FIDDLESTICKS
Written by David Naylor. Illustrated by Ian Hassall.
Stock no. 1315461
Published by The Diamond Press Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Nonsense verse. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. 118 pages. Full-page colour and two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. A few small page edge nicks.

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THE FOX JUMPS OVER THE PARSON'S GATE
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1505391
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Bottom 2" of spine split. Covers grubby with some corner creasing. Front cover partially detached from pastedown. Small bookseller's sticker to title page. Neat colouring to a few of the b/w illustrations. Foxing throughout with a few margin marks. Pencil dog doodle to rear pastedown.

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THE GLUGS OF GOSH
Written by C.J. Dennis. Illustrated by Hal Gye.
Stock no. 1404884
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Decorated endpapers. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Story in verse. Spine bumped and browned. Cloth at top and bottom of spine is fraying. Corners bumped. Bump to front edge of boards. Board edges are browned. Rear joint beginning to crack. Bookplate and name in ink to front endpapers. Page edges browned. Foxing to endpapers. Small tears to a few pages. Some corners creased.

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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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THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
Written by A.S. Pushkin; Hannah Waller.
Stock no. 2119295
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press. 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Red cloth, black title to spine. 22 pages. Translated by Waller. Foxing to covers. Wrapper is unevenly faded with a bit of foxing and some edge-creasing.

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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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SMILE-A-WHILE
Written by Angel Davis. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson.
Stock no. 1315201
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1918. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream front board with colour illustration of an elephant reading a book. Spine and rear cover are white. 77 pages. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations throughout. A book of verse for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A nice copy.

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PICNIC ON THE MOON
Written by Brian Morse. Illustrated by Joep Bertrams.
Stock no. 2118461
Published by Turton & Chambers. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

48 new and amusing and thoughtful poems for young readers. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 187214800X. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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THE COURTSHIP AND WEDDING OF THE LITTLE MAN AND THE LITTLE MAID
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314919
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. Good condition.

Pleasure Books. Small, thin format (15x12cm). B/w illustrations. Yellow paperwraps. Covers edge rubbed with a couple of small tears to front edges. Inscription in ink to title-page. Contents have been professionally glued into covers. 1 small tear to edge title-page. Some light foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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COME HITHER VOLUME II
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Diana Bloomfield.
Stock no. 2118036
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of poems. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Numerous b/w wood engravings to text. ISBN: 0722654715. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine and edges; some foxing.

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CALICO PIE
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1504888
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1940. Very good condition.

Small format 4.5 x 3.5". Pictorial boards show birds flying to a tree, cloth spine. B/w illustrations. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned, and odd fox spot otherwise contents clean.

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2117994
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is browned, with scuffing to title. Some scuffing also to title on front cover. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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