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GRAVEN IMAGE
Written by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 598884
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1940. Very good condition.

An Autobiographical textbook. B/w pictorial covers. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Bookplate to front endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers and some pages internally.

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THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 598744
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. The first book in the "Adventure" series. 326 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Bottom 2.5" of spine are darkened/damp marked; a few other grubby marks to covers, with a little foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1944); part of ink name has transferred across to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins internally. Binding is nice and tight. Pictorial wrapper is quite damaged, with front flap at one time being completely detached, but has been stuck back on with browning sticky tape. Bottom 2.5" of wrapper spine is missing and partially repaired with tape. Other splits and tears to wrapper down edges, with a couple of repairs - otherwise, showing signs of chipping. Front panel illustration is still bright (apart from tape). Still a collectable copy of this 1st edition.

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OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PICTURES/REFERENCE BOOK TO OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PLATES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by John Turner.
Stock no. 591918
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition.

30 plates in brown/red hard card-cover (very large). With reference book to the plates - blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Beautiful full colour plates. Plates are complete, in original green paper case, inside hard card cover. Some plates have obviously been used for displying on walls and have marks to verso. Some also have a few small edge-chips/tears and some yellowing tape repairs. Overall though - very good - plates are still bright. All plates have staple pin holes, where they have been taken out of where they were original bound in. Book is marked to covers, has a couple of school ink stamps internally - but overall very good.

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HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE AND ELY
Written by Edward Conybeare. Illustrated by Frederick L. Griggs.
Stock no. 576336
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brick-red cloth. Paper title label to spine. Large paper edition limited to 250 copies. B/w illustrations. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers foxed. Extensive inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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THE FAR FRONTIER
Written by William O. Steele. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 732184
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 191 pages. A story of 18th century Tennessee where American settlers were still frequently at war with Red Indians. Spine slightly bumped. Covers mottled. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge-worn and grubby with tape reinforcements on verso.

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STUDIES IN ARCHITECTURE
Written by Reginald Blomfield.
Stock no. 668351
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Green cloth. B/w illustrations. Corners slightly rubbed.

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FRANCE
Written by John Edward Courtenay Bodley.
Stock no. 668383
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1902. Fair condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt title. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front board almost detached. Spine worn.

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THE LITTLE GUEST
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond.
Stock no. 564182
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Orange decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. 8 b/w plates. 221 pages plus 2 page booklist. Light browning to endpapers. Small mark to front board. Corners lightly rubbed.

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THE LITTLE GUEST
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond.
Stock no. 672484
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1907. Good condition.

Orange decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. 8 b/w plates. 221 pages plus 2 page booklist. Corners rubbed. Messy writing to front pastedown. Endpapers slightly browned. Contents clean, one plate detached.

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PETERKIN
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by H.R. Millar.
Stock no. 564029
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1902. Slightly better than good condition.

Orange decorative cloth. B/w illustrations. One plate slightly loose. Corners worn. Spine a little faded.

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THE THREE NAUGHTY CHILDREN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 568788
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cloth. Pictorial title page. Two coloured illustrations throughout text. 23 short stories. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Boards grubby, front and rear joints cracked. Last page two pages torn at gutter edge (no loss).

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THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED
Written by Sacheverell Sitwell.
Stock no. 616159
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine in red title block. B/w illustrations.

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