GRAND PARTY
Written by Graham Brooks; John Gordon.
Stock no. 1830045
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Vignettes of the human side of Army life, tales of Fifth Column, the first published account by a senior officer of the Dunkirk retreat, are woven into the saga of a Territorial Regiment. Beige cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 134 pages. Some light fading to spine and top edge of front board. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift nscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily edge-rubbed with some wear and chips, a few closed tears to edges, grubby to white rear panel. Dustwrapper states 18 illustrations, title page states 12, contents state 16 illustrations... I count 17 including the illustration to title page (none missing).

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LIVING AND FOSSIL BRACHIOPODS
Written by M.J.S. Rudwick.
Stock no. 1829143
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 199 pages including index. ISBN: 0091030803. Top edge of text block foxed. Otherwise, contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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THE PORTUGUESE SEABORNE EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327780
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive record of nearly four centuries of exploitation and bureaucracy in India, the Orient, Africa and Brazil, and a detailed study of the fleets, the men, the missions and racialism involved in this extraordinary maritime achievement. Blue cloth with green title labels to spine (and gilt titles). B/w photos & maps. 426 pages including index. ISBN: 0090979400. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly faded. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly faded to spine and with a small tear to lower edge of front panel.

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HELEN, BALLET STUDENT
Written by Linda Graeme.
Stock no. 1827900
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Junior Novel. Helen's sixteenth birthday present is an audition at the Lincoln School of Ballet. Readers will be enchanted with this story and its true atmosphere of a real ballet school. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Third impression (undated). Boards a little mottled and marked. Spine is a little cocked. Name in pencil to top edge of front endpaper (erasure has been attempted unsuccessfully). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel is a little grubby.

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MATTY AND THE DEARINGROYDES
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326265
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 255 numbered pages. Slight bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxspots to textblock.

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ON YOUR TOES, SUSIE!
Written by Lee Wyndham. Illustrated by Gwyneth Mamlok.
Stock no. 1826291
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

After four years of hard training Susie is to dance on her points. A book for all ballet lovers; for little girls who see themselves as great ballerinas but who do not quite understand how hard they must work. Green boards, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minor foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block. Name in ink to front endpaper. One or two margin marks to contents. Pink pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few small closed tears and is a little grubby.

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CHIMPY
Written by Harry Fleming.
Stock no. 1323692
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The idea of selling Chimpy to a zoo was altogether too much to bear... so Trudy and Dennis look to team up with the circus. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. 135 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, a little grubby to rear panel and browned to spine. Verso of wrapper is heavily browned/foxed.

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FIFTY YEARS OF FIRE FIGHTING IN LONDON
Written by Jack While; Edgar Wallace.
Stock no. 2134063
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1931. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Jack While was an unofficial Recorder of the London Fire Brigade. Foreword by Wallace. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib. with some markings and stamps. Heavy wear to covers; uneven fading, some scuffing and some fraying to cloth. Foxing.

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THE LURE OF SPEED
Written by Henry Segrave.
Stock no. 2133952
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1928. Good condition.

Autobiography of Major Henry Segrave, an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 286 pages. Spine is browned with some marks. Bumping to corners. A few marks to covers. '1st' written in red ink to front endpaper. Endpapers & text block browned. Foxing throughout.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 2132020
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth with dark title to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. 5 colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading/browning and some foxing to spine and unevenly to covers. Small corner of loss to pictorial onlay. Prize plate to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks. All plates present.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 2130573
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth with dark title to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. 5 colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Spine is faded, with foxing. Uneven fading and foxing to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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JUST SMITH
Written by Dorothy Burroughes. Illustrated by Dorothy Burroughes.
Stock no. 2130299
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a friendship between a lamb and a deer. Oblong format. Green cloth, yellow titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few margin marks. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with creasing; a little loss.

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