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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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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THE HIDEAWAY-FOUR
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 2117232
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1928. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. The Little Giant Books Series. Colour frontis by Sowerby, b/w illustrations throughout by Lodge. Some light bumping and wear to top and tail of spine. Presentation plate tipped in to front endpaper, which also has name in pencil. Light page browning.

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THE BIG BOOK FOR TINIES
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Enid Warne Browne; B. Butler; et al..
Stock no. 1503943
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. circa 1932. Slightly better than good condition.

Matt pictorial paper boards entitled 'Baby's Play Time' to front depicting small girl pulling doll in trolley, dark red titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour plates, two tone and b/w illustrations. First story is Mrs Brown Hen. Large print text. Edited by Strang. Spine is bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper at either end also slightly faded and marked. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers a bit grubby and scuffed. Front joint cracked next to frontis. Rear joint and some hinges also cracked. Browning to endpapers and prelims, heavy foxing to contents. Small dated inscription to prelims. One plate detached and has large corner crease. Creasing to title page.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 2114719
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing to corners. Chipping to cloth at top and tail of spine. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby margin marks throughout. Stitching is pulled in a few places.

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THE DARLING BOOK
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1109461
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Paper boards. Embossed feel illustration to front board in colour depicts two young girls picking tulips. Full page colour illustration accompanied by a verse on facing page. Back strip worn with loss. Foxing to pictorial boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1311253
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Spine and corners bumped. Covers faded and damp stained, old tape mark to edge of rear cover. Spine slightly darkened. Inscription in ink and small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents and some light fingering else clean.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR CHILDREN 16TH YEAR
Written by Florence Harrison; Violet M. Methley; Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; C.E. Brock; Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1807693
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, large pictorial onlay to spine and front board, front board shows boy cooking over an open fire whilst girl is passing sticks for fire. First story is 'The Griffins' by Florence Harrison. Colour frontis shows 'The Brownie Gets His Cream'. Colour & b/w illustrations. Boards clean, worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few minor foxspots and light marks to margins. Colour plate "She bore away from the danger" has been neatly trimmed away on bottom margin (about an inch missing) but still bears the title of the plate and has a few small closed tears to vertical edge. Pictorial wrapper has neat inscription in ink to front panel, is edge-worn and has loss at edges. Overall, still a decent copy.

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THE BIG BOOK FOR TINIES
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1806827
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial boards. Front shows little girl with a dog. First story is "The Party". Edges rubbed. Front joint between front endpaper and frontispiece is starting to pull. Contents clean.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 377898
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn. Damp stains to rear cover and slight rubbing to edges of front cover. Foxing to contents and a few small fingermarks. A corner tip of one plate has been creased (not affecting actual picture). Contents are generally clean.

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