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THE ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK
Written by Ida May.
Stock no. 1310575
Published by Albert E. Marriott. circa 1931. Very good condition.

Blue boards, black titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos of the very young Princess Elizabeth and two-tone illustrations for the children's stories. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Small nick to lower edge of spine. Inscription in ink and small Xmas sticker to front endpaper. Pale page browning and light foxing to first few and last few pages else contents clean.

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AN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Carton Moorepark.
Stock no. 1307920
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Magnificent b/w plate for each animal along with a paragraph of text on each. Large format. Green boards and spine, front shows a pair of shire(?) horses. Spine rebacked with green cloth keeping most of the original title-strip. Corners worn and some slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers professionally replaced. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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ABC DRAWN AND COLOURED
No author listed. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 1306139
Almost very good condition.

Small format (6.5 x 5.75"). Red cloth spine, red pictorial boards. Two letters of the alphabet illustrated in colour with a small rhyme opposite featuring words beginning with that letter. A scarce ABC book. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn and edges rubbed. Some slight scuffing to covers. Staples are rusty with small marks to endpapers. The tissue-guards are lightly browned with a couple of them being slightly edge chipped. One page detached.

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TINY TOT'S FIRST BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by E.e. Houghton; et al..
Stock no. 1301041
Published by Nister & Co.. circa 1929. Very good condition.

No. 3812. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing mother on a bench with little boy and girl reading Tiny Tot's First Book. Contains ABC, Alphabet in writing letters, counting, telling the time, rhymes, short stories etc. B/w text illustrations and a few full-page colour illustrations. Slight wear to top and tail of spine, corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning else contents clean. Small tear to lower edge of rear free-endpaper.

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THE Z WAS ZAPPED
Written by Chris Van Allsburg. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.
Stock no. 822858
Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company. 1st USA 1987. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

American Edition. The Alphabet Theatre Proudly Presents a Play in Twenty-Siz Acts. Large format. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0395446120. Light rubbing to wrapper corners.

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LITTLE FOLKS ABC
No author listed.
Stock no. 380016
Published by Margo. Good condition.

A fold-out alphabet book. Colour pictorial boards. 2 letters with little rhymes to each page, colour illustrations. Spine and corners worn. Vertical crack to rear board. Covers grubby. Light crayon marks to a few of the letters and some pages have light vertical creases. Contents generally clean.

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PRINCE ARTHUR'S ALPHABET
No author listed.
Stock no. 583348
Circa 1850. Good condition.

Flowers from the Garden of Knowledge series. An ABC book. B/w illustrations. This book has been Rebound and has new endpapers and pastedowns. Contents internally are original, with some chipping, grubby marks and a few margin tears.

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THE ORCHARD ABC
Written by Ian Beck. Illustrated by Ian Beck.
Stock no. 425966
Published by Orchard Books. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Look out for your favourite fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters in this glorious alphabet book. ISBN: 1852134739. SIGNED by author, with inscription on dedication page. Wrapper a little edge-creased.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF SALLY TOMATO
Written by Jean Ure. Illustrated by Karen Donnelly.
Stock no. 403077
Published by Collins. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Salvatore D'Amato is keeping an alphabet of dire and disgusting ditties. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0001856405. SIGNED by author to title page. "Daivd best wishes from Jean Ure". Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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ALPHABEARS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 622123
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A simple rhyming text not only provides an introduction to the alphabet but also a story book for young children and a picture book to enchant readers of all ages. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 041650180X. Top front corner bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper very lightly scuffed.

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NICHOLAS BENTLEY'S BOOK OF BIRDS
Written by Nicolas Bentley. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 666622
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Avian Alphabet. B/w pictures. Humourous rhymes. Spine a little bumped, slight fading to boards. Wrapper edge-worn and grubby. Contents fine.

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