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SLEUTHS OF THE AIR
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Comerford Watson.
Stock no. 809680
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. 3 b/w plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners are bumped, with some edge-wear. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Plate are all present. Dated from adverts. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-tears and chips - loss to spine and top of spine. Wrapper was at one time it 2 halves - but has now been stuck to a white piece of paper, to stick it back together.

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UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 809682
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. A Naval story of the Great War. Bumping to corners and spine. Some browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present. Dated from adverts. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips and creases - now pasted to white paper, to keep it from getting more damage, faded to spine. Some chips of loss to edges.

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ROUNDING UP THE RAIDER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 809695
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Naval Story of the Great War. Green boards with pictorial front cover and spine. Black titles to both spine and front covers. Colour frontis + 3 other b/w plates. 255 pages. Light wear to covers. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Some foxing. All plates and frontis are present. Pictorial wrapper has a few edge-tears and chips, with some small bits of loss and grubby marks.

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FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 809567
Published by Collins. 1st 1992. As new condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 75 Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 21 colour photos and over 200 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN to verso of title page is 0002193833 but this is incorrect as this ISBN matches NN No.74 (Ferns). ISBN provided is on verso of dustwrapper of this title. ISBN: 0002193795. REDUCED from £620. Wrapper spine lightly faded. Small closed tear (0.25") to top of wrapper rear fold.

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PHYSICS
Written by E. Nightingale; et al.
Stock no. 809587
Published by John Murray. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

The Science Masters' Book Series 4 Part One. Being Experiements Selected From Nos. 101-42 of The School Science Review. B/w photos & diagrams. xiv and 281 pages including index. Text block browned. A few pages have a tiny nick to lower edge. Contents clean.

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CHUMS OF THE GOLDEN VANITY
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by R.F. Hilder.
Stock no. 628191
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Uniform Edition. Brown boards with green titles to spine and front cover. B/w frontis. 255 pages. Browning to pages, with some dark brown spots to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is worn to edges, with some grubby marks.

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THE MODEL MERCHANT OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Samuel Lysons.
Stock no. 809544
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 1st 1860. Very good condition.

Exemplified in the story of Whittington and His Cat being an attempt to rescue that interesting story from the region of fable and to place it in its proper position in the legitimate history of this country. Dark red cloth, gilt titles. 3 b/w plates plus 1 large folding genealogical table. Corners a little bumped and rubbed.

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ALISON'S SPY ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 439364
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. Couple of corners are lightly bumped. 'f791' in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges, with a little browning. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn, with some creasing and a few chips. Light damp mark along one edge.

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A LAD OF GRIT
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 809462
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red and cream pictorial cloth. A story of adventure on land and sea in restoration times. 4 b/w plates. 240 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Front endpaper missing. Some surface paper damage to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to some pages and outer page edges. 4 b/w plates all present. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some pieces of loss and grubby marks.

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DOUBLE CIRCUIT
Written by Christopher Portway.
Stock no. 809451
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1974. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Off the beaten track using lesser trains and other means of public transport covering the Balkans and then circumnavigating the Mediterranean Sea. B/w photos. ISBN: 0709142447.

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THE LAST LINK
Written by Mike Horne.
Stock no. 809360
Published by London Underground Ltd. (Northern Line); Nebulous Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The first 30 years of the Hampstead Railway 1907-1937. Oblong format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0950741666. Contents fine, small nicks to top and tail of spine. A very nice copy.

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