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MR PICKWICK PAGES FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Frank Reynolds.
Stock no. 2135912
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Burgundy leather binding with gilt titles and decorations; raised bands to spine. 25 tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. All edges gilt. Limited edition. Some light wear to covers and to gilt on outer page edges. Browning to some tissue-guards on plates. Slip case is very good - some wear and small remains of label.

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WILLIAM THE BAD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1321910
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 188 pages. Abridged edition. 20th impression. Covers bumped at edges. Foxspots to contents. Duswrapper is edge worn and creased, grubby to rear panel and slight loss to spine and corners.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BARRING-OUT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1321897
Published by Charles Skilton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Ink writing to front free-endpaper. Light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss at spine. Old tape marks to verso of wrapper (showing through to otherside a little).

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THE BETTANYS OF TAVERTON HIGH
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Helen Barber.
Stock no. 1321882
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

How Madge and Joey pull together in the face of adversity is the theme of this much-awaited forerunner to the Chalet School series. Pictorial cardwraps. 303 pages. ISBN: 9781847450548. Tiny bump to top of spine else a fine copy.

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THE LLANELLY & MYNYDD MAWR RAILWAY (OL84)
Written by M.R.C. Price.
Stock no. 1822891
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oakwood Library of Railway History OL84. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853614237. Black & yellow pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed (very minor).

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THE COLNE VALLEY AND HALSTEAD RAILWAY (LOCOMOTION PAPERS 166)
Written by R.A. Whitehead; F.D. Simpson.
Stock no. 1822890
Published by The Oakwood Press. 2nd 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853613591. Front & rear edge of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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8192 CRAZY PEOPLE
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Trier.
Stock no. 1321872
Published by Atrium Press Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Spiral bound, pictorial boards. Pages divided into three-parts to turn over and make 8192 crazy people. Fifth impression, no date. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean.

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BLASTING & BOMBARDIERING
Written by Wyndham Lewis.
Stock no. 1822867
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The autobiography (1914 to 1926) of Wyndham Lewis: painter, novelist, satirist and controversialist. Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w plates. Boards lightly browned. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is heavily browned, marked, and lightly edge-worn, four lines of pencil writing to plain rear panel. Musty odour present.

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THE COAL WAS THERE FOR BURNING
Written by C.H. Milsom.
Stock no. 1822866
Published by Marine Media Management. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Atlantic, the only ship that ran out of coal in 1873, resulting in the loss of lives of 562 people. The blunder of the engineer combined with the negligence of the master to produce one of the worst maritime disasters the world has ever known. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0900976500. SIGNED by the author to title page (with personal dedication). A few minor marks to boards. A few minor foxspots to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to verso and faded to spine.

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WINGS IN THE SUN: A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 1945-1986
Written by David Lee.
Stock no. 1822863
Published by HMSO. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wings in the Sun was the motto of the men and women of the RAF in the Mediterranean theatre. This is their story... Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Maps & b/w photos. ISBN: 0117726206. Text block dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and has a very large price sticker stuck to the verso of the front flap (not visible unless the dustwrapper is turned over).

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MY VERY OWN SISTER
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Hans Arnold.
Stock no. 1321866
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416814506. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light finger creases/marks to first few pages. Contents generally clean.

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FERRARI 250 GTO: THE HISTORY OF A LEGEND
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1822851
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Celebrating the 250 GTO by combining a detailed account of every aspect of this charismatic car's history with a magnificent collection of over 250 period photographs gathered from all over the world. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781844255467. Board corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly rubbed at corners.

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