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THE WONDER BOOK OF WONDERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328024
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 11th Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards, front cover shows polar bears and aurora borealis. 8 colour plates and nearly 300 b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Covers edge rubbed and slightly worn to corners. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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GUIDE TO THE THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Ward Lock.
Stock no. 1327918
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 10th Very good condition.

Red guide, with map of the island, plans of Douglas and Ramsey and numberous illustrations. B/w photos. Tenth edition. Light rubbing to cover edges. Small, faint mark to front cover. Fold-out map to front of book has a small margin tear. Some faint foxing, contents clean.

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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll.
Stock no. 1327685
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Circa 1952. Good condition.

Cloth spine with black titles. Pictorial front board showing the mad hatters tea-party. 16 colour plates, not assigned to a named illustrator. The Sunshine Series. Covers are edge worn, damage to top of spine. Inscription in ink and a child's pencil adddress to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Some light fingering to page margins.

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THE WONDER BOOK OF EMPIRE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Harry Golding.
Stock no. 1825919
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 3rd Very good condition.

Third Edition. With fifteen colour plates and over three hundred illustrations. Red cloth spine with black title and vignette of Britannia, pictorial paper board to front shows soldiers of the Empire. 264 pages. Spine faded to top and bottom. Rear board scuffed. Board edges rubbbed. Name in ink to lower edge of front pastedown. Contents browned. All plates present.

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THE WONDER BOOK OF TELL ME WHY?
Written by Harry Golding; Herbert H. Thomas; A.M. Low; et al.
Stock no. 1325000
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine and black title to front cover. 8 colour plates and nearly three hundred illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to top of spine. Spine is browned and there is a small hole at the base.

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FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 2138613
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Circa 1960. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Kingfisher Colour Book. My First Reading Book Series. Top half inch of spine is split with some chipping. First couple and last couple of pages have quite heavy browning. Rest of illustrations internally are nice and bright.

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THE MOTOR BOY
Written by Harry Golding. Illustrated by G.E. Shepheard.
Stock no. 2137446
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green boards with large colour pictures to front and rear. 16 colour and 8 b/w plates. Some light wear to cover edges; a few marks. Foxing; heaviest to outer page edges and endpapers - but also a few pages internally.

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HAPPY HOURS
Written by Elizabeth S. Perks; Jessie Pope; Nancy M. Hayes; et al. Illustrated by Ethel K. Burgess; R.H. Facey; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1505514
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. circa 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictures and Stories. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows boy with geese, wonder books advert to rear cover. Endpapers by Thomas Maybank. 3 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and slightly faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. A few hinges and bottom 2" of front joint cracked. Dated ink inscription to half title page. One small illustration coloured in. Light browning and a few marks and fox spots to contents.

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THE ABC PICTURE BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1505184
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Cosy Corner Picture Book. Illustrated alphabets and some numbers. Green cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two children reading a book, 10 x 7.5". Illustrated endpapers. 2 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a bit grubby. Ink inscription to verso of frontis. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean. Book has slight musty smell.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Blanche Winder. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1505099
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. circa 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards showing fox in a bucket. 24 colour plates. Sunshine Series. Retold by Blanche Winder. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Rear cover ever so slightly grubby. Dated ink inscription to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. Light browning to endpapers. Some foxing, mainly to prelims and page edges. All plates present. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss to top of spine and front panel. Spine browned and slightly faded. Rear panel a little grubby. Some foxing.

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TIM TUBBY TOES
Written by Harry Golding. Illustrated by M.M. Rudge; D.E. Braham.
Stock no. 1504423
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Light brown decorated boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 85 numbered pages. Attractive colour pictorial endpapers. The Little Wonder Books series. Top 1.5" of backstrip missing and bottom edge. What is present has possible been reglued. Some wear to corners and cover edges. Marks to covers including stains to top edges. A few hinges slightly cracked. Erased doodle to verso of frontis. A few marks to text block. Most pages are clean.

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MERRY MOMENTS PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1501870
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Rainbow Picture Book. Pictorial front board shows small boy playing with toy horse, small girl stood beside him. Tan coloured spine and rear cover. Sixteen plates in full colour and many other illustrations. A few rhymes and lines of text. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Grubby marks to rear cover. Front cover lightly scuffed. Endpapers browned. Both hinges just starting to crack at towards top. One hinge cracked. A few marks and a little foxing but contents generally clean.

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