Octavo.
Grey pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
White lettering on covers.
31 pages.
An equal number of short stories and poems suitable for toddlers, illustrated with black and white engravings.
Very pretty pictorial front cover.
Back cover has full page advert for Fry's cocoa.
Three pages of adverts at front of book, three more at the back.
Black and white frontispiece.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Contents detached from binding.
Title page appears to be missing.
Gift dedication dated 1896 on half title.
Otherwise in very good condition.
Reading condition

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Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Front cover shows glazed picture of children sledging.
Back cover is an advert for Cadbury's Cocoa.
Copiously illustrated in black and white (no colour illustrations).
Artists include W. C. Groome and Angusine MacGregor.
Three pages of adverts at front and rear of book.
Covers worn at edges.
Glazed paper on spine is chipped in places.
Very Good condition

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Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators.
Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton.
Eight full page colour illustrations.
Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text.
A few faint marks on front cover.
In general covers are firm, bright and clean.
Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

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Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
61 pages.
Printed on art paper.
14 colour and 14 monochrome full page illustrations.
Light wear to covers.
Front endpaper and half title have been removed.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Good condition

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1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition

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'A Book of Pictures and Stories for Little Folk.'
Matt pictorial covers, burgundy cloth, gilt lettering, picture of three children reading a book.
Grey endpapers, neat gift dedication on reverse.
Two colour plates, numerous black and white and two tone drawings, both full page and in the text, numerous full page engravings, including one by Louis Wain.
Corners and spine ends are a little worn; some fingermarking throughout book, in general though, contents are white and clean.
Good condition

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Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
16cm x 22cm.
340 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four pages of adverts at rear.
48 colour plates (all present and undamaged).
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers and endpapers clean and unmarked.
Some faint foxing to fore-edge and top-edge, contents not affected.
Not dated, but gift dedication at top of half-title is dated 1939.
Very Good condition

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Duodecimo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
152 pages.
A biography of James Garfield.
Four black and white engravings, including frontispiece and chapter headings and tailpieces.
16 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Light wear to covers.
Binding a little loose in places.
Short gift dedication on front paste down.
Front endpaper has been removed.
Pages generally clean and white, and unmarked.
Very Good condition

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Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey spine.
Picture on upper board by Caroline Hall.
Colour frontispiece by Mabel Spurrier.
Eight other full page colour illustrations.
Black and white drawings in the text.
These and the stories and poems are all by different artists and authors.
Covers close to Fine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

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Octavo.
Beige pictorial cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
288 pages.
Six black and white plates, all in good condition.
Front and back covers are very good.
Lettering and decoration has faded from the spine.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Small piece of white paper has been pasted to the top of the front endpaper with a name on it.
Contents tight and clean.
Very Good condition

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Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Nine colour plates.
Thirty-five black and white drawings in the text.
Two full page black and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with loss along spine strip a large piece missing from the back panel, and two smaller pieces missing from lower edge.
Dustwrapper repaired with tape and some paper backing.
Book itself generally VG.
Covers clean and undamaged, with some minor wear at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

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Octavo.
Olive green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Gilt blocked lettering on spine.
123 pages.
Very attractive pictorial covers.
Black and white frontispiece.
5 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Hand-written gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean nd unmarked.
Very Good condition

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Quarto.
Dark green pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
444 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Thirty pages of adverts at rear.
Covers bright and generally VG.
Spine is worn and discoloured, front edge cracked and repaired with tape.
Endpapers frayed at edges, and have been repaired.
Contents are in at least good condition.
Reading condition

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Quarto.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
144 pages.
Leaf pattern on front cover and spine.
4 pages adverts at rear of book for other publisher's titles.
Both boards stained.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Contents mostly clean, but some finger-marking.
Reading condition

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Edited by F. C. Tilney.
Duodecimo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
128 pages.
Eight colour plates.
Four black and white illustrations.
Covers soiled.
Gilt faded, particularly on spine.
Front endpaper creased.
Half title spotted.
Contents in good condition.
Black and white illustrations neatly coloured in.
Reading condition

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Quarto.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
95 pages.
Six short stories.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Colour frontispiece missing.
Five remaining colour plates all in place.
A few light marks on covers.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Glazed pictorial boards with red cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers by W. Heath Robinson.
Contributors include Thomas Maybank, Fay Inchfawn and Jessie Pope.
Five of six colour plates present (frontispiece missing).
Covers and spine a little worn.
Neat dedication on title page.
One or two of the black and white illustrations neatly coloured in.
Good condition

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Duodecimo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Gilt blocked lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
122 pages.
Attractive cover design in yellow and black.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white drawings in text.
Minor wear to covers.
Binding slightly loose.
Name stamped on front endpaper.
Dedication on half-title.
Contents mostly clean, but some occasional finger-marks.
Very Good condition

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Octavo.
Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
128 pages.
Five short stories plus sixteen
pages of publisher's adverts at the rear.
No authors credited.
Flower pattern on front cover and spine.
Gilt blocked titling on spine.
Patterned endpapers.
Black and white frontispiece.
Slight signs of wear at corner's and sides of spine.
Name and address opposite half title.
Very Good condition

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Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Red spine.
120 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Full colour illustrations alternating with single colour throughout book.
Corners and edges of covers worn.
Gift dedication on front paste down, dated 1950.
Contents generally clean and white.
Occasional fingermarking.
Puzzles completed in pencil, then erased.
Good condition

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Octavo.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Black and white decoration on covers.
222 pages.
26 pages of adverts at rear.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine faded.
Name and crossed-out dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition

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Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
250 pages.
Black and white frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Thirty seven pages of adverts at rear of book.
Prize label has been partially removed from the front endpaper.
Very Good condition

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An anthology of stories and poems.
Printed in Bavaria.
No. 436.
Quarto.
Glazed pictorial boards with red cloth spine.
Tipped-in colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Corners slightly bumped.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Front endpaper slightly marked and creased.
Occasional minor foxing.
Good condition

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Brown blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on covers.
Black and gilt decoration on spine.
Top edge gilt.
375 pages.
All edges of spine worn, all lettering faded.
Front endpaper missing, name on half title.
Two black and white plates, chapter headings and tail pieces.
Nine pages of adverts at rear of book.
Reading condition

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Red covers.
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Spine faded.
Front endpaper missing.
Half-title pasted down.
Title page frayed and dogeared, likewise contents page.
Finger marking throughout book.
Back endpaper missing.
Reading condition

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