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THE INVISIBLE PLAYMATE & W. V. HER BOOK
Written by William Canton. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1406378
Published by Isbister & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1899. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Two b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Bottom corner of front board badly bumped. Bump also to side of front cover. Mark to rear cover. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Foxing especially to endpapers page margins.

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RICHARD DOYLE'S JOURNAL 1840
Written by Richard Doyle; Christopher Wheeler. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1506855
Published by John Bartholomew & Son Limited. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Reproduction of the journal kept by Doyle throughout 1840. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Hand-written text. ISBN: 0702882801. Spine lightly bumped. Odd fox spot to text block. Dustwrapper is unevenly browned and faded, laminate cracking in folds, brown mark to front panel.

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THE OBSERVING EYE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1406375
Published by Jarrold & Sons. 5th Slightly better than good condition.

Or Letters to Children on the Three Lowest Divisions of Animal Life. Red cloth with blind border to front and back. Gilt title to spine and gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 341 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Split in cloth to rear of spine. Covers are marked and grubby. Front joint beginning to crack. Name to top of front endpaper. Erased pencil writing to verso of front endpaper. Endpapers a little grubby. Top corner of last blank page grubby. Some fingering and marks to contents.

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SHORT STORIES FOUNDED ON EUROPEAN HISTORY SPAIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1406374
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. circa 1855. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with blind border to front and back and gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 226 pages. 5.5" x 4". Spine and corners are bumped. Small split in cloth of spine. Covers are a little scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Glue marks to front pastedown by label. Foxing, mainly to page edges and fingering to contents.

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THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF MRS. BROWN
No author listed. Illustrated by R.L. Woolley.
Stock no. 1506848
Published by Camps & Tours Union. circa 1946. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Two tone and b/w illustrations. A little wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with some foxing. Text block foxed. Contents clean.

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OUR SEAMEN. AN APPEAL
Written by Samuel Plimsoll.
Stock no. 1813181
Published by Kenneth Mason. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Reproduced from the original edition of 1873. A reproduction of one of the most important maritime books ever published. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to front. B/w illustrations. 89 pages plus illustrations to rear. ISBN: 0859371565. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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GEORGIE AND LIZZIE
Written by Catherine D. Bell; Cousin Kate.
Stock no. 1406373
Published by W.P. Kennedy. 1849. Slightly better than good condition.

Black leather spine and corners. Blue cloth. Gilt title and bands to spine. B/w frontis and vignette to title page. 276 pages. 5.5 x 3.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Boards a little scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Dark marks to corners of endpapers - probably from leather corners. Page torn from rear of book - presumably blank as it follows last page of text. Foxing and fingering to contents.

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BEECH AIRCRAFT AND THEIR PREDECESSORS
Written by Alain Pelletier.
Stock no. 2122860
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Detailed description of the Models 17 and 18 and their service histories along with equally detailed studies of Beech aircraft through the Bonanzas, Barons, Queen Airs and King Airs and all other types up to the elegant but unorthodox Starship and Model 1900 airliner. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778631. Wrapper is a little edge-creased; some fading to spine.

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LES APPRENTIS DE MME FLAN
Written by Jacqueline Duche. Illustrated by J. Duche.
Stock no. 1506831
Published by Gaultier-Languereau. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. All text in French. Spine worn, 1"split to top and bottom. Tip missing from top corner of front cover. Covers slightly browned and grubby with some light creases and edge nicks. Staples rusty. Contents clean but edge browned.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406360
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth with dark titles to spine and front. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. 80 pages. Wonderful! A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is lightly browned. Light foxing to covers. Rear joint cracked. One plate detached. Foxing throughout. Light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and bottom of spine sn top of both panels. Browning to spine and panels, Some marks to spine.

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TINTINOMANIA IV LE MONDE DE HERGE AUCTION CATALOGUE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506826
1995. Very good condition.

Auction Catalogue of Collection 'Tout Herge'/Welkenraedt et a divers on 18 Feb 1995 in Levallois-Perret. White cardwraps 11.75 x 8.25. Text in French. Colour photos of a few lots, some b/w illustrations. 40 pages. Light damp stain to cover edges, causing pages to be slightly wrinkled. A little wear to spine. Light browning to cover edges. Small barcode label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE HAWKER HURRICANE
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 2122811
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. 256 pages. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0946627096. Previous Ex-lib (The Owen Thetford Aviation Library). This has some additional 'plates' pasted in onto blank pages, including newspaper photos. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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