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SWANSEA PORCELAIN
Written by Elis Jenkins.
Stock no. 2120379
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Some light fade marks along cover edges. Wrapper is unevenly browned/faded with some edge-creasing and a few grubby marks.

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THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE, 1944
Written by Milan Vego.
Stock no. 2120335
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 2006. Fine condition.

Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution. Blue cloth with gilt titles. ISBN: 1557508852.

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TALES & PICTUIRES AND FAIRY FUN
No author listed. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Honor C. Appleton; Peter Fraser; Lunt Roberts; Frank Hart; et al..
Stock no. 1505552
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title. Pictorial front cover shows girl sat in wicker chair reading, fairy on her foot. Colour and b/w illustrations. 10.25 x 8". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Rear cover is scuffed and slightly grubby with some pen marks. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Contents a bit fingered with a few margin marks and an odd margin tear. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers.

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THE COCK, THE MOUSE AND THE LITTLE RED HEN
Written by Felicite Lefevre. Illustrated by Tony Sarg.
Stock no. 1405019
Published by E. Grant Richards. 1st 1907. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with red titles to front board and black titles to spine. 24 colour illustrations. 103 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine a little faded and browned. White marks to rear board. Boards are grubby. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Rear joint and several hinges cracked making the binding a little loose. Bottom of most pages detached. Pencil scribble to front endpaper and a couple of blank pages. 'The End' and some pencil lines to last text page. A few small edge tears. Grubby marks and some foxing to contents.

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THE HONOURABLE MR TAWNISH
Written by Jeffery Farnol. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1405018
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1913. Almost very good condition.

A Romance. Beige cloth covers with gilt titles and border decorations, small circular onlay to centre of front cover. 8 colour plates. 118 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Couple of small marks to cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. A few hinges slightly cracked. One illustration is detached. Foxing throughout especially heavy to prelims and last few pages.

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THE PODGY-PUPPY
Written by Clara G. Dennis. Illustrated by Alan Wright; Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1405017
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

A story for children. Small format. Cream pictorial paper boards show podgy-puppy sitting in the middle of an almost empty dinner plate! Red pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations and colour plates. Printed on one side of the page only - one page of text facing one colour plate. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Corners bumped and rubbed. Front board browned and a little scratched and rubbed. Rear board has a line of browning and is also grubby. Line browning to endpapers. Couple of hinges are cracked. Some foxing and grubby marks. One plate has brown mark at bottom margin which also affects the bottom of the plate.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1405010
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial cloth. Black titles. Top edge yellow. Decorated endpapers. 12 delightful tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 305 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Covers marked and grubby. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. A little bubbling to front pastedown. Stain affecting top margin of about half the book. Text is not affected nor are plates. Some foxing.

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ZOO SAINTS AND SINNERS
Written by L.G. Mainland. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell.
Stock no. 1315575
Published by Partridge. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w plates and illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fore-edge of front cover slightly dented. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a few of the rear pages are very lightly creased.

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THE RED CAPS OF LYONS
Written by Herbert Hayens. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.
Stock no. 1315572
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

A story of the French Revolution. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Brown endpapers. 6 b/w plates. 302 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Joints cracked. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Small erasure mark to top corner of front free-endpaper. Pale foxing and fingering to contents which are generally clean.

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CRUSADERS
Written by Hugh Chesterman; Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Hugh Chesterman.
Stock no. 1315571
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

A book of poems. Blue cloth, black titles and large pictorial onlay to front. 2 tipped-in colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers, white mark to base of spine. Inscription in ink (biro) to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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OLD RHYMES FOR ALL TIMES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1505546
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1930. Very good condition.

Rhymes collected and illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker. Large format. Beige cloth, green title to spine, red & green title & vignette to front. Cream pictorial endpapers. 12 full page colour plates including frontis. Numerous b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine faded. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Both joints starting to crack, one hinge cracked. Foxing and an odd fingermark to contents. All plates present.

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TALES FROM HENTY
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1405005
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine and blind title to front. Blind decorations to front and spine. Colour frontis. 219 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Couple of bumps to top of rear board. Covers a little marked. Booksellers sticker to bottom and small name label to top of front pastedown. Some foxing to page edges and margins otherwise contents are clean.

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