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D'ARCY MAXIMUS
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1709040
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Gem Volume No. 11. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703001973. Wrapper edge worn and a little faded.

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BADOLI THE OX
Written by Myles Bourke. Illustrated by Stella Bailey.
Stock no. 1401911
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth. Tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. Spine bumped and browned with fraying to top and bottom. Corners bumped and rubbed. Splash marks to front cover and scratch marks to rear. A little foxing, otherwise contents are bright and clean.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1709035
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Bright blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Top and tail of spine slightly worn with a couple of small nicks. Corners rubbed. Faint damp marks to corners of some pages. Otherwise covers and contents beautifully bright and clean.

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IN SEARCH OF THE EIDER
Written by Peter M. Driver. Illustrated by David Bygott.
Stock no. 1605299
Published by The Saturn Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and line drawings. A fascinating account of the author's experiences during two expeditions to the remote Canadian Arctic. ISBN: 0904196003. Spine bumped. Wrapper is browned, with text to spine faded.

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CLASSIC SUPER BIKES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Mac McDiarmid.
Stock no. 1605279
Published by Parragon Books. 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. 96 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 0752510177. Spine bumped and faded. Grubby marks and patch of correction fluid to front pastedown. Contents near fine.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1708989
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial onlay to front cover with decorative border. Colour illustrations. 139 pages. Top 1/2" of spine split to both sides. A Little foxing, but contents and covers generally bright.

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A HISTORY OF WILTSHIRE VOLUME II
Written by R.B. Pugh; Elizabeth Crittall.
Stock no. 1807741
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine, gilt crest to front. xvii and 245 pages. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY 1826-1916
Written by Frank Rinder.
Stock no. 1807732
Published by Kingsmead Reprints. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. reprint of the work first published 1917. A complete list of the exhibited works by Raeburn and by Academicians, Associates and Hon. members, giving details of those works in Public Galleries. 485 pages including index. ISBN: 0901571733. Light mottling to boards. Minor foxing to text block and endpapers. Contents clean. Blue wrapper is edge-worn.

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UNIFORMS OF THE ARMY
Written by Robert H. Rankin.
Stock no. 1807731
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of what American soldiers have worn from the Revolution to the present day. The How and the Why. Blue pictorial cloth boards. Library binding. 126 pages including index. Colour & b/w illustrations. Corners rubbed and bumped. Large relevant cut-out neatly stuck to front endpaper. Contents clean.Pictorial wrapper is rubbed at corners and edge-worn, scuffed and chipped.

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MOPS VERSUS TAILS
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1311059
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.; Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

The Great Hockey Match (and how the Mops and the Tails bury the hatchet forever)! Small oblong format. Picture to front board. Lovely colour illustrations, including a wonderful double-spread at the centre. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Rear cover is grubby/marked. Endpapers are lightly browned and there is some light foxing, otherwise contents are clean. This is a decent copy of a very scarce book.

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ALMANACK FOR 1883
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1311052
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1883. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers are edge worn with scratch marks to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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UNCLE SAM'S MONEY-BOX
Written by Mrs. S.C. Hall. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1311040
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1912. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth (illustration to front by Attwell). 2 b/w plates and 2 b/w text illustrations by other artists (not named). 127 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper. The 2 b/w illustrations have been coloured in (not too badly) and there is heavy foxing else the contents are clean.

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