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THE HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE PICTURE BOOK
Written by Randolph Caldecott. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329749
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1907. Very good condition.

A lovely compilation of four tales told in rhyme. Rhymes are: Where are you Going My Pretty Maid; Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting; A Frog He would A-wooing go; The fox jumps over the parson's gate. Full-page colour illustrations, b/w text illustrations throughout. Beige pictorial cloth. Oblong format, 8 x 9.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers very slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper, same page is also lightly creased. Some foxspots and fingermarks to contnets but generally clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S SECOND COLLECTION OF PICTURES AND SONGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329747
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1895. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt title-blocks. Pale green floral decoarated endpapers. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Creasing to front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingermarks throughout but generally contents are clean.

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AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329744
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Sung by Master Bill Primrose. Green boards, dark green titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 7 colour illustrations tipped onto brown paper. B/w illustrations and endpapers. Slight rubbing to cover edges and slight wear to spine ends. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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THE THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329743
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Grey boards, dark green titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 7 colour illustrations tipped onto brown paper. B/w illustrations and endpapers. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light foxing and fingering.

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COME LASSES AND LADS
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329742
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Pale green boards with dark green titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour illustrations mounted onto brown paper plus b/w illustrations and endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, backstrip neatly relaid. Covers slightly grubby. Some foxing and light page browning. Small margin tear to rear free-endpaper.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 1
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329740
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1910. Good condition.

Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack Built; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Babes in the Wood. Square format. Pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Decorated pale orange endpapers (publisher's motif?). Spine and corners bumped. Some small dents to cover edges and some scuffing and scratches to cloth. Covers a bit grubby. Inscriptions in ink to front free-endpaper (one crossed out). Front free-endpaper is creased. Front joint is cracked. Pages 23-26 of John Gilpin have been torn and now repaired with tape. A couple of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in with water-colour paint. There is some foxing throughout. A few small margin tears. Not as bad as it sounds, still a reasonable copy for a book that is over 100 years old!

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THE NURSERY RHYME BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1329229
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Grey pictorial endpapers. 288 pages, all edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Heavy foxing to contents.

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SHELL LIFE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BRITISH MOLLUSCA
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1828841
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

The Library of Natural History Romance. Brown decorative cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. 414 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Shelf wear & rubbing to spine. Corners lightly worn. Contemporary name & date in ink to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack. Text block browned with some foxing. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. Some scattered foxing to contents. Some margin doodles in pencil (neat). All plates are present.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328544
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1917. Very good condition.

Small format. Green boards with red lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 52 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Some light page browning, fingering and other marks to generally clean contents.

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THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL TALES 1-23
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328191
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A beautiful boxset of the Peter Rabbit books. Each small volume has blue boards with colour illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. The text has been reset and the illustrations reproduced. ISBN: 9780723275923. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ST. NICHOLAS VOL XXXIX PART 1 NOVEMBER 1911 TO APRIL 1912
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827386
Published by The Century Co.; Frederick Warne & Co.. 1912. Good condition.

An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Red cloth covers with black and gilt decoration. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and browned. Split in cloth at front edge of spine plus smaller splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Rear joint broken. Front joint beginning to crack. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers and some pages. Foxing and some grubby marks. Small tears to edges of a few pages.

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UNDER THE WINDOW PICTURES AND RHYMES FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325428
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1900. Fair condition.

Dark green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Green endpapers. 64 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight loss of surface paper to spine corners of front cover. Cover edges worn. Hinges are pulled causing binding to be loose. Some page margin tears and light stains.

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