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SHIP MODELS: THEIR PURPOSE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1650 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Brian Lavery; Simon Stephens.
Stock no. 1830763
Published by Zwemmer. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich houses one of the most celebrated collections of ship models in the world and its riches are presented here, from the magnificent Navy Board models of Samuel Pepy's day through replicas of frigates, steamships, clippers, battleships, cargo and passenger ships, to aircraft carriers and submarines. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0302006540. SIGNED by both authors. Boards clean. Light pencil erasure mark to blue front endpaper (small). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby.

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GORAU YMGAIS GWYBODAETH: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EDUCATION AT ABERAERON
Written by Eifion Davies; et al.
Stock no. 1330532
Published by Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Text in ENGLISH. Blue boards, gilt title to front cover. 358 pages. B/w photos throughout. SIGNED by the editor (Eifion Davies) to front free-endpaper. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with slight fading to spine, laminate is slightly lifting to lower edge of rear panel.

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NAPPER TANDY: THE STORY OF A GOOD CAT BY HIS FRIEND ARGOS
Written by Hazel Brill Jackson. Illustrated by Hazel Brill Jackson.
Stock no. 1330484
Published by Hazel Brill Jackson. 1962. Very good condition.

Burgundy cardwraps with gilt title and vignettes to front cover, small gilt vignette to rear cover. B/w illustrations throughout. SIGNED by the author to colophon page and also to dedication page (this copy dedicated to Una(?)). This is copy no. 9. Covers are edge worn with slight fading and a couple of small tears. Staples are rusty (the lower one has partially broken away on the outside of the book). Minimal foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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HETEROMORPH: THE RAREST FOSSIL AMMONITES; NATURE AT ITS MOST BIZARRE
Written by Wolfgang Grulke.
Stock no. 1830608
Published by At One Communications. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ammonites dominated the sea before and during the time of the dinosaurs. Some ammonites were large predators not unlike today's giant squid; others small and delicate. Three times during their reign of more than 300 million years ammonites experimented with the most bizarre and startling shell shapes. Now, new technology is revealing the full beauty of these 'heteromorph' ammonites and they have become some of the most desirable and passionately collected natural objects. This is their story... and how they are becoming a bivrant part of 21st century lifestyles, art and design. Large oblong format. Matt black pictorial boards. Colour photos and illustrations. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780992974008. SIGNED by the author to half-title page. Black boards are a little scuffed. Contents are fine. A rare and unusual book!

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TORTY OF WOODEND
Written by Fred J. Speakman. Illustrated by Jill Gaze.
Stock no. 1330475
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Brown mottled boards, silver titles. 93 pages. Story about a very old and wise tortoise. A few b/w drawings to text. ISBN: 0071351731. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to front free-endpaper and some light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE TIME PARADOX
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 1330439
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

One of the Artemis Fowl Series. Black boards, gilt symbol title to spine. ISBN: 9780141383330. SIGNED by the author to the title-page. Very pale page browning else contents fine. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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OLD EBBW VALE IN PHOTOGRAPHS VOLUME 1
Written by Keith Thomas; Michael Foot.
Stock no. 1830544
Published by Stewart Williams. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ebbw Vale owes its existence to the iron, steel and coal industries. There has been a rapid decline in the iron and steel industry in Ebbw Vale, but in 1920 the accent was on expansion and the population rose from less than 500 in 1780 to over 40,000 in 1920. These photographs are a permanent reminder of a completely different way of life in Ebbw Vale, which was bound up with hard manual; work, dirt, smoke and grime. Foreword by Michael Foot. Light red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 193 b/w photos. ISBN: 0900807377. Second Impression. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to free front endpaper. Light browning to page edges else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, lightly edge-worn, damp stained to top edge. Light tobacco odour present.

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MEMORIES OF STROUD
Written by Tamsin Treverton Jones.
Stock no. 1830542
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stroud, an old hill town historically linked to the cloth industry, has seen enormous change during the last century. This book offers the reader a fascinating view of the town's past and will appeal to all those who know the area. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 0752434373. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of rear cover lightly rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed. A nice, clean copy.

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IN SEARCH OF THE WALLYPUG
Written by G.E. Farrow. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1330420
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. 205 pages, all edges gilt. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper (inscribed "author's autograph copy G.E. Farrow"), small stick partially removed to same page which looks like a prize award sticker. Ghosting due to page browning to front fly-leaf. Browning to rear fly-leaf. Foxing, mainly to prelims. Covers are browned to spine and slightly dulled with some very light spotting to front cover. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed.

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UP WITH THE JONESES
Written by Penelope Balogh. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1330418
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 62 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny worn patch to lower edge of rear cover. "own copy" written in black biro to front pastedown. Includes an inscribed card SIGNED by the author. Foxing to endpapers and a couple of small, light marks to half title-page. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge rubbed, slightly browned to spine and a little marked to rear panel.

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INKHEART
Written by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1330417
Published by The Chicken House. 1st PB 2004. Very good condition.

Mo has the amazing ability to breathe life into characters from stories. Years ago he accidentally released a merciless villain from a book called Inkheart...Red cardwraps. B/w chapter headers and tails. 544 pages. ISBN: 1904442218. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Text-block is very slight grubby with a few small foxspots.

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SELF TO SELF
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1330405
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

No. 11 of The Ariel Poems. Large-paper edition, limited to 500 copies. Light grey boards with gilt title to front. Small b/w illustration to half title-page and one full-page illustration. SIGNED by the author to limitation page, this is copy no. 187. A few very small, light marks to covers. Contents bright and clean.

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