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SIMPLE SUSAN
Written by Maria Edgeworth; Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Olive Allen.
Stock no. 1326292
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

Retold by Louey Chisholm. "Told to the Children" series edited by Louey Chisholm. Pale green boards, pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 111 pages. 5.75 x 4.75". Spine bumped and slightly browned. Some slight browning to spine edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock.

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STORIES FROM DON QUIXOTE
Written by Miguel De Cervantes; John Lang. Illustrated by F.M.B. Blaikie.
Stock no. 1320451
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Told to the children series. Small format 5.75 x 4.5". Brown cloth with pictorial onlay and black titles to front cover. 8 colour plates. 120 pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name and address in purple pencil to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Page 17/8 has been roughly opened causing margin loss and large tears. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped at edges.

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MOUFFLOU
Written by Ouida. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133288
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. The story of a poodle. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. All plates present.

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AVIATION: ITS PRINCIPLES ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE
Written by Sydney F. Walker.
Stock no. 1819529
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

'The People's Books'. An endeavour to give an accurate description of the construction and working of balloons and aeroplanes in simple language. Small format. Green cloth boards, dark green titles. B/w diagrams. Spine browned, couple of small marks to front board. Name in ink to free front endpaper. Text block browned.

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SIMPLE SUSAN
Written by Maria Edgeworth; Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Olive Allen.
Stock no. 1318091
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Good condition.

Retold by Louey Chisholm. "Told to the Children" series edited by Louey Chisholm. Yellow boards, pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 111 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. 5.75 x 4.75". Covers are worn and grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some page have been roughly opened causing ragged page edges. Light page browning and some grubby fingermarks to contents.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2124414
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Good condition.

Cream/yellow boards with black titles and small image to front board. Stories We Love Series. 4 Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 63 Pages. Heavy foxing to rear cover. Brown stains to front cover. Heavy wear to corners and spine. Top half - one inch of spine is MISSING. Some other chipping to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to pages. All colour plates present. A few page corners are chipped off. Contents are still generally very good.

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KNIGHTS OF ART
Written by Amy Steedman. Illustrated by Mary Steedman.
Stock no. 2117257
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Stories of the Italian painters with 24 drawings (16 in colour) by Mary Steedman of pictures by the great artists. Black covers with elaborate gilt decorations to front cover and spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Gold coloured endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 175 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few chips to spine. What looks like small bookworm holes to edges of spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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THE ENCHANTED DOLL
Written by Mark Lemon.
Stock no. 1502830
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Almost very good condition.

Green paper boards with pictorial onlay. Black titles. 4 colour plates plus b/w chapter headers. 63 pages. Damage to top of spine, chipped with small splits. Corners and base of spine bumped and worn. Wear to onlay, mostly edges. A few marks to covers. Chapter headers have been partially coloured in (neatly). Endpapers grubby. One hinge cracked. Foxing to page edges.

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SONGS WITH MUSIC FROM A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1402266
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. circa 1918. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Music by Rev. Thomas Crawford. Cream boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. 10.5 x 8". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges a little rubbed and browned. Dated inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers a little browned. Some finger marks to page edges. First few pages have small closed tear to top edge. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears. Slight loss to rear panel which also has 4 small holes. Spine is browned. Rear flap is creased. Front panel is a little grubby.

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STORIES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer; Janet Harvey Kelman. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1309216
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Told To The Children series. Small format. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 114 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and covers very slightly mottled. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and margins of plates are slightly browned. There is some very light fingering to page margins. One page has a small piece torn from margin (no text affected).

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SONGS WITH MUSIC FROM A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 605060
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1st 1915. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Music by Rev. Thomas Crawford. Cream boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. 10.5 x 8". Corners worn. One hinge slightly cracked. Beautiful pictorial wrapper.

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STORIES FOR THE TEN YEAR OLD
Written by Louey Chisholm.
Stock no. 326098
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Grey decorated cloth, oval onlay to front cover. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. Boards worn and bumped. Small pencil inscription to front endpaper. Contents lightly browned. Generally a nice bright copy.

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