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London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1867. Paperback. Fair. One of the series of childrens stories written by the famous author Laura Valentine, this tells of adventures at the seaside with beautiful colour illustrations. Slim paperback book. Front cover is torn at the top and bottom and there is bumping rubbing and shelf wear. The pages are foxed and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. First. Hardback. Very Good. A beautiful story about a family of seals, the text has the impression of being handwritten in italics, and lots of lovely illustrations in black and white. Slim hardback book, with cloth binding and spine bound in blue in contrast to the full cover in diamond shaped pattern of blue… Read more about this item

London: The Religious tract Society, Undated. Hardback. Good. A little girls first introduction to christianity, her first prayers and the hearts she affects through her many innocent and guileless questions. Red spine in cloth and the cover is a painting of jessica in a scene from the story.Some bumping and rubbing, The pages are clean but the… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1870. Paperback. Fair. A story in verse by the childrens author who lived from 1782-1866, she was the sister of Jane Taylor the poet who wrote twinkile twinkle. Paperback booklet with beautiful illustrations accompanying the story. The spine is very worn and there are two creases to the cover. Shelf worn and rubbed.… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1960. Hardback. Good/Fair. Ernest Shepard. The famous winnie the pooh story but translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard. Blue boards with title to spine and a winnie the pooh embossed on the front cover roman style.Some bumping and marks.Tight binding and clean pages. Dj is torn in several places and rubbed and marked. AB82

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1909. Hardback. Good. An illustrated version of this famous story Hardback A4 book, spine is bound in red and the cover is an illustration.Bumping and rubbing and a little dirty.Tight binding and clean pages, with some foxing to the inside cover. Owner inscription for xmas which dates it at 1909. The illustrations are… Read more about this item

London: Howard Baker, 1979. Hardback. Good/Good. Each of the howard baker editions of these annuals contains a series of stories from the Magnets great golden age. Each is a fitting memorial to the glowing imagination, humour, the humanity and the well nigh incredible industry of its author Frank Richards. Green boards with writing to spine. Bumped and marked.… Read more about this item

London: G Bell and Sons, 1911. Hardback. Very Good. M V Wheelhouse. A lovely book of stories for children by this famed english author Beige cloth boards with title written to spine and front and an illustration of a boat.Some bumping and shelf wear. Tight binding and clean pages which are hand cut paper. Some colour plates.… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1963. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Jean Primrose. Three children brought into a happy friendship after conflict by a little doll. A captivating story for children. Beige cloth boards with title to spine and beautiful little illustration of a little vase of flowers to the front.Minor bumping.Dj mylar covered and not price clipped, some minor… Read more about this item

London : G Bell and Son, 1910. Hardback. Very Good. M V Wheelhouse. Lovely little story book with many colour plates. Blue cloth boards with title to cover and spine. Bumped and a bit marked. There is an owner book plate inside and also a name in pencil and an owner inscription in pen.The pages are handcut paper… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1970. Hardback. Good/Good. This is a selection of whaat the victorian child was brought up on. Robbed of childhood and given tracts instead of fun stories. This is an anthology of some of these with many of their magnificent pictures. Burgundy cloth boards with some bumping and rubbing.Dj is mylar covered and price clipped, slight chipping… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. The weans of Rowallan was the original title of this story published in 1905, now republished with this title. about a family living in a decaying house in Ireland with Fly, Jane, Mick and Patsy, all five of them spoiled by Lull the most indulgent, most lovable and most… Read more about this item

London: Wells Gardner, 1889. Hardback. Fair. Collection of the weekly victorian childrens magazine chatterbox in one bound volume. Covers from November 1888 to November 1889 by the british clergyman John Erskine Clark Red boards with title to spine in gold writing. Very marked chipped and bumped. The binding is tight and the pages are clean but there… Read more about this item

Ladybird Books Ltd, 1993. Very Good. An emperor who thinks he is wearing clothes! Slight bumping to bottom right corner. Nice tight copy with clean pages. AB12

USA: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First edition. Very Good. A delightful children's tale of Murrum, the Cat, and Poor Cecco, an articulated dog, and other toys of the house. Mark to rear of outside cover. blue boards with writing to spine and cover.gold embossed picture on cover.color plates throughout. tight binding and clean pages. heavy book so… Read more about this item

London: Oxford university press, 1930. Very Good. A lovely french story for children. This is in the oxford story readers series and is a hard to find copy, it has red cloth cover with lovely black writing to the cover. It is from the french by Charles Nodier. Nice black and white illustrations. Some bumping and the front… Read more about this item

London: Barton and Co. Ltd, 1929?. Very Good. A lovely story book full of animals and verse, lovely black and white pictures of animals dressed up. Yellow laminate boards with pictures to front. Overall colours yellow and red. Lots of black and white photographs. Also some lovely colour plates. Pages are really clean, but the staple binding has… Read more about this item

Loghborough: Ladybird, 1982. First edition. Very Good. Introducing young children to the rules of number. Some bumping to corners and rubbing. Nice clean pages and tight binding. AB15

London: Penguin Books, 1997. First edition. Good. More tales of Benjamin and Peters advenures in Mr MCgregors garden, would they escape being trap by Mr McGregors cat? Clean cover, user marks, staining, damp damage,greasing to first 2 pages. AB18

London: George C Harrap, 1961. Very Good. A lovely childrens story. Nice little copy of this childrens story. Illustrated front cover in maroon black and white of a girl with a tiger. A little faded at the bottom. Black and white illustrations throughout. School stamped. Minor bumping. Nice tight binding and clean pages. AB29