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COME LASSES AND LADS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1104993
Published by Castell Brothers. Circa 1893. Very good condition.

Small square format. Brown cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations in the style of Randolph Caldecott. Light page browning.

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A BOOK OF DAYS FOR LITTLE ONES
Written by Clare Bridgman. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1702347
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1st 1901. Fair condition.

The Bairn Books. Pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. 120 Pages. Covers scuffed and faded. Front joint broken with rest of binding weak. One page tipped back in with tape. Some colouring, and a little pencil writing to a couple of pages.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1891
Written by C.J. L'Estrange; Mrs. Molesworth; L. Haskell; et al.
Stock no. 1801464
Published by Ernest Nister. 1891. Almost very good condition.

A Volume of Pictures & Stories for Little Folk. Edited by L'Estrange. Blue cloth spine is untitled. Pictorial paper front board shows older child reading a book to young child sat on her lap and two young girls at her feet with cats around. 6 Chromolithographs and many b/w illustrations. Some surface paper loss to lower front corner of covers, edges rubbed, corners worn. Boards scuffed and marked. Front endpaper missing. Joints pulled. Small closed tear and slight loss to lower corner of half-title page. Page-edge browning. A few marks to contents but generally a nice copy with all plates present.

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THREE LITTLE NEST BIRDS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 1201592
Published by SPCK. 1st 1883. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards with brown spine. Pretty colour and sepia illustrations throughout. A sobering tale of what happens when three children take three baby birds from their nest. Rebacked with modern cloth and new endpapers. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents near fine.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 816683
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. 1st 1888. Almost very good condition.

Young Folks Series. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 6 full page chromolithographs. 14 pages. Book has been affected by damp so that the covers and pages are lightly crinkled. Spine is rubbed and worn. Vertical edges of cover has slight surface paper loss. Heavy foxing to text. Chromoliths are beautifully clean and sharp. A lovely copy of a scarce title. REDUCED from £100.

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COME LASSES AND LADS
No author listed.
Stock no. 814035
Published by Castell Brothers. 1893. Very good condition.

Small square format. Brown cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations in the style of Randolph Caldecott. Front pastedown has advert for P.J. Lloyd's Tea. Rear pastedown has Calendar for 1893 also advertising Lloyd's Tea. P.J. Lloyd were tea men in the Bristol and Bath area. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents very clean and bright.

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EXCELSIOR
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Alice Price; F. Corbyn Price.
Stock no. 381158
Published by Meissner & Buch. Almost very good condition.

A poem. Grey cloth spine, pictorial front board. 7 full page chromolithograph illustrations, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Some page browning and foxing (particularly to inner margins) else contents clean.

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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Written by L.L. Weedon; Mary E. Boyle; et al.
Stock no. 379352
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy.

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SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 738407
Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Spine bumped and rubbed at head and tail. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Some light scuff marks to covers. Name in pencil to front pastedown. A few hinges cracked. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy.

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OUT OF TOWN
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Linnie Watt.
Stock no. 737615
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Delightful chromolithograph illustrations to almost every page. 64 pages. 9 x 7". Spine bumped, corners worn. Covers a little scratched. Inscription in ink to top margin of half-title page. Front free endpaper missing. Light foxing and fingering to contents. One page has a small ink mark to margin.

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A SIX-YEARS' DARLING
Written by Ismay Thorn.
Stock no. 585095
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Attractive colour pictorial front board showing children with snowman. B/w illustrations. Beautiful colour frontis. Subtitled "Trix in Town". Book: book plate to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing. Slight loss to page margins. Page edge browning.

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HAPPY PLAYHOURS
Written by L. Haskell; Helen J. Wood; et al. Illustrated by W. Rainey; et al..
Stock no. 584129
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two children on a sledge. Blue floral patterned endpapers. Chromolithograph frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine slightly marked. Corners worn. Rear cover scratched and grubby. Front cover slightly grubby. Foxing to front endpaper and some foxing to contents. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. 1 page has closed margin tear. Some finger marks to page margins.

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