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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1310749
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 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. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Scuffing/scratch marks to rear cover. Joints are cracked/broken but the binding is still holding. Evidence of old tape repairs to rear joint (tape now missing). Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some slightly grubby marks and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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HUMOURS OF GOLF
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2109598
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Large format. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Book has been rebacked, with new endpapers and new green cloth spine that has gilt title; original covers laid down. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges; a little chipping. Some grubby marks to covers and partial cup ring mark to front cover. Some grubby margin marks.

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THE METABOLISM OF ALGAE
Written by G.E. Fogg.
Stock no. 1206613
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Green cloth. Methuen Monograph on Biological Subjects. B/w diagrams. 149 pages. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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THE WHEREFORE AND THE WHY
Written by A.P. Herbert. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 1308800
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Some New Rhymes For Old Children. Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to contents, crayon marks to rear endpapers partially erased. Hinges pulled.

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THE HISTORY OF THE SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY (PRINCE ALBERT'S) 1914-1919
Written by Everard Wyrall.
Stock no. 2109024
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Cloth covers. With 29 portraits, 7 other illustrations and 21 maps. Large format. Heavy wear to top of spine. Damp marks/browning to covers. Front joint is cracked and therefore prelims detached. Some foxing. A little pen annotation to a couple of pages; damp to some page edges. Creasing, browning and a few tears to fold-out plans. All illustrations and plans are present.

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RUTHLESS ROGER
Written by Geoffrey Lowis. Illustrated by Winslade.
Stock no. 1307018
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A lively, stirring tale of pirates on the Spanish Main, thrilling but never frightening, told by a sailor with a glorious sense of humour. Red cloth, dark blue titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning to half-title and last text page. Some light fingering else contents clean. White pictorial wrapper is grubby and edge worn, chipped to spine with loss, extensive tape repairs on verso.

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THE LITTLE NORTHERNERS
Written by Inger Johanne; Gwendolen Wade.
Stock no. 1106556
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Wade. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Spine and corners are bumped, with some wear. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a bit of loss to top and tail of spine and corners; inscription in ink to front flap.

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EIGHT LITTLE PLAYS FOR CHILDREN
Written by Rose Fyleman.
Stock no. 2105432
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 8th 1936. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, small title label to front cover. Bottom 1cm of spine is missing. Some grubby marks to covers; wear to edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and creased, with some loss; now disguised by being stuck to piece of paper beneath.

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A PRINCESS COMES TO OUR TOWN
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Gertrude Lindsay.
Stock no. 1305709
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt titles. 12 plates. 119 pages plus 8 page publication list to rear. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to cover edges and covers grubby with spots to rear cover. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Contents clean.

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BABAR KEEPS FIT!
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 1204175
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

The Adventures of Babar on Television. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Base of spine chipped. Laminate chipping to sides of spine.

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PLAYTIME & COMPANY
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1801536
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Rhymes for children. Corners lightly worn, covers a little scuffed, red spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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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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