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CAT & CANARY
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1405642
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

Tall format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 086264075X. SIGNED by author to half title page. Top of spine badly bumped. Corners and bottom of spine a little bumped. Surface paper damage to rear pastedown. Small closed tear to rear endpaper. Contents very good.

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A COMING OF AGE AN ANGLER'S SEARCH FOR SOLITUDE CONTINUES
Written by Stuart Harris. Illustrated by Adam Entwistle.
Stock no. 2121616
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Brown boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos and some drawings throughout. Limited edition to 500 Hardback Copies. This is Copy No. 71 (bookplate stating this stuck to free front endpaper. Also Certificate SIGNED by author and Designer loosely inserted. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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QUINTILIAN AND THE CURIOUS WEATHER SHOP
Written by John Hatfield. Illustrated by John Hatfield.
Stock no. 1315784
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. ISBN: 0224616897. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Browning to edges of endpapers and prelims, foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper has a few small marks but is generally clean and complete.

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PRIMES AND PROGRAMMING
Written by Peter Giblin.
Stock no. 2121083
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introduction to number theory with computing. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0521409888. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to half-title page. Light creasing to a couple of corners.

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BILLEDHOGGER HILDE MAEHLUM
Written by Hilde Maehlum; Maaretta Jaukkuri; Arve Bringaker.
Stock no. 1208581
1st 2004. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The works of the artists and sculptor Hilde Maehlum, best-known for her sculptures of masks and faces. Colour photos. Text in Norwegian and English. 56 pages. ISBN: 8230302847. SIGNED by author with an inscription on front endpaper "Form is emptiness and emptiness itself is form." A fine copy in blue dustwrapper which is a little grubby.

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THREE STORIES
Written by Moy; Edith Campbell-Blair. Illustrated by Moy.
Stock no. 1812196
Published by John & Edward Bumpus Ltd. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

The Magic Ring; The Enchanted Ship; Spilth of Wild Honey. From Moy (Edith Campbell-Blair) to Ian and Niall Campbell-Blair. Large format. Cloth spine, pink cloth boards with white title label to front (no title to spine). 120 pages. Colour & b/w illustrations. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Boards slightly bowed. A few marks to boards. Foxing to outer page edges. An obscure title.

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FERGUS TRAVELS SOUTH
Written by Avril Rowlands. Illustrated by John Horton.
Stock no. 1315719
Published by Hillside Publishing. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

The McDorwuff Books. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0719705371. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Light rubbing to corners. Original publishers price sticker to rear cover.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1607965
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition, limited to 525 numbered and signed copies. Bound in light grey cloth with gold pictorial spine. Gold pictorial white label to front cover. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 tipped-in colour plates and 43 b/w drawings. Mauve on white pictorial endpapers. 250pp. 12 x 9.5". SIGNED by Rackham. Limited edition: this is copy number 352 of 525. Spine and corners bumped, with some wear to the cloth. Some marks to boards. Cracking ans splitting to front joint. Endpapers browned. Bookplate pasted to half-title page. All colour plates present: last plate is corner creased but all others are in fine condition. A few scattered foxspots. Contents generally clean and bright, but pages 248-9 are browned.

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ROLLS-ROYCE IN AMERICA
Written by John Webb De Campi.
Stock no. 1811907
Published by Dalton Watson. 1st 1975. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nearly every different design of coachwork that was ever mounted in America on a Rolls-Royce chassis. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages. ISBN: 0901564141. SIGNED by the author 'with best wishes' to half-title page. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Contents clean. Last page (illustration index) almost detached from binding - rear hinge split at top. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine, a little scuffed.

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UBER DAS KOMBINATORISCHE PRODUKT VON VIER KOLLINEATIONEN IM RAUM UND DIE APOLARITAT KOLLINEARER VERWANDTSCHAFTEN AUF ALLEN STUFEN
Written by Friedrich Schreiter.
Stock no. 2120783
Published by Druckerei Christ & Herr. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Text in German. Title: On the combinatorial product of four collisions in space and the apolarity of collinear relations at all stages. Dissertation for the attainment of the doctor was to be cast at the philosophical faculty of the grand-ducal Hessian University of Ludwig. SIGNED by author to note loosely inserted. Some browning to cover edges. Initials in ink to top of front cover. Creasing to corners.

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A PACKETFUL OF TROUBLE
Written by Margaret Bacon. Illustrated by Richard Tuckwell.
Stock no. 2120780
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Who hasn't dreamed of a holiday free of grown-ups and rules?... ISBN: 0234771313. SIGNED by author 'With Best Wishes' to front endpaper. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with browning and a little light scuffing.

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LONE STAR AND THE STAR OF THE SEA
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 1811483
Published by ABC. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A graphic novel in which magic and hope conquer many troubles in a journey of peace and freedom. Oblong format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Full page colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550520. SIGNED by the author with dedication to front endpaper.

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