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ALL SORTS OF COMICAL CATS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1328534
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Cloth spine, cream boards. Pictorial front board with blue title. Blue floral decorated endpapers. Mounted colour frontis of a lion and a monkey (not by Wain). Numerous b/w and two-tone illustrations of cats throughout (by Wain). Nister No. 742. Covers slightly scuffed and worn to spine and corners. Endpapers browned. Front joint is partly cracked. Some page browning and fingering. Some small margin tears and some corner creases. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM A CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1914
Written by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1327787
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914. Very good condition.

Small format. Grey spine, cream and red decorative boards. Superbly illustrated colour endpapers (no other illustrations). Very elaborate gilt, red and blue borders to each page. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked.

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FOOD FOR POWDER
Written by D.H. Parry. Illustrated by G.C. Glover.
Stock no. 1324696
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

A tale of the Light Dragoons. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Chromolithograph frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Name plate to front pastedown. A few hinges pulled. Browning to contents otherwise clean.

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A RABBIT'S TALE
Written by G.R. Glasgow.
Stock no. 1323557
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Some slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

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A BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Written by Helen M. Burnside.
Stock no. 1323556
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges and some light scuffing. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few light foxspots.

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THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL
Written by Marie Boyle.
Stock no. 1323555
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight rubbing/scuffing to covers, light white mark to title on front cover. A few small spots to contents, ink number (1875) written to front pastedown and light page browning else contents clean.

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THE TALE OF A DOG
Written by M.A. Hoyer.
Stock no. 1323553
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Blue cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges and light scuffing to rear cover. Light page browning.

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SNAPDRAGON
Written by L. Haskell.
Stock no. 1323552
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

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THE LITTLE PEOPLE'S SCRAP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2139411
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1907. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Blue and white floral decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout with some simple text phrases. Spine is worn with some chipping to top and tail; appears to have been repaired. Heavy wear to cover corners and edges, with some chipping. NEW endpapers. Browning, foxing and grubby marks.

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MERRY ROMPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2138756
Published by Ernest Nister. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows children having a pillow fight. First story is 'Happy Days'. Mounted colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. Browning to page edges.

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SUNNY HEARTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2138156
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very good condition.

No. 10. An anthology of stories and rhymes. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl with baskets of yellow flowers (boy is leading dog who is carrying basket!). Mounted colour frontis plate. B/w and two-tone illustrations throughout. First rhyme is "A Little Song". Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page browning; a little foxing. Small tear to bottom edge of front endpaper.

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TO THE RESCUE
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 2136894
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Almost very good condition.

A tale of a London Prentice Boy. White and cream boards with gilt title and picture to front. 40 pages. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping to base of spine and a couple of corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning; Some page corner creasing; A few small page margin tears. Fingering marks to some margins.

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