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STORIES FROM ELFLAND: THE LITTLE SPINNING WHEEL
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson.
Stock no. 1806820
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 31 numbered pages. One School stamp to front cover. Light wear to tail of spine. A few fingermarks to margins.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE GNOME WHO GREW RICH
Written by Mary W. McClure. Illustrated by Margaret L. Yardley.
Stock no. 1806819
Very good condition.

Step 21. Large print. 12 pages. Colour illustrations. Blue cardwraps. A nice, clean copy.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: FLY-BY-NIGHT, THE LAZY ELF
Written by Mary W. McClure. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1806817
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Step 15. Blue cardwraps. 12 pages. Colour illustrations. Large print.

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PRIMROSES AND POLYANTHUS
Written by Peter Ward.
Stock no. 1603825
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w drawings. 160 pages. A guide to the species and hybrids. ISBN: 0713481838. Corners scuffed. Contents fine.

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THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN'S MILITARY TRAINING AIRCRAFT
Written by Ray Sturtivant.
Stock no. 1603819
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0854295798. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Outer page edges grubby with some staining to margin edges. Wrapper is grubby, scuffed and edge creased with a few small tears.

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THE MOSS ROSE PRESS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Linda Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1806809
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 150 copies. A complete list of the Chepstow Society and Moss Rose Press publications from 1948 to 1985. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134331. SIGNED by all four authors and illustrators to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-creased. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE GOLDEN ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 1926
No author listed.
Stock no. 1107754
Published by The Fleetway House. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Orange boards with green titles and red cloth spine. Pictorial cover showing a girl riding with another running along beside her. 16 short girls stories. B/w illustrations throughout. 3 colour plates. Cloth spine. Split to rear of spine for around 1-2"; some fraying of cloth. Scuffing to covers. Bumping to corners and cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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ON ROYALTY
Written by Jeremy Paxman.
Stock no. 1806761
Published by Viking. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? An entertaining study of the monarchy and how politics, religion, the military and the law have affected it. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780670916627. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Second impression of the first edition. White dustwrapper is marked to rear panel.

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AMONG INSURGENTS: WALKING THROUGH BURMA
Written by Shelby Tucker.
Stock no. 1806756
Published by The Radcliffe Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the Kachins, the most important of Burma's "hidden colonies". ISBN: 1860645291.

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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWELFTH, OR THE EAST SUFFOLK REGIMENT OF FOOT
Written by Richard Cannon.
Stock no. 2109178
Published by Parker, Furnivall & Parker. 1848. Almost very good condition.

Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1847. Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 hand coloured plates. Uneven fading to covers; spine browning; couple of small pin holes to spine. Bumping to cover edges, with some grubby marks. Publisher ink stamp and insert to prelims. A few grubby margin marks. Hand coloured plates are lovely and bright!

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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SIXTEENTH, OR THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT
Written by Richard Cannon.
Stock no. 2109176
Published by Parker, Furnivall & Parker. 1848. Very good condition.

Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848. Red cloth, gilt titles. 2 hand coloured plates. Fading to spine; some grubby marks to covers. Light bumping to corners. Hand coloured plates are lovely and bright!

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THE WHEREFORE AND THE WHY
Written by A.P. Herbert. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 1308800
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Some New Rhymes For Old Children. Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to contents, crayon marks to rear endpapers partially erased. Hinges pulled.

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