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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326238
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Light brown cloth, black titles and vignette of stag to front. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Small white typing fluid(?) mark to half title-page. Foxing to textblock and some fingermarks to page margins.

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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326099
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Good condition.

Light brown cloth, black titles and vignette of stag to front. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners bumped, very slight fading to spine. Contents clean.

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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326096
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Peach boards, black titles and stag vignette to front. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is worn and torn, grubby to white spine and rear panel and large section missing to lower edge of rear panel. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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THE FIRELIT FOREST
Written by Norah K. Colman. Illustrated by B. Ross Jones.
Stock no. 1319065
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. Delightful colour plates and b/w illustrations of forest animals. Spine and corners bumped, some slight fading at cover edges. Damp staining to rear cover, and rear pastedown has become pale pink from damp. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small mark to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby and damp stained on rear panel. Loss to top and tail of spine.

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HEALTH RESORTS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
Written by Neville Wood.
Stock no. 1818173
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 2nd 1919. Good condition.

Second Edition. Health resorts and progress in Hydrology of the time. Cloth boards. B/w plates. xvi and 253 pages including index. Boards scuffed, title to spine faded, corners worn and bumped. Previous owner's 'ex libris' label to front pastedown (small). Browning to text block and a few margin marks. Hinges pulled but binding tight. All plates present.

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THE FIRELIT FOREST
Written by Norah K. Colman. Illustrated by B. Ross Jones.
Stock no. 2128847
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. Delightful colour plates and b/w illustrations of forest animals. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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SHADOWS ON THE STAIRS
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Gale Thomas; Richard Robinson.
Stock no. 1316317
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

11 short stories. Pale brown boards with deep red titles. 121 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout and a musty smell to contents but otherwise clean. Dustwrpaper is edge worn and a bit grubby.

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ACTING GAMES
Written by Freda Collins. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs; et al..
Stock no. 1311306
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Revised and Enlarged edition. 14 little plays for any number of children to take part. 160 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, section to lower edge of front panel almost torn off.

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MARTIN'S HOLIDAY
Written by Enid Wiseman. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 1706492
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1960. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Dolphin books. Covers scuffed. Edges worn.

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TINKER TAILOR AND OTHER NONSENSE TALES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 809745
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1942. Fair condition.

Blue cloth with dark titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Covers are a little bowed, grubby and scuffed, with bumping to conrers and edge. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby finger marks throughout. Some partially erased pencil colouring to some pages. Tear to page 15. A reading copy only.

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