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THE OCEAN
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Mrs. J.W. Whymper; Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208939
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1854. Good condition.

In this book, the author has endeavoured to describe, with some minuteness of detail, a few of the many objects of interest ore or less directly connected with the Sea, and especially to lead youthful readers to asociate with the phenomena of Nature, habitual thoughts of God. Blue leather spine with 4 raised bands and gilt title. Blue marbled paper boards. B/w plates & illustrations. xii and 360 pages. Ex-library (Guille-Alles Library, Guernsey) with large, yellow library label to front board and ink stamps to margins, remains of library plate to front pastedown. Edges are rubbed, corners worn. Vertical board edges are worn, board exposed. Foxing and grubby marks to contents. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. A good working copy.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN L'ETOILE MYSTERIEUSE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208938
Published by Casterman. Circa 1974. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. ISBN: 2203001097. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing, mainly to textblock but also affecting the endpapers and some page margins.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: L'OREILLE CASSEE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208937
Published by Casterman. Circa 1966. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small indentation to edge of rear cover. Spine faded. Pale page edge browning.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: TINTIN ET LES PICAROS
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208936
Published by Casterman. Circa 1976. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. ISBN: 2203001232. Foxing to textblock and page edge browning.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: VOL 714 POUR SYDNEY
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208935
Published by Casterman. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

A Tintin adventure. French text. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Laminate at spine edges slightly cracked. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing, pale page browning.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: OBJECTIF LUNE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208934
Published by Casterman. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Foxing to contents and light page browning.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN - L'AFFAIRE TOURNESOL
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208933
Published by Casterman. Circa 1979. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. ISBN: 02203001178. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: LE SECRET DE LA LICORNE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208932
Published by Casterman. Circa 1966. Fair condition.

A Tintin adventure. French text. Large format. Green spine, cream pictorial boards. Corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Spine worn with 1" loss at top and small splits at base. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing and pale page browning.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: L'ILE NOIRE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208931
Published by Casterman. Circa 1947. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and slightly marked. Wear to spine with very slight loss at base. Name and address in heavy pencil to verso of front free-endpaper. Doodles in pencil of Tintin characters to rear free-endpaper, tear to inner margin of last page. Fingering to margins and light page browning throughout.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: ON A MARCHE SUR LA LUNE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208930
Published by Casterman. 1st 1954. Fair condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed. Loss to top 3" of backstrip, base of which is split. Foxing, fingering, page edge browning to contents. Crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper.

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THE ART OF FLORENCE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Glenn M. Andres; John M. Hunisak; A. Richard Turner.
Stock no. 1830758
Published by Artabras. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Two volumes. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Superb colour photos and numerous b/w illustrations. 1312 pages in total. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier and may incur extra shipping costs. ISBN: 9780896601116. Spines slightly faded else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded to rear vertical open edge.

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THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN (7 VOLUMES)
Written by Jane Austen; Richard Church. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1830757
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reset edition. Includes Pride and Prejudice; Shorter Works; Sense and Sensibility; Northanger Abbey; Emma; Mansfield Park; Persuasion. Introduction by Richard Church. Red cloth spines, gilt titles. Decorated cream boards. B/w decorations chapter headers and illustrations. Tenth Printing. Spines very lightly faded (not really noticeable). Tail of spine of 'Persuasion' is bumped. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few light scuffs.

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