QUAKE, QUAKE, QUAKE
Written by Paul Dehn; Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1208712
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Leaden Treasury of English Verse. hair-raising parodies of familiar verses. Terrifying if they were not so funny - and funny if they were not so terrifying! Yellow mottled boards with green title to spine and vignette of tree to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 109 pages. A few faint margin marks to contents. Wrapper is price-cut, nicked and rubbed at corners with a small closed tear at lower spine.

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DITTIES FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Iona Opie. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 1507497
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Some of the rhymes that delighted children in the reign of George III. Dark blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Ex-Library with ink stamp, tape and labels removed from front endpapers, writing to publisher's page, rest of contents unmarked. Some light foxing, mainly to text block. Dustwrapper has fading to spine and panels alongside, also small tear to front panel.

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AUNTIE'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1507462
Published by Augener Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 3 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Floral decorated boards with circular picture to front. Small oblong format. Pretty pastel illustrations every page. A little wear to spine and corners. Just a couple of light foxspots. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small chips and tears, small amount of loss from top edge of rear panel. Also slightly grubby with light browning to flaps.

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BABY'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1507460
Published by Augener Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 6 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Small oblong format. Decorated paperboards. Full-page colour illustrations facing well-known rhymes. Small amount of wear to spine and corners. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears and chips, slight loss from top of spine and rear fold. Spots of surface loss from title on spine. Also a bit grubby. Light browning to flaps.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, green titles, onlay to front board. 34 numbered pages. Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723206139. Base of spine just very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly marked and creased.

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RHYMES OF OLD TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1406741
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, dark green titles and decorative peach border to front cover. Beautiful mounted colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. 108 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to half title page which has been partially covered in black ink, some of which can be seen on next page. Light brown marks to prelims which correspond with ink marks. Some page browning. Fingering to some pages. Edges of pages 25 - 32 have been roughly trimmed. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with some tears. Loss to bottom of spine. Spine is browned. Wrapper is grubby.

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I SAW ESAU
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie.
Stock no. 1316533
Published by Williams and Norgate Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Rhymes you knew at school, all collected together for the first time and combined with the Opie's valuable notes, witty and erudite. Blue cloth. Spin and corners bumped. A couple of small faded patches to spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and has a couple of patches of loss to spine (corresponding with the faded patches to the book).

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CHOPS ADVENTURES IN THE AIR
Written by E.J. Barks. Illustrated by Dora Barks.
Stock no. 1506821
Published by Warrillows Ltd.. circa 1925. Good condition.

Chops the Pekingese didn't want to wear a muzzle so he left home. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. Colour plates plus green and white illustrations. 23 pages. Text in rhyme. Spine bumped with small holes to top half, front edge browned. Covers grubby and marked, loss of surface along bottom edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Ink inscription to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. A few fingermarks to contents. Light browning to margins of plates.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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OLD RHYMES IN A NEW SETTING
Written by Edmund V. Megson. Illustrated by Ethel Hall.
Stock no. 1506728
circa 1904. Almost very good condition.

First Series. Brown cloth covers with black titles and vignettes of geese and windmill. 9.5 x 9.5". Nursery rhymes with b/w illustrations and musical score. Pages printed on one side only. Music by Megson. SIGNED by Megson, with inscription, on verso of front endpaper. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks and some darkening to covers. Joints just starting to crack. A few marks/fingermarks to contents.

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TAIL FEATHERS FROM MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Iona Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; Janet Ahlberg; Quentin Blake; John Burningham; Anthony Browne; Nicola Bayley; et al..
Stock no. 2122378
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Rhymes chosen from the Opie family archives. Oblong format. Red/brown boards, blue title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout by renowned illustrators. ISBN: 0744510392. Light wear to corners and top and tail of spine. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with a few small marks; faded to spine.

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PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1405775
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front. Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges darkened. Both joints beginning to crack. Heavy browning to endpapers, tissue guard and title page. Some foxing, worst on prelims and last couple of pages and page edges.

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