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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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THAT LITTLE RED SQUIRREL
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1306904
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Very small, oblong format 3.5 x 4.75". Beige pictorial boards with green spine. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners worn, 0.5" loss to base of spine. Strangely a small hole has been pierced through to the spine edge of the front cover and a piece of red ribbon has been tied neatly around the front cover (see photograph). Some light fingering else contents clean.

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THE PENDLETONS
Written by E.M. Jameson. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse; Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1106624
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Grey-green pictorial binding. 6 colour plates. 280 pages. Covers have faded to brown; wear and marks with scuffing. Front endpaper is MISSING. All colour plates are present. A few grubby margin marks. Some foxing.

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FORAGER HIS ADVENTURES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105953
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Happy Family Series No. 6. Brown boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Title on cover is 'Cecil Aldin's Happy Family'. 8 x 7.5 inches. Joints badly cracked showing webbing. Lacks front endpaper. Rear endpaper detached and torn with loss. Three pages with an edge tear. Spine slightly split and worn at base. Corners rubbed. Covers grubby. Colour plates bright.

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THE PENDLETONS
Written by E.M. Jameson. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse; Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1105791
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey-green pictorial binding. 6 colour plates. 280 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A bright copy.

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BUNNY O'THE BRACKEN
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1801049
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1916. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial paper boards. Colour plates. Brown pictorial endpapers. Re-backed with new spine. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Rear cover scuffed. A few light marks to margins. One hinge split. Contents a little fragile due to glue drying out on spine. Still a good copy.

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REGISTRUM ORIELENSE
Written by Charles Lancelot Shadwell.
Stock no. 630048
Published by Henry Frowde. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

An Account of the Members of Oriel College, Oxford. Volume I (complete in itself). The Commensales, Commoners and Batellers Admitted During the Years 1500-1700. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to front and college crest to front. Cover edges lightly bumped/worn (minor). Contents clean.

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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. 380802
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1911. Very 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 with slight rubbing. Name in ink to front pastedown. Joints just starting to crack. Corner of grey frontis mount is creased. Foxing throughout (some heavy). A nice copy of an attractive book.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626829
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 paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. One hinge pulled, a few foxspots and finger marks. 2.25" closed tear to bottom edge of 'up with the lark'. A nice copy.

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LITTLE PETER
Written by Lucas Malet. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 317514
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1910. Very good condition.

A Christmas Morality. Pretty cream pictorial boards. Gilt titles. 8 colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 175 pages. 8.75 x 6.5". boards a little grubby and bumped. Some browning and foxing. Otherwise a lovely copy.

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FARM BABIES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 811762
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth boards, front cover shows puppy and ducklng with orange title. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates. Told from the point of view of Decimus Duckling who goes out to explore the world at large. 'F' in 'Farm' on front cover title is dulled. Inscription in ink to half-title page partly crossed out. One page detached. All plates present. Light offsetting to text pages from the plate opposite. A few fox spots present. Hinges pulled, some cracked. Front hinge cracked, first folio section detached at lower half. One page (VIII) has a closed horizontal tear with no loss. Still a charming copy.

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THE CHILDREN'S LONGFELLOW
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Alice Massie. Illustrated by E.S. Farmer.
Stock no. 568936
Published by Henry Frowde. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Stories from the Poet's work, told by Massie. Red cloth spine, red title and pictorial onlay to front board. Colour & b/w illustrations. Binding a little loose. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Onlay scratched. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Couple of foxspots to contents.

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