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JONADAB AND RITA
Written by Shirley Hughes. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2128540
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2008. Fine condition.

Toy donkey Jonadab is longing for adventure... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780370329284. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2128535
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. Contents are excellent. Light fading to spine.

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MAY GIBBS MOTHER OF THE GUMNUTS - HER LIFE AND WORK
Written by May Gibbs; Maureen Walsh. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 2128520
Published by Cornstalk Publishing. Circa 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Snatches of interviews, notes from sketchbooks, letters and autobiographical jottings. Large format. Green cloth, white title to spine. 228 pages. B/w photos plus b/w and colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0207151784. Wrapper is faded to base of spine.

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ASTON MARTIN AND LAGONDA
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 2128515
Published by The Oxford Illustrated Press. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three generations and thirty models of these peculiarly English cars made since the war are examined in great detail. Their charismatic competition history is discussed together with the people who made them, still make them and those who run them; the pleasures and pitfalls of owning such a rare machine and above all the mystique that has won them such a following... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 245 pages including index. ISBN: 0902280686. Third reprint. Minor white marks to lower edges of boards. Text block slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is edge-creased to top edge of rear panel. Slight smoky odour present.

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RUDE RAMSAY AND THE ROARING RADISHES
Written by Margaret Atwood. Illustrated by Dusan Petricic.
Stock no. 2128502
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Slightly oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0747572925. Spine faded. Small pencil inscription (now erased) to prelims. Illustrations are excellent!

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WHITE FUNNEL STEAMERS A PHOTOGRAPHIC LEGACY
Written by Chris Collard.
Stock no. 2128496
Published by The History Press. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Slightly oblong format. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780752453613. SIGNED by author to title page. Couple of small knocks to corners. Contents are fine!

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ESCAPADE
No author listed. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 2128485
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Red and white decorated boards. Silhouette illustrations. Story of a lost canary. No Text. ISBN: 0333285426. Light wear to cover edges. Contents are excellent!

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WATER-RAT'S PICNIC
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2128472
Published by Collins. 10th 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. 62 pages. Bumping and chipping to one corner. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; a few fade marks; a few edge-tears and chips, but with minimal loss.

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HARE AND THE EASTER EGGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2128467
Published by Collins. 5th 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941178. A few marks to covers. Wear along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with a few chips to e4dges.

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TIM'S LAST VOYAGE
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2128454
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Water-colour and b/w line drawings, many double spread. Pink and green pictorial boards. ISBN: 0370020030. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to prelims. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks.

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SHIPWRECKS
Written by Karen Farrington.
Stock no. 2128442
Published by Parkgate Books. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detaling the fate of the most famous ships to succumb to the waves. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1902616138.

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BLUNDERS AND DISASTERS AT SEA
Written by David Blackmore.
Stock no. 2128433
Published by Pen & Sword Books. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A superb collection of short stories of well researched and concise accounts of dramatic, yet tragic, maritime incidents. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1844151174.

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