.
Edited by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Blue boards, pictorial onlays to front and spine. Front shows a boy and a girl on a toy horse. Colour frontis and illulstrations, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is grubby and faded at edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock, some light foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose.
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1814763
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1908.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Boards a little marked but gilt to front still bright. Cloth backstrip has been re-glued directly to spine, loss to top & tail, touched up with blue ink to sides. Rear hinge pulled. A few marks to contents. A few scattered foxspots. One plate has a corner crease.
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1506917
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1908.
Good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned with a few white marks. A few marks to covers. Front joint cracked. Pen inscription to verso of front endpaper and school plate to front pastedown. 4" tear to page 115/6 and tear to top edge of 117/8, both repaired with clear tape which is now yellowed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to text block and page edges.
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- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
PRETTY PUSSY'S PLAY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Vernon Stokes; Lilian A. Govey; et al..
Stock no. 1505378
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press.
circa
1920.
Almost very good condition.
Mrs. Strang's Play Books series. Unbreakable Books. 9 x 7.5". Pictorial boards show kittens and puppy to front, cow and cats to rear. Board pages, 10 illustrations internally including inside covers with two lines of text below each, 4 are by Sowerby. Pages bound with strips of tape. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a little grubby. Name and price in pencil to top margin on inside of front cover. Grubby marks to margins. Illustrations still bright.
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1404868
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1908.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine bumped and browned. Cloth split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Top of boards browned. Inscription in ink to prelim. Endpapers browned. Stitching to top of one gathering of pages undone. Some foxing and light fingering otherwise contents generally clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
LITTLE CHICKS PLAY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1404750
Published by Humphrey Milford.
Slightly better than good condition.
Mrs. Strang's Play Books series. A board book which opens front and rear. 6 board pages printed on both sides with small sentence of text below large colour illustrations. Corners bumped and worn. Cloth on edges is fraying in a couple of places. Front board browned and a bit grubby. Surface paper damage to bottom of rear board which has a couple of marks and is grubby. Browning and a few margin marks to contents
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