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OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379320
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to 450 copies. Cream vellum binding, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Very pretty illustrations in delicate pastel colours. Oblong format. All edges gilt. Rhymes set to music. SIGNED by illustrator. Covers ever so slightly marked, corners a little bumped and rubbed. Ties missing. Endpapers heavily foxed. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins but generally contents clean. A nice example - copy no. 4.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1971
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Penelope Douglas; Sylvia Allen; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 379326
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards, front shows a boy and girl and little puppy dog, 'Hello! Here we are again!. Colour and two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 0603070043. Spine and corners bumped, a few tiny dents to lower edges. Light speckles to front cover (paint?) and a light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Some puzzle and colouring pages completed. Light page browning. Contents generally clean.

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THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
Written by Wendy Boase.
Stock no. 595756
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1979. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Women Pioneers in Aviation. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850453186. Wrapper slightly unevenly faded.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1925
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 595712
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour and sepia plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Includes Billy Bunter stories. 360 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Some edges of boards have been strengthened with clear tape. Top & tail of cloth spine lightly rubbed. Rear cover scuffed. Joints weak. Faint inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few margin marks to contents.

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THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SOMERSETSHIRE
Written by William Phelps.
Stock no. 595693
Published by J.B. Nichols and Son. 1st 1836. Very good condition.

Parts 1-8 bound in four (all published). 1836-1839. 50 plates including six maps, a few tinted, 50 engraved vignettes to text. Original printed wrappers. Subscribers list. Contained in purpose-made cloth-covered book box. Paperwraps slightly edge-chipped. Contents very good indeed. Book box is split on one edge but still holding.

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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 595653
Published by George Robertson & Co.. 1st 1907. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth covers with bevelled edges, red title to front with illustration of a Brownie swinging in a cobweb. Marbled endpapers. Packed with charming pen-and-ink illustrations, many full-page. A typically stylised Outhwaite fairyland. 184 pages. Oblong format. Spine bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Corners slightly worn. Two small dents to cover foredges, Contents near fine with just the occasional very pale mark. A super copy of this rare fairy book.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLES AND PRIXIE
Written by Helen Lancaster. Illustrated by Helen Lancaster.
Stock no. 379253
Published by Wilding & Son Ltd.. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pale blue boards with black titles and oval onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Prickles and Prixie are hedgehogs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Faint old tape marks to covers. Contents bright and clean. White pictorial wrapper is grubby with closed tears (several tape repairs on verso - the tape is old and has yellowed causing the slight marks on the covers mentioned perviously). A nice copy.

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MOTHER CAREY
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Stock no. 379246
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles and circular onlay to front cover. 4 colour plates, tissue guard to frontis. 319 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Prize plate to front pastedown (dated Christmas 1911). Page browning and foxing else contents clean. One of the plates is loose but still present.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 595605
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition.

Publisher's de-luxe binding. Olive green morocco with gilt titles. Front cover has coloured leather inlaid illustration. Pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates. A handsome book. Light bump to one edge of front cover. A little bumping to spine. A few brown marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates are present and in fine condition - a really lovely copy of this special publishers edition.

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THE TEDDY BEAR'S PARTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 595635
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

No. 3010. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A thin book. Wear to spine and cover corners. A few grubby marks internally. Colour pictures are still bright.

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HILO THE FUNNY LITTLE MAN PAINTING AND CRAYON BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 627092
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. One page has illustration coloured in for you to copy on facing page. Spine lightly rubbed & worn. Contents clean and unused.

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THE ADVENTURES OF GOOPY THE PERSONALITY PUP
Written by James Gilroy.
Stock no. 627095
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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