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A Child's Garden of Verses
By
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator
Joan Hassall.
Reprint, 1961, Blackie.
Octavo.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges, with 4cm loss at base of spine and price-clipped.
Book itself close to VG.
Name in childish hand on front endpaper.
Neat gift dedication between front endpaper and half-title.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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A Flier of the Northland
By
E. Grey
Illustrator
W. Langdon Kihn.
Circa 1940, Blackie.
Brown boards with dark brown lettering and decoration.
Not dated; probably late 1930s.
Covers slightly worn at edges.
Faint scribble on front cover.
VG in other respects.
Good condition, ex-library.
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A Little Book of Old Rhymes
By
Cicely Mary Barker
Illustrator
Cicely Mary Barker.
Reprint, circa 1949, Blackie.
Grey paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Old tape marks at top and bottom edge of covers.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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A Loyal Little Maid
By
Sarah Tytler
Illustrator
Paul Hardy.
Reprint, circa 1900, Blackie.
Octavo.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
240 pages.
'A story of Mar's Rebellion'.
Two out of four black and white plates present.
Some wear to covers, mainly along sides and edges of spine.
Two stamps from the 'Children's Church Lending Library' on front paste down and front endpaper.
Gift dedication dated 1899 on front endpaper.
Inner hinges cracked, pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition, ex-library.
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Airborne
By
Alan C. Jenkins
1st edition, 1975, Blackie.
ISBN: 0216900476.
Black boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
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Animal Tales from Many Lands
By
Kathleen Arnott
Illustrator
Bernadette Watts.
1st Thus edition, 1972, Blackie.
ISBN: 0216893224.
Red leatherette boards.
Slight wear to dustwrapper.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Stamp on title page.
No other library marks.
Good condition with dust-wrapper, ex-library.
12.
Betty's Diary
By
Dorothy Russell
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
1st Thus edition, circa 1918, Blackie.
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on spine.
261 pages.
Five colour plates.
Narrow picture onlay beneath titling on the front cover.
The covers soiled and heavily worn.
Corners soft and spine ends beginning to fray.
Floral decoration around picture onlay has faded.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on the half-title.
Pages generally clean, although there is a little fingermarking.
Binding is tight.
Reading condition.
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Blackie's Omnibus of Brownie Stories
By
Sybil Owsley
Circa 1960, Blackie.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
640 pages.
Dustwrapper complete, but worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on front pastedown.
VG in other respects.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
14.
Blackie's Popular Nursery Stories
Illustrator
John Hassall.
Circa 1930, Blackie.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Light yellow lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white.
Boards worn and edge-chipped.
Spine strip in good condition.
Name and date on front paste down.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition.
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Captain Starlight
By
Percy Francis Westerman
Illustrator
W. Edward Wigfull.
Reprint, circa 1940, Blackie.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Light wear to covers.
Name and address on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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