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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay; Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1327909
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st thus 2022. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated edition. Packed with glorious colour illustrations by Jim Kay, a winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Yellow boards, metallic green title to spine. Complete with yellow ribbon page marker. 246 pages. ISBN: 9781408845684. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1327907
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Fair condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover, pictorial onlay to front. 11 stories. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn with fraying of cloth. Covers slightly faded and marked. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint is cracked, hinges pulled. Foxing to contents.

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TIM MOUSE
Written by Judy Brook. Illustrated by Judy Brook.
Stock no. 1327906
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1966. Good condition.

Oblong format. Cream pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations to each page with text below. Covers are worn and grubby with some small white correction fluid marks and split at top of spine. Name in ink to grubby front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks and creases to page margins and some white correction fluid marks. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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SOCIAL LIFE OF ANIMALS
Written by Marcel Sire.
Stock no. 1828234
Published by Studio Vista. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in French under the title 'La Vie Sociale des Animaux'. This edition translated into English by Constance D. Sherman. How much attention do animals pay to others of their own kind? And other similar questions. Small format. Black cloth boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Dustwrapper is covered with clear film and attached to the pastedowns.Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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CLASSIC WWI AIRCRAFT PROFILES VOLUME TWO
Written by Edward Shacklady; Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1828231
Published by Cerberus. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Bristol Fighter, Albatros Fighters, Nieuport Scouts, Pfalz Scouts, Sopwith Snipe, Caproni Bombers, LFG Roland. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations & b/w photos. ISBN: 1841451029. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Hugh Gee. Illustrated by Hugh Gee; Sylvia Gee; Zoltan Wegner.
Stock no. 1327903
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Represented in figures and photographed in natural colour. Pale blue decorated cloth. Figures and scenes created by Hugh Gee, colour photography by Wegner and drawings by Sylvia Gee. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents clean.

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LANCASHIRE: MANCHESTER AND THE SOUTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Clare Hartwell; Matthew Hyde.
Stock no. 1828229
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300105835. Minor knock to top & tail of spine. Name initials and date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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GLOSTER AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Written by Derek N. James.
Stock no. 1327900
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From its early beginnings during the First World War to its demise in 1963, the Gloster Aircraft Company produced some 13,000 aircraft. These ranged from some of the best fighter aircraft ever produced in Britain to prototypes which failed to win orders... Black boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752417002. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit scuffed to rear panel and lightly edge rubbed.

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ROTOL THE HISTORY OF AN AIRSCREW COMPANY 1937-1960
Written by Bruce Stait.
Stock no. 1327899
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Dowty Rotol. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951681508. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly faded to spine, light score mark to front panel of wrapper.

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TALLY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Hazel Usherwood. Illustrated by Ionicus.
Stock no. 1327896
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Tally is a little orange training plane. Covers edge rubbed, a couple of marks to spine edge of front cover. Light foxing and other marks to page margins. Some hinges pulled causing stitching to be a little loose but binding still tight.

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LAWS OF DEAN
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1327893
Published by The British Publishing Company. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being a Supplement to "The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels, in the County of Gloucester" by James G. Wood 1878. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front. x + 25 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (with the authors' compliments). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a few edge tears.

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POOR CECCO
Written by Margery Williams Bianco. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327890
Published by George H. Doran Company. 1925. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt title and vignette to front cover. Tipped-in colour frontis plus 6 other colour plates. B/w chapter tailpieces. 2nd printing with 'B' to the colophon page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. A nice, clean copy.

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