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THE THREE JOVIAL PUPPIES
Written by E.D. Cuming. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 2127501
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, dark pictorial covers. Colour illustrations and rhymes. A tale of three foxhound puppies. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges. A few scuff marks to covers. Foxing and some page browning. Appears to rear joint has been repaired.

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THE SHOEING OF JERRY-GO-NIMBLE AND OTHER DIALECT POEMS
Written by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe; et al. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.
Stock no. 2127301
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Dark yellow/orange cloth with black titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some fading to rear cover. Bookplate and tape marks to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE No. 2
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 2126738
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Contains The Three Jovial Huntsmen; Sing A Song For Sixpence; The Queen of Hearts; The Farmer's Boy. Grubby marks and scuffs to covers. Couple of holes to cloth to front cover. Some foxing.

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TOPSY
No author listed. Illustrated by J. Farrar.
Stock no. 2126733
Very good condition.

A Rhyming Story. 'Title' on front says 'A Present From Topsy'. A shaped book with easy-to-read print and colour illustrations. Wear to spine, with small split to base. Some foxing. Staples have rusted.

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THE STORY OF THE FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2126686
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Large colour illustrations pages, with text on opposite page. Some b/w illustrations. Rebacked, with new cloth spine, but still retains original colour pictorial endpapers, which have been restuck. Uneven fading to cover edges; some marks. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. A few grubby finger marks. Text pages are uncut at long edge (published like this). Colour illustrations are lovely and bright.

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IN CHINGALEE
Written by B. Clayton Tomlinson. Illustrated by M.E. Stewart.
Stock no. 2126685
Published by Serif Books. 1st 1952. Good condition.

Blue cloth. Two-tone illustrations. SIGNED by author; a dedication/presentation copy to his wife. What is possibly a proof copy, with another set of what appears to be identical pages loosely inserted. Covers are very marked with scuffs. Foxing to outer page edges. One hinge is badly pulled/broken, with stitching showing, but still attached. A few page marks.

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THE PIG THAT SAVED THE CITY
Written by H.Y.J. Taylor. Illustrated by Noreen Littleton.
Stock no. 2125176
Published by Miss N. Littleton. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ballad of the Famous Pig Which Caused King Charles To Raise The Siege of Gloucester September 5 1643. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. Red and black calligraphy. Line drawings. Illustrations and calligraphy by Littleton. ISBN: 0950704202. SIGNED by Illustrator/Calligrapher, with No. 199 (assumed Limited edition). A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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THE BALFOUR NURSERY RHYMES PAINTING BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124999
Published by Balfour Publications. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Card wraps. Includes 7 Nursery rhyme pictures to paint. One page shows the full colour finished picture to copy on the facing page. Vertical creasing to covers. A few small edge tears to covers. Belongs to box has been completed in ink. Only 1 picture in this painting book has been attempted.

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ORIGINAL RIDDLES IN RHYME
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees.
Stock no. 2124069
Published by Geographia Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Colour illustrations. Some wear to cover edges; a bit of scuffing. Creasing to endpapers. Some margin marks.

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THE JACK AND JILL BOOK OF JOLLY JINGLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317113
Published by Fleetway Publications Ltd.. 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Jack & Jill book of happy verses and gay pictures that everyone will love. Small verses opposite bright colour pictures throughout. Buff boards with large black vignette to front. Unpaginated. 7 x 4.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just slightly worn/nicked at corners.

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MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2123902
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1956. Good condition.

Beige leather with gilt titles and borders. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans Ltd. Spine is worn and faded; bottom 3" are split, small piece of loss to base. A few marks to covers. Printers code is: 368.456.

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THE FANCIFUL FROG
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 2123856
Published by ABC. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A classic story of the princess and the frog with a twist in the tale and a happy ending. Told in rhyme. Small format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550513. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper, with dedication to previous owner.

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