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PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE ENGLISH
No author listed. Illustrated by Alexander William.
Stock no. 1805998
Published by John Murray. 1st 1814. Very good condition.

50 hand-coloured aquatint plates, each followed with a page of descriptive text. Modern calf binding, three quarters red leather with blue title block & gilt title and raised bands to spine. Red cloth boards. New, grey marbled endpapers. Leather binding nice and clean. Slight mottling to vertical edge of cloth boards. Scattered spotting throughout and a few grubby marks. All plates present. A delightful copy.

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WALKS THROUGH WALES
Written by Thomas Evans.
Stock no. 2107248
Published by Sherwood & Co.. 2nd circa 1815. Almost very good condition.

Containing a Topographical and Statistical Description of The Principality: To Which is Prefixd a Copious Travelling Guide, Exhibiting the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, Inns, Distances of Stages and Nobelmen and Gentlemen's Seats. Illustrated by engravings and maps of North and South Wales. Small format. Green leather binding, gilt titles. 2 maps are fold-out. Scuffing and wear to covers; some 'repair' to chips - have been coloured in green. Foxing and some damp marking to pages.

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MEMOIRS ON REMAINS OF ANCIENT DWELLINGS, IN HOLYHEAD ISLAND
Written by William Owen Stanley.
Stock no. 2107247
Published by James Bain. 1871. Very good condition.

Mostly of circular form, called Cyttiau'r Gwyddelod, Explored in 1862 and 1868. Green covers, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear to cover edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few grubby margin marks. Foxing.

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AN ACCOUNT OF CASTLE AND TOWN OF DENBIGH
Written by Richard Newcome.
Stock no. 2107246
Published by Clwydian-Press. 1829. Almost very good condition.

Contemporary binding. Leather spine and corners; marbled boards. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; Foxing/green spotting to covers. New endpapers, with piece cut out of front pastedown, to see inscription on older endpaper. Foxing and browning to pages; some of which have uncut page edges.

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THE OCEAN ON A PLANK
Written by W.A. Doust.
Stock no. 2107235
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Remarkable Life of a Marine Salvage Engineer. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854220887. Wrapper is price-cut with browning/fading to spine.

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DRAGON BAKED BREAD
Written by Warren Lee Cohen. Illustrated by John M. Ssebulime.
Stock no. 2107234
Published by Temple Lodge Publishing. Circa 2005. Very good condition.

On the day of the Fall Harvest Feast, the baker's old cart collapses and fall into the moat, turning his flour and yeast into a doughy mess. How is the royal feast to be saved? Told in rhyme. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902636708. SIGNED by author, with dedication. Bumping to spine and cover edges. Contents are lovely and bright.

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DANNY DUNN AND THE UNIVERSAL GLUE
Written by Jay Williams; Raymond Abrashkin. Illustrated by Anne Mieke.
Stock no. 2107188
Published by Macdonald and Jane's. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0354080350. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper spine is a little faded.

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LITTLE OBIE AND THE FLOOD
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Elsie Lennox.
Stock no. 2107169
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Rock River Stories series. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 79 pages. 8 x 5.25". ISBN: 0744519020. A little bumping to spine and corners. A couple of small nicks to wrapper.

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THE TIME OF THE KRAKEN
Written by Jay Williams.
Stock no. 2107168
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0575023732. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper spine is faded.

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ROVER P6 ANTHOLOGY 1963-1977 (2000 / 2200)
Written by Daniel Young.
Stock no. 1603407
Published by P4 Spares. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Articles reprinted from various motoring publications, especially Autocar amd Motor, compiled by Daniel Young. ISBN: 0951176072. Front cover creased. Contents clean. A scarce edition.

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THE CHEQUERED FLAG: 100 YEARS OF MOTOR RACING
Written by Ivan Rendall.
Stock no. 1603405
Published by Ted Smart. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A unique, year by year reference of 100 years of international motor racing. Updated and reprinted. Large format. Green pictorial glazed boards. Colour and b/w photos. Foreword by Nigel Mansell. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0297832204. Two partially removed (some surface paper damage) white sticky labels to top corner of front endpaper with a gift inscription. Faint inscription carbon printed to title page. Light wear to joints. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and a little faded especially to front panel.

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THE GREAT DAYS OF THE CANALS
Written by Anthony Burton.
Stock no. 1603401
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0715392646. Corners bumped. Price-cut wrapper is creased and has two tears to edges of front panel with slight loss.

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