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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 29TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Written by Alfred C. Playne; Everett Green; L.L. Weedon; et al. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett; Dorothy Hardy; et al..
Stock no. 1314973
Published by Ernest Nister. 1917. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 176 pages. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. There is some slight wrinkling of cloth to rear cover. Frontis has been re-inserted in the incorrect place (before half-title) and is slightly edge-chipped. Light page browning to contents.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 22ND YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Olive Molesworth; L.L. Weedon; Sheila E. Braine; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; E. Stuart Hardy; G.H. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1314970
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1910. Very good condition.

22nd year of publication. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows a boy and a girl sledging. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 131 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small indentation to edge of rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light page browning throughout, some grubby marks to margins and some light foxing.

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HOLIDAY TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by M. Bowley; et al..
Stock no. 1314966
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

A book of short poems/rhymes for children. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy pushing a girl in a sleigh with dog running beside them. Pretty mounted chromolithograph frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers scratched and edge worn. Page browning throughout. A couple of hinges cracked. Light fingermarks to page margins.

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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2118334
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some scuffing also to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and foxspots.

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SHAKESPEARE AND HIS BIRTHPLACE
Written by Emma Marshall.
Stock no. 1810858
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

Oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles, bevelled edges. Colour & b/w illustrations. A few marks to contents. Front endpaper torn at gutter edge with no loss. Hinges pulled, rear hinge messy with creasing to rear endpaper and small chips to edges.

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PRETTY TOY PICTURES
Written by L.L. Weedon.
Stock no. 1313586
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Almost very good condition.

A Colour Book of Favourite Objects. Oblong format. Pictorial front board. Thick board pages with colour illustrations showing every day objects with words beside them and short rhymes as well. Covers edge rubbed, wear to corners with minimal loss to lower corner tip of first page as well (no loss of text or illustrations). Some grubby fingermarks and foxspots and name in ink inside front cover. Pale page browning to contents. A nice copy overall of a scarce book.

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OFF TO FAIRYLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1711823
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1899. Good condition.

And all the way back. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Nister no. 438. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Corners bumped and worn. Rear cover grubby. Front joint cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages browned.

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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1402761
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some marks to rear board. Front board a little grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Some pages a little detached at bottom but binding generally tight. Tears to a couple of pages. Page edge browning. Some fingering and a few marks to contents.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1907
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Edith A. Cubitt; et al..
Stock no. 1109462
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1907. Very good condition.

19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Edges rubbed, corners worn. A little fraying to cloth spine edges. A few light score marks to front board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning. Hinges pulled. A few margin tears. Contents clean.

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BIBLE STORIES AND PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502583
Published by Ernest Nister. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, pictorial front cover with brown cloth spine. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations to text. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby, rear cover scuffed. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. A few small marks to contents. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and prelims.

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HAPPY HEARTS AND MERRY EYES
Written by L.T. Meade; Evelyn Everett-Green; L.L. Weedon; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; W. Foster; Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1312407
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1922. Good condition.

A book of stories and verses. Large format. Cloth spine with pictorial front board showing children in a cart being pulled by a donkey. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Goose Step". Spine , corners and cover edges are worn. Name and address in pencil to front endpaper. Contents lightly browned and a bit grubby. Some inner margins are partly torn. Front joint split at top and bottom 2". Some hinges cracked/pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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A FORGOTTEN LINK
Written by Maria A. Hoyer. Illustrated by Hilda K. Robinson.
Stock no. 1402499
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P.Dutton & Co.. circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial grey boards wth black titles. B/w illustrations. 128 pages plus 8 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some marks to covers which are a bit grubby. Prize presentation plate to front endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to front endpaper. Front joint and a couple of hinges are cracked. Erased pencil marks to title page and page opposite. Some grubby marks to contents.

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