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THE MONSTER OF WIDGEON WEIR
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1206079
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1943. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Lockett family had not been on their Thames island many days before Adventure cropped up in the usual fashion... Green cloth, blue title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Horizontal line across front cover and spine - defect in the cloth. Wrapper lightly browned and edge-rubbed.

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AFRICAN RAINBOW
Written by H.K. Binks.
Stock no. 1206071
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's adventures in Kenya illustrated by his own b/w photographs. From farming to nature photography and ivory hunting. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 264 pages. SIGNED by author with dedication and date. Top of spine lightly shelf-worn, lower edge of boards knocked. Spine slightly cocked. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to prelims and endpapers. Wrapper price-cut, somewhat browned and a little edge-chipped.

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UNCLE NEPTUNE
Written by Chris Powling.
Stock no. 1206070
Published by Abelard. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Kate and the magic shell. 108 pages. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0200727818. SIGNED by author. Corners bumped.

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SWEETHEARTS AT HOME
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1206068
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. Brown endpapers. 4 tipped in colour plates mounted on brown card with captioned tissue-guards. 311 pages. Book: all plates present. Small mark to rear cover. Corners slightly bumped. A nice bright copy.

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THE FORTUNES OF JOYCE
Written by L.E. Tiddeman. Illustrated by Elizabeth Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1206066
Published by Jarrolds. Circa 1923. Good condition.

Blue decorative cloth, black titles. Large colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. 288 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages browned at edges. Spine rubbed and slightly chipped at top.

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THE HEART UNTOUCHED
Written by Monica Ewer.
Stock no. 1206052
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

It was love that frightened them both... An engaging story. 223 pages. Wrapper edge-chipped with some loss.

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BAGE HOUSE FARM MADLEY HEREFORDSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206046
Published by Messrs. Stooke And Son. 1908. Very good condition.

Large format. 14 x 9 inches. White printed paperwraps. Large folding colour map. Sale particulars for Bage House Farm to be sold on Wednesday the 1st day of July 1908. Small closed edge-tear.

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THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1804578
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Pale grease stain to lower edge of spine & boards. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Pale grease type stain to lower gutter edge of pages at rear half of contents. Pictorial wrapper is lightly worn at corners with slight loss, browned at spine and rear panel.

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MARDEN AND MUCH COWARNE HEREFORDSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206037
Published by Messrs. Stooke And Son. 1920. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. 13 x 8 inches. White paperwraps. 8 pages. Large folding colour map. Sale Particulars of the Outlying Portions of Amberley Court Farm in the parish of Marden and Green Barn Farm in the parish of Much Cowarne. To be sold on Wednesday the 27th day of October 1920.

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FOWNHOPE, HEREFORDSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206035
Published by Messrs. Stooke And Son. 1910. Very good condition.

Large format. 16 x 10 inches. White printed paperwraps with large folding colour map. Sale Particulars of a Valuable Freehold Cottage, Pasture Orcharding and Meadow Land in the parish of Fownhope Herefordshire. To be sold on Wednesday the 3rd day of August 1910. Also includes Stookes's notes on the property including a brief mention of the fishing rights. Interestingly these notes are written on the blank pages of a four page document offering for sale shares in the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company of Canada.

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LOWER JURY AND NEWBROOK FARMS ABBEYDORE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206027
Published by Messrs. Stooke And Son. 1918. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. 17 x 10 inches. Dark blue card wraps. 8 pages. Large folding colour map. Sale particulars for the farms and meadow, arable and woodland. To be sold on Wednesday the 7th day of August 1918.

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