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Cassell ands Company, 1910. clean and tight, foxed. front binding is loosening, good cover
THE SUN'S BABIES. by Howes, Edith
by Howes, Edith
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THE SUN'S BABIES.
by Howes, Edith
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London: Cassell 154 pp, 7 1/2" H. No date, but probably c1940 with the 'wartime' paper of that era. Medium green boards with black lettering on spine and front board, dust jacket with pastedown illustration. 4 colour plates (including frontispiece) - all present. A charming collection of stories and poems by the New Zealand author and educator, mixing fairy fantasy with tales of the natural world. Contents include: The Sun-Man's Babies; The Snowdrop Baby; The Apple Fairy; Daffodils; May Fairies; Billybuzz the Drone; Spinny Spider; The Mosquito Babies; Sally Snail's Wanderings; Milly Mushroom; The Leaf Fairies; Bunny-Boy; The Hill Princess; Urchins in the Sea; Wher White Waves Play; Fanny Fly; The Wheat People; The Disobedient Sunbeams; A Trip into the Country; The Season Fairies; etc., etc. Light browning to pages and endpapers, light edge wear at corners and top/bottom of spine, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, moderate browning to edges of text block, small bump at top corner of both boards, tiny dent on front board. Dust jacket has a few small chips - mainly at top of spine and top of front flap fold, closed irregular tear on spine, spine/flap folds are slightly darkened, some foxing on rear panel, light edge wear/wrinkling and one or two small edge tears, protected in a mylar sleeve.. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+. Illus. by Frank Watkins.
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- Place of Publication London
- Keywords Sun's Babies, Edith Howe, New Zealand Authors, Women Authors, 20th Century Children's Books, Illustrated Books, fairy Tales, Fairies, Daffodils, Violets, Flowers, Dragons, Bluebells, Cowslips, Bees, Honey, Birds, Brownies, Frogs, Buttercups, Spide
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The Sun's Babies
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The sun's babies
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UK: Cassell. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 154 pages. 4 colour plates -tidy copy .
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The Sun's Babies
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Australia: Cassell, 1946. 2nd Australian Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Frank Watkins. Blue cloth slightly rubbed on spine tips, corners and top of spine a little bumped, a few light marks, 4 lovely colour plates + some chapter headings & tailpieces by FRANK WATKINS, slight internal and foredge foxing, else vg. large 8vo, 135pp.
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Cassell & Co. , 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. complete with all plates and pages. early edition. the boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn. some foxing. all pages clear and legible. a few inscriptions.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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(London: Cassell: n.d.) Cl. pp. vi, 154. With Four Illustrations (plates) in Colour by Frank Watkins (fairy pictures). An ownership signature on recto of frontispiece; head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; cloth rubbed; lacks front free endpaper, internally very good.
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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London: Cassell, 1912. 1st edition. Good. octavo. original boards 236pp., col. frontis., tissue-guard, col. ills., With 4 illustrations in colour by Frank Watkins. Colour illustration mounted to front board. Some scuffing at edges o/w nice copy
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