various:: BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL. [19th Year]

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various: : BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL. [19th Year]

LONDON.BLACKIE & SON LIMITED,[nd - but circa 1923]

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UK,large Qrto HB,1st edn.VG++.Owner's child-like handwritten,pencilled name within 'This Book belongs to' panel to top,right-hand corner of ffe (front free endpaper).Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated paper-covered illustration by L Hocknell,to front card board/cover with black lettering; back board/covers with light grey background with black lettered publisher's advertisement for other Colour Books,a white spine/backstrip with black ink illustrated vertical panel and black lettering and clean,panoramic grey+white illustrated eps.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping and minimal rubbing to edges and corners,no nicks,tears or splits to spine/backstrip,and rear hinge cracked as last illustration's glue has dried out causing separation - eps though unaffected and still attached.Top,fore and lower edges all lightly toned and without any sign of foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound but with some minimal,random foxing,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, Qrto HB,1st edn,11- 199pp [paginated] includes 6 long stories,a play for children,45 short stories; an assorted mixture of colour,tint and b/w illus,23 full-page,full colour illus; 8 glossy colour,15 matt/tint colour - by artists as varied as H.M. Brock,Honor C. Appleton, A.E. Jackson, Joyce & Nina Brisley,and G.E. Studdy et al 2 stories in tinted colour and 6 full-page b/w illus by HM Brock,Joyce L. Brisley,LR Brightwell,Ruth Cobb,Alan Wright and FL Constable.A very few b/w illustrations have been competently and neatly coloured in.Plus [unpaginated] colour frntis by G. E. Studdy,a tri-colour (blue+b/w) pictorial illustrated title page with similar tri-coloured different vignette to recto, similar coloured vignetted illustrated Contents list pages and also similar tri-coloured,vignetted Illustrations list/table, Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,large Qrto HB,1st edn.
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