981.
982.
983.
984.
985.
986.
987.
988.
989.
990.
The Wonderful Garden
By
Edith Nesbit
Illustrator
H. R. Millar.
Reprint, 1912, Ernest Benn.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Binding very loose, and stitching pulled.
Contents otherwise good.
Reading condition.
991.
A Christmas Tree
By
Charles Dickens
Illustrator
H. M. Brock.
1st Thus edition, 1986, Guild Publishing.
ISBN: 0948397403.
Light grey pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges and corners of covers.
Very good condition.
992.
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes
Illustrator
Kate Greenaway.
1st edition, 1881, George Routledge and Sons.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
12cm x 17cm.
Covers soiled, and worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Binding appears to have been re-glued.
Colour illustrations within the text all appear to be present, however several stubs between pages suggest that plates may have been removed from the book.
Pages tanned and fingermarked.
Reading condition.
993.
Grandmother Dear
By
Mrs Molesworth
Illustrator
Walter Crane.
Reprint, 1906, Macmillan.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light green decoration on covers.
Covers heavily worn and scuffed.
10cm split to rear edge of spine strip.
Various library marks on prelims.
Binding weak.
Contents shaken.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition, ex-library.
994.
The Phoenix and the Carpet
By
Edith Nesbit
1931, Benn.
Blue blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Light wear to covers.
Spine faded.
Name and address erased from front endpaper.
Good condition.
995.
Tell me a Story
By
Mrs Molesworth
Illustrator
Walter Crane.
Reprint, 1917, Macmillan.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light green decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little faded.
Spine faded.
Name, and library marks on front endpaper.
Contents slightly shaken.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition, ex-library.
996.
997.
998.
Five Children and it
By
Edith Nesbit
10th edition, 1930, Ernest Benn.
Dark blue blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine faded.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition.
999.
1000.
Numbers of Things
By
Helen Oxenbury
Illustrator
Helen Oxenbury.
1st edition, 1967, Heinemann.
Pictorial cloth-covered boards.
15cm x 27cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A few faint marks to front cover.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition.
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