MY MOTHER
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Comus; Ann Taylor.
Stock no. 2130362
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Good condition.

An adaptation of the poem by Ann Taylor, with a prose version and two musical settings. Comus is the pseudonym for R.M.Ballantyne. Large format. Green embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front cover. 32 pages. 8 attractive colour plates. The story of a kitten. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks and uneven fading to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Creasing and a few margin tears, foxing, including to plate pages. Frontis is very creased; appears to at one time have been folded. Some damp marks. A reading copy.

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THE CUDDLY-KITTY BOOK
Written by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 2130273
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

The Nursery Zoo series, The Second Cage. Red cloth boards with large pictorial onlay to front cover. One page of text facing one full page colour illustration printed one side of page only. Spine is bumped and faded. Bumping and wear to corners. Covers are a bit bowed. Joint next to frontis is partially broken. Some marks to endpapers, outer page edges and margins.

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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 2129669
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1913. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Bumping o corners. Some marks and browning to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing/browning to endpapers; a few to page margins. Plates are lovely and bright!

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THE JACKIE JACKDAW BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2127768
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Off-white cloth with orange titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Pretty colour and b/w illustrations accompany short verses for children. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to coves. Small patch of surface paper damage to onlay to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. Pencil colouring to half-title page, which also has 1" margin tear. Some grubby margin marks.

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THE PODGY-PUPPY BOOK
Written by Clara G. Dennis. Illustrated by Alan Wright; Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2125206
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

The Nursery Zoo. The Podgy-Puppy who gets out of his cage during a holiday and plays the following pranks. Red cloth, with large pictorial onlay to front cover, which shows Podgy Puppy with a chewed slipper! B/w text illustrations and colour plates. Printed on one side of the page only - one page of text facing one colour plate. Spine is bumped and faded. A few marks and spotting to covers. A little chipping to couple of corners of onlay. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are still very good indeed!

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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MASTER MOUSE THE MADCAP
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1507494
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1913. Very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt titles, pale green decoration and large pictorial onlay. 8 stories. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine bumped, wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened. Covers a little grubby with scratch to rear cover. Browning to endpapers and bookseller's label to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to text block. Just a few marks to contents.

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FUNNY FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Sybil Tawse; et al..
Stock no. 1406283
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Nelson's fireside library. Green cloth with pictorial onlay, gilt titles and pale green borders. 8 colour plates to contents. Pictorial endpapers. 95 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light fading to rear cover which also has a couple of marks. Inlay to font cover is a little scuffed. Endpapers browned. Small mark to top of front pastedown. Inscription to verso of frontis. Heavy foxing to pages 78-80. Some light fingering.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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POCOMOTO AND THE DESERT GOLD
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1506266
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The driver of the stage-coach has been hit by a bullet. Poco and Tim Bladen search for the unknown gunman and thus become involved in a hunt for treasure in the bad lands of the Pecos country. Red boards, dark titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, couple of light bumps to lower edge of front cover. Name and date in ink to front endpaper plus small ink date stamp. Front joint ever so slightly cracked. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block. Text pages clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn with small chips to base of spine. Rear panel and spine grubby/foxed, same on verso.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505914
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1920. Almost very good condition.

For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine bumped with some rubbing to vignette. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few marks and scratches to covers. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Evidence of something having been stuck to rear endpaper. Contents very good.

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THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Beryl Reid.
Stock no. 1505805
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Grey boards, pictorial onlay. Charming tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations. The Jingle Books No. 2. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and marked with lots of light scratches to onlay. Joints have been strengthened with tape, neatly done. Endpapers a bit grubby and browned. Rusty marks to pages alongside spine from staples. A couple of numbers in child's writing to verso of half-title page. A few marks to contents, some creases and a few fox spots. All plates present, small mark to frontis and last plate.

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