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ST. NICHOLAS VOL XIII PART II MAY TO OCTOBER 1886
Written by Mary Mapes Dodge.
Stock no. 1505993
Published by The Century Co.; Frederick Warne & Co.. 1886. Slightly better than good condition.

An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks Conducted by Dodge. Red cloth covers with black and gilt decoration. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and browned with nicks to cloth at ends. Corners bumped and worn. Large chip to bottom edge of front cover and smaller one to outside edge. Covers grubby and darkened with white stains to front cover. Browning to endpapers with ink name stamp to front endpaper. Contents very good.

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EVERYDAY OUTDOOR OBJECTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1405316
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one with a hoop, looking into toy shop window. Sepia illustrated endpapers and 3 leaves, so 6 sides, of colour illustrations. Spine bumped and worn with small tears to cloth. Corners bumped and worn. Couple of patches of surface paper damage to rear board. Boards are grubby. Wear to board edges. Split to top of front and rear joints. Closed tear to first page which has been mended. Pencil marks to first page. Board edges grubby.

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AUNT LOUISA'S WELCOME VISITOR
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 1315542
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1870. Almost very good condition.

Comprising: The Birthday Party; Children's Lullabies; The Courtship, marriage, death, and burial of Cock Robin; The King, Queen and Knave of Hearts. Large format. Purple pictorial cloth with gilt. Easy to read text. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) illustrations, some double-spread. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Embossed booksellers stamp to top corner of front free-endpaper, lower corner of same page creased. Some light foxing but the contents are very clean.

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THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
Written by Bret Harte. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2119455
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth, colour onlay to front cover. 64 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. All edges green. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; large closed tear to front panel; repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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THE GOLDEN PLAYBOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson.
Stock no. 1505197
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Comprising The Golden Alphabet, Dorothy's Dolls, Red Riding Hood's Party. Grey and blue pictorial cloth. Full-page pictures printed in colour by Edmund Evans. All edges gilt. A delightful Victorian book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Both joints cracked. Some damp damage to contents, two pages have been stuck together on bottom margin, now torn apart causing surface paper damage to last line of text and a few other pages have surface paper damage or tears to bottom edge. Large 5.5" tear to one illustration. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Numerous pencil marks to contents. mostly short lines to blank pages. Grubby marks to contents.

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AUNT LOUISA'S BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mrs. L. Valentine.
Stock no. 1314901
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1904. Good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with black title to spine, gilt title (Animal Stories For Children) to front cover and vignette of boy on a donkey. 94 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Not sure if the book had free-endpapers, if it did then they have been removed. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Grubby fingermarks and some foxspots to contents.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314401
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1919. Very good condition.

Contains the Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack built; An Elegy on the Death Of A Mad Dog and The Babes In The Wood. Large, square format. Cream pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Sepia line drawings. Spine slightly bumped. Cream cloth is ever so slightly grubby. There is a tiny nick to top edge of rear cover. Rear free-endpaper is creased. Front joint is just starting to crack. There is some very light fingering to page margins. This is a nice, attractive copy.

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A PEEP INTO CAT-LAND
Written by Aimee De V. Dawson; et al. Illustrated by Constance E. Howell.
Stock no. 1314249
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1890. Very good condition.

Life sketches by Howell with descriptions by Dawson and others. Cloth spine, pale green pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. 32 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners worn. Covers have a few light scratch marks at edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins otherwise contents clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1313852
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Contains the Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack built; An Elegy on the Death Of A Mad Dog and The Babes In The Wood. Large, square format. Cream pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Sepia line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Some light fingering and foxing else contents clean.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1313165
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay of Timmy Tiptoes the little grey squirrel. The year 1911 appears on the title-page. The first two printings are believed to be identical. Small format. 85 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prelims are part detached. Front joint (between frontis and title-page is cracked and a couple of hinges are just starting to crack. Title-page is slightly finger-creased. Contents are generally clean.

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SUNDAY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Stewart.
Stock no. 1502757
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Mounted on Linen Untearable Paper. 16 Pages inc covers. Warne's Playtime Toy Books. Spine very worn, most of surface paper missing. Creasing to corners and covers a bit grubby. Staples are missing so contents detached. A few marks to contents.

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AUNT LOUISA'S JUMBLE PICTURE BOOK
Written by Aunt Louisa. Illustrated by Louis Wain; W.H.C. Groome; et al..
Stock no. 1312788
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. 3 b/w text cat illustrations illustrating "The Egg Pie" by Wain. Colour frontis. Packed with b/w illustrations by various artists. Covers worn and grubby. Spine worn. Joints cracked, sellotape repairs to rear joint. Inscription in ink to half-title page, the free-endpapers are possibly missing (if there were any). Small piece torn from top inner corner of half-title. Contents are foxed and browned but generally clean.

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