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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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OLD RHYMES IN A NEW SETTING
Written by Edmund V. Megson. Illustrated by Ethel Hall.
Stock no. 1506728
circa 1904. Almost very good condition.

First Series. Brown cloth covers with black titles and vignettes of geese and windmill. 9.5 x 9.5". Nursery rhymes with b/w illustrations and musical score. Pages printed on one side only. Music by Megson. SIGNED by Megson, with inscription, on verso of front endpaper. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks and some darkening to covers. Joints just starting to crack. A few marks/fingermarks to contents.

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OLD DUTCH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by J. Rontgen; R.H. Elkin. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1316102
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, pictorial onlay to front. Pretty colour pictures, each with verses with music on facing pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Faint damp stain to rear cover. Joints cracked but binding still tight. Some light foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins. A few small edge tears at margins.

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BABY BUNTING AND OTHER NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1506054
Good condition.

A shaped book, Shakespeare Series No. 1912. 9.5 x 4.75". Card wraps, pictorial front cover shows toddler in orange baby wear. Red, black and white illustrations. Spine worn, staples rusty. Covers creased and grubby. Tear to front cover has been repaired on verso with tape. Contents have a little edge wear but are generally clean.

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NEW RHYMES FOR NURSERY TIMES
Written by Edith A. Steinthal.
Stock no. 1505879
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board, stiff card pages each with a rhyme and colour illustration. Oblong format. Spine worn with nicks to cloth at ends and slight loss. Wear to corners of covers and pages. Cover edges rubbed. Covers a bit grubby and scratched with small piece of surface loss from rear cover. Contents grubby with some foxing and page edge browning.

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NURSERY RHYMES AND VERSES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1505499
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Queen of Hearts baking, rear board shows two ladies, one with spinning wheel by Brisley. Illustrated endpapers. 4 colour plates plus 150 b/w illustrations all by Lambert. Spine bumped with wear and a little wrinkled. Wear to corners and cover edges with some loss of surface. Bump to outside edge of front cover. Some rippling and light pink marks to endpapers. One hinge cracked. 2" tear to title page alongside spine. Most pages are clean. All colour plates present but one has not been printed straight on the page, marks to verso of another.

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FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1505490
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows girl washing toys. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front cover slightly grubby, rear cover has a few marks and a tiny indentation. Front joint cracked between frontis and title page. First gathering pulled so feels loose. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Painting to some b/w illustrations with transfer of colour to page opposite. Also some painting to verso of a couple of plates and to blank pages at rear and endpapers.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 18TH YEAR
Written by Cecily M. Rutley; John Lea; Evelyn Whitaker; et al. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; Nina K. Brisley; Florence Mary Anderson; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; et al..
Stock no. 1404919
Published by Partridge. circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Red spine with black title and vignette of a child climbing a flagpole. Black pictorial board showing children on scooters. Red titles. Pictorial endpapers with 4 different nursery rhymes. Colour plates. Full page four tone illustrations plus two tone illustrations. First story is A Tale of the Tinies. Spine bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges a little rubbed. Bottom of rear board bumped. Rear board is a little grubby. Light scuffing/scratch marks to front board. Front joint reinforced. Rear joint and some hinges cracked. Endpapers are browned. Name and date to verso of title page. Creasing to bottom of some pages. Light foxing mainly to page edges plus some grubby marks although many pages are clean.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Rochester.
Stock no. 1505400
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1946. Very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Oblong format. Pictorial stiff card covers. Beautiful colour illustrations to each page with rhyme below. A little wear to spine and corners, nick to lower edge of front cover and lower front corner creased (also affects all pages), small mark to front cover near top of spine. Staples starting to rust. Erased pencil writing to top corner of front pastedown. Contents clean and bright.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; Joyce Mercer; et al..
Stock no. 1315360
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

The 'Wonderland' Series. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards show boy serving tea and girl sat sewing. Colour frontis plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations uncredited but frontis and most others appear to be by Robinson, a couple of rhymes at back of book are illustrated by Mercer. Very slight wear to spine and corners. Last few lower page corners creased. Contents clean.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1314987
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1930. Very good condition.

A large format board book with cloth spine. Bright colour pictures every page. Spine and corners worn. Covers slightly grubby and foxed. Foxing and some light fingermarks else contents clean.

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THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1505036
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1903. Slightly better than good condition.

A fantastic collection of nursery rhymes! Dark red boards with gilt decorations and titles. Gilt page edges. Colour frontis piece. Many two tone colour plates. B/w text illustrations throughout. 320 pages. 10 x 7.5". Spine bumped and worn with small splits to top and bottom edges, also a little faded and gilt dulled. Corners worn, especially bottom corners. Darkening to covers and rear cover is marked, front less so. Front joint just starting to crack, a few hinges cracked. Light red stain to edge of prelims, grubby mark to margin of frontis Marks and fingermarks to contents and some light foxing but many pages are clean.

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