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AFTER THE VICTORIANS
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831622
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. How did Britain's power and influence decline? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour plates. xii and 609 pages including index. ISBN: 0091794846. Light vertical crease to spine (reading crease). Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. Minor vertical 'line' to pastedowns mark where dustwrapper flaps end. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE ELIZABETHANS
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831463
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A broad overview of the Elizabethan period discussing politics, religion, literature and music. The book concludes with an essay on Hamlet explaining how the play was tied into the period. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. xii and 432 pages including index. ISBN: 9780091931513. A few light scuffs to boards. Text block a little grubby. One or two minor marks to contents else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright.

TROLLOPE
Written by Victoria Glendinning.
Stock no. 1331181
Published by Hutchinson. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An intimate biography full of life and variety, with many surprises, and it reads as vividly as a novel. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Pink endpapers. 551 pages (including index). Some b/w plates. ISBN: 0091738962. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is edge creased and is sunned to spine.

THE CLIMATE OF TREASON: FIVE WHO SPIED FOR RUSSIA
Written by Andrew Boyle.
Stock no. 1330886
Published by Hutchinson. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How did it happen that three young men, all contemporaries, all members of the English upper class, all products of public schools and Cambridge University, should join the profession in the service of the Soviet Union and, over a period of years, consistently betray their country? Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 504 pages including index. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 009139340X. Reprint of December 1979 (published in same year as first edition). Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830958
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tales from Watership Down is in three parts: the first consists of five traditional tales of El-ahrairah and two more modern rabbit stories, the second contains four episodes recounting events that befell El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle on their return from visiting the Black Rabbit of Inlé, and the third contains eight chapters dealing with the Watership warren in the months following the events of the original book. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Green endpapers. 195 pages. ISBN: 0091801664. Hinge split between page 184 and 185 otherwise binding is tight and contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

BERTHA AND THE RACING PIGEON
Written by Pam Ayres. Illustrated by Pam Ayres.
Stock no. 1329243
Published by Hutchinson; Hutchinson Junior Books Ltd. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. A gripping story concerning two pigeons living in a barn! ISBN: 0091392209. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

KING OF THE VAGABONDS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328755
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sammy is curious to explore beyond the boundaries of the garden and he has an unusual curiosity about his father. Does the band of wild, vagabond cats hold the answer. Blue boards with silver titles to spine. 155 pages. ISBN: 0091719607. Spine and corners bumped. Book plate (with compliments from the Sunshine Club) to front pastedown (hidden by wrapper flap). Light foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

DOG TOBY
Written by Richard Church. Illustrated by Laurence Irving.
Stock no. 1328351
Published by Hutchinson. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Frontier Tale. Brown cloth, dark brown title to spine and small vignette to front cover. 176 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. A few foxspots to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, rear panel slightly grubby and small splash mark to front panel.

THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM
Written by Rob Ryan. Illustrated by Rob Ryan.
Stock no. 1824389
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. This is a story about a prince. He lived in a palace that seemed to have been specially designed to make someone who already felt small feel even smaller. This book is about a small boy, a big imagination and learning to be your own person. First title in a trilogy. ISBN: 9780091944438. A few minor marks to endpapers. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

MARLFOX
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by Fangorn.
Stock no. 1319387
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the Redwall series. Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0091768500. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to spine.

THE PEARLS OF LUTRA
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by Allan Curless.
Stock no. 1319386
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Turquoise boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. A Redwall tale. ISBN: 0091765366. Spine slightly bumped. Light page browning. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, a little faded to spine and has some child's writing on verso (only a couple of words).

A TALE OF WHOA
Written by Muriel Cooke; Sherman Cooke. Illustrated by Muriel Cooke; Sherman Cooke.
Stock no. 1312278
Published by Hutchinson. Very good condition.

Whoa is a Hobby Horse. Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Foxing and light fingering to contents which are generally clean. There is a light glue(?) mark to edge of front cover and the covers are very slightly grubby. Corners slightly worn.