THE GOLD THREAD
Written by Norman MacLeod. Illustrated by M. Bowley.
Stock no. 2121692
Published by Valentine & Sons, Limited. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Dark maroon cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 6 chromolitograph plates, including frontis. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Front joint is a little cracked. Some pale foxing. Colour plates are lovely and bright!

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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by E. Nesbit; William Shakespeare; Hugh Chesson. Illustrated by Frances Brundage; M. Bowley.
Stock no. 1405077
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial boards with circular onlay to front board. Brown titles. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 64 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. 6.5" x 4.25". Contains: The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens & The Comedy of Errors told in story form. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Covers a bit grubby. Couple of hinges are pulled. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges. A few margin marks otherwise contents are clean.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 7TH YEAR
Written by Nora Chesson; Helen Marion Burnside; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Hilda Cowham; M. Bowley.
Stock no. 1315555
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows girl in red jacket pulling sleigh with holly. Pretty colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. First story is "The Magic Apple Tree". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some scratching to covers. Lower front corner has tape repairs. Small address label to front pastedown and inscription in ink to endpaper. Front joint cracked. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Contents are generally clean.

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GRANNY'S STORIES
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Margery Williams; Nora Chesson; et al. Illustrated by M. Bowley; E.M. Taylor; T. Noyes Lewis; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1505486
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Stories and poems. First story is The Wizard's Ring. Pictorial front board showing Granny with two girls. Edited by Vredenburg. Red cloth spine. Colour frontis with b/w and two tone illustrations. Father Tuck's "Golden Gift" series. Spine bumped. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover slightly grubby. Name and date in pencil and small red marks with small patches of surface paper damage to front pastedown. Outside edge of front endpaper and frontis creased and nicked. A couple of hinges cracked. Endpapers and contents browned with a couple of marks.

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SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Grace C. Floyd; Lilian Holmes; et al. Illustrated by M. Bowley; A.L. Bowley; Hilda Cowham; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1505485
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1924. Good condition.

Father Tuck's Children's Own Library series. Stories in Prose and Verse. Cloth spine, pictorial covers, front shows two children with rake and armfuls of weeds, rear shows girl with swans. Colour frontis, two tone and b/w illustrations. First story: The Welsh Fire Dragon. Spine bumped, small holes along rear edge, also slightly darkened. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby with light scratches and small spots of surface paper damage. Name and date to front endpaper. Pencil writing to frontis, pencil underlining of text on one page and erased pencil words on a few pages and rear endpapers. Some fingering and a few marks to contents.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 2ND YEAR
Written by Dorothea Moore; Evelyn Everett-Green; Brenda Girvin; et al. Illustrated by M. Bowley; H.G.C. Marsh; Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1315362
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows children in a snowy scene on toy horses. First story is Three Little Sabots. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Joints cracked and endpapers browned. Foxing and some grubby marks to page margins.

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CYMBELINE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by E. Nesbit; Hugh Chesson. Illustrated by Frances Brundage; M. Bowley.
Stock no. 1404705
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Almost very good condition.

"The Gem Shakespeare Library". Light brown paper boards, colour onlay to front board. Colour frontis plate, b/w text illustrations. Includes three shakespeare stories: "Cymbeline", "All's Well That Ends Well" and "Much Ado About Nothing". 64 pages. 6.5 x 4.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Couple of small pencil marks to rear cover. Covers a little grubby. Couple of hinges a little cracked. Foxing to endpapers otherwise contents generally clean.

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HANDY PANDY! A PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by A. Pembury; Y.B. Sew; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; M. Bowley; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315070
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

By the editor of "The Children's Friend". Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one holding two apples behind her back. Colour plates, two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is "The Nursery Fire" told in verse. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, front cover a little scuffed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents and some light fingering.

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HOLIDAY TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by M. Bowley; et al..
Stock no. 1314966
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

A book of short poems/rhymes for children. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy pushing a girl in a sleigh with dog running beside them. Pretty mounted chromolithograph frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers scratched and edge worn. Page browning throughout. A couple of hinges cracked. Light fingermarks to page margins.

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INQUISITIVE JESSIE
Written by Mrs. Carus-Wilson. Illustrated by M. Bowley.
Stock no. 1402313
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

The story of inquisitive Jessie Stokes whose curiosity got her in trouble. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. Small format. Spine bumped and worn. Corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges are also rubbed. Covers are a little grubby. Name in ink to endpaper. Endpapers and page edges are browned. Couple of hinges are beginning to crack.

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