THE FABER BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
Written by Barbara Ireson. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2123818
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition.

A nice selection of short stories. B/w text illustrations throughout. Card wraps. 189 pages, including index. ISBN: 0571132782. Covers are unevenly browned, with a few marks. Light creasing to corners.

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LISTEN TO THIS
Written by Laura Cecil; et al. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814590
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 13 stories selected for reading aloud to young children. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370311000. Uneven browning to dustwrapper.

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AIR ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 1609225
Published by The Ace Publishing Company. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles. Pictorial front cover with red title. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates. Contains 5 W.E. Johns stories. Boards worn at corners and edges. Spine marked. Inscription to front endpaper. Joints cracked and broken. Hinges pulled. Pages browned. Wormholes to some corners. Page 11 detached and edge chipped. Book has tobacco smell. A reading copy.

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CHICKABIDDY STORIES
Written by Edmund Mitchell. Illustrated by S. Barham.
Stock no. 1506902
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth covers with red titles and yellow decoration and chicks, small oval onlay to front. 7 stories. 4 tipped-in colour plates on brown mounts plus b/w illustrations. 110 pages. 7 short stories. Spine bumped and slightly browned. Small mark to bottom edge of rear cover. New front endpapers. A few hinges cracked but binding is firm. Endpapers browned. Just an odd fox spot and mark to contents. All plates present.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' STORY BOOK
Written by Angela Brazil; Josephine Elder; Doris Pocock; Dorothea Moore; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; C.E. Brock; P.B. Hickling; et al..
Stock no. 1406409
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board showing school girl with tennis racket. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. 208 pages. 9.75 x 7.25". Spine bumped and rubbed with small splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint cracked and mended with tape. Frontis detached. Slight colouring to one plate. Pencil scribble to rear endpapers and some other pages. Red pen and pencil scribble to verso of one plate. A little foxing and some fingering to page margins.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - EIGHTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; S.G. Hulme Beaman; Mrs. H.C. Cradock; Barbara E. Todd; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd; M. Board; S.G. Hulme Beaman; Woolley; Frank Adams; et al..
Stock no. 1506873
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

White spine with black title, pictorial front cover shows girl and boy sitting in hammock reading book. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 190 pages. First story is A Surprise for the Piggledy Gnome. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Bump to front cover has bent board at top and damaged top and outside edge. Spine and front cover a bit grubby. A couple of hinges cracked but binding is firm. Contents generally clean. A little foxing. All plates present but two have darkened edges, one of these has ragged edges too.

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FASCINATING STORIES FOR GIRLS
Written by Jessie Leckie Herbertson; Ethel Talbot; Mary Shrewsbury; Barbara E. Todd; et al. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley; G.E. Studdy; et al..
Stock no. 1506871
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

The Jolly Bookshelf series. Yellow pictorial covers, tennis player to front, hockey player to spine. 9 stories and 1 poem. 4 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A couple of tiny nicks to cover edges. Covers grubby and marked. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A couple of hinges starting to crack. Some light foxing and browning mainly to endpapers and taxt block. Text pages very good.

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MERRY HOURS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1506815
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1924. Very good condition.

Stories and Pictures for the Little Ones edited by Mabel Mackintosh. Stiff card covers, pictorial front shows boy and girl collecting mussels. B/w illustrations, at least six by Wain. Staples rusty. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents very good, just an odd fox spot.

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THE MERRY BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
Written by Agness E. Cash; Nina K. Brisley; John Lea; Christine Chaundler; et al. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley; M. Dorothy Hardy; A.L. Bowley; et al..
Stock no. 1406210
Published by Partridge. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth spine with black titles and vignette. Pictorial front board showing a girl and a boy with a boat. Red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. First story is Mrs. Orpington's Odd Chicken by Agness E. Cash. Spine bumped and browned. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Rear cover is grubby. Front board slightly rubbed. Remains of book label to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers, title page and some page edges. Some hinges cracked. Foxing mainly to page edges. One plate creased at top corner. Dusty marks to last page of text, although text is still legible.

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SHADOWS ON THE STAIRS
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Gale Thomas; Richard Robinson.
Stock no. 1316317
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

11 short stories. Pale brown boards with deep red titles. 121 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout and a musty smell to contents but otherwise clean. Dustwrpaper is edge worn and a bit grubby.

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BURLY OF BENNYS
Written by Donald Wimble; Ernest Protheroe; Amyas Rudd.
Stock no. 2122290
Published by The Epworth Press. Circa 1929. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with black titles and borders. Colour frontis. Contains 4 short stories: Burly of Benny's by Donald Wimble; Old Whip's Boy & Rumpling Rueful Rufus both by Protheroe and The Lair of the Devil-Fish by Rudd. A few light marks to covers. Bumping to a couple of corners. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Grubby marks to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges.

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LIMPY THE DWARF AND OTHER STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Ann Griffiths.
Stock no. 1506491
Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format, 7.25 x 5", pale blue stiff card covers with black titles and illustration to front cover. 5 stories. B/w illustrations to text. 47 pages. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Contained in original plain opaque dustwrapper which is slightly edge worn with browning to spine and folds.

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