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GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY ENGINE SHEDS PART ONE STRATFORD, PETERBOROUGH AND NORWICH
Written by Chris Hawkins; George Reeve.
Stock no. 1827342
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Locomotive Districts. Large format. B/w photos. 218 Pages. ISBN: 0906867401. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed.

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THE BOOK OF THE A4 PACIFICS
Written by Peter J. Coster.
Stock no. 1827340
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903266564. Boards lightly scuffed. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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HOURS IN A LIBRARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Leslie Stephen; Jonathan Steinberg.
Stock no. 1827322
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Introduction by Jonathan Steinberg. A series of essays. Blue cloth. Gilt titles and decoration. B/w illustrations. Spines are very slightly damp mottled. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing and minor marks.

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TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1827303
Published by Folio Society. 1978. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 135 pages. Sixth impression. Spine lightly faded with a minor mark or two, else clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is browned and grubby, water stain to one side.

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MEMOIRS OF A GEORGIAN RAKE
Written by William Hickey; Roger Hudson. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1827297
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Nearly fine condition.

From the 'idleness and dissipation' of his rakish existence in London to his travels to Madras, Calcutta and Jamaica. Edited by Roger Hudson. Burgundy cloth spine with navy blue title blocks and gilt title, blue marbled paper boards. B/w engravings. Top edge blue. xvii and 414 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is slightly grubby.

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THE WARDEN
Written by Anthony Trollope; Julian Symons. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1827293
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1976. Almost very good condition.

Introduced by Julian Symons. Brown cloth spine, gilt titles, brown patterned boards. B/w illustrations. Light damp stain to cloth spine. Tiny scuff to rear board. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is in Good condition only, damp staining to open edges, browned and worn at top and bottom with slight loss of surface paper.

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THE BEST AFTER-DINNER STORIES
Written by Tim Heald. Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 1827286
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

White pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Selected and Introduced by Tim Heald. 268 pages. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with a few light scuff marks and lightly bumped at corners.

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THE MAGIC SNOW-BIRD & OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326815
Published by H.A. and W.L. Pitkin Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Pitkin Pleasure Book no. 8. Brown textured boards, gilt titles. 7 stories from Boys & Girls Story Books no. 3 & 4. B/w text illus thruout by various illustrators. 80 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some light foxing and pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears at corners.

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THOSE DREADFUL CHILDREN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 1326813
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1949. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, dark title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded to lower half and a little at top. Heavy foxing throughout. Remains of edge worn dustwrapper is in two pieces with substantial loss to rear panel and lower half of spine. Top half of spine is faded.

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ENID BLYTON'S SECOND BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326811
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and vignette. Blue pictorial endpapers, showing fairy scene. Two-tone text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped with light browning to top and tail. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss, mainly to base of spine.

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BOODY THE GREAT GOBLIN AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1326810
Published by H.A. and W.L. Pitkin Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pitkin Pleasure book. Blue textured boards. Gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 80 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn.

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THE FLYING GOAT AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.H. Davie.
Stock no. 1326809
Published by H.A. and W.L. Pitkin Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pitkins Pleasure Series. Brown textured boards, gilt titles. 80 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Endpapers lightly browned. Pencil name and address to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears.

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