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THE SECRET OF THE BORDER CASTLE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Charles Willis.
Stock no. 383319
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped otherwise covers bright. Very slight page edge foxing. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and torn with slight loss to head and tail of spine.

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TIMOTHY AND THE SNAILMAN
Written by Brenda Sivers. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 445803
Published by Abelard. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0200726439. Small blue biro mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents smell a little smokey.

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BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 445651
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. 10 b/w plates and 2 maps. 384 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. All edges olivine. Covers are worn and scuffed. New endpapers (book has possibly been restitched). All plates present and correct. An early reprint.

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SIGHT-SEEING IN GERMANY AND THE TYROL
Written by John Forbes.
Stock no. 818373
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1856. Almost very good condition.

Modern recasing in handmade paper, grey spine, blue boards. Handmade paper endpapers (Griffin Mill early wove). Handmade paper label with title and author. 378pp plus 16pp booklist. One folding map plus aquatint frontis. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing. Fold-out map has 3" closed tear.

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COLLECTION GEORG HIRTH II ABTHEILUNG
No author listed.
Stock no. 818376
Circa 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. II. Abthelung: Kunstgewerbe - Oelgemalde - Graphische Kunste etc. Text in GERMAN. Photographs of antiques. Plus approximately 90 b/w plates. Deals with No. 801 to 2086 of collection. Edges worn.

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CAPTAIN PEGGIE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W.E. Wightman.
Stock no. 383283
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1924. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial blue cloth covers. Six b/w plates. 319 pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny nicks to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some heavy foxing, mainly to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, loss to corners, top of spine and to edges of rear panel.

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GERMAN MOTORCYCLES
Written by Mick Walker.
Stock no. 818300
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Osprey Collector's Library. Road & Racing Bikes. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850457599. Very minor foxing to top of text block. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased with a few small closed tears and is faded to top of spine.

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TUFTY TAKES A HOLIDAY
No author listed. Illustrated by Truus Vinger.
Stock no. 383249
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to each page. Spine slightly worn at top and bottom. Corners worn. covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink to top margin of first page. Some light fingering to page margins. Top and tail of spine and also corners are bumped (also to contents).

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RUPERT AND EDWARD AND THE CIRCUS
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 383253
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. A Rupert Cut Out Story Book. B/w story panel plus colour figures to cut out. Slight rubbing to cover edges and some very slight scuffing to covers. Staples are rusty, cover has come away from lower staple. Contents unused. A super copy of an exceptionally scarce Rupert book.

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THAT CURLY HEADED ROGUE
Written by Lilian Cheesman. Illustrated by Lilian Cheesman.
Stock no. 445410
Published by Jarrolds. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine with dark title. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. SIGNED by author, with dedication. Damp mark to front cover. Foxing to outer page edges. All plates clean and bright.

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HANSEL AND GRETTEL AND SNOW-DROP
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 630360
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

stiff cardwraps. Pictorial front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Edges worn. Covers creased. Belongs to box completed in ink. Illustration on pastedowns starting to separate from covers.

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A TREATISE ON PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY VOLUME ONE
Written by Hugh S. Taylor.
Stock no. 818222
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

A Co-operative Effort by a Group of Physical Chemists. In Two Volumes of which this is volume one only. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi, 603 pages plus 41 page index to rear. Covers just a little marked, corners lightly worn, text block a little grubby. Endpapers browned. Hinge between page 16 and 17 pulled but binding is tight. Just a few margin marks else contents generally clean.

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