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TRAPPING AND THE DETECTION, CONTROL, AND REGULATION OF TEPHRITID FRUIT FLIES
Written by Todd Shelly; Nancy Epsky; Eric B. Jang; et al.
Stock no. 1824636
Published by Springer. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

Lures, Area-Wide Programs, and Trade Implications... Tephritid fruit flies are among the world's most notorious pests of commercially important fuits and vegetables. Green glazed boards, white titles. ISBN: 9789401791922. Light rubbing to lower edges of boards. Corners lightly bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Previous seller's label to rear board. Front hinge pulled but binding still tight. Contents clean.

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THE LITTLE HORSE BUS
Written by Graham Greene. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie.
Stock no. 1324393
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light staining to front cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a small tear to lower corner of front panel, foxing on verso and some light marking to rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1324391
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Green boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Spine slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light fingering else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and torn at top rear corner.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1324390
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Grey boards with pale brown vignette and titles. Also contains: ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight browning to spine and cover edges. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss and a bit grubby.

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DEER OF THE WORLD
Written by Valerius Geist.
Stock no. 1324351
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Their Evolution, Behaviour and Ecology. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 421 pages. ISBN: 1840370947. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name plate (Garfield the cat) to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge creased with a couple of small tears and barcode label stuck to rear panel.

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JAGUAR XK ENGINE
Written by Dave Pollard.
Stock no. 1324350
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

History, buying, rebuilding, uprating. Glazed pictorial boards. 190 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859600077. Spine and corners bumped. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Contents fine.

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JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1324332
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Red and black and white pictorial cloth with white titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Title to spine and border edges rubbed off. Name in pencil to front fly-leaf. Foxing to endpapers, crease to corner of rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents generally clean.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1324330
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. 319 pages. Published by Hodder for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing to contents. Plates all present and in fine condition. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed, minimal loss at corners and a few tape repairs on verso.

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GOLDEN SUNBEAMS 1899-1900
Written by Mary E. Lester; Maud Carew; Edith Farmiloe; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; W. Heath Robinson; Edith Farmiloe; et al..
Stock no. 1324329
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Includes 2 years from January 1899 to December 1900. Yellow cloth with gilt borders and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine professionally rebacked. New endpapers. Cloth a bit grubby. Page edge browning else contents clean.

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GUNPOWDER: THE HISTORY OF AN INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Written by Brenda J. Buchanan.
Stock no. 1824563
Published by Bath University Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive coverage of gunpowder making at international level, revealing the problems faced in its manufacture and showing the world-wide significance of gunpowder, in terms of the transfer of ideas and techniques and the transport of raw materials and finished goods. Based upon papers contributed by many of the leading authorities in the field, attending The Gunpowder Symposium of 1994 at the University of Bath, edited by Brenda Buchanan. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. ISBN: 0861971248. Corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper spine faded.

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ART DECO SCHMUCK: JAKOB BENGEL - IDAR-OBERSTEIN / GERMANY (ART DECO JEWELRY)
Written by Christianne Weber-Stober; Ilonka Wenk.
Stock no. 1824499
Published by Arnoldsche. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

More than two hundred and fifty pieces of Bengel jewellery are superbly reproduced and described in this monograph on the firm. In addition, the book surveys over one hundred and thirty years of Bengel history and gives insights into sample books that have survived from the years 1924 to 1939. Many drawings in colour furnish conclusive source material on designers and design practice during those years. Large format. Black glazed pictorial boards. With a contribution by Ilonka Wenk. Bilingual (German and English). ISBN: 9783897902473. Boards a little scuffed. Contents fine.

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THE LONG SILENCE FALLS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE MERCHANT NAVY RADIO OFFICER 1900-2000 (VOLUME II)
Written by Tony Selman; et al.
Stock no. 1824441
1st thus 2015. Nearly fine condition.

More stories from QSO. A cross section of articles that have been published in The Radio Officers' Asssociation quarterly newsletter 'QSO' between 1999 and 2012. Introduction by Tony Selman, Chairman of The Radio Officers' Association. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. A nice copy.

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