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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2118334
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some scuffing also to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and foxspots.

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THE COMPLEATEST ANGLING BOOKE THAT EUER WAS WRIT
Written by Joseph Crawhall.
Stock no. 2118325
2nd 1881. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Black leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, with gilt title and fish decorations. This is the Second Edition, Limited to 100 copies! (First edition has only 40 copies printed in 1859). B/w illustrations. Being done oute of ye hebrewe and other tongves by a Person of Honor. Adorn'd with scriptures. Some light wear along cover edges. A few marks to covers. Marks to endpapers. Front endpaper has a few edge-tears. Some foxing. Still in very good condition, considering its age!

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AN AGE OF KINGS
Written by J.B. Bucknall.
Stock no. 1607526
Published by J.B. Bucknall. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A photographic record of the final years of British Railways steam locomotive operation 1956-1968. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950792209. Spine bumped; a couple of marks to boards. Price-cut wrapper is edge creased and lightly browned.

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A HOME FOR SAM & SUSIE
Written by Roz. Illustrated by Haz.
Stock no. 1314938
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Sam & Susie are a pair of red squirrels and this is their story of how they built their house. Oblong format. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations and b/w text drawings. Covers are edge worn. Staples rusty. Some chipping of paper covering from spine. Some grubby fingermarks to margins but generally contents clean.

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SOUTH CAROLINA BIRD LIFE
Written by Alexander Sprunt; E. Burnham Chamberlain. Illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques; John Henry Dick; Roger Tory Peterson; et al..
Stock no. 2118321
Published by University of South Carolina Press. 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream +cloth boards, gilt titles. Revised edition with a supplement. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0872491234. Tape marks to endpapers. Browning to some pages. Wrapper is unevenly browned/faded with some grubby marks; tear hole to rear panel.

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TIM'S LAST VOYAGE
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1404530
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Water-colour and b/w line drawings, many double spread. Pink and green pictorial boards. ISBN: 0370020030. Spine and corners a little bumped. Contents are clean. Wrapper has been price-cut by publisher with new price sticker above. A little edge rubbed with a small mark to front panel.

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WIRELESS IN TOYTOWN
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1314930
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 192 pages. Grey endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few light scuff marks to covers. Vertical crease to frontis. Grubby fingermarks to contents. Evidence of removal of name(?) plate to rear pastedown.

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THE FAIRIES' WEDDING
Written by Bassett Green. Illustrated by Ray Foster.
Stock no. 1314927
Published by The Mercian Publishers. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

An illustrated fairy tale for children of all ages. Black cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned/foxed. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription in ink to front endpaper - "Paula with love from the Author". Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby, has loss to base of spine, lower front corner and top spine corner.

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UNIFORM BUTTONS ENFIELD ARSENAL MANUAL - MARK I
Written by Evelyn Vickers-Smith.
Stock no. 2118291
Published by Kitchener House-Publishers. 1965. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Creasing to a couple of corners.

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THE COURTSHIP AND WEDDING OF THE LITTLE MAN AND THE LITTLE MAID
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314919
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. Good condition.

Pleasure Books. Small, thin format (15x12cm). B/w illustrations. Yellow paperwraps. Covers edge rubbed with a couple of small tears to front edges. Inscription in ink to title-page. Contents have been professionally glued into covers. 1 small tear to edge title-page. Some light foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
No author listed. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1314915
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards, full page colour illustrations throughout. 7 x 5.5". Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped. Some pale foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper has edge tears which have been tape repaired on verso.

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THE SAUCY JANE FAMILY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ruth Gervis.
Stock no. 1504985
Published by Lutterworth Press. 4th 1956. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

New Edition. Blue boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations to text. Spine bumped with some fading. Covers mottled. A little browning to front endpapers and an odd fox spot to text block. Dustwrapper has lower half of spine missing and loss from both panels and edges, creasing to edges.

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