SET: FATHER TUCK'S CHILDREN'S OWN LIBRARY

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info obtained from 1927-28 catalog and from advert page back of another book,
two colour plates with every page illustrated, 94 pages (except 709 and A VISIT TO STORYLAND un-numbered), front pictorial board, and cloth or pictorial back covers,
same title and number may have different plates and stories

Items in Set

Card Title Ref Prefix Num In Set Card Comment
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GLADSOME HOURS little girls in fancy dress walk in single file carrying flowers Yes 709 FROM NURSERYLAND OLD FRIENDS AND ALL ABOUT THEM first story is MARY, MARY various 5
SUNSHINE DAYS little girl in blue dress stands holding a white rabbit, two rabbits sit on ground Yes 1601 first story is THE DANGER OF DELAY, missing plates frontispiece should be MOTHER GOOSE by Mabel Lucie Attwell various 6
GLADSOME HOURS little girls in fancy dress walk in single file carrying flowers Yes 1605 first story is THE LADY IN THE RED PETTICOAT same cover as GLADSOME HOURS but thicker book various 7
AMONG OUR FRIENDS two horses drinking from stream Yes 1607 first story is THE COCKATOO'S WONDERFUL VOICE various 7
SOMEBODY'S PLAYMATES rabbit in pen with two dogs looking in Yes 1608 first story is TALES TO TELL same cover and title but different stories and colour plates various 6
SOMEBODY'S PLAYMATES rabbit in pen with two dogs looking in Yes 1608 first story is OUR FAVOURITES various 7
FAIRYLAND STORIES girl in white dress with dwarves in forest Yes 1609 title page reads HANS ANDERSEN'S AND GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES and adds that the first 8 stories are from Hans Andersen and the last 8 from Grimm, frontispiece titled BY THE LAKE, first story is IB AND CHRISTINE E.J.ANDREWS, S. JACOBS, 7 OTHERS 7
HAPPY CHILDHOOD two children walk in snow under umbrella Yes 1610 first story is GRANNY'S STORIES various 7
THE FAIRY'S HOUR lady with little girl on her lap, fairies fly out window Yes 1611 first story is FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES same front cover, different back cover, different stories, different colour plates various 7
THE FAIRY'S HOUR lady with little girl on her lap, fairies fly out window Yes 1611 first story is HANS ANDERSEN'S AND GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES different colour plates and stories various 6
MY ROSEBUD BOOK girl with flowers and small dog in her arms, young man at gate in distance Yes 1613 first story is BARBARA AND THE BLACK CATS, back cover has an advert for the GOLDEN GIFT SERIES various 7
SOMETHING TO TELL YOU two little girls gardening Yes 1627 first story is THE MAGIC TOKEN,pictorial back cover various 7
GOOD TIMES LESSON BOOK girl reading to young boy Yes 1628 first story is LETTERS TO TEACH YOU TO READ, pictorial back cover various 7
MY FAVOURITE dog holding onto reins of small brown pony Yes 1629 first story is PLEASE DADDY, DON'T BE LATE pictorial back cover various 7
SUCH FUN several cats sipping tea Yes 1630 first story is GIRLS AND BOYS pictorial back cover, has an advert for CHILDREN'S 0WN LIBRARY and the GOLDEN GIFT LIBRARY inside back cover LOUIS WAIN 8
FAIRYLAND STORIES girl in fancy dress stepping out of a coach, coachmen on either side Yes 1631 FROM GRIMM AND ANDERSEN AND OTHERS, first story is BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, pictorial back cover various 6
FAIRYLAND STORIES girl in fancy dress stepping out of a coach, coachmen on either side Yes 1631 FROM GRIMM AND ANDERSEN AND OTHERS, first story is LITTLE SNOW WHITE, pictorial back cover various 7
A VISIT TO STORYLAND two children walk towards ducks in pond Yes CINDERELLA AND OTHER FAIRY TALES, first story is CINDERELLA various 5