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A LITTLE BOY LOST
Written by W.H. Hudson. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1314511
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt decorations. 12 plates, colour and b/w plus other b/w drawings. 11 x 8". Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few small, light marks to covers and a small splash mark to lower edge of front cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Endpapers and prelims lightly browned. Small drink(?) stains to lower margins of first half of the pages (small stain to lower textblock which has seeped into the pages - they are very small marks, not affecting the text).

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THE BUCCANEERS - A TALE OF THE SPANISH MAIN
Written by A.E. Bonser. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 1503997
Published by Duckworth & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 8 amusing colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 106 pages. Spine and corners bumped with wear. Stain to lower corner of front cover. Spine browned. Covers grubby and marked. Name in ink to front endpaper. One plate has scoring and one has pencil marks and small spots of surface paper damage. Contents foxed with some browning.

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NAPOLEON AN OUTLINE
Written by Colin R. Ballard.
Stock no. 2107278
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

B/w diagrams. In four parts: The Adventurer; The Man of Destiny; The Man Against Destiny and Dramatis Personae. Bumping and wear to covers; a little fraying to cloth at corners. Front joint is cracked. Some foxing.

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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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THE FOREST FOUNDLING
Written by S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 621647
Published by Duckworth & Co.. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Green pictorial boards, black title to spine and white title to front. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 110 pages. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Front joint cracked. One gathering clinging on to contents with last stitch. A little pale foxing. A few hinges pulled.

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THE TWINS OF TUMBLEDOWNDREARY
Written by Magdalene Horsfall. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 621714
Published by Duckworth & Co.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles and pictorial onlay to front. 6 colour plates. 236 pages. Corners lightly worn, spine rubbed, tiny mark to pictorial onlay. Edges lightly rubbed. Tiny fox spots. Some hinges lightly pulled.

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THE BUCCANEERS - A TALE OF THE SPANISH MAIN
Written by A.E. Bonser. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 565288
Published by Duckworth & Co.. Circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 8 amusing colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 106 pages. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners and edges rubbed. Spine darkened.

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THE BUCCANEERS - A TALE OF THE SPANISH MAIN
Written by A.E. Bonser. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 653946
Published by Duckworth & Co.. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 8 amusing colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 106 pages. Corners a little rubbed. A bright clean copy.

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CHILDREN IN VERSE
Written by Thomas Burke. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 713246
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

50 songs of playful childhood. Blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine, embossed title and vignette to front cover (signifying 2nd issue). 8 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few grubby spots to covers. Old booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some light foxing. A desirable copy of the second issue of first edition (no gilt stamping to front cover).

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CHILDREN IN VERSE
Written by Thomas Burke. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 805720
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

50 songs of playful childhood. Blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine, embossed title and vignette to front cover (signifying 2nd issue). 8 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Endpapers foxed. Second issue of the first edition (no gilt stamping to front cover).

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CHILDREN'S CHILDREN
Written by Gertrude Bone. Illustrated by Muirhead Bone.
Stock no. 718823
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w plates and text illustrations. 271 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Smith's label to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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