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WELL DONE NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 708250
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange pictorial boards, colour pictures throughout. Noddy Book No. 5. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Contents fine. Orange pictorial wrapper is grubby with loss to head of spine and reinforcements with white labels to rear. An early reprint.

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THE VILLAGE WATCH-TOWER
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Stock no. 708721
Published by Gay and Bird. 1st UK 1895. Very good condition.

Beige cloth, green titles and decoration. 230 pages plus 32 page publication list to rear. Slight marking to cloth. Endpapers browned. Some light foxing. A couple of joints partly cracked.

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LET'S DO IT
Written by Marcia Lane Foster. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 708760
Published by Collins. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Sketches of Children. Very large format. Red cloth, black title to spine. Colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers and outer page edges. Cream pictorial wrapper is edge-torn with some small pieces missing and grubby, with a couple of small splash marks. A very nice copy.

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INFANTILLA THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NURSERY
Written by Arnold L. Haskell; Min Lewis. Illustrated by Stanley Lewis.
Stock no. 709079
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Telling in drawings and text the history of perambulators, feeding bottles, and rattles. A fascination for anyone who has ever been pushed in a pram! Superb b/w illustrations. Cream mottled cloth. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Orange illustrated wrapper very slightly grubby to rear with spine sunned and small nick to top.

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THE BOOK OF SIMON
Written by A.S.M. Hutchinson. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 709560
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with gilt titles. Colour portrait frontis, full-page b/w plates plus text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers and prelims. White pictorial wrapper is worn and torn at edges with extensive tape repairs and grubby.

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THE JUNGLE SCHOOL OR DR. JIBBER-JABBER BURCHALL'S ACADEMY
Written by S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 710177
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Corners worn. Boards grubby. Bottom board edges a little scuffed. Contents browned at edges. One plate detached with slight creasing at margins. Front joint beginning to crack. Couple of hinges cracked.

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IN THE GRIP OF THE SPANIARD
Written by Herbert Hayens. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 710276
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Green pictorial covers with gilt titles. 7 b/w plates. 421 pages, top edge gilt. Spine and corners worn. Covers grubby. Spine faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some marking to a few pages. A few hinges are pulled. Contents otherwise clean.

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REGGIE AND I
Written by Edward Shirley. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 710375
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. 64 pages. Illustrated with colour plates. Spine bumped, corners worn. A few small dents to board edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Top corner of first page has been torn out (not affecting text). Generally a very nice copy.

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THE EVERYDAY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 710687
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1929. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, black title. Pictorial front board showing little boy peeping behind a curtain into a christmas scene. 7 colour plates. 159 pages. 11.5 x 8.5". Spine faded at head and tail and slightly damp spotted. Corners slightly bumped. Light fading to rear board edges. Some light foxing but contents are generally bright and clean. Wrapper is worn and torn with loss at edges, grubby to rear.

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ADAM BEDE
Written by George Eliot. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 710911
Published by W. & R. Chambers. Circa 1917. Very good condition.

523 pages. Blue cloth with pictorial onlay. Gilt decorations. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small rubbing mark to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A very attractive book.

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MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Turner. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 710982
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1897. Very good condition.

Dumpy Books For Children Series no. 11. Small format. Green striped cloth. Pictorial endpapers by Edith Farmiloe. 69 cautionary stories in verse chosen from five books by Mrs. Turner. Spine slightly darkened. Corners just a little bumped. Endpapers browned. Contents bright and clean.

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THE STORY OF THE NURSERY
Written by Magdalen King-Hall.
Stock no. 711036
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photo plates. A history of the nursery from the Middle Ages to the early years of the 20th century. Spine lightly bumped. Green wrapper is a little edge-worn and price-cut.

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