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STEEL SHADOWS: MURALS AND DRAWINGS OF PITTSBURGH
Written by Douglas Cooper. Illustrated by Douglas Cooper.
Stock no. 1829414
Published by University Of Pittsburgh Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Professor and muralist, Douglas Cooper teaches drawing in Carnegie Mellon University's architecture program. Drawings of Pittsburgh in charcoal murals and sketches. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w drawings throughout. 174 pages. ISBN: 0822957485. Text block a little grubby. Couple of minor marks to spine. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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GENTLEMAN JIM
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1329261
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

The sad story of Jim the toilet-cleaner who only wanted to raise his station in life a little... Colour drawings with speech balloons. 12 x 9". Unpaginated. Glazed boards. ISBN: 0241102812. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Faint score marks to rear cover. Inscription in red felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Fingermarks to page margins and endpapers but generally contents clean.

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THE ROBIN BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Desmond Pride; et al.
Stock no. 1329257
Published by Longacre Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Stories and puzzles for a lovely birthday. Colour and b/w illustrations. Maze completed with light yellow crayon. Some slight rubbing to spine.

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THE MOTORBOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1329256
Published by Temple Press. 14th 1948. Very good condition.

A practical handbook for all who are interested in Motor Boats of any type. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Numerous b/w photos and diagrams, including some which fold-out. 334+ pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Spine bumped. Foxing to contents.

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THE BLACK SHEEP
Written by Elisabeth Heck; Rodney Martin. Illustrated by Sita Jucker.
Stock no. 1329252
Published by Spindlewood. 1st 1985. Almost very good condition.

Retold by Martin. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0907349048. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. One hinge has been pulled but binding is still tight.

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'COMING FROM THE DARK'
Written by Rungwe Kingdon. Illustrated by Lynn Chadwick.
Stock no. 1829413
Published by Gallery Pangolin. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published for the exhibition of the same name featuring the sculptures of Lynn Chadwick. Square cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 47 pages plus contents. A nice copy.

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YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TOMATOES
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Cole Henley.
Stock no. 1329245
Published by Unbound. 1st 2022. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. A graphic novel (illustrations in colour). ISBN: 9781800181441. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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TARZAN ANNUAL
Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Stock no. 1329244
Published by Brown Watson. 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. First story is "Devil Winds". Spine and corners bumped and worn, slight wear to cover edges. Some light foxing. Price NOT cut.

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BERTHA AND THE RACING PIGEON
Written by Pam Ayres. Illustrated by Pam Ayres.
Stock no. 1329243
Published by Hutchinson; Hutchinson Junior Books Ltd. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. A gripping story concerning two pigeons living in a barn! ISBN: 0091392209. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

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HORSES AND MOVEMENT DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS BY LOWES DALBIAC LUARD
Written by Oliver Beckett. Illustrated by Lowes D. Luard.
Stock no. 1829412
Published by J.A. Allen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited with a new introduction, notes and appendices by Oliver Beckett. This volume of drawings and paintings by Lowes Dalbiac Luard, will bring to the attention of art and horse lovers the genius of a man who, though well-known in his lifetime, has since been somewhat neglected. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings and a few colour illustrations. xiii and 144 pages. ISBN: 0851314457. Foxing to top edge of text block. Neat gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pink pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine and lightly rubbed at corners.

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MAP OF ROMAN BRITAIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829411
Published by Ordnance Survey. 3rd 1956. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Third Edition. 43 pages with folding colour map to rear. Scale: 16 miles to one inch. Covers lightly browned, edge-worn, small closed tear to front spine edge, a little loss to lower front corner. Name in ink crossed out to top of title page. Top corner of page 43 torn away and a little of the lower corner of same page (not affecting text). Blank verso of page 43 is spattered with different coloured paint spots and a grubby mark. Verso of map is grubby, map is a little browned especially on folds, lower half of map is grubby and has a few paint splashes near the Bristol Channel. Still a tidy working copy.

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THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1829410
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, track plans and locomotive sketches. 140 pages. ISBN: 0902888455. Reprint. A lightly used copy, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, lightly edge-creased, and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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