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RONNIE PETERSON: FORMULA 1 - SUPER SWEDE
Written by Johnny Tipler.
Stock no. 1330537
Published by Coterie Press Limited. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine and printed signature to front cover. 231 pages. Packed full of colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 190235107X. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small, light damp(?) stain to top corner tips of some pages else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly grubby.

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COBRA: THE FIRST 40 YEARS
Written by Trevor Legate.
Stock no. 1330534
Published by Touchstone Books. 1st 2006. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tells the complex saga of a sports car that was created in the early 1960s. Large, Square format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0955102006. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small tears and wear to top of spine.

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GEDEON TRAVERSE L'ATLANTIQUE
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1208955
Published by Libraire Garnier Freres. Circa 1933. Good condition.

The adventures of a little yellow duck and his pals. Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Text in French. Covers are edge worn and lightly scuffed, blue crayon(?) scribble to rear board. Spine bumped. First 20 pages have vertical creases to inner margins (where the pages have been opened). There are a few margin marks and tears but generally the contents are clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE JO, ZETTE ET JOCKO: LE RAYON DU MYSTERE 2ME EPISODE - L'ERUPTION DU KARAMAKO
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208954
Published by Casterman. Circa 1960. Fair condition.

Large format. Red spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed, some surface paper damage to front cover. Spine worn. Joints cracked and some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still bound tight. Page browning and some fingermarks to margins.

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LES AVENTURES DE JO, ZETTE ET JOCKO: LE RAYON DU MYSTERE 1ER EPISODE - LE "MANITOBA" NE REPOND PLUS
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208953
Published by Casterman. Circa 1960. Fair condition.

Large format. Red spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed. Spine worn with slight loss to top and tail. Joints are cracked and a little weak. Name and address written in blue crayon in belongs to box. Pencil doodles of characters within the book to rear free-endpaper. Hinges pulled causing stitching to be weak but contents still bound. Page browning and some grubby fingermarks.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: LES BIJOUX DE LA CASTAFIORE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208952
Published by Methuen. Circa 1963. Good condition.

Large format. Yellow spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed. Spine worn, 1.5" loss at top. Joints cracked. Name and address in pencil to top margin of title-page. There is a white label showing the publisher as Methuen - London (catalogue number 2/6220/5) to lower margin of title-page. Light foxing and page browning else contents clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: LES 7 BOULES DE CRISTAL
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208951
Published by Casterman. Circa 1954. Good condition.

Large format. Yellow spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed, pale damp stains to lower edges of covers. Name and address in pencil to verso of title-page. Pencil doodles of Tintin characters to verso of rear free-endpaper. Crack to rear joint at lower 3". Some small margin tears and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Light page browning as well but contents are generally clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: LE CRABE AUX PINCES D'OR
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208950
Published by Methuen. Circa 1947. Good condition.

The Crab With the Golden Claw. Text in French. Large format. Pictorial boards. 62 pages. This is the ninth Tintin Adventure. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and slightly grubby. Spine worn with 0.5" split at top. Joints cracked. Two addresses written of previous owners in heavy pencil to verso of front free-endpaper. Doodles of Tintin characters to rear free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and light page browning to contents but generally clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: COKE EN STOCK
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208949
Published by Casterman. 1st 1958. Fair condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Contents are disbound from covers. Name in ink to verso of title-page. Light fingering to page margins and pale page edge browning but contents generally clean. Boards are edge worn and scuffed. Spine is worn with small split at base (minimal loss) and tear to front edge of spine (1").

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HERGE AND TINTIN REPORTERS
Written by Herge; Philippe Goddin; Michael Farr. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208948
Published by Sundancer Ltd.. 1st UK 1987. Very good condition.

From Le Petit Vigntieme to Tintin magazine. Translated by Michael Farrt. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951279904. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock and endpapers. Contents clean.

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NATURAL HISTORY: MOLLUSCA
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1208947
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1854. Very good condition.

Gosse's Natural History. Small format. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 328 pages including index. Spine and board edges lightly faded. Top & tail of spine worn with some fraying and slight loss of cloth. Boards scuffed. Corners lightly bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and a few grubby marks to contents else a decent copy for a book of this age!

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TENBY: A SEA-SIDE HOLIDAY
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208946
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1856. Almost very good condition.

A detailed record of a summer holiday spent at Tenby. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates with colour. xviii and 400 pages including index. Rebound in blue cloth boards which are heavily affected by damp. New endpapers. Froint inner hinge is split but otherwise the binding is nice and snug. 1" tear to top gutter edge of frontispiece. Damp patch to top margins of plates. All plates are present. Some foxing and grubby marks to contents but generally a decent copy internally.

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