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THE WIDOW WOMAN
Written by Charles Lee. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1202028
Published by James Bowden. 1899. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. A Cornish Tale. 2nd edition. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine faded.

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MOTOCOURSE 1984-85
No author listed.
Stock no. 1601015
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Motorcycle racing. Foreword by Eddie Lawson. ISBN: 0905138333. One corner slightly bumped otherwise fine. A lovely copy!

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1895
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1801707
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1895. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, a few early Charles Robinson illustrations, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Mr. Old Year" by Mrs. Molesworth. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. Edges rubbed and worn with slight loss of surface paper. Joints cracked, hinges tight. Endpapers browned. A few margin marks but contents generally nice and clean.

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THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1801684
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Light blue cloth, silver titles. Edges rubbed and worn, boards scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to text block and a few page margins. A few grubby margin marks. All plates present.

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TRIFFENY
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1102670
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Triffeny joins the family pottery firm and rather unexpectedly becomes an asset to the business in more ways than one... Brown cloth, silver title to spine and small vignette of a squirrel to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 275 pages. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some foxing and chipping to edges, with minimal loss.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1302521
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Large (taking up the lower half of the page) but neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few small foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss at edges and also to centre of spine and to edge of rear panel, old tape stains to wrapper.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1102622
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth covers, blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages Fading to top and tail of spine. Corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn with over 1" loss to base of spine and smaller pieces of loss to other edges. Is also creased and damp marked.

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ROMMEL & PATTON
Written by Richard Rohmer.
Stock no. 1801613
Published by Irwin Publishing. Circa 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel. 'An intriguing and entirely believable theory of how World War II might have ended.'Closely based on the Battle of Normandy in 1944. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0772516235. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and scuffed to rear panel.

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GATEWAY TO CORNWALL
Written by Joan Rendell.
Stock no. 1201893
Published by Bossiney Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0906456487. A little foxing.

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CORNISH TIMES REFLECTED
Written by Martin Lister.
Stock no. 1201870
Published by Tamara Publications. 1st 1988. Fine condition.

A Further Cornucopia of Cornish Fact and Fantasy. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951282220. SIGNED by author, with dedication to title page.

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GOLDEN JUBILEE
Written by Molly Sibbering Jones.
Stock no. 1201841
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Southerndown Ladies Golf Club 1905-1955. B/w photos. Wrapper is grubby with some edge-chipping and small area of surface damage to front panel.

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GET ROMMEL: THE SECRET BRITISH MISSION TO KILL HITLER'S GREATEST GENERAL
Written by Michael Asher.
Stock no. 1801595
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The truth behind the brave but impractical plan to send a commando team deep into the desert to assassinate General Rommel. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w plates. 303 pages including index. ISBN: 029784685X. A nice, clean copy in a pictorial wrapper which is lightly scuffed.

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