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KYFFIN WILLIAMS
Written by Nicholas Sinclair; Ian Jeffrey. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams.
Stock no. 1822005
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

With an essay by Jeffrey. This book encapsulates all aspects of Wales' most famous living artist and is consequently an invaluable resource for both scholars and art collectors. ISBN: 0853318964. Spine & corners bumped & rubbed. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Small nick to lower rear edge. 'LOFT15' written in ink to front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners.

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ARIEL THE POSTWAR MODELS
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1321183
Published by Niton Publishing. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square 4, light and heavyweight singles and twins. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1855790106. Spine slightly bumped. Child's writing to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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THE WORKS MGS: THEIR STORY IN PRE-WAR AND POST-WAR RACES, RALLIES, TRIALS AND RECORD-BREAKING
Written by Mike Allison; Peter Browning.
Stock no. 1321181
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 2nd 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. The authoritative story of all the MGs prepared and entered by the MG Car Company and its successors in international competition from the 1920s to the late 1960s. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 296 pages. ISBN: 9780857330147. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased.

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SENT FORTH A DOVE: DISCOVERY OF THE DUYFKEN
Written by James Henderson.
Stock no. 1821996
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In 1606 the little Dutch East India Company Ship, Duyfken, came upon the coast of Cape York Peninsula. Its skipper, Willem Jansz went to his grave without knowing that his crew were the first Europeans to land on the shores of the sixth continent. His chart lay undiscovered in the archives for many years. Nearly 400 years later, a small group of people dedicated themselves to the daunting task of bringing the Dufyken story back to life including building a replica ship. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour photos. This is a presentation copy of 1000 numbered and signed by the author. ISBN: 1876268247. This is copy 340 of 1000 SIGNED by the author. Text block browned, a few foxspots to endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Strong tobacco smell present.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1821990
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. Text block slightly browned. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THEIR DEADLY TRADE: MURDERS IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Roger Williams.
Stock no. 1821982
Published by Gomer. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Roger Williams demonstrates these gruesome and gripping chronicles. The thoroughness and immediacy of the accounts is enhanced by the inclusion of significant archive material. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1843233894.

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VISIT TO THE FARM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321167
Published by Dean & Son. Good condition.

Dean's Gold Medal Series. Red pictorial paper wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with names of animals featured below. Covers are worn. Spine has been reinforced.

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VISITE A LA FERME
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321166
Published by A. Capendu. Good condition.

Large format, pictorial cardwraps. Each page has a large colour illustration of farmyard animals with their names below (in french). Covers worn and creased. Spine worn. Small triangular piece of surface paper missing to spine edge of front cover. Grubby marks to page margins.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1321165
Published by Waverley Book Company Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Paper boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful colour plates. Words and music. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper. Spine bumped and slightly worn. Covers a little grubby/marked. Light foxing and fingering to contents.

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EIN LEITFADEN FUR DEN BLANK WAFFEN SAMMLER
Written by Rudiger Franz.
Stock no. 1821967
Published by Journal-Verlag. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

A collectors guide to Prussian-Reichsdeutsche bayonets and mountable side rifles. Part 1 only 1800-1915. Text in German. Blue boards. B/w photos. Spine lightly browned. Boards a little grubby. Text block lightly browned. Musty odour present.

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THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN
Written by Muriel H. Fellows. Illustrated by Muriel H. Fellows.
Stock no. 1321158
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

A story of Hopi Indian children. Grey cloth with black title and small vignette to spine, red title and vignette to front cover. Decorated endpapers. 121 pages. Full-page colour and b/w illustrations, small b/w text vignettes. Spine and corners bumped, slight stain to top edge of front cover. Child's name in ink to verso of frontis. Grubby fingermarks and some foxing to contents.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK BOBTAIL
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1321155
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format, Grey paperboards with black titles to front and spine, black vignettes and a colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 122 pages. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Cover edges lightly rubbed and covers very slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Some light fingering to contents but generally clean.

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