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SIR TIMOTHY TAPERTAIL
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 576888
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. Good condition.

Brown pictorial card wraps. Colour plates. Two-tone illustrations. Covers are lightly creased and rubbed to spine. Crayon mark to top corner of rear cover Some foxing and a few pages detached. Staples rusty. Still a nice copy.

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EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by L.F. Hasker.
Stock no. 427093
Published by London Borough Of Hammersmith. 1965. Almost very good condition.

Preface by Hasker (Borough Librarian). A Catalogue of The Collection In The London Borough of Hammersmith Public Libraries. Tall slim format. Ex-lib, with usual stamps, inserts and markings. A good working copy.

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HISTORY OF ST. ANDREWS
Written by Charles Roger.
Stock no. 576736
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1849. Good condition.

Brown embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. 15 b/w illustrations. 204 pages. With a Full Account of the Recent Improvements in the City. 2nd edition. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. 2/3 of backstrip missing. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates (including folding map) present.

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A PAIR OF SINNERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 576783
Published by Granada. 1st 1980. Fine condition.

Full title on title-page of book: 'The history of A Pair of Sinners forgetting not their Ma who was one also'. Cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations to verse throughout. ISBN: 0246113251.

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THE REGISTER OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY CITY OF BATH IN 1900
No author listed.
Stock no. 576675
Published by E.R. Blackett. 1900. Very good condition.

Large format. Dark blue cloth. A list of names and addresses of everyone entitled to vote, ordered by parish. 274 pages. Corners worn, top and tail of spine chipped. Each entry is annotated, possibly by a canvasser, and shows people too ill to vote, dead, in prison or in South Africa (Boer war). A fascinating document. REDUCED FROM £125.

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DAUGHTER OF WYEDEAN AND KERNOW: NOTES FROM A WEST COUNTRY CHILDHOOD
Written by Jessie M. Stonham.
Stock no. 576515
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1978. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Autobiography. The author's childhood in Ross on Wye, her move to Weston Under Penyard, her visits to the Forest of Dean. Her long periods in Cornwall. ISBN: 0904110648.

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A MYSTERY OF THE BROADS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by E.A. Cox.
Stock no. 576484
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1930. Slightly better than very good condition.

Light brown and orange pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 223 pages. SIGNED by author. Corners lightly bumped. Overall a very bright copy. Rare with Westerman's signature. All plates present. Reduced from £350

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MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 732891
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1929. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers and outer page edges lightly foxed. Wrapper is just slightly edge chipped, but otherwise complete. Some small closed tears to outer edges, 1" closed tear to spine. Brown paper reinforcements to outer edges of verso. Overall, wrapper is grubby with small stain to front panel. Still a desirable copy of a very scarce wrapper.

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AN EXCITING TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley.
Stock no. 732923
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth, blue titles and vignette of girl to spine. Four b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine bumped. Slight darkening to cover edges. Erased pencil name to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with 2 x 1" loss to lower edge of front panel, some darkening at edges and grubby on rear panel and spine. Tape repairs on verso of dustwrapper edges.

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GRAND PRIX DATA BOOK 1997
No author listed.
Stock no. 485435
Published by Duke Marketing. 1997. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 567 pages. ISBN: 0952932504.

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ACHIEVEMENTS LAND, SEA AND AIR: A CENTURY OF CONQUEST
Written by Richard Graves.
Stock no. 485438
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w and colour photos of all forms of transport. ISBN: 0747537712.

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