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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2108969
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with closed tear to front panel; repaired to verso with tape.

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THE YOUNG MAN OF CURY AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Charles Causley. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501092
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0333538129. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Odd fox spot to contents. Wrapper is foxed on verso and a little edge creased with tiny split near top of spine.

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NO LONGER AN ISLAND
Written by Alfred Gollin.
Stock no. 2108896
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Britain and the Wright Brothers 1902-1909. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 478 pages (including index). ISBN: 0434299022. Some browning to cover edges. Binding is starting to become a little weak. Wrapper has large closed tear to base of spine; creased with nicks to corners.

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FIRST OF THE MANY THE STORY OF AN INDEPENDENT FORCE, RAF
Written by Alan Morris.
Stock no. 2108891
Published by Jarrolds. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The Story of an Independant Force, RAF. ISBN: 0090873602. Fading to spine. Wear to cover edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; creasing and chipping; a little loss.

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THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM BOOK OF 1918 YEAR OF VICTORY
Written by Malcolm Brown.
Stock no. 2108875
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1ST 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0283063076. Bumping to base of spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON ESQ. OF HALSTON SHROPSHIRE
Written by Nimrod. Illustrated by H. Alken; T.J. Rawlins.
Stock no. 1707044
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1869. Fair condition.

M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry with his Hunting, Racing Shooting, Driving and Extravagant Exploits. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. 18 hand coloured plates. Two (of 18) plates MISSING. Covers unevenly faded. Edges worn and bumped. Some foxing. Plate margins a little grubby but otherwise bright.

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THE PROBLEM OF WALES AND OTHER ESSAYS
Written by J.F. Rees.
Stock no. 1806712
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown/red cloth with gilt title to spine. Endpapers browned, lower edge of boards bumped. Contents clean. Wrapper is edge-worn, browned and grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES AND INVENTIONS OF STEWART BLACKER
Written by L.V.S. Blacker; Barnaby Blacker.
Stock no. 1707003
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Biography of a Soldier, Aviator and Weapons inventor. ISBN: 1844154319. Revised edition.

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THE MOUSE'S HOUR
Written by M. Fitzgerald. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1308676
Published by Country Life Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy in rhyme. Pale grey cloth, green titles to spine and front cover. B/w pencil sketches. Very small green mark to front cover. Light damp stain to base of spine, affecting front and rear covers. Endpapers lightly browned, a few foxspots to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (large section cut from front flap), is foxed and slightly grubby and has a few small marks to rear panel.

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BASIL MAKES A FILM
Written by Peter Firmin. Illustrated by Ivan Owen.
Stock no. 1806659
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

A Big Television Book. Basil Brush. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 16 pages. ISBN: 0723522316. Pictorial covers are lightly creased. Contents fine.

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THE FOREST AND THE KINGDOM
Written by Meriol Trevor. Illustrated by Philip Hepworth.
Stock no. 1806638
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth with gilt title to spine. Sketch map of the World of Dionysus to endpapers. B/w chapter headers, map to frontis. Small white spots to spine and spine edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled. Binding nice and tight. Contents clean.

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LIONBOY
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1806627
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Charlie Ashanti can speak Cat... when his mum and dad go missing the cats are the only friends he can turn to. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 0141380241. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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