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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL FOR LITTLE PEOPLE - 16TH YEAR
Written by Cecily M. Rutley; Gurney Slade; Margaret Rhodes; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson; Beatrice Mallet; Rene Cloke; et al..
Stock no. 1315556
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows dog in spectacles. Colour plates. Colour illustrations. First story "A Wolf-Cub to the Rescue". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear joint and some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose. Foxing to pages, mainly at margins and some grubby fingermarks.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 7TH YEAR
Written by Nora Chesson; Helen Marion Burnside; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Hilda Cowham; M. Bowley.
Stock no. 1315555
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows girl in red jacket pulling sleigh with holly. Pretty colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. First story is "The Magic Apple Tree". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some scratching to covers. Lower front corner has tape repairs. Small address label to front pastedown and inscription in ink to endpaper. Front joint cracked. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Contents are generally clean.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 21ST YEAR
Written by Edric Vredenburg; M.I.K. Carruthers; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; M.A. Peart; Hilda Cowham; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315552
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title and illustration. Front pictorial board shows boy and girl in wintry scene with puppy, mistletoe and basket of goodies. 6 colour plates (including one of cats by Wain - A Beauty of Japan). B/w and two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is December's Guest. 21st issue of Father Tuck's annual. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear cover is scuffed and slightly grubby with a few scratch marks. Page browning and some foxing otherwise contents clean.

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MR BIDDLE AND THE DRAGON
Written by Edith Farmiloe. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 1315550
Published by Skeffington & Son. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with white title and black illustration to front cover. 47 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Front cover has splash marks to it. Endpapers browned and some slight foxing otherwise contents clean.

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BRITISH BULK CARRIERS 1945 -1979
Written by I.G. Stewart.
Stock no. 2120172
Published by I.G.S. Marine Publishers. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Large format. Spiral bound cardwraps. The Quayside Shipping Series British Ocean Ships Part One. Creasing and uneven browning to covers. Browning to page edges.

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HAPPY HOURS
Written by Elizabeth S. Perks; Jessie Pope; Nancy M. Hayes; et al. Illustrated by Ethel K. Burgess; R.H. Facey; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1505514
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. circa 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictures and Stories. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows boy with geese, wonder books advert to rear cover. Endpapers by Thomas Maybank. 3 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and slightly faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. A few hinges and bottom 2" of front joint cracked. Dated ink inscription to half title page. One small illustration coloured in. Light browning and a few marks and fox spots to contents.

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AUNT LOUISA'S WELCOME VISITOR
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 1315542
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1870. Almost very good condition.

Comprising: The Birthday Party; Children's Lullabies; The Courtship, marriage, death, and burial of Cock Robin; The King, Queen and Knave of Hearts. Large format. Purple pictorial cloth with gilt. Easy to read text. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) illustrations, some double-spread. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Embossed booksellers stamp to top corner of front free-endpaper, lower corner of same page creased. Some light foxing but the contents are very clean.

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CATS AND DOGS FOR LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Cecil Aldin; Rosa C. Petherick; G.W. Goss; et al..
Stock no. 1315538
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows two children, two cats and two dogs. Colour & b/w illustrations including double page spreads in colour by Aldin, and two b/w pages by Rackham. Spine has slight loss at top and 2" loss at base. Corners are worn, covers slightly edge rubbed. Foxspots and fingermarks to contents. Old tape marks to inner margins of frontis and title-page and old tape repairs to last page. Prize plate to verso of title-page (which is the belongs to page). Some margin tears.

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THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE ESTATES OF THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY IN ULSTER
Written by James Stevens Curl.
Stock no. 2120159
Published by Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. 1981. Very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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PAGES TO PLEASE YOU
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; Elsie Blomfield; G.H. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1505512
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title, pictorial covers, front shows two horses and a cockerel, back shows dog and two sheep. Colour frontis plus two-tone and b/w illustrations. A mix of short stories and rhymes edited by Vredenburg. Spine slightly faded and worn. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby with a few light scratches. Inscription to front pastedown. One hinge cracked, first gathering pulled. A little light browning and a few marks to contents. Odd small margin tear.

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MY VERY BEST BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; MD; R. Hope; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1505511
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Stories and rhymes for little folk. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Colour frontis plus colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and discoloured. Wear to corners and cover edges, some loss of surface on corners. Covers grubby with pencil writing in title. Large, dated ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Just an odd mark to contents.

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MERRY HOURS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Chris Temple; Harry B. Neilson; Marjorie Slade; et al..
Stock no. 1315531
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1932. Very good condition.

Stories and Pictures for the Little Ones edited by Mabel Mackintosh. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl washing her toy. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny nick to edge of rear cover. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Small Xmas sticker to belongs to box and pencil name. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to contents.

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