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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626881
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Contents detached from covers. Covers scuffed, edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 2 b/w illustrations have some blue crayon colouring, a few pencil marks. Top & tail of sections worn else text block still tight.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 652881
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company. 1st USA 1922. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

4 colour plates and 9 b/w line drawings. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227pp. Cr 4to. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed to head and tail. A couple of finger-marks to page margins otherwise contents bright. Original pictorial dustwrapper is slightly edge-chipped with a little loss to spine, 2" closed tear to top of front. A super first edition.

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MARGOT THE MIDGET AND LITTLE BEAR'S CHRISTMAS
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 653034
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Good condition.

The third Rupert book ever! Small format, cream pictorial boards. Brown and white captioned pictures to every page. Story in verse. REDUCED PRICE. Professionally rebacked. Boards a little worn and grubby. A few margin marks to contents. Otherwise a very nice copy of this scarce Rupert book.

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CHESTERFIELDS LETTERS
Written by Philip Dormer Stanhope.
Stock no. 656640
Published by J. Dodsley; Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. 1777. Good condition.

8th Edition. Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his son Philip Stanhope. Four volumes in two. Three-quarter black morocco binding, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Leather worn and chipped. Name in ink to first blank page, pencil shorthand to frontis and title page of vol 1 & 2. Faded writing to title page and ink smudge to first chapter of vol 3 & 4. Else content clean and tight for a book of its age.

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HISTORIC WORCESTERSHIRE (12 PARTS)
Written by W. Salt Brassington.
Stock no. 657670
Published by Midland Educational Co. Ltd.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

12 parts. Paper wraps. B/w photos. Contains 6 etchings: Old Guildhouse, New Street, Cathedral all by F.S.Bayley; Halesowen, Dudley Priory by H. Pope; and a further etching artist and location unknown. One part has paper wraps faded and edge-torn, the rest in nice condition. REDUCED FROM £200.

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LITTLE BEAR AND THE FAIRY CHILD
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 660969
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1922. Fair condition.

Small square format. Cream and brown pictorial boards. Brown and black illustrations with verses below. 72 pages. The second Rupert book ever. Rebacked with brown cloth. Vertical crease to front and rear board. Boards worn at corners and a little grubby. Colouring to some pictures. Foxing and some marks to margins. An exceptionally scarce Rupert book. Reduced from £480.

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BUTTERFLIES OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION
Written by Bernard D'Abrera.
Stock no. 663808
Published by Lansdowne. 1977. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Very large format. Revised edition of the original classic. Packed with colour photos. Second Edition ISBN: 0701810033. Top edge slightly spotted. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OFFA'S DYKE A FIELD SURVEY (EXTRACTS FROM ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS)
Written by Cyril Fox.
Stock no. 667009
Published by Archaeologia Cambrensis. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Bound in three-quarter brown calf. Gilt titles to spine. Folding maps, b/w photos. Vol LXXXI 1926 pages 133-179; Vol LXXXII 1927 pages 232-268; Vol LXXXIII 1928 pages 33-110; Vol LXXXIV 1929 pages 1-60; Vol LXXXV 1930 pages 1-73; Vol LXXXVI 1931 pages 1-74. The author over 5 years excavated and investigated several sections of the Dyke starting in North Wales in Flintshire and ending in Gloucestershire in the South. Corners rubbed. Front cover scuffed. All first issues as per dates.

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TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA
Written by Mungo Park.
Stock no. 667090
Published by W. Bulmer And Co.. 1807. Almost very good condition.

Three-quarters brown calf binding. Marbled boards. One folding map, 3 folding plates and two other b/w plates. Corners worn. Modern red title label to spine. Spine has a little loss to top. Modern endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown and first blank page. Contents generally clean.

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A CLOUD OF WITNESSES
Written by J.H. Thompson.
Stock no. 671299
Published by J. Boyle. 1778. Poor condition.

Full brown leather binding. 381 pages plus index. Full title: A Cloud of Witnesses for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ or the Last Speeches and Testimonies of Those who have Suffered for the Truth in Scotland Since the Year 1680. Spine cracked. Boards worn. Stain to top edge of most pages. Front endpaper missing.

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THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF DEE
Written by George Sim.
Stock no. 672196
Published by D. Wyllie & Son. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge gilt. The Ichthyological portion includes the fishes of the East Coast. Corners and edges rubbed. Name in ink to half-title. Very slight page-edge browning. Rear cover dampmarked. A few hinges pulled. A few pencil annotations to margins. REDUCED FROM £190.

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MARGOT THE MIDGET AND LITTLE BEAR'S CHRISTMAS
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 672659
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

The third Rupert book ever! Small format, cream pictorial boards. Brown and white captioned pictures to every page. Story in verse. REDUCED PRICE. Backstrip missing. Corners worn with crack to top corner and margin of front cover. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. A couple of small margin tears and finger marks. Generally contents bright and clean.

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