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GAMES FOR PLAYTIME & PARTIES
Written by Stanley V. Wilman. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1326614
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Good condition.

With and Without Music. Large format. White cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 82 pages. 12" x 9". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Boards foxed and marked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1325017
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Circa 1934. Very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Lower corner tip of front cover is slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Contents are clean but with a slightly smell of tobacco.

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THE MICROSCOPE
Written by Ellison Hawks.
Stock no. 2140784
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine and front cover; pictorial onlay to front cover. Shown to the Children Series. Colour and b/w plates (40 total). B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Slight repair to corner of pictorial onlay. Browning and some foxing to outer page edges.

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THE WORLD'S BEST STORIES FOR BOYS & GIRLS
Written by Winifred Biggs. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2133906
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.; T. Nelson & Sons. Very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with gilt titles. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations throughout. 624 pages. Selected by Biggs. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 2128639
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 pretty colour plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corner; some browning and foxing. Some chips and fraying to cloth at top of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. A few page corner creases. All plates present.

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THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE ITS FORM, COLOUR, & HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edwin Foley. Illustrated by Edwin Foley; et al..
Stock no. 2126391
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spines; blind titles and decorations to front covers. With One Hundred Reproductions in Full-Colour Facsimile of Drawings by the Author, and One Thousand Text Illustrations; Correlated Charts of British Woodwork Styles and Contemporaries; Decorative Furnishing Accessories; Principle Trees; &c. Bumping and wear to spines, corners and cover edges. Tear to top of spine on Volume II. Other smaller nicks and chips, with some fraying to cloth. What looks like damp marks to bottom of front cover of Volume II. Spotting to covers. All plates present. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1814722
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition.

Cream cloth with brown titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue illustration to endpapers. 12 colour plates. 180 pages. Boards slightly grubby. Endpapers browned with a few minor marks. Scattered foxing mainly to half-title page and text block. All plates present.

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BRITISH SPORTING BIRDS
Written by F.B. Kirkman; Horace G. Hutchinson. Illustrated by G.E. Lodge; Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1814337
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. 1936. Almost very good condition.

A guide to the natural history and the sporting value of the main British game birds. Large format. Blue cloth boards, black titles and illustration of ducks flying to front. Colour plates & b/w photos. Edited by Kirkman & Hutchinson with contributions by others. xii and 428 pages. Edges rubbed, boards marked. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper and top corner of same removed. Text block browned and grubby. Some foxing present. All plates present with some foxing to margins.

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A NURSERY GEOGRAPHY
Written by George S. Dickson. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 1711697
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Circa 1925. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Front joint split showing webbing. Some foxing. All plates present. . Wrapper torn, creased and browned with some loss, mainly 1" to top and tail of spine.

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GAMES FOR PLAYTIME & PARTIES
Written by Stanley V. Wilman. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1308598
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Circa 1920. Good condition.

With and Without Music. Large format. White cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Tipped-in colour frontis, colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 82 pages. 12" x 9". Corners worn. Spine bumped. Covers a bit grubby. Child's name in ink to front pastedown. Book opens to verso of frontis so possibly free-endpaper is missing? Some light fingering to contents and a couple of corners lightly creased. Slight surface paper damage to title-page and a small tear at base of margin. A decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE TRIUMPH OF MAN IN SCIENCE AND INVENTION
Written by Ellison Hawks.
Stock no. 815997
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles & vignette. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Front vertical edge of cover worn, corners worn. Title to spine rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed. Hand made free front endpaper coming unstuck. All plates present. A few foxspots.

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ELECTRICITY
Written by W.H. McCormick.
Stock no. 561632
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Circa 1920. Good condition.

Brown cloth. B/w photo onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Romance Of Reality series. Corners worn. Boards a little grubby. A few foxspots throughout.

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