Smith Dora Percy (4 results)

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Prize plate to front pastedown dating 1936. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has slightly heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 96 pages, coloured frontispiece, 3 other colour plates, b/w illustrations, old inscription on front endpaper.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cowell, Cyril & Adams, Frank & Tempest, Margaret & Cobb, Ruth & Cowham, Hilda & et al., (illustrator). circa 1927. Good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards show children stroking horse to front cover, both riding horse to spine, yellow titles. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is Joan Visits a Farm. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. Covers darkened and grubby. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front edge of spine cracked. Large ink inscription to verso of frontis. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Some light foxing and an odd mark to contents. One plate is MISSING and one partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cobb, Ruth & Topham, & Englefield, Cicely & et al., (illustrator). circa 1928. Good condition with no wrapper. Orange pictorial boards show circus pictures, two children and clown to front, lion in hat to spine, ringmaster and horse to rear. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. 8.5 x 7". A chunky volume of stories and rhymes. First story is The Dancing Bear. Covers slightly darkened. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Clear tape stuck to corners. A few hinges cracked. Name in ink to verso of frontis and pencil inscription to verso of title page. Some foxing and an odd mark to contents. All plates present but one is detached and two are partially detached. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!