THE BOOK OF BABY BIRDS
Written by Florence E. Dugdale. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1507451
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1913. Good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine with brown title. Cream paper boards with circular pictorial onlay of a small chick. 19 mounted colour plates of baby birds. 120 pages. Covers are very worn, picture on onlay is completely worn away. Spine has been rebacked and there are new endpapers. Covers grubby with some browning. Ink inscription to half-title page. A few marks and a little foxing to contents but many pages are clean. All plates are present, pages on which warbler and yellow hammer plates are mounted have been reinserted, edges are grubby. Crease to frontis page but not to plate.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316482
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial green cloth. B/w text and full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover has white vertical stain. Foxing to contents. It is possible that the endpapers have been professionally replaced.

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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 1506027
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Top third of spine faded. Covers slightly grubby with some light scratches. Ink inscription to verso of frontis and belongs to box completed in frontis. Light browning and foxing to contents. Colouring to a few of the b/w illustrations.

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FIRST STEPS
Written by Mabel A. Marsh. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Angusine Macgregor; J.H. Hartley; Florence Hardy; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1505974
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Slightly better than good condition.

A Picture Reading Book for Little Folks. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother in a chair reading this book to her little toddler, white border. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, heavy wear to corners and some wear to cover edges. Front joint split for half its length. One hinge badly cracked. Name erased from front pastedown and belongs to box. All lower page corners bumped. Light browning to endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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LITTLE SONGS
Written by Tom Pierce Cowling. Illustrated by Lilian Amy Govey.
Stock no. 1505818
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Poems with Music for the Nursery. Large format 11.75 x 8.75". Cloth spine, black decoration and titles, pictorial onlay to front cover of girl at piano. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 20 Songs and music. Spine bumped and darkened. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby with darkening to some cover edges, rear cover has a lot of surface wear. One hinge cracked. Contents generally clean but with light foxing throughout.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1315489
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Recased in original covers, joints professionally repaired and rear free-endpaper backed as some loss to edges. Some pages and plates slightly worn to edges where they were loose before repairs. Some creases to pages. Light browning mainly to margins of text pages, plates bright and clean. Inscription in ink and small newspaper clipping (about Peter the lost Budgerigar!) fixed with white tape to verso of front-endpaper. Musty odour to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce title, now in sound binding.

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THE POOR DEAR DOLLIES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1404567
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with red titles. Green cloth spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine re-backed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small indents to rear board. Small bump to top of rear board which also affects internal pages. Boards are grubby. Small red mark to top of front board. Name and date to front endpaper. Front joint beginning to crack. One hinge cracked. Erased writing and slightly sticky residue possibly from removal of label to front endpaper which is a little grubby. Some foxing and fingering to contents.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TROOPER PEEK-A-BOO
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1503844
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1916. Slightly better than good condition.

Timothy Peek-a-Boo decides to become a soldier. Paper boards with pictorial onlay and brown titles, 7.75 x 6.5". Illustrated endpapers. 4 plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine reglued into place, some damage at top and bottom. Wear to corners. Some browning to cover edges and a few marks to covers and onlay. Front joint cracked with glue seeped through from spine repair showing along joint. Tiny tear to top edge of front endpaper. Half-title page browned. Some marks to contnets but many pages are clean. Last plate has marks to margin and a little wax(?) to picture. Brown spot on lower edge affects last couple of pages and endpapers.

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ZOO BABIES
Written by G.E. Farrow. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114158
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green boards with red titles and picture of a bear to front cover. Full page two and three colour illustrations. Spine is faded, with chipping. Bumping and wear to edges. A few marks to covers. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1311385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1920. Good condition.

Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and titles. 20 beautiful colour plates mounted on grey card with captions below. Verses arranged by Mabel and Lilian Quiller-Couch. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Gilt to spine has dulled. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joint between fly-leaf and title-page is cracked causing frontispiece to be missing in this copy. Page edges are ragged from rough opening during binding process.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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