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MICKEY MOUSE STORIES BOOK NO. 2
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 715833
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Pictorial card wraps showing Mickey giving a bone to Pluto. B/w illustrations. Small pictures to page corners which appear to move when pages flicked. Covers quite badly creased. Faint dampstains to side of spine and small patch of surface paper missing from rear cover. Some grubby marks to page margins. A respectable copy of a rare book.

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MOUNTAINEERING MICKEY
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 717025
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Crammed with b/w and two-tone illustrations. A scarce Disney title. Spine and corners slightly worn. Some light rippling to boards. Front endpaper has been professionally repaired with no loss. Light page edge browning. A couple of fingermarks to contents. Overall a bright copy.

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A PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 718878
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Good condition.

White pictorial card wraps with blue border to front. B/w illustrations throughout to paint. (No text). Spine replaced with blue cloth. Covers grubby with corner tips missing. Some neat painting to contents. Not dated but c1890.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by Flight-Lieutenant; George E. Rochester; W.E. Johns; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 718902
Published by John Hamilton. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine illustrated by Bradshaw. Includes 3 stories by W.E. Johns. 6 colour plates and 4 b/w plates. 248 pages. Spine and corners worn. Boards slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page-edge browning throughout otherwise contents clean.

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KATE GREENAWAY PICTURES
Written by H.M. Cundall. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 721714
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

From Originals Presented By Her to John Ruskin and Other Personal Friends (Hitherto Unpublished) With an Appreciation by Cundall. Large format. Cream cloth spine with green title, green cloth covers with gilt title to front. Mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light rubbed patch to edge of front cover. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and grubby with some loss at spine and pink watermark to front. A nice copy of a rare book, scarce in wrapper.

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DONALD DUCK ANNUAL 1939
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 724561
Published by Collins. 1939. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards and spine showing Donald Duck in a makeshift car. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Lower 2.5" of backstrip missing and some loss of paper at edges. Closed edge-tears to frontis. Mirror mystery on page 17 neatly completed. Some red crayon scribble to one margin. Some black crayon scribble to a couple of other pages, not badly disfiguring. A couple of hinges pulled. Some foxing and light page browning otherwise contents good. A decent copy of a scarce annual.

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OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 727289
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to 450 copies. Cream vellum binding, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Very pretty illustrations in delicate pastel colours. Oblong format. All edges gilt. Rhymes set to music. SIGNED by the artist. This is copy number 60. 2 hinges cracked. Inscription to front pastedown. One page corner creased and slightly torn. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally clean. Covers are a tiny bit grubby. Silk ties missing. A desirable copy of the limited edition.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 730066
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Spine bumped with slight fraying to top, small nick to side of spine. Corners worn. Covers a bit grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to plate margins (actual pictures not affected). A nice copy of a scarce book.

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 731272
Published by R.T.S.; Girl's Own Paper. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title and black vignette to spine, black title and decoration to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Faint markings to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents, else clean.

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DOCTOR BIRCH, THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE & REBECCA AND ROWENA
Written by M.A. Titmarsh. Illustrated by Richard Doyle; et al..
Stock no. 735519
Published by Chapman & Hall; Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1849. Very good condition.

3 volumes bound together. Attractive three-quarter burgundy leather binding with gilt title and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Doctor Birch and The Kickleburys are illustrated with full-page colour illustrations and Rebecca and Rowena is illustrated by full-page b/w illustrations by Doyle. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Front joint is just starting to crack. Light foxing to contents. First editions published in 1849 and 1850. An attractive volume.

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THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
Written by A. Windsor-Richards. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 802708
Published by The Friday Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib. Front endpaper removed. Two stamps to prelims and a few grubby marks to pages. Wrapper is bright and clean.

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VOLUME 1 OF MY SKETCH BOOK
Written by George Cruikshank. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 803252
Published by Charles Tilt. 1st 1834. Good condition.

Oblong format, green cloth with gilt title to front. Colour illustrations and etchings. 24 colour plates. A further 12 plates were published in the 1835 edition. Spine and corners bumped. Top and tail of spine frayed. Front joint broken. Rear joint strengthened with tape. 1st title page and 1 plate strengthened to edges with yellowing tape. Occasional grubby marks to page edges. A few page edges chipped. First title page lightly creased.

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