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THE UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX AND GRAND PRIZE RACES 1908-1977
Written by Doug Nye.
Stock no. 807080
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The complete story fo the Grand Prize Races and United States Grand Prix up to the present day (1977). With complete information on drivers, cars, grid positions, results and retirements for each race, and a full list of competing drivers from 1908 to 1977. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 143 pages including index. ISBN: 0713412631. Light shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Top edge of text block browned with a few minor foxspots. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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LINEAR AND CONVEX PROGRAMMING
Written by S.I. Zukhovitskiy; L.I. Avdwyeva.
Stock no. 807087
Published by W.B. Saunders. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Remains of label to front cover. Wrapper edge-torn with some loss.

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BABAR'S FRIEND ZEPHIR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 806914
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Large format Edges worn, lower edges have some surface paper loss to boards. Front joint just starting to crack. A few fingermarks to margins else clean.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 806915
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Covers scuffed & scratched with a small patch of surface paper loss to front cover. Edges worn. Top & tail of spine slightly frayed. One or two margin marks else clean and bright.

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A COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Davenport. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 806931
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. 4 colour plates and 12 b/w illustrations. Bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean. Small closed tear to the top inner margin of one plate not affecting illustration. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and chipped with loss, grubby.

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CALIBAN'S HOUR
Written by Tad Williams.
Stock no. 438320
Published by Legend Books. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A stunning return to the magnificent isle of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0099263610. SIGNED by author on title page. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased, with some light wear.

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DRAGON QUEST
Written by Allan Baillie. Illustrated by Wayne Harris.
Stock no. 438229
Published by Scholastic. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Oblong format. Colour illustrations. Be a hero and great warrior - hunting the last dragon! ISBN: 1863881190. SIGNED by author - 'Cheers Rebecca, good luck in finding the dragon!' with small knights helmet illustration. Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with a little chipping. A few indentation marks to covers. Binding is starting to come a little loose in places.

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SUMMER IS A FESTIVAL
Written by Pamela Brown.
Stock no. 438200
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

White boards, metalic red title to spine. For Bethany and the other students at Broomfields, the hightlight of the holidays was to be their performance at Camelyeard's Summer Festival... ISBN: 0340158379. Bumping along a couple of cover edges, with a little browning. A few pages internally have corner creases. Pictorial wrapper is bright with a little edge-creasing and a few wear marks to rear panel and corners.

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JEREMY'S DAY IN THE COUNTRY
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 438207
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Series 401. Buff boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Bumping along couple of cover edges. Some light green pencil colouring to front endpaper. Free front endpaper has an extensive ink drawing of a person to it. Some of the b/w illustrations above text to text pages have the characters tails coloured with biro. Ink tick and cross marks to other ladybird titles page to rear of book. Pictorial wrapper has ink underlining to titles on rear flap, edge-tear to front flap, and a few other smaller edge-tears and nicks. Name in pencil written across front of front panel. A few other smaller marks to wrapper. Overall, still a good copy of this scarce item.

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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 627756
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Good condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Concertina folds worn meaning that the pages are now detached from each other. Edges rubbed. All figures present and in place. Light page browning. Colour illustrations and figures nice and bright.

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YOUR DOG
Written by John Cree.
Stock no. 806809
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition.

A Guide to Solving Behaviour Problems. First published as 'Your Problem Dog' in 1991 by Pelham books. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Fully revised and reset. ISBN: 1852239549. Covers very lightly scuffed. Contents as new.

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