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A Madcap
By
Lillie Thomas Meade
Reprint, 1920, Cassell.
Beige decorated covers.
May have had an oval picture onlay, now missing.
Colour frontispiece.
Carefully repaired small tear at top of half-title and title page.
Slight foxing on prelims.
Very good condition.
2.
Billy Bunter in Brazil
By
Frank Richards
Illustrator
R. J. MacDonald.
2nd edition, 1952, Cassell.
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Some faint soiling to covers.
Name on inside front cover.
VG in other respects.
Good condition.
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Bo-Peep
Illustrator
Various.
1900, Cassell.
Glazed pictorial boards.
Spine ends slightly worn.
Inside hinge has been strengthened with transparent tape (not Sellotape).
Neat writing on reverse of frontispiece.
Eight colour plates, mostly unattributed.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Good condition.
6.
Dogs
By
Frank Jackson
1st edition, 1972, Cassell.
ISBN: 0304938106.
19th book in Pet and Fancy Seies series.
Octavo.
Laminated pictorial boards.
125 pages.
Illustrated with black and white photographs.
Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
Very good condition.
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Janey Canuk in the West
By
Emily Ferguson
Illustrator
R. G. Mathews.
4th edition, 1910, Cassell.
Picture-onlay front cover and spine.
Black and white illustrations in the text.
One tissue-guarded colour plate opposite title page (loose).
Some wear to back edge of spine.
Front cover a little scratched.
Covers and spine unevenly faded.
Reading condition.
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Jill the Outsider
By
Christine Chaundler
Illustrator
Elizabeth Earnshaw.
1st edition, 1924, Cassell.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Some soiling to fore edge.
Faint foxing to prelims.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition.
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The British Boys' Annual
By
Eric Wood
Circa 1922, Cassell.
Blue embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on covers and spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 23cm.
232 pages.
Small address label inside front cover.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Very good condition.
14.
The British Girl's Annual
Circa 1920, Cassell.
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition.
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The Ingoldsby Legends
By
R. H. Barham
Circa 1891, Cassell.
Cassell's Red Library edition.
Red bevilled boards with black linear decoration.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Spine slightly sunned.
Name and date written neatly on front endpaper.
Front hinge broken, has been repaired with tape.
Good condition.
18.
The Magic Trumpet
By
Mary Durack
Illustrator
Elizabeth Durack.
1945, Cassell.
Grey paper-covered boards with brown lettering.
18cm x 24.5cm.
Unusual and attractive illustrations on every page.
Covers heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Spine has been reinforced by a previous owner with a grey fabric tape.
Inner hinges have been reinforced at some time with brown parcel tape, now peeling.
Stitching has pulled in places.
Contents generally good, but two pages have ink splashes on them, and one leaf is detached, and the first two pages have a small scuff/tear at the centre.
Reading condition.
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