BREEZES FROM THE WELSH MOUNTAINS: A SCRAP BOOK OF CAMBRIAN PROSE AND POETRY
Written by John Pryse.
Stock no. 1812842
Published by John Pryse. 1st 1858. Good condition.

Compiled by John Pryse. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 67 pages plus contents to rear. Boards worn at spine edges to front and rear, remains of a label to front. Joints starting to crack. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR CHILDREN
Written by Natalie Joan; W. Kersley Holmes; Ethel Talbot; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by R.H. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 2119425
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Covers show children ice skating and on a sledge. First piece is 'The Warning' by Natalie Joan. B/w illustrations and some plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping and small splits to edges. Grubby marks to covers. Bookplate to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning.

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THE FABER BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 2119193
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Designed for those aged 8-14. A collection of poems that show a wide range of mood and sentiment. Pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few page corner creases. Wrapper is badly torn and chipped; with some loss and browned.

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CHILDHOOD A COLLINS ANTHOLOGY
Written by Penelope Hughes-Hallett; et al.
Stock no. 2118548
Published by Collins. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Through her skilful choice of extracts, from memoirs and letters to poems that echo through the generations, the author draws us into the child's own vision of things, be it the humble pleasures of travelling by pram or the more stately progress of the young Queen Victoria. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0002177951. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some light edge-creasing and small nick to one corner.

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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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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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POPPETY'S BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Harry Woolley; et al..
Stock no. 1312066
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. An anthology of mainly verse, one short story. 15 pages. Paper covering of backstrip is mostly chipped off. Small patch of surface paper damage and a small crayon mark to front cover. Prize plate and name in ink to top margin inside front cover (which is a colour plate). Some yellow crayon to one illustration. Small biro mark to first text page. Surface paper torn from top corner of inside rear cover (also a colour plate).

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JACK FROST DAYS
Written by John Lea; Ethel Talbot; Edith Millard; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Agnes Richardson; Alice M. Cook; N. Parker; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 2113059
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Collins Picture BOok. Front cover shows children sledging. An anthology of stories and rhymes. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers are a little bowed. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper, with inscriptions in ink. A few grubby margin marks.

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STUFF AND NONSENSE
Written by Laura Cecil. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 2112374
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Compiled by Cecil. An anthology of stories and poetry for younger readers - to be read aloud. 92 pages. ISBN: 0370313070. A little bumping along cover edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and a couple of small nicks.

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HOME PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1108938
Published by Sunshine Publishing Company. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial boards. Cloth spine. B/w illustrations. First story is 'Birnie and Skip'. Many other short stories/tales and rhymes. Creasing and wear to spine. Scuffing to covers. Binding is a bit weak - joints are cracked and some hinges are pulled. Page browning.

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STORIES FOR LITTLE FOLK
Written by Christine Chaundler; Dorothy Russell; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Katharine Oldmeadow; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by Topham; et al..
Stock no. 1108499
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cloth spine. Repeated pattern to boards; boy and girl stood underneath tree, looking up. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Little Old Woman and the Queen That Came To Tea' by Chaundler. Stories and rhymes. Pinnacle Series. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little chipped and nicked to corners; minimal loss; some edge-creasing.

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FLOWERS OF DELIGHT
Written by Leonard De Vries.
Stock no. 586457
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1965. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Culled by De Vries from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. An agreeable Garland of Prose & Poetry for the Instruction and Amusement of little Masters and Misses and their distinguished Parents. Large format. Brown decorated boards with gilt title to spine. Embellished with some 750 elegant woodcuts and Engravings of which upwards of 125 are coloured. 232 pages. Corners bumped. Wrapper lightly edge-browned.

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