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LITTLE PICKY GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Henry Phelps. Illustrated by Bruno Frost.
Stock no. 1506732
Published by The Conrad Press Ltd.. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Picky's mother took him all round the neighbourhood showing him many people and things. Would you like to know where they went and what they saw? Cloth spine, black front cover shows two birds sat on signpost. Colour illustration and verse for each letter of the alphabet. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light crease to bottom corner of front cover. Covers slightly grubby. Ink inscription and corner crease to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. Light foxing to endpapers and an odd mark to contents.

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DR. JOLLYBOY'S ABC
No author listed. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1316190
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. Full-page illustrations with words to find for each letter of the alphabet. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight grubbiness to covers. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning and some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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THE NON-FERROUS MINES OF THE SOUTH WALES AREA
Written by J.R. Foster-Smith.
Stock no. 2120641
Published by Northern Mine Research Society. 1981. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. British Mining Series No. 18. 54 pages. ISBN: 0901450154. Cover edges are browned, with a little creasing.

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GRUNO 1937-2002
Written by Jan Anderiesse; Leslie Spurling.
Stock no. 1811714
Published by Uitgeverij De Alk. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

The history of the N.V. Scheepvaartbedrijf "Gruno" and their associated ships. Dual language: English & Dutch. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 200 pages. ISBN: 9060132165. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - EIGHTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; Amy Whipple; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Blampied; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Peter Fraser; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505439
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red pictorial boards showing various children and fairy folk. Edited by Chisholm. Brazil story is Two Little Scamps and a Puppy. 14 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 287 pages. Spine bumped and worn, wear to edges of onlay. Bumping to corners, wear to corners and cover edges. Covers rubbed with a few light scratches. Front joint cracked next to contents page. ink inscription to front endpaper. Title page is partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A few fox spots and marks to contents. All plates present.

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THE GOLDEN PLAYBOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson.
Stock no. 1505197
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Comprising The Golden Alphabet, Dorothy's Dolls, Red Riding Hood's Party. Grey and blue pictorial cloth. Full-page pictures printed in colour by Edmund Evans. All edges gilt. A delightful Victorian book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Both joints cracked. Some damp damage to contents, two pages have been stuck together on bottom margin, now torn apart causing surface paper damage to last line of text and a few other pages have surface paper damage or tears to bottom edge. Large 5.5" tear to one illustration. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Numerous pencil marks to contents. mostly short lines to blank pages. Grubby marks to contents.

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THE EASY READING BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1505183
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Cosy Corner Picture Book. Contains the alphabet, counting, puzzles and short stories. Red spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and doll stood facing each other, 10 x 7.5". Illustrated endpapers. Two colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover grubby. Ink inscription to top corner of front pastedown. Erased pencil scribble to rear endpapers. Foxing and a few marks to frontis, title page and first two text pages, rest of contents have less foxing and just a very odd mark. Some of dot-to-dots have been completed then erased.

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THE BATTLE BOOK OF YPRES
Written by Beatrix Brice.
Stock no. 2117932
Published by Spa Books. 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A facsimile of the 1927 edition. A chronological account of the fighting at Ypres. ISBN: 0907590179. Wrapper is edge-creased with a little browning.

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MY ALPHABET BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314421
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations for each letter of the alphabet throughout (2 per letter per page). "K is for Keys, K is for Kingfisher" Covers a little bit grubby. Slight wear to spine and corners. Finger creases and light marks to page edges but generally clean.

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SKYWRITING AN AVIATION ANTHOLOGY
Written by James Gilbert; et al.
Stock no. 1712096
Published by M. And J. Hobbs; Michael Joseph. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Collection of excerpts from the finest writers on aviation. ISBN: 0071816232. Spine bumped. Wrapper spine faded.

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RAGGED ROBIN
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1710162
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

James Reeves takes children on a magical poetic tour through the alphabet - here is King Arthur in Avalon, Brand the Blacksmith, Moths and Moonshine, Noah, etc. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744511089.

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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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