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ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH: POETS OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1330757
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Green pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Printed on pale green paper. Front joint between endpaper and half title-page is cracked. Light rubbing to corners. Contained in original publishers slipcase which is faded at edges and scuffed with a few grubby marks.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330755
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1944. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. 14th impression. Minimal bumping to spine. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty/foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with small knicks to top of spine and some light pencil writing to front flap.

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CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1208923
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Olive green, yellow & red pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Yellow endpapers. 160 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some light shelf-scuffing.

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BLACK'S PICTURESQUE GUIDE TO NORTH WALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830667
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 8th 1882. Almost very good condition.

Eighth edition. Small format. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w illustrations. Fold-out maps. xiii and 229 plus 112 pages advertisements to rear. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Front joint starting to crack but binding still firm. Text block browned. Small ink mark to front pastedown. Some light corner creasing. One folding map has a 2" closed tear (no loss). Contents generally clean for a book over 150 years old.

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LITTLE FOLKS 7-8
Written by Mrs. Greene; Julia Goddard; et al.
Stock no. 1330509
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. Good condition.

3/4 black leather with purple cloth covers. Volumes 7 and 8 bound together. 416 + 416 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Colour frontis for volume 8. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and marked. Some colouring (doodles to the rear of one plate and one b/w illustrations lightly coloured, there may be more that we have missed?). One page is part detached but is still present and hanging on by a 'thread'. There is foxing. Binders sticker to rear pastedown (H. Walker of Hyson Green).

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THE ARTEMIS FOWL FILES
Written by Eoin Colfer. Illustrated by Tony Fleetwood.
Stock no. 1330444
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2004. Fine condition.

Artemis Fowl's confidential files have been discovered in his safe at Fowl Manor... Now you too can share the secrets... Black decorated padded boards with magnetic flap closure. ISBN: 0141381272.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1925
Written by Frank Richards; P.G. Wodehouse; et al.
Stock no. 1330343
Published by Howard Baker. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Howard Baker Omnibus/Anniversary edition. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0070300462. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with some fading.

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BURGLARS AND BANDICOOTS
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by J. Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1330328
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Joan Warner was convinced her brother Alan and his friend David would get into trouble when they spent a week in London with Uncle Stuart - and she was right! Green boards, black title to spine and vignette of a rat to front cover. 192 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock, affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, rear panel slightly grubby.

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THE SOURCE BOOK OF THE R.A.F.
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1330146
Published by Airlife. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with all abbreviations used in primary sources and giving an in-depth guide to the RAF Order of Battle. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 308 pages. ISBN: 1853104515. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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OLD PEWTER ITS MAKERS AND MARKS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
Written by Howard Herschel Cotterell.
Stock no. 1329828
Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company. 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Silver covers with blue titles. xvii + first list of subscribers + 432 pages. 6 large folding b/w plates. I. Short Historical Introduction; II. The History of Pewter-Marking as Toldin the Records; III. The Old Pewterers and Their Touchplates; Secondary Marks, Collectors' Difficuties, Pewterers' Tokens and Trade-Cards,Etc., Etc.; V. Illustrations of Examples of Pewter-War; VI. Alphabetical List of Pewterers, With Illustrations of Their Marks, Where Known; VII. Alphabetical List of Those Marks Which,with the Device, Bear Only the Initials of Their Owners' Name; VIII. Illustrations of Those Marks Which Must Be Designated as "Obscure," for Want of Any Indication as to Their Ownership; IX. Index to Devices in Marks Illustrated in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII; X. Index to Hall Marks in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII. Spine bumped. Light foxing to prelims. Light brown stain to inner margins of a couple of pages (198 & 199), else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly worn to top and tail of spine.

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BRITISH MILITARY TRUCKS OF THE COLD WAR
Written by Les Freathy.
Stock no. 1829775
Published by Tankograd Publishing. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Manufacturers, Types, Variants and Service Trucks in the British Armed Forces 1945-79. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 9783936519426. Rear panel of dustwrapper is a little scuffed, else a lovely copy!

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SOUTHEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT: OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
Written by Allen Rowley.
Stock no. 1829376
Published by The Manor Publishing Co. (bradford) Ltd.. Circa 1967. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. Undated (1960s at a guess). 96 pages including index of advertisers. Covers creased and a little grubby. Text block a little grubby, minor damp stain to vertical edge affecting a few page margins. Last few pages creased.

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