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PORTRAIT OF THE RAILS FROM STEAM TO DIESEL
Written by Don Ball.
Stock no. 1707941
Published by Galahad Books. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. North American Railways. ISBN: 0883651009.

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HALF A MOON AND ONE WHOLE STAR
Written by Crescent Dragonwagon. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Stock no. 1309540
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An exuberant celebration of night and the people and creatures who inhabit it. Blue cloth spine with silver title and blue boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0027331202. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge creased.

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THERE WAS A SOLDIER
Written by Angus Konstam.
Stock no. 2109814
Published by Hachette. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

First-hand accounts of the Scottish soldier from 1707 to the present day. 346 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780755318612. SIGNED by author to title page. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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ZULU HART
Written by Saul David.
Stock no. 2109809
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A novel. George Hart is the bastard son of a pillar of the British military establishment and a half Irish, half Zulu actress. Hart struggles to come to terms with his identity and heads to South Africa and a fresh start... Red cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 0340953624. SIGNED by author, with dedication to title page. Wrapper has light edge-wear with couple of nicks to corners.

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BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL
Written by Beverley R. Morris.
Stock no. 2109803
Published by Groombridge & Sons. 1st 1855. Very good condition.

Large format. Red leather spine and corners. Raised bands and gilt title to spine. Green decorated cloth with gilt vignettes. 60 hand-coloured engraved plates. Wear to cover edges; some darkening marks to edges of leather. Front joint is cracked, with some chipping. Some foxing and grubby marks to pages internally, but illustrations are exquisite!

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WINGS OF ROMANCE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 2109795
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A Steeley Adventure. Orange cloth, black title to spine. 220 pages. Damp stain to front cover. Other marks to covers. Corners are bumped and worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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THE BLUE BOA
Written by Jenny Nimmo.
Stock no. 1501245
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2004. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Children of the Red King III. Dark blue pictorial boards. ISBN: 1405201266. Minimal bumping. Rear cover is damp marked and rippled. SIGNED to title page. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is very stained on verso and rear flap is partially stuck to inside of rear cover and wrinkled.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1401412
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with embossed decoration to front and blind titles, gilt title to spine with author/publisher name in black. Colour frontis plate. 310 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little fades. Boards a little grubby. Endpapers are browned. Top of text block is a little grubby. A couple of joints slightly cracked.

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TIDENHAM PARISH REGISTERS PART 2
Written by Sarah Ormerod; F.H. Keyte; M. Keyte.
Stock no. 1604511
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1971. Almost very good condition.

Card wrap booklet. ISBN: 0900278064. Covers browned, edge creased and chipped with slight loss.

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I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE EVERYWHERE, WITH EVERYONE, ONE TO ONE, ALWAYS, FOREVER, NOW
Written by Damien Hirst. Illustrated by Damien Hirst.
Stock no. 2109753
Published by Booth-Clibborn. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. First book by the author. Looking at his art works so far, expressed in his own words, and illustrated by his own selection of over 700 images, pop-ups and special inserts. ISBN: 1873968442. Front joint is a bit cracked. Two pop-up/moveable pieces have come unglued - but could be repaired with double-sided sticky tape. Many inserts present and original sticker sheet - but no list to discover if any are missing - assumed all present. Wrapper is faded to spine with some edge-creasing.

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IRELAND ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS
Written by G.N. Wright. Illustrated by G. Petrie; W.H. Bartlett; T.M. Baynes.
Stock no. 2109692
Published by H. Fisher, Son And Jackson. 1831. Almost very good condition.

Large format. 11 x 9". Leather spine and corners, Marbled boards and endpapers. 40 b/w plates with 2 views per plate. Engraved title page. Cities, Towns, Public Buildings, Streets, Docks, Churches, Antiquities, Abbeys, Towers, Castles, Seats of the Nobility Etc. Top of spine has 2" split to rear side. Some marks and wear to covers, especially to leather spine and corners. Names in ink to prelims. Quite heavy foxing throughout. Damp mark to a few pages, mostly to rear.

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