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THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2126374
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title, brown vignette and lettering. Pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Larger format than the other "Tales". 96 pages. Spine is browned. Some foxing to covers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing also to pages throughout.

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GOBLIN ISLAND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 2126372
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with circular pictorial onlay to front cover and oblong to spine. Titles in gilt to spine and front cover. 3 colour plates (including title-page). 316 pages. Onlay to spine has been pulled off - just a few chips of remains - cloth underneath has faded in colour. A few marks to covers; some spotting. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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MONARCHS OF MERRIE ENGLAND VOL II (EDWARD I TO RICHARD III)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2126369
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cardwraps. 2 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Chipping and wear to spine and cover edges. Some uneven fading and browning. Creasing. Some foxing.

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MONARCHS OF MERRIE ENGLAND VOL IV (JAMES 1 TO GEORGE V)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2126367
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Humourous Rhymes of Historical Times. Two superb colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Pictorial card wraps. Staples to spine have rusted. Some chipping and wear to spine and cover edges. Foxing and browning to cover and some internal pages. Rear cover has vertical crease.

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THE CHOCOLATE WEDDING
Written by Posy Simmonds. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 2126359
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 022402759x. A few light marks to covers. Contents are excellent.

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BILL REID
Written by Doris Shadbolt.
Stock no. 2126350
Published by Douglas & McIntyre. 1st CANADA 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Almost square format book. Black cloth, gilt titles. In his long career Bill Reid has embraced many art forms, but always he has been driven by a passion for the well-made, well-crafted object. It is this impulse more than anything, combined with his gradual rediscovery and rekindling of a rich and powerful Haida Indian heritage, that has informed and shaped his development as a visual artist of monumental power and highest accomplishment. ISBN: 0888945035. Wrapper is edge-creased with small tear to top of spine.

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BANKING ON COAL
Written by Douglas F. Campbell.
Stock no. 2126335
Published by University College Of Cape Breton Press. 1st CANADA 1997. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Perspectives on a Cape Breton Community Within an International Context. B/w photos. Canadian edition. ISBN: 0920336884. Some creasing to cover corners. A few grubby marks.

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KNOWLEDGE FLOWS IN NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION
Written by Roberto E. Lopez-Martinez; Andrea Piccaluga.
Stock no. 2126320
Published by Edward Elgar. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Comparative Analysis of Sociotechnical Constituencies in Europe and Latin America. New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation series. Turquoise cloth boards, silver title to spine. xviii and 301 pages including index. ISBN: 1840642955. Some wear to cover edges. Light browning to text block. A few page corner creases. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BRANTUB THE DANCING BEAR
Written by Margaret Norton. Illustrated by Kay Widdowson.
Stock no. 2126314
Published by The Bodley Head Children'S Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

When the word goes out that the king wants a dancing bear, Brantub presents himself at the palace. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370314093. SIGNED by author to title page. Some fading to spine. A few marks to covers.

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CLICKING VICKY
Written by Clement Freud. Illustrated by Glenys Ambrus.
Stock no. 2126311
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Vicky would have been an ordinary little girl except that she "clicked" every nine seconds while she slept! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720711762. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner. Spine is bumped, with a little fading. Foxing to some pages.

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COSMIC IMPACT
Written by John Keith Davies.
Stock no. 2126310
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Every day tons of cosmic dust enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up as falling starts. Sometimes larger stones fall from the sky to the land as meteorites, perhaps causing minor damage in the process.... This book draws together different branches of science and presents a picture of why such collisions occur, what happens when they do, and what the consequences of one might be for the Earth and its inhabitants. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 197 pages including index. ISBN: 0947795200. SIGNED by author to title page. Bumping along cover edges. A few marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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FIFTY YEARS OF FLYING FUN: FROM THE HUNTER TO THE SPITFIRE AND BACK AGAIN
Written by Rod Dean.
Stock no. 1816358
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Over fifty continuous years of flying through the memoir of a man who lived through it all. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. 220 pages including index. ISBN: 9781909808270.

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