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A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SURREY
Written by Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell. Illustrated by Thomas Allom.
Stock no. 1205023
Published by G. Willis. 1850. Very good condition.

Five volumes. Brown leather spines and corners, raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Marbled boards and edges. Vol I: viii 472 pages index, 15 b/w plates, one folding colour map and one colour map of the course of the River Mole; Vol II: 486 pages 16 b/w plates; Vol III 527 pages 19 b/w plates; Vol IV: 519 pages 35 b/w plates; Vol V: 442 pages 48 page appendix 42 b/w plates. In total 127 b/w 2 colour plates. Book: all plates present. Corners worn. Contents very good indeed. A handsome set.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1804526
1st thus 1912. Good condition.

Reprinted by permission from 'The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle' of 1911, and published 1912. Dark green cloth spine with no title, green paper boards. B/w frontis and fold-out maps. 52 pages. Rear board missing and has been replaced and repaired with a soft board. Minor foxing present.

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CIVILIZING CRICKET
Written by Forrestine C. Hooker. Illustrated by Leslie Crump.
Stock no. 1106235
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company. 1st USA 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dark blue cloth with yellow titles. Vivid yellow and blue pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. 306 pages. Cricket is a frontier girl with a secret. An exceptionally bright copy with pages just very lightly browned. Pictorial wrapper has a faded spine and is edge-chipped with slight loss and a horizontal closed tear to lower spine.

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THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS ON THE OPEN ROAD
Written by Hildegard G. Frey.
Stock no. 1106209
Published by A.L. Burt Company. Circa 1918. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Dark yellow pictorial cloth. B/w frontis. 256 pages. A beautifully bright copy with slightly bumped spine. Rare pictorial dustwrapper is edge-chipped with slight loss.

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GYPSY'S COUSIN JOY
Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Illustrated by Mary Fairman Clark.
Stock no. 1106197
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Circa 1895. Almost very good condition.

Attractive pale green cloth with red wagon wheel and lasso vignette. B/w plates. 289 pages. Contents very good but joints cracked and corners bumped. Covers nice and bright.

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GYPSY'S SOWING AND REAPING
Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Illustrated by Mary Fairman Clark.
Stock no. 1106195
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Circa 1896. Very good condition.

Attractive pale green cloth with red wagon wheel and lasso vignette. B/w plates. 286 pages. Rear board slightly marked with small dent but overall a very bright copy.

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NANCY AND THE COGGS TWINS
Written by Marion Ames Taggart. Illustrated by John Goss.
Stock no. 1106191
Published by The Page Company. 1st USA 1914. Good condition.

Pale green and red pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 362 pages. The Doctor's Little Girl series. Book: book plate to front pastedown Front joint split. Spine edges rubbed. Corners bumped.

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MALYS ROCKELL
Written by May Wynne.
Stock no. 1106172
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown pictorial cloth with black titles. B/w plates. 256 page.s Top and tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Covers bright. Light browning to free endpapers. Wrapper browned and edge-torn with loss.

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ATLAS OF EUROPEAN BIRDS
Written by K.H. Voous.
Stock no. 1204992
Published by Nelson. 1st 1960. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. Two-tone distribution maps. Complete Index of English and Latin names. Wrapper has a closed edge-tear.

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MALVERNIA: THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF THE FIRST MOTOR CAR BUILT BY CHARLES AND WALTER SANTLER
Written by R.A. Sutton.
Stock no. 1204923
Published by Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

The origins and history of the first motor car built by Charles and Walter Santler at Northumberland Works, Malvern Link, Worcestershire. Large format. Green pictorial card wraps with black cloth spine. B/w photos. 53 pages. ISBN: 1870660005. A few grubby marks to covers. Minor stain to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean.

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THE DUTCH TILES
Written by Pamela Stapleton. Illustrated by Evadne Rowan.
Stock no. 1305302
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Illustrated paper boards. Reinforced library binding with plain endpapers and blue/white tile illustrations on fly-leaves. Charming and extensive blue, black and white illustrations. A story about the Dutch tiles in a small boy's bedroom. ISBN: 0723210314. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Name in white to front endpaper. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and has a section missing to top edge of front panel.

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THE STORY OF FOUR LITTLE SABOTS
Written by Dora W. Merritt; Dora W. Pearsall. Illustrated by Dora W. Merritt.
Stock no. 1305293
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books Series. Small format. Light blue paperboards, dark blue title and decoration. Dark blue cloth spine, with silver title. Colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Publisher's file copy with "property room not to be taken away" ink date stamp to front endpaper of book and to both panels of wrapper. Contents of book are clean. Wrapper is edge chipped and grubby.

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