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THE 'AZARDS O' CHIMUCK SZWIPPIN
Written by Keith Morgan. Illustrated by Doug Eaton.
Stock no. 1327841
Published by The Forest Bookshop. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green card wraps. B/w illustrations. The humourous and romantic character of the Forester. Poems mainly in the Forest of Dean dialect. ISBN: 0950592625. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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POLITICAL CARRICATURES 1906
Written by F. Carruthers Gould. Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould.
Stock no. 1327824
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and black illustration to front cover with white title. B/w carricatures throughout. Spine and corners heavily bumped. A few tiny marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to prelims and textblock. A decent copy of a scarce book.

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ALBERT, 'AROLD AND OTHERS
Written by Marriott Edgar. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1828144
Published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.. Very good condition.

Wonderfully humourous soliloquies including the famed "Lion and Albert". Complemented by Hassall's ingenious drawings. Cardwraps with pictorial onlay showing Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom at Blackpool. Two-tone drawings throughout. Contains 12 poems. Publication is undated. Covers are grubby and rubbed at corners. Pictorial onlay to front cover is creased. Text block grubby. A few marks to contents.

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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES SAMUEL KEENE
Written by George Somes Layard.
Stock no. 1828049
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Charles Keene was an English artist and illustrator working in black and white and associated with the periodical 'Punch' from 1851 to 1890. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 463 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Boards faded and edge-worn with a few small splits to top & tail of spine, 1" split to top front edge of spine. Rear board scuffed. Text block browned. Previous owner's name stamp to front endpaper and verso of same. Joints starting to crack. Hinges pulled but binding is still tight. Some foxing present.

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1066 AND ALL THAT: A MEMORABLE HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Written by Walter Carruthers Sellar; Robert Julian Yeatman; Ned Sherrin. Illustrated by John Reynolds.
Stock no. 1827321
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Comprising all the parts you can remember including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates. Introduced by Ned Sherrin. Brown paperboards. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with a very faint, large dampstain to one side.

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THE PICK OF PUNCH
Written by Miles Kington.
Stock no. 1326774
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and Introduced by Miles Kington. Gold pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Contained in green slipcase which is slightly faded at opening edges.

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"WHAT A WAR!" (2ND SERIES)
Written by Gilbert Wilkinson. Illustrated by Gilbert Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1827263
Published by Odhams Press Limited. Very good condition.

Small format. Oblong paperwraps. Green pictorial covers. Staple binding. 2 b/w cartoons with accompanying text per page. 128 numbered pages. Covers lightly browned. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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"WHAT A WAR!"
Written by Gilbert Wilkinson. Illustrated by Gilbert Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1827258
Published by Odhams Press Limited. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Oblong paperwraps. Red pictorial covers. Staple binding. 2 b/w cartoons with accompanying text per page. 128 numbered pages. Covers bronwed, a couple of minor edge tears. Top of spine worn with 1" tear, base of spine chipped. Staples rusty and therefore cover is just holding on to the contents but contents are tightly bound. Contents lightly browned else clean.

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MOTS D'HEURES: GOUSSES, RAMES
Written by Luis D'Antin Van Rooten.
Stock no. 1827119
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The d'Antin Manuscript. The rhymes of your childhood in the accents of Moliere and De Gaulle! Edited and annotated by Luis d'Antin van Rooten. ISBN: 0207949913. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and scuffed to rear panel.

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THE IRON TONIC
Written by Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1325817
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Or A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley. Oblong format, 5 x 8.5". Pictorial mustard boards with black titles. B/w illustrations. Minimal text. ISBN: 0747556458. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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SILVER STREAM
Written by A.P. Herbert. Illustrated by Norman Thelwell.
Stock no. 1325813
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue paperboards, cream spine. Humourous b/w drawings. 'A Beautiful Tale of Hare & Hound for Young & Old'. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a little grubby. Gift Aid sticker to rear panel of wrapper.

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THE LIFE & OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN
Written by Laurence Sterne. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 1824308
Published by Franklin Library. 1st thus 1981. Nearly fine condition.

A work of fictional autobiography originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767. Red leather spine with two raised bands, gilt title and tooling. Red cloth baords with gilt tooling. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations after Harry Furniss. All edges gilt. Appears to be unread.

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