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THE ADVENTURE OF ANN AND THE WHITE SEALS
Written by Harold Reckitt. Illustrated by Laurence Irving.
Stock no. 300819
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1930. Very good condition.

LIMITED EDITION of 365 copies. Large format. White boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Green and white pictorial endpapers. 5 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. 24 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Copy no. 162 SIGNED by the author and the artist. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a slightly grubby and stained. Some pale browning and foxing else contents clean. Original yellow silk page marker still present but a little frayed at end.

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AUNT LOUISA'S SUNDAY PICTURE BOOK
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 302005
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1871. Good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Comprising of Joseph and his Brethren, The Story of King David, The Wonders of Providence and The Proverbs of Solomon. Large square format. Red cloth, gilt titles. 24 pages of illustrations (2 to a page). Spine and corners are worn and slightly damaged with some darkening to cover edges. Front and rear joints are cracked and have possibly been repaired. Foxing and finger throughout and a couple of small marginal closed tears.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 26TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; M.A. Hoyer; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 305513
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Front cover still bright and clean, rear cover a little scuffed. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean, name in pencil on front endpaper.

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THE ADVENTURE CLUB
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 308265
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Blue covers. B/w plates. Gilt to front faded. Corners bumped. Some browning to endpapers

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KATE GREENAWAY'S PAINTING BOOK
Written by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 308534
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Outlines from various Greenaway works for Boys and Girls to paint. 9.5 x 7". Front cover shows two girls with doll and paint brush. Lower half of front cover detached. Names written in ink and coloured pencil to front cover. Paper covering from spine has rubbed off. Covers are grubby. Most pages partially coloured, some better than others! Drawings to some blank pages. Some coloured pencil marks to margins and a little writing. Overall a nice copy of a scarce, fragile item.

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PLUTO'S PLAY-TIME
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 308626
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour frontis plate, illustrated throughout with two-tone illustrations. 93 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, cover edges worn with slight loss of surface paper to corners. Rear cover marked. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins and pages lightly browned throughout.

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GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 310100
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502.

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GRANNIE GRAY
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon.
Stock no. 310744
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1ST Very good condition.

Plays and Singing-Games for Children. Dark pink cloth with dark titles. B/w illustrations. 148 pages.

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THE SCARLET HERRING
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by A. D. Rusden.
Stock no. 311018
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

A collection of six stories. Green covers, red vignette of fish to front and spine. Red title to front cover, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis and text illustrations throughout. 252 pages plus small catalogue and specimen page. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, name in pencil to front endpaper. A few light marks but contents generally clean.

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FAIR TOURAINE
Written by Margaret Aulton. Illustrated by Margaret Aulton.
Stock no. 311219
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Stories and Legends of the Loire. Very large format (12.5 x 10.25"). Black cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Beautiful b/w sketches. Corners bumped. Spine worn to head and tail with 1" loss of cloth at base and slight loss at top. Some light foxing but contents generally clean.

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PHILIP THE KING
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Laurence Irving.
Stock no. 311355
Published by Heinemann. 1927. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 360 copies (of which 350 were for sale). Large format. Black cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w mounted plates (printed on tissue paper). 45 pages. SIGNED by author and illustrator, copy no. 231. Corners bumped. Covers very lightly faded. A few small foxspots else contents clean. White paper dustwrapper (with brown title and vignette to front) is slightly edge chipped and lightly browned. Contained in original slipcase which is well worn but has done it's job and kept the book/dustwrapper nice.

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THE PEDLAR'S PACK
Written by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin. Illustrated by Charles Pears.
Stock no. 311388
Published by W. & R. Chambers. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 397 pages. 9 colour plates.

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