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LET'S PRETEND
Written by Georgette Agnew. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1827603
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

A book of poems for children. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Delightful b/w line and silhouette drawings. Top edge gilt. Boards mottled and unevenly faded. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to prelims. Hinges lightly pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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A LITTLE BOOK OF RHYMES NEW AND OLD
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1326900
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chequered boards with pictorial onlay. Grey and white pictorial endpapers. Small format. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some light rubbing to cover edges. Heavy foxing otherwise contents clean. Price-cut wrapper ('new' price ink stamp above cut) is a little grubby and edge rubbed. Last title listed on rear panel of wrapper is The Lord of the Rushie River.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1326741
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to front endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper (price 2/6) is lightly foxed and has a couple of very small edge tears. Last title listed on rear panel is A Little Picture Hymn Book.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SPRING
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1326737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale brown paper boards with black title and chequerboard design. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour pictures. Spine and corners bumped. Slight foxing to spine. Some hinges pulled. Pencil tick marks to the margins of a couple of the plates. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper (price 1/6) is edge worn and grubby, last title listed on rear panel is Mrs Bunny's Refugee.

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A TREASURY OF VERSE FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
Written by M.G. Edgar. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1326735
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co.. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 8 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. 258 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light marks to covers. Foxing to contents else clean.

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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1326535
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Longmans' Pocket Library. Small format, green cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. B/w frontis with tissue-guard. 105 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to covers. Light foxing and page browning to contents. Name in pencil to front free-endpaper.

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TOP OF THE HEAP
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 1326471
Published by Ant Belmont. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards; gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550506. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased/rubbed.

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EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1326349
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1915. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Yellow cloth covers with green titles and vignettes. 19 tipped-in colour plates and a b/w photographic plate of Dulac. 134 pages. 11" x 8.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning to endpapers and grey mounts for plates. Foxing to contents. Tiny corner crease to plate opposite page 16. Small repaired tear to plate opposite page 41. Scarce dustwrapper is in several pieces (torn at spine) and has sections of loss to edges. Wrapper is browned.

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HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1326305
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. A short passage from The Song Of Hiawatha. ISBN: 0571132863. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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I ONLY HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES
Written by Kenneth Williams. Illustrated by Beverlie Manson.
Stock no. 1826627
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Accompanied by his cat, a small boy dreams up wonderful worlds in which he plays many roles - among them the king of the castle, an explorer in a jungle and the ringmaster of a circus. Glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Large colour illustrations with smaller b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0460061755. Spine lightly faded, worn to top & tail with slight loss to surface paper, boards appear slightly scuffed. Corners lightly rubbed.Endpapers a little rubbed. Contents otherwise clean.

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THE BONNIE BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325918
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1917. Good condition.

White pictorial boards with gilt title to front. Pretty colour pictures accompany verse for children. Covers are edge worn with chipping of paper covers are edges and to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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THE MERRY BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325917
Published by Oxford University Press. Good condition.

A book of verses for children. Small format. White boards with picture to front. Colour illustrations throughout with verses on pages opposite. Printed on one side of the paper only. Covers worn and grubby. Endpapers foxed. Some hinges pulled.

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