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LOUIS WAIN'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry Rountree; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1319478
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown cloth spine with dark brown title and illustration, pictorial front board. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations (mostly Wain but others also). Spine is grubby. Covers are edge worn and also grubby, a couple of small scratch marks to front cover. New endpapers. Some light foxing. Some colouring to some of the b/w illustrations and some erasing as well. There is a musty (tobbaco?) smell to the contents.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1937
Written by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1319452
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1937. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Front cover shows Bonzo as a clown with a black cat reading to him. First story is 'Bonzo's Queer Zoo'. B/w illustrations. Colour frontis is 'All The Fun of the Fair'. Covers are edge worn and a little scratched and marked. Spine worn with splits at top and tail. Ink name and address stamps to belongs to page and name and address in ink to belongs to box (also ink stamps which has been partially erased). Some hinges cracked/pulled. Small tear at inner margin of frontis. A good copy of a scarce Bonzo annual.

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HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD 2. HOOFED MAMMALS
Written by Don E. Wilson; Russell A. Mittermeier; et al.
Stock no. 1820164
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Heavy volume! Black boards, white titles. Stunning colour photography throughout. Published in association with Conservation International and IUCN. ISBN: 9788496553774. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel. Else a lovely copy!

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HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD 4. SEA MAMMALS
Written by Don E. Wilson; Russell A. Mittermeier; et al.
Stock no. 1820159
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Heavy volume! Black boards, white titles. Stunning colour photography throughout. Published in association with Conservation International and IUCN. ISBN: 9788496553934. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel. Otherwise a lovely copy!

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A NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FREEMASONRY (ARS MAGNA LATOMORUM) 2 VOLUMES
Written by Arthur Edward Waiter.
Stock no. 1820100
Published by Rider & Co.. 1923. Very good condition.

And of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites Literature and History. New and Revised Edition. Two volumes. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Red cloth boards with gilt crest to front boards. B/w plates. Boards clean, gilt titles bright. Text blocks lightly browned. Foxing throughout including to plate margins. Slight surface paper damage to page xvi and xvii. All plates present.

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MOTOCOURSE 1993-94
No author listed.
Stock no. 1319328
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

18th Year of Publication. The world's leading Grand Prix annual. Large format. Colour photos. Motorcycle racing. The year that an accident brought an end to the career of World Champion Wayne Rainey. Foreword by Kevin Schwantz. ISBN: 1874557209. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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MOTORING MEMORIES IN PEACE AND WAR
Written by Tindall Harris.
Stock no. 2133442
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Memories of the author who in October 1914 joined a Red Cross convoy for France as a volunteer driver. Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. 5 b/w plates. 91 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Name and address in pencil on front pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Address label to rear pastedown. A very nice copy of this rare Great War account.

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ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OF THE CAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Herbert J. Butler; Hugh Butler.
Stock no. 2133366
Published by W.R. Howell & Co.. 1926. Very good condition.

Leather-style covers, gilt titles. Comprising the various systems fitted to British, French, Italian, German and other European Cars. B/w diagrams. Some marks and wear to covers. Light creasing to top corners of pages on volume 1. A few margin marks.

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ABC OF THE MOTORCYCLE
Written by W.J. Jackman.
Stock no. 2133364
Published by Stanton And Van Vliet Co.. 3rd 1916. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 3rd edition. Gilt title to spine has rubbed off. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks to covers. Small ink stamp to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby marks to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOLLUSCA, AND THEIR SHELLS (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward Forbes; Sylvanus Hanley.
Stock no. 2133307
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1853. Almost very good condition.

Leather spines and corners. Maroon title blocks to spines, gilt titles. Marbled outer page edges and endpapers. 203 hand-coloured plates. Bookplates of 'The Wheelton hind Collection 1920' to front pastedown of each book. Rear join at rear of Volume 1 (on outside); leather has split, but still holding together well. Some scuffs and chips of leather spines and corners. Foxing to prelims of books; some margin marks; page browning. Hand-coloured illustrations are still nice and bright.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133295
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spotting to covers. Bumping to covers. Some hinges are pulled; a few gatherings are detached/stitching is broken. Chipping to page edges; a little loss; foxing. Wrapper is badly creased and torn with some loss; most of picture to front is complete.

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MERRY AND BRIGHT
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133294
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful full-page colour illustrations of doggies. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks/browning to covers. Foxing throughout.

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