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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1202891
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Page corner tips lightly creased. Foxing to contents else clean.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1303332
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped else a bright copy. Light foxing to outer page edges and light browning to first few and last few pages. White pictorial wrapper is edge chipped, slightly grubby, price-cut and has a 2" closed tear to top edge of front panel.

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FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1302591
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Publisher's special binding of full dark green morocco with gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. Pink pictorial endpapers. 12 beautiful colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. 287 pages. Top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers very slightly grubby, small piece torn from margin of front free-endpaper (and neatly stuck back in). Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Light crack to rear pastedown, grubby mark to margin of rear free-endpaper. Tissue-guard to frontis is detached (very neatly) but still present. Some fingermarking to tissue-guards and very light marking to some of plate margins, minimal foxing to outer page edges, but overall a very nice copy indeed!

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THE EARLY HERDSMEN
Written by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp.
Stock no. 1101646
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Green and black decorated cloth boards. B/w illustrations. 231 pages. Top and tail of spine have small splits with a little fraying to cloth.

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IN WHEELABOUT AND COCKALONE
Written by Grace Rhys. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Megan Rhys.
Stock no. 385242
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1918. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine and large colour onlay to front cover (illus Tarrant). 4 colour plates featuring fairies by Tarrant. B/w text illustrations by Rhys. 238 pages, top edge green. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers are a bit grubby and gilt to spine has faded. Front free-endpaper removed. Front and rear joints cracked causing contents to be a bit loose. Some grubby fingermarks to contents. Hinges pulled/cracked. Pages 58 and 59 lightly scribbled on with blue crayon. A decent copy of a very scarce Tarrant item.

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WILMOT LAMB AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Peter Thornhill. Illustrated by Peter Thornhill.
Stock no. 822068
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine, blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Foxing to covers. Some light creasing to contents. Contents nice and bright.

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THE CHILDREN'S JACKANAPES
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing; F.H. Lee. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 631109
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Limp cloth cardwraps. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some neat colouring/painting to some b/w illustrations.

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PETER AND HIS PALS
Written by Lilian Cheesman.
Stock no. 444130
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with dark green titles. Colour frontis + 5 colour plates. Wrapper chipped and grubby.

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AMELIARANNE KEEPS SCHOOL
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 441849
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1940. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Illustrated endpapers. Full page colour pictures throughout. B/w text illustrations. Unpaginated. 8.75 x 6.25". Light wear to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper has a few closed edge-tears with minor chips to corners and one score mark to rear panel.

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AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 441843
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1941. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Charming colour pictures. Top and tail of spine faded to very edges. Inscription in ink to first page, else contents and covers are bright and sharp. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, with small chips to top and tail of spine and corners.

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AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 440294
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Charming colour pictures. A little browning to top and tail of spine. Bumping to a couple of corners. Light damp stains to lower edges of covers. Some light foxing internally. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine, small pieces of loss to top and tail of spine; piece of loss across top of rear panel.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379828
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Small closed tears to margins of two plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins (affecting a couple of plates - pictures remain bright). Foxing to page edges. A nice copy of a scarce edition.

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