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THE BEEZER BOOK 1962
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330268
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1962. Very good condition.

Front cover shows Beezer characters on a train. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Front joint is just starting to crack. Name and address in ink in belongs to box. Some small margin tears and a small ink mark to one page margin.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1960
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330267
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition.

Front cover shows Baby Crockett. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name and address in ink to belongs to box. A few small margin tears and a couple of pages have a light brown stain to lower margins.

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GRAN'POP'S ANNUAL
Written by W. Haughton; Roma Lobel; Mabel M. Stevenson; Arthur Groom; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1330266
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

Bright yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows Gran'pop with piglet on one knee and baby monkey on the other. Colour plates. Red and black and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Large tear to top edge of frontis has been tape repaired on verso. Lower corner tip of page 25/6 torn off (only a very small piece, no text missing). Some small margin tears. Slight loss to inner margin of plate opposite page 112 (again, no loss of illustration) and margin tear to top edge of same page. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1931
Written by T.F. Wilson; J. Lawrence Cooper; Randolph Mitchell; et al.
Stock no. 1330265
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards showing a water scene, 3 boys in speed boat, with two behind on a board. 4 colour plates, including frontis. First story is 'When The Toddlet Scored' by Wilson. Covers are edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Spine is browned and vertically creased with small splits to top and tail. Name, address and date in belongs to box. Contents are browned, a few foxspots to margins.

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"BIRD UP" A TALE OF WARTIME ARCHIE
Written by Spotter.
Stock no. 1830402
Published by Alexander Ouseley Ltd.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Absorbing Incidents in the Trail of the Anti-Aircraft Forces. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w frontis of a Zeppelin in the air. 317 pages. Spine browned, boards a little marked. Corners and spine edges lightly worn. Text block browned. Front joint cracked. Large blank sticker to front endpaper (probably covering an old inscription). A few pale foxspots mainly to endpapers and prelims. Small damp stain to top margin of frontis.

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BOTANY FOR MATRICULATION (THE UNIVERSITY TUTORIAL SERIES)
Written by F. Cavers.
Stock no. 1830401
Published by University Tutorial Press Ltd.. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. viii, 568 pages plus 16 pages publisher adverts to rear. Second impression. Spine edges are worn, torn and frayed. Boards scuffed and edge-rubbed. Text block browned. Joints cracked but still holding to binding. Hinges pulled. Some annotation to contents and a few marks.

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HIDDEN HISTORY OF FLORIDA
Written by James C. Clark.
Stock no. 1830397
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Florida has a history as diverse as its residents. And much of that is still hidden. Since the arrival of the Spanish in 1513, the state has played host to strange stories. Here, author and historian James C. Clark unearths a history hidden beneath swamps and sand for years. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 143 pages including index. ISBN: 9781626199972. A lovely copy.

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THE SNOWDON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY
Written by Keith Turner.
Stock no. 1830396
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive history of the SMR from its origins up to the present day (1970s) with additional relevant material to provide a complete background for understanding why the railway was built in the first place. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. Black and white photographs and diagrams. 165 pages including index. ISBN: 0715358758. Boards clean. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and has a small mark to lower edge of front panel.

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CROWNS
Written by Katharine Hull. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1830395
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

A story about 4 ordinary, quite nice, quite nasty children. Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine and 4 crown vignettes to front. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. 319 pages. A few pale marks to boards. Mark to lower edge of text block. Glue residue to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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MINCHINHAMPTON AND AVENING
Written by Arthur Twisden Playne.
Stock no. 1830394
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally appearing in monthly papers to the Minchinhampton Parish Magazine during the year 1913 and part of 1914. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387259. A few minor marks to boards. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE DOWTY STORY PART II 1961-1971
Written by L.T.C. Rolt.
Stock no. 1830393
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Dowty Group was a leading British manufacturer of aircraft equipment. Sections include: The growth of the Group; Ten years of Technical Achievement. Red cloth boadrs, silver titles. B/w photos. 64 pages. Light rubbing to top and tail of spine. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is scuffed and lightly worn at lower edge.

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RUDYARD KIPLING COLLECTED SHORT STORIES (5 VOLUMES)
Written by Rudyard Kipling; Andrew Lycett. Illustrated by Philip Bannister.
Stock no. 1830391
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Five volume set. Introduced by Andrew Lycett. Red boards with gilt titles and single illustration to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and b/w plates. A lovely set, appears unread. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a couple of minor knocks and some very light shelf scuffing.

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