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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER AND THE ARTE OF ANGLING
Written by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; John Buchan.
Stock no. 1329318
Published by Oxford University Press. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The World's Classics series. Introduction by Buchan. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 363 pages. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed with a small tear to top edge of front panel.

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EOIN O'DUFFY: A SELF-MADE HERO
Written by Fearghal McGarry.
Stock no. 1829599
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Eoin O'Duffy who was an Irish revolutionary, soldier, police commissioner and politician. He was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 442 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199276554. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners of boards bumped, lower rear edge has a small knock. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is scuffed and is rubbed at corners.

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THE BLACKBIRD IN THE LILAC
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1829552
Published by Oxford University Press. 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems for Children. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w line drawings. xi and 95 pages. Reprint. Text block browned, some foxing. Endpapers browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to gutter edges and a few light grubby marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and has some foxing especially to verso. Musty odour present.

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ENGLISH FABLES AND FAIRY STORIES
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1829496
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of well-know English fairy-tales and folk-tales retold by James Reeves. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine on mauve title block. Decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 234 pages. Third impression. Light mottling to boards. Foxing to text block with some bleeding to edge of pages. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots and is a little grubby, lightly worn to top & tail of spine. Musty odour present.

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THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE
Written by James Stevens Curl; Susan Wilson. Illustrated by James Stevens Curl.
Stock no. 1829443
Published by Oxford University Press. 3rd 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Third Edition. Comprehensively revised and expanded in collaboration with Dr. Susan Wilson. Navy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line drawings. xxii and 1017 pages. ISBN: 9780199674985. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE HOPKINS TOUCH: HARRY HOPKINS AND THE FORGING OF THE ALLIANCE TO DEFEAT HITLER
Written by David L. Roll.
Stock no. 1829438
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unforgettable portrait of the Iowa-born social worker who became the linchpin of America's war effort. Cream boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 510 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199891955. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to top rear edge of spine and a few minor marks.

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J.L. AUSTIN: PHILOSOPHER AND D-DAY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
Written by M.W. Rowe.
Stock no. 1829437
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

J.L. Austin was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Less well known is his outstanding contribution to intelligence in the Second World War. This revelatory biography explores Austin's complex character, his remarkable achievements in war and peace, and the surprisingly dramatic events in his personal life. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. xv and 660 pages including index. ISBN: 9780198707585. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to top of spine, lightly creased at edges and lightly scuffed.

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SUMMER VISITORS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1329172
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

It was another world and he didn't like it... Michael Taylor had looked forward for months to summer camp in Yorkshire, but now he was there he longed to be home again... Yellow boards, burgundy title to spine. 232 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light damp staining to covers. Light creasing to lower corners of preliminary pages. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is stained (tea/coffee?) but this shows mainly on the white rear panel.

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LISTEN TO THE WIND
Written by H.F. Brinsmead. Illustrated by Robert Micklewright.
Stock no. 1329154
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192713167. Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased else complete and bright.

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A BEAST BOOK FOR THE POCKET
Written by Edmund Sandars.
Stock no. 1329128
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Grey cloth. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Pencil annotations and newspaper clippings stuck into book. Light foxing/page browning to edges. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso, is edge worn with a tear to lower edge of rear panel and is slightly scratched on rear panel.

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TEENY-WEENY AND BABY BUNNY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1329060
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A Teeny Weeny Book. Very small format. approx " 2.75 x 3.5". Green paper boards with red spine and yellow titles. Teeny-Weeny is a little girl. B/w text illustrations. Spine is faded and worn with some loss of surface paper at top of spine. Foxing to textblock. Name in ink to top margin of free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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WINTER
Written by C.J. Kaberry. Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329058
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.

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