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THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1506329
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune. Blue/green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w frontis and 16 other plates. 296 pages and catalogue to rear. All edges gilt. Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at top and some loss of cloth from bottom edge. Heavy bumping to top corners, lower corners lightly bumped. Covers are grubby, front cover marked, rear cover scuffed. Gilt dulled on spine. Front joint badly cracked between front endpaper and following page, holding by binding threads. Top set of threads pulled affecting first couple of gatherings. Rear joint cracked showing webbing, one hinge cracked. Endpapers browned and lightly foxed, rear are also grubby, verso of front endpaper has splash marks and partial footprint. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present, tissue guard to frontis heavily foxed.

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DR. JOLLYBOY'S ABC
No author listed. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1316190
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. Full-page illustrations with words to find for each letter of the alphabet. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight grubbiness to covers. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning and some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 84
Written by D.H. Parry; Geoffrey H. White; Nancy M. Hayes; Eveline M. Williams; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; C.E. Brock; E. Dorothy Rees; A.C. Michael; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1505823
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1916. Very good condition.

Green cloth, front shows onlay of young girl and boy listening intently to service man, white titles, black and white decoration. 9 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 415 pages. 4 serial stories, The Adventures of Madcap Guy, Bobbie and Betty Under the Sea, Gilbert the Outlaw and The Rabbits That Ran Away. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened and gilt dulled. Covers slightly grubby with wear to onlay and title. Rear joint cracked. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Just an odd mark and fox spot to contents.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 10TH YEAR
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson; Alice Talwin Morris; Jessie Pope; May Byron; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Helen Stratton; H.M. Brock; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1505764
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1913. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette, pictorial front cover shows boy tying skates on girl. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine bumped, worn and slightly darkened. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover grubby. Rear joint just starting to crack. Ink inscription in belongs to box. Light foxing and a few marks to contents but most pages are clean.

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SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; W.H.C. Groome.
Stock no. 1505717
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st USA 1895. Almost very good condition.

A Child's Book for Children, for Women and for Men. A story featuring cycle touring in the 19th century. Blue/grey pictorial cloth. 69 b/w illustrations, some full-page. 314 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Front endpaper MISSING. One hinge cracked and small margin hole to one page. Some foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 10TH YEAR
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson; Alice Talwin Morris; Jessie Pope; May Byron; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Helen Stratton; H.M. Brock; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1505386
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette, pictorial front cover shows boy tying skates on girl. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 192 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light scratch to front cover and a little rubbing. Rear cover is grubby and marked. Inscription dated 1915 to front pastedown. Two pictorial labels to verso of frontis. A few hinges cracked. Contents fingered. Odd margin tear. Heavy foxing to first and last pages with just a few fox spots to contents.

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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1904
Written by E.W. Grierson; S.L. Heward; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; A.G. Walker; Helen Miles; et al..
Stock no. 1315246
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1904. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl on steps of a house talking to a man with a wooden leg. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "How The King Escaped". Spine bumped, corners and cover edges lightly rubbed. A few scuff marks to front cover. Prize inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing to textblock.

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THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1503431
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 4th 1902. Slightly better than good condition.

Being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune. Lovely red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w frontis and 16 other plates. 296 pages. All edges red. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers, top edge of front cover faded. Front joint a little cracked. Book plate to front endpaper. 1 plate is detached, 2 have colouring. Foxing and a few marks to contents.

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THE MAN WHO KNEW BETTER
Written by Tom Gallon. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1502579
Published by D. Appleton And Company. 1st 1901. Slightly better than good condition.

A Christmas Dream. A striking romance of hard-hearted worldliness redeemed by bitter experience, and the lessons of love and sympathy which it teaches will thrill and touch every reader. Brown cloth covers with dark green decoration and gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Wear to spine and corners with a little fraying at top of spine. A few marks to covers. Joints and a few hinges cracked. Front endpaper is possibly missing. Red mark to frontis. Some foxing and page edge browning but contents generally clean.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 2110597
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine and blind title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and four b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Erased inscriptions to prelims. Some foxing.

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THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1309246
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 10th 1917. Good condition.

Being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w frontis and 16 other plates. 296 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers are worn and unevenly faded, gilt dulled. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Hinges pulled. Contents are well fingered.

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SIR TOADY CRUSOE
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 2105810
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1905. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. B/w plates and text illustrations. 406 pages. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little chipping to corners. Browning to couple of edges of covers and rear cover. Fading to spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint is cracked. Browning/foxing to outer page edges.

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