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LOOKING BACK AT STANIER LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Kevin Derrick.
Stock no. 1713615
Published by Strathwood Ltd. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781905276257.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1607324
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Address sticker to corner of front endpaper. Wrapper is edge creased and has a couple of small marks.

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RAMBLINGS OF A SPORTSMAN-NATURALIST
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2118022
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Drawn mainly from the sporting diaries he kept for many years, BB recalls numerous little adventures afield. A collection of happenings and impressions of the seasons, beautifully enhanced by dramatic b/w scraperboard illustrations throughout. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. 176 pages. ISBN: 0718118154. Inscription in ink and white label stuck to front endpaper. Odd foxspot to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased with some light edge-browning.

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NICHOLAS AND TIMOTHY FARMYARD POP-UP STORY BOOK
Written by Kitty Styles.
Stock no. 1404434
Published by Sampson Low. circa 1954. Very good condition.

Timothy's Dad has to go to the vets to get medicine for Mr. Dubbin. So Timothy and Nicholas decide to help out on the farm. Spiral bound. Red pictorial boards. 5 pop-ups. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Wire of spiral coming away from bottom of spine. Contents clean. Pop-ups in very good working order. .

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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.
Stock no. 2118013
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Green/grey pictorial cloth with red/brown titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading and some scuffing to covers. Front endpaper and prelim text page are detached, with chipping and creasing, but loosely inserted. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. A few grubby margin marks. All plates are present - some tissue-guards are creased/detached. A reading copy.

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MORE REMINISCENCES
Written by A. Holden Illingworth.
Stock no. 2118008
Published by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.. 1936. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles. Colour and b/w plates. Privately printed. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks and uneven fading to covers. 1 plate (Opposite page 76) is MISSING! Some foxing throughout.

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REMINISCENCES
Written by A. Holden Illingworth.
Stock no. 2118007
Published by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles. Privately printed. 5 b/w plates, including frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Gilt titles are starting to fade. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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A GEOGRAPHY OF BLOOD UNEARTHING MEMORY FROM A PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE
Written by Candace Savage.
Stock no. 2117995
Published by Greystone Books. Circa 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 9781771003216. SIGNED by author to title page. A little wear to corners.

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2117994
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is browned, with scuffing to title. Some scuffing also to title on front cover. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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MICKEY MOUSE: 3 WEE LITTLE BOOKS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 2117990
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

A set of three small format (3.5 x 3") books: Mickey Mouse at the Carnival; Mickey Mouse's Uphill Fight; Mickey Mouse's Misfortune. Each book has pictorial cardwraps, 32 pages, b/w text illustrations. Cover of 'At the Carnival' has now become detached. Other covers are starting to come loose (glue has aged). A little foxing. Some erased pencil writing to inside covers.

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THE GREEN FIDDLER
Written by George Kalkar. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 2117988
Published by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Black cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations featuring fairies. The Green Fiddler is a cricket. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some scuffing to cover edges. Grubby marks with some erased pencil marks to covers. Title page has small margin tear and is browned, with a little foxing. Colour illustrations are in beautiful condition - nice and bright, just a few foxspots to page margins. Last page (which is a plate page) has a large repaired tear.

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VISIONS OF JAPAN (BOXED SET)
Written by Arata Isozakie; Hidetoshi Kato; Simon Hoggart; Peter Popham; et al.
Stock no. 2117982
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum; The Japan Forum. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. This set was produced to go along with the 'Japan Festival' held in 1991. The exhibition took place at The Victoria and Albert Museum. there are 3 items in card case. First is a text volume, second is concertina style photographic album. Lastly in another slip-case and card cover is 'scrapbook', with a captions leaflet to accompany it. One volume (text) has some wear to edges and spine - otherwise rest are nearly fine. Slip-case has some edge-wear.

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