PIG WHO LIKE TO SLEEP, The

Kenosha Wisconsin USA, Samuel Lowe Co. 1943 Color illustrated to each page by M. Rodier . Square octavo pictorial paper covers (slight paper adhesions to cover/lower cover with small marginal piece missing) (10pp) text on variously colored background and printed on the outer quarter of each page V.G

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Book number: J56747

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PLAY DAYS

Newark USA, Graham & Co Shape Book series #042 1920 approx) Line illustration in two colors . Die cut shaped narrow quarto chromolith cover of children and dog (spine very chipped edges slightly chipped rear cover repeat with some loss of surface) (10pp) All pages repaired at gutter with sl.slippage to shaping. A strange item as the shaping takes no account of the contents illustration in one case cutting into a child's face in others into the first or last letter of a word. This is however definitely as issued.

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Book number: J65324

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PLAYFELLOWS (Shape Book)

London, Tuck & sons 1890 approx) Chromoliths (3 including double page) + line illustrations & lithos. . Shaped glazed card covers of boy and dog (damage to shoulder and foot/rear cover damage to small area at foot of hinge) (12pp) covers split

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Book number: J59743

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PLAYTIME STORIES

London, Ernest Nister & E.P.Dutton, New York c. 1908 heavily glazed Color plate mounted on verso of half title [as issued] + full-page and text line and other illustration in the text . 240 x 200mm red cloth spined pictorial cover lower cover plain glazed cream {tips sl.worn/head of spine slightly damaged and repaired] 88pp + [3p=Nister publications] Page count includes title & frontis. Front free endpaper has been torn out, very slight uniform paper tanning but a neat, tight clean bright copy with stories and illustrations by different authors and artists. Nister number 2001

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Book number: J75572

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POLITE PRECEPTOR or a collection of entertaining and instructive Essays .. With a view to inspire into the minds of youth the love of Virtue and the Principles of true Taste and just Reasoning

London, Johnson,Richardson .. Harris etc sixth edition corrected and improved 1807 . Duodecimo very worn roan leather binding (one cover off/needs rebind) (vi pp)+372pp Quite some foxing but book-block tight and neat. Inscription on Free EP. *Moral articles many from the Spectator, Rambler, Idler, Mirror, Lounger, Adventurer, Hume's Essays and Sterne's works. N.B. This is not the same as The Preceptor which is a multi-volume teaching aide covering sciences, natural history, writing, reading and other knowledge required for a gentleman's education. An early children's reading book to instil moral virtue & courtesy.

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Book number: J67106

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POP-UPS Shapes

Printed in Spain, Watson/Susaeta Ediciones 1st English 1990 Pop-outs (4) . Octavo pictorial boards (8pgs) (not in MONTANARO).

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Book number: J47988

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POP-UP SPOOKY NIGHT

New York, Grosset & Dunlap/Putnam 1992 approx) Pop-ups (6) illustrated by Benrei Huang . 16mo blue pictorial boards (12pp) very minor creasing.

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Book number: J67998

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POPEYE GOES FISHING

London, Haddock 1987 Pop-ups (5) . Duodecimo white spined pictorial boards (10pp) as new (MONTANARO 233).

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Book number: J65201

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PRAYERS FOR LITTLE ONES Pop-up Book

London, Dean & Son 1964 Pop-ups (3) illustrated by Violet M. Williams . Octavo grey pictorial boards text parallel to spine (10pp)

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Book number: J65694

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Keywords: pop-up religious prayers

PROWL AND GROWL - My big Pop-up book

Bath England, Parragon book/Oyster Books 2002 Pop-ups (5) . Quarto blue pictorial boards (tips sl.bumped) (10pp) tiny insertion tears to one pop-up else V.G. Large jungle scenes for pre school children.

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Book number: J68159

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PUSS IN BOOTS POP-UP BOOK

London, Grandreams 1994 Pop ups (6 doublepage) . Oblong octavo pictorial boards (12pp) text parallel to spine wrong creases G+

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Book number: J46581

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PUSS IN BOOTS fairy tale favourites a pop-up book

Printed in Thailand, Haddock Ltd 1995 approx) Pop-ups (6) illustrated by John Patience . Oblong octavo pictorial boards text parallel to spine (10pp) tiniest shelf wear else near Fine

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Book number: J61872

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PUSSY CAT PURR told in word and picture.

London, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. full page illustrations [12] + titlepage with cat looking out of a porthole + vignette to verso of last leaf. . sm.4to red-brown cloth spine with pictorial cat wedding to cover and advertisement for Cadbury Cocoa to rear cover. [corners sl.worn/edges rubbed ] Pastedown to both insides of covers and two pages of advertisement and booklist to rear + [2p = half title] + [p3-29 = titlepage and text alternating with fullpage cat illustrations. An amusing and well illustrated cat story. Very Scarce with the British Library having an 1883 edition while Oxford University copy is possibly of a later date. Charming illustrations

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Book number: J76017

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Keywords: Cat and her suitors

RABBITS + HORSE

London, Grandreams 1988 3 doublepage pop-ups to each volume . Two Volumes octavo pictorial boards (Rabbits has small tear to spine paper) (6pgs) each volume some wrong creases but V.G (MONTANARO 238-9).

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Book number: J47765

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RAINBOW ANNUAL 1952

London, Rainbow/Amalgamated Press 1951) Color frontis & some two-color sections . Large octavo cloth spined pictorial boards showing Tiger followed by his friends and Fairytale folk coming out of a castle - rear cover is a cocoa game board (tips rubbed) 93pp Ownership crossed out & page darkened & frontis with tear but no loss & 1 other page with marginal tear not affecting printed area else V.G Has cartoon sections, stories, puzzles etc.

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Book number: J66421

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Keywords: annual