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ART AND ILLUSION: A STUDY IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION
Written by E.H. Gombrich.
Stock no. 1829307
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth boards with silver title to spine and blocked design based on a Roman mosaic to front board. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 386 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly bumped & rubbed at corners and very lightly scuffed.

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THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
Written by Marco Polo; Ronald Latham.
Stock no. 1829300
Published by Folio Society. 1994. Very good condition.

Reissued. Translated and introduced by Ronald Latham. Black cloth spine with gilt title, red cloth sides. Maps to endpapers. Colour plates. 310 pages including index. Top edge dark red. Fourth printing. Spine lightly faded (quite usual for this title). Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few white spots and scuffs.

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THE SECRET WORLD OF POLLY FLINT
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1329110
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Polly was a girl who saw things other people couldn't see and who saw immediately that there was something magic about the Wellow maypole... Orange boards, gilt titles. B/w drawings, some double-page spreads. 176 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571119395. Spine bumped. Evidence of erased pencil marking to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and slightly wrinkled.

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LIONBOY
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1329108
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charlie Ashanti can speak Cat... when his mum and dad go missing the cats are the only friends he can turn to. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 0141380241. SIGNED by the author on a puffin books sticker which is stuck to half title-page (ink has smudged a little). Minimal foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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LIONBOY: THE TRUTH
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1329107
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

There's a time to run and there's a time to fight! Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0141380543. Minimal foxing to top edge of textblock.

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LIONBOY: THE CHASE
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1329106
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, red title to spine. Charlie is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick, beautiful Lions. Second in the 'Lionboy' series. ISBN: 0141380527. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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BRISTOL AS IT WAS 1913-1921
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1829290
Published by Reece Winstone. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Olive green pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 88 pages including index. ISBN: 0900814489. Boards lightly scuffed, lightly scratched to rear board. Light rubbing to board corners. Contents clean.

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BRISTOL IN THE 1920'S
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1829289
Published by Reece Winstone. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 80 pages including index. ISBN: 0900814381. Slight lean to spine. Board corners lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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'THE REMAINS OF DISTANT TIMES': ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE NATIONAL TRUST
Written by David Morgan Evans; Peter Salway; David Thackray.
Stock no. 1829286
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The National Trust owns approximately 40,000 archaeological sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. During its centenary year the Trust, in close cooperation with the Society of Antiquaries, held a conference designed to highlight the important part archaeology now plays in the management of its properties - ancient monuments and landscapes, historic houses, and other historic buildings. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ix and 235 pages including index. ISBN: 0851156711. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn and light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Pale foxspots to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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SHETLAND
Written by Norman Newton.
Stock no. 1829285
Published by The Pevensey Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The essential guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee: everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 0907115950. Light rubbing to base of spine. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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KEMLO AND THE SPACE LANES
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by Bruce Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329099
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Spaceworld series. How Kemlo won his spurs in the first and last great Battle of Space... Blue boards, dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 200 pages. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly foxed, heavy foxing to page edges. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso, is edge worn and is grubby to rear panel.

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KEMLO AND THE MARTIAN GHOSTS
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329098
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Spaceworld series. Blue boards with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 202 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing. Price-cut wrapper is heavily foxed on verso, is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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