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THE ENTHUSIAST'S GUIDE TO VINTAGE SPECIALS
Written by John Bateman.
Stock no. 1601993
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailed description of over 80 outstanding specials from the great inter-war period of track and sprint racing. Inspired by and complementary to John Bolster's classic Specials. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854297944. Corners rubbed. A few light marks to prelims and outer page edges. Contents clean. Wrapper is lightly creased and rubbed at edges.

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WALT DISNEY'S SNOW WHITE ANNUAL
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1106562
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Front cover and spine shows Snow White and the seven dwarves. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some page browning. Belongs to box completed in ink. Crossword completed in pencil. Couple of margin pages have small tears. Very scarce original glassine wrapper is still present; 1" loss to base of spine; other small chips of loss to corners: still very good for age and fragility!

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LIGHTING BY GAS
Written by D. Chandler.
Stock no. 2105315
1939. Very good condition.

An Outline of Its History. Foreword by Dr. Charles Carpenter. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Ink stamps (gas library etc) to front endpaper. Ink correction to a date to prelims.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1937 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1305553
Published by Daily Express. 1937. Good condition.

The second Rupert annual. Colour pictorial boards showing Rupert and chums on a bridge. 1st story Rupert and the Snow Machine. Red cloth spine, black lettering. 124 pages. 7.5x10". Red and black illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges worn. 1.5" pencil mark to front cover. Covers are slightly grubby. Joints are cracked. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Child's pencil and pen scribbles/doodles to pastedowns and title-page and on verso. Contents are well fingered with a number of small tears or lost corners (no loss of text or images). Illustratons on 10 pages have been partly colour (not very well) with watercolour or crayon. A good copy.

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AFRICAN RAINBOW
Written by H.K. Binks.
Stock no. 1206071
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's adventures in Kenya illustrated by his own b/w photographs. From farming to nature photography and ivory hunting. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 264 pages. SIGNED by author with dedication and date. Top of spine lightly shelf-worn, lower edge of boards knocked. Spine slightly cocked. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to prelims and endpapers. Wrapper price-cut, somewhat browned and a little edge-chipped.

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A NOMAD UNDER ARMS
Written by Ben Assher.
Stock no. 1205805
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st 1931. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Chronicle of an Artilleryman from 1914 to the Armistice. B/w photos. Brown cloth, black titles. 368 pages. Corners and top and tail of spine bumped.

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IN ALEPPO ONCE
Written by Taqui Altounyan.
Stock no. 1205801
Published by Amazon Publications. 1st 2001. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 400 copies. B/w photos. Arthur Ransome wrote some of 'Peter Duck' while in Aleppo. This book is the memories of a Syrian childhood. Corners very very slightly bumped.

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OXUS IN SUMMER
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1205240
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps of 'Country Round Peranwisa". B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A very few scattered foxspots to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn with slight loss, browned to rear and internally repaired with tape. Scarce in wrapper.

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PETER AND SALLY ON THE FARM
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 1205234
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial stiff cardwraps. Green cloth spine. No. 302 to end of text pages. 8 page story plus large very detailed pop-up scene to rear. 5 stand alone cut out figures are present, loosely inserted in envelope. Pop-up in very good working order. Crease to lower corner of front cover. Light stain to lower edges of text.

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ALI SU VICENZA
Written by Giuseppe Versolato.
Stock no. 1205167
Published by Egida. 1st Italy 1996. Fine condition.

Cronistoria Dell'Aviazione Nel Vicentino Dalle Origini Al 1994. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Lavishly illustrated with colour and b/w photos. 581 pages. Text in Italian. The History Of Aviation In The Vicenza Region. ISBN: 8886585195.

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A CLIMBER IN NEW ZEALAND
Written by Malcolm Ross.
Stock no. 1205057
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1914. Very good condition.

Articles from various publications re-written and revised. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. xvi and 316 pages including index. Free endpapers lightly browned. Scattered foxspots to contents. Some hinges pulled but binding tight. Corners bumped but overall a bright copy.

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SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton. Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 1205050
Published by J. Skelton. 1825. Good condition.

Large format. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Purple leather spine and corners. 56 b/w plates. Book: all plates present. Leather browned. Top and tail of spine worn with loss. Corners very worn. Some light marks/fingering to page margins else contents and plates clean.

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