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SPORTS AND GAMES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1406180
1st 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

A Book for Children, With a Story for Every Month In the Year. A Scarce, early Enid Blyton book, with 4 exceptional colour illustrations. Stiff cardwraps. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 3" split to bottom of spine. Top of spine beginning to split. Covers grubby and scratched. Pages browned and foxed. Small piece torn from top corner of page 3/4. A scarce Blyton item.

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THE BURKE BOOK OF RACING AND SPORTS CARS
Written by Michael Marriott.
Stock no. 1812821
Published by Burke. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. The cars - their engines and design; the drivers - their triumphs and disappointments are all described in this comprehensive account which covers the mechanics of cars, the mystery of formula and the thrills of Grand Prix racing. Light grey boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0222992441. Corners rubbed and worn, minor damp stain to lower edge of front board. Foxing to endpapers & prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, a little grubby and browned.

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THE SCHOOL GIRL'S ANNUAL
Written by Flora Klickmann. Illustrated by Maude Angell; Louis Wain; Persis Kirmse; G.L. Stampa; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1506659
Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and horse's head. Title on front cover reads School Girl's Stories. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Includes two articles and b/w illustrations by Louis Wain. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby, scuffed and rear cover is darkened. Front joint cracked between frontis and title page. A couple of hinges starting to crack. Endpapers browned, white marks to rear endpapers. Text pages very good.

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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1406168
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 52 pages. Bumping to spine and corners and a small bump to top of rear board. Slight fading to bottom of boards. A couple of hinges are cracked. Contents very good, just an odd fox spot. Price -cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped. Wrapper is grubby.

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CMMI FOR DEVELOPMENT: GUIDELINES FOR PROCESS INTEGRATION AND PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT
Written by Mary Beth Chrissis; Mike Konrad; Sandy Shrum.
Stock no. 1812805
Published by Addison-Wesley. 3rd 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Third Edition. SEI Series in Software Engineering. Best practices for the development and maintenance of products and services across their lifecycle. Matt blue boards with white titles. xxiv and 650 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 9780321711502. Second printing of the third edition. Boards slightly scuffed, contents fine.

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THE WAY OF A TROUT WITH A FLY
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 2122656
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

And Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics. 4th edition. Colour plates. ISBN: 0713607122. Wrapper is edge-creased with corner of front flap cut off.

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MICKEY'S WONDER BOOK
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1316322
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Red pictorial boards. Front board shows Mickey on tea break. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges slightly rubbed. '2-22' written in black ink to front cover, '2-12' written in black ink to front endpaper. Light tobacco(?) smell to contents. What-O puzzle has been completed and erased, very faint.

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SAGITTARIUS SURVIVING
Written by Cecil Lewis.
Stock no. 2122641
Published by Leo Cooper. 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 150 pages. Autobiography of an RAF commander. ISBN: 0850524482. Wrapper is faded to spine with a little creasing.

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Written by P.A. Rickson; A. Holliday.
Stock no. 2122630
Published by Purnell Book Services Limited; Book Club. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A new look at three great air operations of the Second World War. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0718301439. Light bumping along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chipping.

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AIRCRAFT FOR THE MANY
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 2122617
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed survey of the RAF's aircraft in June 1944. B/w photos. 320 pages. ISBN: 1852604271. Light bumping to spine. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with light browning to couple of edges.

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PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE RAF VOLUME TWO 1939-1945
Written by John W.R. Taylor; Philip J.R. Moyes.
Stock no. 2122615
Published by Ian Allan. 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0711000557. Spine is fade. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with browning and edge-creasing.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506651
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Spine and corners bumped and worn, nicks to cloth at ends of spine. Covers grubby, spine darkened. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Both joints cracked. Foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Nick to outside edge of rear endpaper.

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