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SERVED BY LONDON'S TROLLEYBUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828740
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The trolleybus is long forgotten by most Londoners, but very fondly remembered by others. This book focuses on the routes operated by the capital's large fleet of trolleybuses from the 1930s until the early 1960s. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 200 pages including index. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper spine is very lightly faded.

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THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328539
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title, brown vignette and lettering. Pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Larger format than the other "Tales". 96 pages. Spine browned and worn at ends. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock.

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THE FAIRY SCALES AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Gladys Smythe. Illustrated by Catherina Patricchio.
Stock no. 1328535
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

10 short stories. 10 colour plates including frontis. Cream cloth boards, green titles, large pictorial onlay to front cover shows young boy picking a rose up from the road that has been dropped by a young girl clutching a handful of roses. Green & white fairy ring to endpapers. B/w illustrations to margins. 101 pages. First story is The Golliwog's Lesson. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to cover edges. Spine is bumped and rubbed. Damp stains to edge of front cover. Tiny piece of loss to top corner tip of front free-endpaper. A couple of small margin tears to prelims. Light foxing to prelims and textblock. Some grubby fingermarks and some large foxspots to pages but generally contents clean.

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THE LOUIS WAIN NURSERY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1328533
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Cream paper boards with red title to front, illustration of cat holding a kitten and rocking three kittens in cradle to front. Many b/w illustrations on Wain's anthropomorphic animals especially cats. Boards are edge worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page (dated 1902). Some small margin tears and one page has a large repaired tear (very neat repair). Small patch of surface paper loss to lower edge of one full-page b/w illustration. Light vertical crease to one page. Generally a very decent copy of a scarce book.

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STROUDLEY AND HIS 'TERRIERS'
Written by Thomas Middlemass.
Stock no. 1828735
Published by Pendragon Partnership. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

William Stroudley was one of the most emminent British locomotive designers of the Victorian era. His most celebrated design being the 0-6-0 Terrier Tanks. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 1899816003. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a bit grubby.

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DUCK AND THE DIESEL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1328528
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 13. Red boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Small, oblong format. Books is nice and clean (covers and contents). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and creased with small tears and piece missing to top of spine edge on front panel. Printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

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MOUNTAIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1328527
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 19. Small oblong format. Blue boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and creased with small tears, printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

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FOUR LITTLE ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 1328526
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 10. Small oblong format. Black boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price printed above). Light rubbing to wrapper edges and a couple of small edge tears.

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SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.XII (ALLIED WINGS)
Written by Phil Listemann.
Stock no. 1828723
1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

No.1 in Allied Wings Series. White cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 46 pages. ISBN: 9782952638142. A lovely copy.

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THE VIKING, VALETTA AND VARSITY
Written by Bernard Martin.
Stock no. 1828717
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1975. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial card wraps. Staple binding. B/w photos. 46 pages. ISBN: 0851300383. Covers are creased and scuffed. One staple is missing meaning contents move a little. Minor foxing to centre pages. List of aircraft to rear marked with red biro to aircraft of interest to previous owner of book. Otherwise, contents clean.

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WARWICK THE KINGMAKER
Written by Paul Murray Kendall.
Stock no. 1828716
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as The Kingmaker. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis, a few b/w plates and foldout pedigree. 135 pages including index. Top edge red. Second Impression. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, browned to spine and worn at top of spine, rear panel is a little grubby and browned.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll.
Stock no. 1328507
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front cover - Alice with the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and King of Hearts. 4 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Cloth spine. 140 pages. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Small margin tear to one page. Some pale brown stains to contents.

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