THE WORLD BEFORE US: HOW SCIENCE IS REVEALING A NEW STORY OF OUR HUMAN ORIGINS
Written by Tom Higham.
Stock no. 1829405
Published by Viking. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Following the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that enabled us to better predict not just how long ago other human species lived (Neanderthals, Denisovans, 'Hobbits' and Homo luzonensis), but how they lived. Could they make art, recall their dreams, or joke? Did they play music, or use medicine? What might Homo sapiens have learned from them? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and charts, a few colour photos. xiv and 296 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241440674. A lovely copy. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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FANTASTIC MR FOX
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1329198
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st thus 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Boggis, Bunce and Bean plan a trap for Mr Fox - but he's far too clever to fall for it! New illustrations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 80 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0670852503. Spine slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and is edge rubbed, tear to top front corner has been tape repaired.

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1329197
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First illustrated edition with b/w illustrations. Black boards with silver title to spine. 154 numbered pages. ISBN: 0670852511. Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Browning to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly edge rubbed.

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THE MAGIC FINGER
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1329196
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The little girl next door to the Greggs can do magic with a flash from the tip of her finger... Green boards. Gilt title to spine. Black and white illustrations. ISBN: 067085252X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some very light damp(?) staining to cover edges. Contents are browned but clean. Dustwrapper has minimal rubbing at spine.

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SKALLAGRIGG
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 1329152
Published by Viking. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A quest to find the truth of Skallagrigg, whoever or whatever it is. Blue boards with silver titles to spine. 572 pages. ISBN: 0670801321. Spine slightly bumped. Address and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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MY BROTHER'S GHOST
Written by Allan Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1329047
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A touching tale of loss, love and endurance. Small format. Green boards with gilt titles and illustration to front. 87 pages. Red endpapers. ISBN: 067088779X. Minimal foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328990
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First illustrated edition with b/w illustrations. Black boards with silver title to spine. 154 numbered pages. ISBN: 0670852511. Full number line (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Spine slightly bumped. Heavy foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE LAST POLAR BEARS
Written by Harry Horse. Illustrated by Harry Horse.
Stock no. 1328937
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A story told through a series of extraordinary letters. ISBN: 0670848670. Spine bumped. Evidence of erased pencil marks to top edge of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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PRETTY POLLY
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Stock no. 1328838
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Abigail's family think she's mad to try teaching a hen to talk!... ISBN: 0670836877. Slight foxing to top of textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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A NARROW SQUEAK AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.
Stock no. 1328754
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Be they soft and furry, sharp and prickly or smooth and scaly, all the animals in this collection are quite irresistable! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670842532. Spine bumped. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328639
Published by Viking. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tale full of action and absurdity, pirates, parrots and chocolate cake... Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670846201. Base of spine very slightly bumped.

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THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES: AN OPERATIONAL REFERENCE BOOK 1939-1945
Written by Martin Middlebrook; Chris Everitt.
Stock no. 1828803
Published by Viking. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win a war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians are only now piecing together the finer details of the individual raids. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 804 pages includes index. ISBN: 0670801372. Reprint in same year as first publication. Light vertical crease to spine (reading wear). Else boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby, a few foxspots. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper with red titlesis ligthly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly edge-rubbed.

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