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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1907
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Edith A. Cubitt; et al..
Stock no. 1404723
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1907. Slightly better than good condition.

19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Spine bumped, worn and faded with small splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some scratches to covers. Both joints and some hinges cracked. Front endpaper partially detached. A little surface paper damage to front endpaper where a list had been stuck. Page browning and some foxing plus some marks to contents, including a co A few small tears to margins. One plate is creased.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1890
Written by Robert Ellice Mack; L. Haskell; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Edith Scannell; et al..
Stock no. 1404721
Published by Ernest Nister. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles and flower vignette to spine and gilt titles and vignette of a girl skipping to front. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 1st item is a poem - Goodbye. One b/w plate by Wain entitled 'The Cats Party.' Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Cover edges darkened and covers a little marked. Front and rear joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges cracked. One plate is loose and has ragged edges. Foxing and browning especially to prelims. A few light marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Written by Dr. Zwanziger.
Stock no. 1404720
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1914. Almost very good condition.

Illustrated in 27 coloured plates containing several hundreds of species. Large format. Pictorial front board. Red cloth spine. Translated form the original German text by Gerard K. Gude. Spine bumped and worn with a small hole in the cloth at the top and a few small marks. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges are scuffed. Front joint cracked showing webbing beneath in places. Light damp stain to bottom of prelims and visible on several other pages. Some foxing and page browning otherwise contents generally clean.

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PICTURES AND PLUMS FOR FINGERS AND THUMBS
Written by Edric Vredenburg; et al.
Stock no. 1314999
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1893. Good condition.

Large format (12.25 x 10.25"). Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Pretty chromolithographs and b/w illlustrations. Short stories and rhymes. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small, light scratches to covers. Spine slightly discoloured. New endpapers. First gathering is detached at staples. One page has a small section torn at lower margin. Light fingermarks and page browning else contents clean.

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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2118334
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some scuffing also to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and foxspots.

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TALES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES
Written by Dorothy Arnold.
Stock no. 1314516
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Almost very good condition.

Short stories and rhymes. Large format 12.5 x 10.25". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Santa Claus. 4 full page chromolithographs and 80 b/w engravings. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Wear to cover edges. Rear cover is browned and foxed, light damp staining to spine and some damp staining to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers foxed. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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DEAN'S LITTLE FOLK'S LIBRARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314447
Published by Dean & Son. circa 1880. Good condition.

Contents: A, Apple Pie; Jane and Her Brother; Pretty Puss and Little Dog; My Picture Book. Small format. Green cloth with gilt title labels to front and oval pictorial onlay of a bird. Yellow endpapers. Chromo illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly discoloured, spine browned. Small pink mark to lower edge of front cover. Joints cracked, front joint possible repaired. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some light foxing to contents. Top corner tips lightly creased.

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FOUR FOOTED FAVOURITES
Written by Mrs. Surr. Illustrated by Giacomelli.
Stock no. 1314229
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial paperwraps. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. New staples along spine edge. Covers slightly grubby with light creasing at edges. Some slight colour transfer from the illustrations but otherwise the contents are clean.

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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1402761
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some marks to rear board. Front board a little grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Some pages a little detached at bottom but binding generally tight. Tears to a couple of pages. Page edge browning. Some fingering and a few marks to contents.

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PICTURE LIVES OF GREAT HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114723
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1886. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title and green/brown decorations to front. With 48 coloured and tinted illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front endpaper is browned, with tear to bottom of page next to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Margin marks and a little foxing.

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SUNDAY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Stewart.
Stock no. 1502757
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Mounted on Linen Untearable Paper. 16 Pages inc covers. Warne's Playtime Toy Books. Spine very worn, most of surface paper missing. Creasing to corners and covers a bit grubby. Staples are missing so contents detached. A few marks to contents.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1907
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Edith A. Cubitt; et al..
Stock no. 1109462
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1907. Very good condition.

19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Edges rubbed, corners worn. A little fraying to cloth spine edges. A few light score marks to front board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning. Hinges pulled. A few margin tears. Contents clean.

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