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LAURA AND LUCY
Written by Charlotte Adams.
Stock no. 584785
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1866. Fair condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt title blocks. 275 pages. Rear joint split with two pages detached. Top and tail of spine chipped.

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THE WHISPERING WINDS AND THE TALES THAT THEY TOLD
Written by Mary H. Debenham. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 584792
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1908. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. New edition. Spine and cormers rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown. Prelims foxed. One plate missing.

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LAUGH AND LEARN
Written by Jennett Humphreys.
Stock no. 584798
Published by Blackie & Son. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

The Easiest Book of Nursery Lessons and Nursery Games. From learning to readand to count, playsongs, rhymes and jingles to indoor diversions and nursery drill with music. Brown pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Contents very good. Front joint split. Spine split. Corners worn.

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NATURAL LIFE IN GREAT BRITAIN ANIMALS AND BIRDS
Written by A. Nicol Simpson; W. Percival Westell.
Stock no. 584710
Published by C. Combridge. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

Red decorative cloth. 16 colour illustrations plus b/w photos plates. Book: book plate to front pastedown.

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WORDS BY THE WAY-SIDE
Written by Emily Ayton. Illustrated by Henry Anelay.
Stock no. 584733
Published by Grant and Griffith. 1855. Good condition.

The Children and the Flowers. Red embossed cloth, gilt titles and decorations. B/w plates. Front endpaper missing. Prelims foxed. Spine split with chips at top and tail.

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ENGLISH CHILDREN'S COSTUME SINCE 1775
Written by Iris Brooke. Illustrated by Iris Brooke.
Stock no. 430267
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Pictorial wrapper is missing most of its spine and it edge-torn, chipped, creased and repaired with sticky tape in some places.

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THE TALE OF BRIDGET AND THE BEES
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 430207
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Bridget meets Ginger Pop who introduces her to the life of the bees. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates, two-tone and b/w illustrations. 55 pages. Front and rear covers have vertical creases to them. Covers are marked and worn. Name to front endpaper. Contents are very good - only a few light margin marks.

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FIRESONG
Written by William Nicholson.
Stock no. 736346
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a as new dustwrapper.

The Manth people have left the ruined Mastery to seek their homeland, on the face of starvation, blizzards and the evil of the Morah. Blue boards. Gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 341 pages. ISBN: 0749749164. SIGNED by author on a sticker which has been stuck to title-page.

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THE DANDY BOOK 1968
No author listed.
Stock no. 430184
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1968. Almost very good condition.

Covers show Korky as Santa Claus and mice up to mischief. Black glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine has been slightly damaged and has been reglued. Corners are bumped. Some ink marks to endpapers. Price-cut.

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THE SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND
Written by J. Stirling Coyne. Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett.
Stock no. 584682
Published by George Virtue. Circa 1840. Good condition.

Large format. 11 x 8". Two volumes in one. Full brown diced calf binding, gilt titles and decorations to spine. 118 b/w plates plus vignette (lacks portrait of Mr. Willis). 170 pages + 186 pages. Marbled endpapers. Front board detached. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Bookplate of Francis T. Touzel of Jersey on front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Pages 173-178 of volume II have been bound in upside down and back to front (pages run from 172-178, 173-179). Rear joint a little fragile from the outside - leather split, else binding of contents is nice tight. A good candidate for rebinding.

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THE SECRET OF THE PLATEAU
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 584613
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Book: all plates present, name in ink to front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots to prelims.

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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN HOPE
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles.
Stock no. 584614
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, pictorial spine. 4 b/w plates + b/w map of the island. 255 pages. A 17th century story of adventure. Book: all plates present. A few foxspots to prelims and edge of textblock.

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