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WILLIAM AND THE MONSTER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Peter Archer.
Stock no. 2130552
Published by Armada. 1st 1965. Almost very good condition.

Paperback. Cover illustration by Peter Archer. B/w illustrations. Creasing to covers. Old price '20p' in ink to front cover. Page browning.

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WILLIAM THE ANCIENT BRITON
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Peter Archer.
Stock no. 2130551
Published by Armada. Circa 1965. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. B/w illustrations. Creasing to spine and cover corners. Page browning.

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BY FIRE AND SWORD
Written by Peter Reid.
Stock no. 1817527
Published by Constable. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Rise and Fall of English Supremacy at Arms: 1314-1485. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few colour plates and b/w maps. ISBN: 9781845295264. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine.

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SIX OLD WORLD FAIRY TALES
Written by F.S. Williams. Illustrated by J.K. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 2130305
Published by Peter Hopwood & Co. Ltd. Circa 1926. Good condition.

Stories adapted by Williams. Includes 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs'; 'Beauty and the Beast' and more. Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Spine has large splits, which have been somewhat repaired with glue. Heavy creasing and scuffing to covers; some chipping and nicks. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Creasing and chipping to some page edges; margin marks to some page with foxing. A reading copy.

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LITTLE MAGIC HORSE
Written by Peter Ershoff; Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Illustrated by Vera Bock.
Stock no. 2130166
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st thus 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Russian tale translated by Drowne. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by translator, with dedications on half-title and title page. Damp marks and spotting to covers. Numbers in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn with uneven fading; some loss.

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M1 ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK 1982-1992
Written by Steven J. Zaloga. Illustrated by Peter Sarson.
Stock no. 1317711
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Card wraps. New Vanguard 2. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 1855322838. Some grubby marks to covers and light rubbing to corners.

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FUROR HORTENSIS ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN IN MEMORY OF H.F. CLARK
Written by Peter Willis; Robert H. Matthew; Patrick Nuttgens; Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Stock no. 2129954
Published by Elysium Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Limited first edition of 1000 copies. Large format. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. B/w photos and illustrations. Not numbered, but this is one of 1000 first edition copies. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine with a little fading. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Original glassine wrapper is still present with some tears and chips and creasing; also some foxing; a bit of loss.

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THE MOTOR FOR THE MILLION THE AUSTIN SEVEN 1922-1939
Written by R.J. Wyatt. Illustrated by Peter Huntley.
Stock no. 1817434
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0356014428. Verso of dustwrapper edge strengthened with clear tape which has left marks on the boards and is bleeding through to the front of the dustwrapper. Price-cut dustwrapper is also faded at spine.

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COMPETITIVE DRIVING
Written by Peter Roberts.
Stock no. 1817428
Published by Motoraces Book Club. 1st thus 1967. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1964. This edition produced for members of the Motoraces Book Club. Edited by Peter Roberts. Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 141 pages. Boards clean. Shelf-wear to base of spine. Text block browned with minor foxing. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is very lightly edge-rubbed.

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THE PETER PAN CALENDAR 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2128891
1976. Almost very good condition.

Beautiful Rackham Illustration from 'Peter Pan' for each different month! Card wraps. Some chipping to top 'spine'; a little loss. Acetate cover has corner missing. Creasing to cover corners and some page corners. Rear cover is creased. Some browning. Some fading to front cover. Illustrations are still very good.

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"ROSSALL WILL BE WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
Written by Peter Bennett.
Stock no. 2128595
Published by Rossall Archives. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Rossall school. Large format. Red boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. ISBN: 0951962809. Light bumping to corners. Includes a letter SIGNED by and from the author.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 31ST YEAR
Written by Barbara C. Freeman; Norman Hunter; Ruth Ainsworth; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Cicely Mary Barker; Peter Fraser; Kenneth Harrow; et al..
Stock no. 2128131
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine with dark titles. Pictorial front cover shows four children at a campfire. Colour plates plus colour and b/w illustrations. Marks to spine; splash mark to top. Scuff marks to covers. Wear and bumping to corners. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing and some grubby margin marks.

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