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SHOCK FOR THE SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Burgess Sharrocks.
Stock no. 1328749
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Thirteenth Secret Seven story in which quarrels threaten to disband the Secret Seven. But dog-thieves are at work in the village so the children turn detective. Pale blue boards decorated with SS symbol. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to top and tail of spine. Child's name in blue biro written twice in belongs to box (some crossing out as well). Light foxing to textblock, pen mark to edge of textblock. Small stain to top margin of front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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PERILOUS PARADISE: PHOTO STORY OF NEW GUINEA AND ITS EMERGING PEOPLE
Written by Eric Were.
Stock no. 1829032
Published by Pacific Press Publishing Association. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

From its steamy, mosquito-infested swamps to its high fertile valleys and mist-enshrouded peaks, New Guinea presents 300,000 square miles of highly diversified terrain with 2,000,000 needy but fascinating tribal people. This land is a perilous paradise with minimum of comfort and maximum of challenge. Especially featured in this book are a group of missionaries who are doing humanitarian work, often under difficult circumstances. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, a few colour photos. Not paginated. Spine lightly faded, corners of boards lightly worn. Bookplate to half-title page and a few grubby marks to same. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF HOLDEN SINCE 1917
Written by Norm Darwin.
Stock no. 1829031
Published by E.L. Ford Publications Pty. Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Holden Motor Body Builder, Australia. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout and some colour. 223 pages including index. Covers a little creassed, spine is a little faded and bowed upright. Text block browned, contents lightly so. A few pale foxspots to prelims.

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WELL DONE SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by George Brook.
Stock no. 1328745
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1951. Good condition.

Green and dark cream pictorial boards showing Seven holding hands.. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. 126 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front cover is slightly grubby. Child's name in heavy pencil to front pastedown. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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GOOD WORK SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Bruno Kay.
Stock no. 1328744
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red and yellow boards showing children holding hands. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 124 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some fading to top and tail of spine. Foxed/marked to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is in two pieces (torn at front spine edge) with large sections missing to front panel and spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby with some slight loss to top corner.

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SECRET SEVEN WIN THROUGH
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Bruno Kay.
Stock no. 1328742
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with dark blue 'SS' symbols. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340038187. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and slightly foxed on verso.

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40 YEARS OF EVOLUTION: DARWIN'S FINCHES ON DAPHNE MAJOR ISLAND
Written by Peter R. Grant; B. Rosemary Grant.
Stock no. 1829027
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2014. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, the authors uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Beige speckled endpapers. Colour photos and graphs. xxxii and 400 pages including index. ISBN: 9780691160467. Light scuffing to boards. A few small foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE JOURNALS OF GILBERT WHITE 1751-1773 VOLUME ONE
Written by Gilbert White; Francesca Greenoak; Richard Mabey. Illustrated by Clare Roberts.
Stock no. 1829021
Published by Century Hutchinson Ltd.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Francesca Greenoak and Richard Mabey. This volume contains White's Garden Kalendar for 1751-67, a fascinating record of his often innovative horticultural efforts, the 1766 Flora Selborniensis, a catalogue of the wild plants he observed around Selborne, and his Naturalist's Journal for 1768-73. Light grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine and title onlay to front. B/w illustrations. 531 pages. ISBN: 0712612947. Text block has a few foxspots. Contents are clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby/scuffed.

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MOTOCOURSE 1982-83
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829020
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Motorcycle racing. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Foreword by Franco Uncini. 192 pages. ISBN: 0905138228. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn to top & tail of spine, corners and top rear edge.

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LOTUS 25 COVENTRY CLIMAX FWMV: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1829016
Published by J.H. Haynes & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Monocoque Revolution. The Lotus 25 was the car in which Jim Clark rocketed to fame in the early Sixties. How the Lotus 25 was conceived, the process of design and development and how it fared in competition. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and some colour photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298029. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and lightly faded to spine.

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AUTO UNION V16 SUPERCHARGED: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1829015
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Porsche's 30s G.P. sensation. A Foulis Motoring Book. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298045. Slight lean to spine else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly faded to spine.

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THE CREAM OF ANDY CAPP
Written by Reg Smythe. Illustrated by Reg Smythe.
Stock no. 1829014
Published by Daily Mirror. Circa 1965. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth boards, white titles. Green pictorial endpapers. Cream of the crop of Andy Capp! Unpaginated. Title to spine rubbed with small pinhole to top 1/3 of spine, boards marked. Text block browned. Grubby marks to contents. A reasonable working copy,

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