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THE MOSS ROSE PRESS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Linda Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1701714
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 150 copies. A complete list of the Chepstow Society and Moss Rose Press publications from 1948 to 1985. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134331.

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POEMS OF PASSION AND PLEASURE
Written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Illustrated by Dudley Tennant.
Stock no. 1302412
Published by Gay & Hancock. circa 1912. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 500 copies. 20 splendid tipped-in colour plates, reminiscent of Charles Robinson. Each plate has a captioned tissue guard. 267 pages, top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Full vellum binding with gilt titles and decoration. Large, heavy format. SIGNED by Wilcox and Tennant to limitation page, this is copy no. 178. Cover edges and spine are just a little grubby. Silk ties are missing. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Untrimmed page edges are dusty and there is some very light fingering otherwise contents are clean. 1 plate has a very light crease to a lower corner, all others present and fine condition.

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THE PICTURE SHOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 1302306
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1895. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing girl dressed in clown suit. "A Novel Picture book For Children". Four pop-up colour pictures. B/w text illustrations. Spine worn at top and tail. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Joints and hinges cracked, front free-endpaper missing. A few loose pieces to first pop-up and skipping rope is twisted (but still intact), other 3 pop-ups in excellent working order. Some tears to inner margins and some loose pages caused by the cracked hinges. Some light page browning and fingering. Still a nice copy of a very scarce Nister pop-up.

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MAGDALEN POETS
Written by Robert Macfarlane.
Stock no. 1001262
Published by Magdalen College. 1st 2000. Fine condition.

Five Centuries of Poetry from Magdalen College Oxford.Limited to 250 copies. Black cloth, gilt titles. ISBN: 0951374761. Book: Mint except for name in ink to front endpaper.

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JOSEPHINE'S PANTOMIME
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1301850
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. A few light foxspots to contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit grubby and has a 5cm closed tear to top of spine edge on front panel (for some reason the wrapper appears to be 0.5cm too short for the book!).

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SLEEPING PARTNERS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1801153
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Sleeping Partners A Series of Episodes. A series of plates by Aldin featuring what appear to be a Irish Wolfhound and a terrier. Large format. Blue boards, light blue titles. Corners bumped. Endpapers a little grubby/foxed. Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss.

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FAIRY TALES
Written by Skimble Skamble.
Stock no. 1201545
Published by Andrews & Co.. 1st 1869. Very good condition.

'To all merry good-tempered, and well-behaved children, who are of course fond of Fairy Tales and to all grown-up people who are not stiff and starched...' Green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover with embossed borders. Stories of elves, princesses, dwarfs and fairies. B/w chapter head and tail pieces. Spine and corners a little bumped, corners slightly worn. Small nick to lower edge of front cover. Small split to spine rear edge. Covers clean with gilt still bright. Attractive pictorial bookplate of Dora Allison on front pastedown. Inscription in ink on front endpaper dated December 1869. Some light creasing to pages and some fingermarks. Two pages have circular black marks to them (pages 88 and 120). A bright copy of a scarce early fairy tale book.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1801114
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn, covers browned. Endpapers slightly grubby else contents nice and clean. A nice copy!

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THE ROSE AND THE LILY
Written by Mrs. Octavian Blewitt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1201458
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1877. Almost very good condition.

Pink cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. B/w frontis by Cruikshank. Believed to be the last book illustrated by him. The Rose And The Lily, How They Became the Emblems of England and France. A Fairy Tale. 62 pages + 36 page booklist dated October 1876. Top of spine chipped with loss. Spine browned and bumped and base. Small mark to front cover. Some page edges ragged from uneven opening.

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THE FAVOURITE PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Helena Maguire; William Foster.
Stock no. 1301482
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1896. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'Untearable'. Green cloth spine, pictorial front board. 16 full-page colour illustrations plus sepia line drawings. Floral decorated endpapers. All edges dyed pink. Short animal tales told in verse. Spine slightly bumped, corners just a little worn. A tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned with a couple of small crayon marks to front free-endpaper, also light vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper which has a tiny tear at base. Staples are rusty. Contained in original paper dustwrapper (b/w illustration to front) which has a couple of small closed edge tears. Dustwrapper has done its job and kept the covers beautifully bright and clean!

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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
Written by L.T. Meade.
Stock no. 1201400
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

Four children who set off, at the invitation of the King, to join their parents in the land beyond the Blue Mountains. On the way they meet various characters, both good and bad, such as Mrs. Discipline and her father Mr. Penalty, Fungus the Ferryman, Mrs. Steadfast, Mrs. Modesty and Charity the guide. An allegorical tale reminiscent of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Green and blue pictorial cloth, gilt title blocks to front cover and spine. 6 full page b/w engravings plus chapter head and tailpieces. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front endpaper browned. Small price label 'awarded in connection with Chums Empire Map Scheme' on front pastedown. Small foxspots to endpapers and half-title page otherwise the contents are beautifully clean and bright with all plates present. A super copy of this title, exceptionally rare in first edition.

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WATTY A WHITE PUPPY
Written by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Illustrated by Mrs. Ernest Ames.
Stock no. 1801080
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Watty was the fat white puppy that lived with Dicky the woolly fox-cub and the little blue girl called Betty... Blue cloth spine, white pictorial paper front board. Full page colour illustration every other page. Covers a little grubby and creased. One line inscription in ink to front pastedown. Prelims grubby with a closed tear to gutter edge of title page. A few finger marks present. Illustrations clean and bright.

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