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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1328898
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine and front cover. Numerous b/w illustrations. 366 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight rubbing to the gilt vignettes. Tissue-guard to frontis has been removed. Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some erased pencil writing to front fly-leaf. Some foxing throughout, some page corner tips creased. Joints cracked, rear joint has exposed webbing, some hinges pulled but binding still tight. Grubby fingermarks to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1328896
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Good condition.

A book of verses illustrated with beautiful colour plates. Red cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. White endpapers with gold vignettes. Green and white text illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some rubbing/scuffing to covers and a marks to edge of rear cover. Small hole to rear edge of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Lower corner of browned frontis tissue-guard has been torn off. Endpapers are lightly browned. Some light foxing and some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean.

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TINTIN: ALBUM POSTER (FRENCH EDITION)
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1328894
Published by Casterman. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Very large format (15.25 x 11.75"). Pictorial cardwraps. 21 posters which can be removed at perforated margin edge. Introduction in French. ISBN: 2203350016. Covers lightly edge rubbed.

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UNCLE REMUS OR THE STORY OF MR. FOX AND BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Rene Bull.
Stock no. 1328892
Published by Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Limited. Circa 1941. Good condition.

Very large format (12.5 x 10"). Beige cloth with brown and red title and colour illustration to front. With twelve tissue-guarded colour plates by Rountree and eighty-four pen and ink text illustrations by Bull. A wonderful edition of this classic story. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (also affecting pastedown inside). Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout. Some light damp staining to edges of plates and tissue-guards (not affecting the actual illustrations). One of the plates has a closed tear to the inner margin at base. Still a decent copy.

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THE WILL TO WIN
Written by Ivan Mauger.
Stock no. 1829165
Published by Golden Key Limited. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Autobiography Of Ivan Mauger (Speedway rider), with Martin Rogers. Prefaces by Jason Crump and Peter Oakes. Matt pictorial boards. B/w & colour photos. xvii and 430 pages. ISBN: 9780955237690. SIGNED by the author, Ivan Maugher, with personal dedication to half-title page. Boards clean and bright. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and silver author name to front panel is rubbed.

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"WILKIE" THE MOTOR RACING LEGEND
Written by W.E. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1829158
Published by Nelson And Saunders. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The memoirs of one of the most famous racing managers. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 214 pages including index. ISBN: 094775007X. Base of spine & lower corners of boards lightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and scuffed.

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TOMLINSON'S NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by K. Hoole.
Stock no. 1829156
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New edition with introduction by Hoole. 31st July 1854 - 31st December 1922. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx and 820 pages including index. Top of spine lightly worn. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn, rear panel is grubby, damp staining to verso (not visible to front). Musty odour present.

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BRITISH SPIDERS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge.
Stock no. 1829152
Published by The Ray Society London. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth with gilt titles. With many illustrations to the different volumes. Nos. 135, 137 and 149, respectively of series issued to members of The Ray Society. 1951, 1953 and 1974 respectively (all are first editions in this format). Some mottling to covers. Text block lightly browned and foxing to endpapers of volumes I & II, foxing to text block of volume III, else clean. Dustwrappers of volumes I & II are browned, especially to spine, and marked, worn to spines. Dustwrapper of volume III is lightly browned to spine and lightly scuffed. Overall, a decent set.

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LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT: CLEANING DRIVING MAINTENANCE
Written by Jas. T. Hodgson; John Williams; Charles S. Lake.
Stock no. 1829150
Published by The St. Margaret's Technical Press Limited. 7th 1939. Very good condition.

7th edition. Revised by Lake. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette. B/w photos and illustrations. xi and 492 pages including index. 16 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Spine faded. Text block and endpapers browned. A few light marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE STORY OF BROOKLANDS: THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTOR COURSE VOLUME III
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1829148
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This third and final volume takes the history of the famous motor racing track from 1933 to 1939 when racing ceased at the famoust Track. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Lower edge of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is slightly nicked at top edges and is a little scuffed.

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THE FIRST MOTOR RACING IN BRITAIN: BEXHILL-ON-SEA 1902
Written by John Rose.
Stock no. 1829147
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

The Drivers; The Cars; The Results; The Prizes. Taken in part from periodicals of 1902 and in full from the 'Special Motor Races Supplement' given free with the Saturday 24th may 1902 edition of the Bexhill-on-Sea Observer and also from its celebratory issue of 1954. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 63 pages. ISBN: 187051940X. A nice copy.

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE (1803 TO 1898)
Written by G.A. Sekon.
Stock no. 1829146
Published by The Railway Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards with gilt titles, bevelled edge boards. Text block marbled blue pattern. B/w photos and illustrations. 327 pages including index. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Boards a little scuffed. Front hinge between frontispiece and title page pulled. Name in ink to top of title page. Contents clean.

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