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NURSERY RHYMES FOR CERTAIN TIMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin; Moyra Leathem.
Stock no. 1322946
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1956. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The most completely satisfying book of nursery rhymes and jingles that have ever been published! Grey cloth. Two-tone line drawings throughout (coloured by Leathem). Introduction by De La Mare. 124 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed, edge chipped with loss to top and tail of spine.

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MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 2138019
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes. Cream and blue decorated cloth. 4 colour plates by Anderson, b/w text illustrations by other artists. 282 pages. Bumping to spine. Some browning to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; some repaired with tape to verso; some grubby marks.

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THE TOPSY-TURVY STORYBOOK
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by John Eastwood.
Stock no. 2137796
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fairy tales, legends and nursery rhymes rewritten in King-Smith's mischievous style. A riotous collection uproariously illustrated in colour throughout. Dark green cloth. Gilt title to spine. 64pp. 11 x 8". Large format. Browning/foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing.

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TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES AND CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Michael Foss; Lorraine Gerry; Leslie Gerry. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Lawson Wood; Charles Folkard; Dorothy M. Wheeler; et al..
Stock no. 2136303
Published by Michael Joseph. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718115562. Second impression. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1321776
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

An early edition. Small format, green cloth spine with black title and cream pictorial boards. 52 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges rubbed with a dent and small patch of wear to lower edges. Covers slightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned. One hinge cracked.

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WIDDY-WIDDY-WURKEY
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Valery Carrick.
Stock no. 1321764
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes from many lands. Beige decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Translated by Rose Fyleman Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some evidence of pencil marks erased from front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and foxed.

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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS AND OTHER NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Esme Eve.
Stock no. 1321147
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Mother Goose Book: Part Three. Original published as a large edition, now divided into four parts, of which this is the third. Pale blue boards with dark blue title to spine. 152 pages. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small brown spot to front cover. Endpapers lightly browned and slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is worn, creased and torn with tape repairs on verso.

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MY FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES & TALES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1820347
Published by Reader's Digest. Circa 2010. Fine condition.

Retold and illustrated by Tony Ross. Large format. Three books with pictorial boards: My first Nursery Stories; My Favourite Nursery Rhymes; My Favourite Fairy Tales. Includes Nursery Rhymes CD. ISBN: 9780276446542. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase and still wrapped in original shrinkwrap.

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OUR FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by A.W. Bayes; T. Dalziel; J.B. Zwecker.
Stock no. 2133898
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

Card wraps. With upwards of 100 illustrations. New (cloth) spine; original covers, which have browned; some tears and creasing; numbers in ink to bottom of front cover. Appears to be ex-lib., but with minimal markings. Foxing and marks.

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MOTHER GOOSE AND HER FRIENDS TOMMY TUCKER'S STORIES
Written by Maude Radford Warren; Eve Davenport. Illustrated by Charles A. Federer.
Stock no. 1319204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1925. Very good condition.

Stories based on mother goose nursery rhymes. Green cloth with black titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped-in colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 361 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear cover is just a little grubby from fingermarks. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Page browning to half title-page and to rear fly-leaf. Some fingermarks to page margins.

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HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1318026
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Two nonsense nursery rhymes wonderfully illustrated by full-page colour pictures. 7.5 x 8.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0370007743. Spine bumped. Light page browning throughout. There is a small damp mark to textblock (but it doens't affect the actual pages). Dustwrapper is lightly browned and is grubby and edge rubbed.

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NURSIE'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 2131553
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1913. Slightly better than good condition.

No. 4 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Small oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and chipping to top and tail of spine and corners, with some surface paper loss/damage. Small stain to top of front cover; also small amount of surface paper damage. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Some margin marks, including a couple of damp marks.

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