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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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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1901
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506106
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1901. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth, black decoration to front with gilt title-box. 13 chromolithograph plates. 164 pages. Plus 32 page catalogue. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly browned/faded. Damp mark to lower corner of rear cover. Front joint cracked. Front endpaper is MISSING. Faint erased writing to verso of frontis. Gathering in publication pages at end pulled. Browning, mainly to endpapers and publication pages. Some foxing. Contents generally clean. All plates present, frontis partially detached and margin tear to last plate.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1884-1885
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506105
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1885. Slightly better than good condition.

Contains January 1884 to December 1885. Dark spine with gilt raised bands and titles, red title block. Grey boards, dark corners. 26 mounted colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby and marked. Dark outlines to front endpaper of something previously kept in box. Rear joint just starting to crack. Ink writing to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing, marks and small margin tears to contents. Browning, mainly to pages opposite plates. 25 plates present, one has margin tear and one has margin loss.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1882-1883
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506104
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1883. Almost very good condition.

Contains January 1882 to December 1883. Dark textured spine with gilt bands and titles. Marbled boards, dark corners. 26 colour plates, one different to title listed. Spine bumped and worn with some loss from top and small splits to base. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers scuffed. Foxing throughout. Browning mainly to pages opposite plates. All plates present but one has vertical crease.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1908
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506083
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1908. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, red and yellow covers with onlay of girls feeding carrot to calf. 13 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Browning to endpapers. Contents generally clean with some fox spots, mainly to page edges. All plates present.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1898
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506082
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with black borders and decoration around gilt title block. 13 chromolithograph colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages plus publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with darkening to spine and some edges. Front joint cracked next to frontis and frontis partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and prelims, small hole to rear endpaper. Publication list is browned. A few marks to contents but generally clean. All plates present.

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FARTHINGS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 1313271
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1893. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with bevelled edges and with orange titles and farthing vignettes. B/w illustrations throughout. 249 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Large but neat prize inscription in ink to front endpaper. Biro and crayon scribbles to both pastedowns, some crayon numbers written to rear pastedown. Top corner of page 5/6 has been torn off (only affecting blank margin, not text). Some light foxing/fingering to contents and light browning to endpapers else contents clean.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1902
No author listed.
Stock no. 1312071
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1902. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, black decoration to front with gilt title-box. 13 chromolithograph plates. 164 pages. Plus 32 page catalogue. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Light musty smell to contents. Some light foxing.

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LEADING STRINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Marjorie Slade; Gordon Robinson; M.E. Brett; et al..
Stock no. 1307028
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1926. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing boy and girl on playroom floor surrounded by toys. First story is "The Snow Man's Secret". Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink (dated Feb 1926) to verso of frontis. Some foxing and fingering and some hinges cracked else contents clean.

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THE GREY RABBIT
Written by May Gladwin. Illustrated by May Gladwin.
Stock no. 1104994
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. Red, black and white illustrations throughout. Spine worn. Covers are marked and scuffed. Some margin marks.

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THE MOTHERS' BOOK OF SONG
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 449480
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Fading and wear to spine. Some browning and odd foxspot to contents.

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A BOY HERO
Written by W.W.B.. Illustrated by H.J.A. Miles.
Stock no. 381146
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1885. Almost very good condition.

A story founded on fact. Oblong format. Cream boards with red title and black vignette. Full page b/w illustration facing each page of text. Spine and corners worn, cover edges rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Some light fingermarks to page margins. Red dye from page edges has run onto margins a little in some places.

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