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PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1330672
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front (also cream/gilt illustration 'He told me his dreams'). Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Illustrated pastedowns. Spine and corners bumped. Spine very slightly darkened. Light stain to rear cover. Endpapers and textblock slightly browned. Some light foxing to contents. Scarce original wrapper is slightly edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and darkened to spine.

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JEEVES & WOOSTER (6 VOLUMES)
Written by P.G. Wodehouse. Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 1208983
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Very good condition.

Titles are: Ring For Jeeves; The Mating Season; Joy In The Morning; The Code Of The Woosters; Thank You Jeeves; Right Ho, Jeeves. Attractive pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf scuffed and has foxing to top end.

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR (6 VOLUMES)
Written by Winston S. Churchill.
Stock no. 1208980
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

6 Volume set. Starting with The Gathering Storm and ending with Triumph and Tragedy. Cloth spines, pictorial front boards. A lovely set contained in 2 slipcases produced by the publisher. Slipcases are shelf-scuffed, quite heavily on the bottoms, 1" split to top edge of slipcase containing volumes 1-3, tiny piece of surface paper lifting to rear of second slipcase.

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DE LA PASSION A LA PERFECTION
Written by Richard Adatto.
Stock no. 1330648
Published by Editions SPE-Barthelemy. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

L'histoire du style aerodynamique en France 1930-1939. Text in French. Large, heavy format. Black cloth with small silver vignette to front cover. Packed full with colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 291283824X. Book itself looks unread. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small tears at corners and some slight scuffing. A nice copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FUNNYBONES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330647
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925039. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few light scoremarks to covers. Contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330617
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Indentation to top edge of rear cover. Some light/faint scoremarks to covers. Foxing throughout. A couple of hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1330587
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. There is some very slight fraying of cloth to spine edges. There are a couple of tiny nicks to top edge of front cover. Discolouration to the rear cover (see picture). Foxing to page margins and textblock. Some hinges slightly cracked but binding still nice and tight. Plates all present and in fine condition.

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HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1330586
Published by Book Club Associates. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price and no 'Collins' at base of spine of dustwrapper. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. There are a couple of old, light sellotape marks to corners of the front free-endpaper and there is evidence of erased heavy pencil. The spine of the dustwrapper is lightly faded (as is usual with the NN books).

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REPORTAGE (5 VOLUMES)
Written by George Orwell.
Stock no. 1208976
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Five volumes: Homage To Catalonia; Down And Out In Paris And London; Funny But Not Vulgar; The Road To Wigan Pier; My Country Right Or Left. B/w photographic pictorial cloth. B/w photos. A few minor foxspots to spines else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few scuffs.

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THE GREAT NOVELS (6 VOLUMES)
Written by Graham Greene; Norman Sherry. Illustrated by Geoff Grandfield.
Stock no. 1208973
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Six volume set comprising: Brighton Rock; The Power and the Glory; The Heart of the Matter; The End of the Affair; The Quiet American; and A Burnt-Out Case. Introduced by Norman Sherry. Green cloth, red & black illustration to front boards. Red endpapers. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little dusty at ends and very lightly bumped at corners.

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COMPLETE NOVELS (7 VOLUMES)
Written by George Eliot.
Stock no. 1830789
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Set in two slip-cases consists of: Silas Marner; The Mill on the Floss; Adam Bede; Romola; Felix Holt; Daniel Deronda; Middlemarch. Different colour cloths with b/w engravings by different illustrators. Top edge of text blocks is grubby/lightly browned at the opening ends (approx 2" maximum starting from outside edge). Spine of Middlemarch is faded, only noticeable when removed from the slipcase. Otherwise, a very nice set contained in two slipcases which are lightly scuffed.

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MRS. BEETON'S HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
Written by Mrs. Isabella Beeton.
Stock no. 1330576
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Circa 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red leather embossed spine, gilt titles, brown cloth covers. 1680 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Colour and b/w plates. A hefty volume. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some hinges pulled/cracked but binding still nice and tight. Slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with repairs on verso, section of loss to top corner of rear panel. Exceptionally scarce in dustwrapper.

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