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THE SECOND MOTOR BOOK
Written by T.R. Nicholson.
Stock no. 824251
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1964. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Age Of Adventure 1919-1939. B/w photos.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 630036
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Third English Edition. Very large format 14.5" x 10.5". Grey cloth spine, red pictorial stiff paper boards. Blue pictorial endpapers depicting elephants. 40 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Edges rubbed, corners worn, boards a little scuffed. Contents clean and bright.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 630032
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn, covers lightly scratched. Top & tail of cloth spine worn, a couple of holes to cloth of spine. Tape marks to front & rear joints and some pages, front & rear joint pulled. Small closed tear to title page. A few grubby marks to contents. Repaired tear to page 21 with yellow tape mark. Some edge-loss to rear pastedown. Still a nice book.

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ESSAYS ON PROBABILITIES AND STATISTICS
Written by M.S. Bartlett.
Stock no. 811055
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Methuen's Monographs on Applied probability and statistics. A comprehensive view of statistical theory, whatever the field in which it may be applied. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. viii and 127 pages. Ex-lib with minimal blind stamps to prelims else clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby with a few closed edge-tears and a tear to laminate covering it at base of spine.

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BABAR'S FRIEND ZEPHIR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 806914
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Large format Edges worn, lower edges have some surface paper loss to boards. Front joint just starting to crack. A few fingermarks to margins else clean.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 806915
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Covers scuffed & scratched with a small patch of surface paper loss to front cover. Edges worn. Top & tail of spine slightly frayed. One or two margin marks else clean and bright.

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PLAYTIME & COMPANY
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 434015
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Rhymes for children. Spine is faded, with a few tippex marks to it. Spine title is pasted onto cloth spine. Corners are bumped and worn. A few small scuff marks to covers. Couple of ink marks to front pastedown and front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. One small illustration has had a little colouring to it.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 738962
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition bound in limp olive green morocco with gilt decorations to front cover and spine. Pink pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. All edges gilt. Spine is browned and worn. with slight loss to top. Edges are rubbed with slightly worn corners. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Previous owner's inscription in ink to half-title page. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A couple of hinges slightly cracked, some light fingering to page margins. Very light browning to half-title page and light creasing to last page. Contents generally very clean.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 738899
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed to head and tail, spine has faded patches to centre and base. Lower edge of rear cover is very slightly faded. Covers generally bright and clean. Previous owner's name in ink to half-title page. One hinge cracked. A few very light finger marks to page margins. The book itself is a nice, clean copy. Original wrapper is in two halves (detached along rear edge of spine), spine is browned and has 2.5" loss at top, 1" loss at centre and slight loss at base, also patch of loss to top corner of rear panel. The wrapper looks as though it was originally too small for the book (0.5cm too small along top edge).

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PLAYTIME & COMPANY
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 738506
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1925. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Rhymes for children. Corners worn, covers browned and slightly grubby. Slight chipping to title label on spine. Top page corner tips ever so slightly creased. Contents clean.

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TALES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 738248
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brick red cloth with blue titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 158 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby with a mark to front edge. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light fingermark to title-page. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn with a few very small closed tears and slight loss to top of spine.

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THE TALE OF BRIDGET AND THE BEES
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 430207
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Bridget meets Ginger Pop who introduces her to the life of the bees. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates, two-tone and b/w illustrations. 55 pages. Front and rear covers have vertical creases to them. Covers are marked and worn. Name to front endpaper. Contents are very good - only a few light margin marks.

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