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GERMAN FIGHTING VEHICLES: TIGER & KING TIGER TANKS AND THEIR VARIANTS
Written by Walter J. Spielberger.
Stock no. 1826100
Published by Haynes. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 085429841X. Text block browned and grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly scuffed. Tobacco odour present.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1325653
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards showing Rupert a little surprised to see a wolf emerging from a four-poster bed! Red cloth spine. 4 stories. 157 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Spine slightly faded with a few small marks. Name and date in belongs to box. A couple of tiny margins tears. Contents clean.

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A MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE RABBIT TALES OF DANGER AND DARING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1325649
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 196 pages. ISBN: 9780723267850. Tiny spot to front cover else a fine copy. Contained in a matching slipcase with printed price blotted out on lower edge.

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CLOVER
Written by Susan Coolidge.
Stock no. 1325645
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

A sequel to What Katy Did Next. Pictorial cardwraps. 189 pages. ISBN: 1904417302. Tiny yellow spot to edge of title-page and a light pink mark to top edge of textblock.

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MR. PLOD AND LITTLE NODDY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1325637
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Plum pictorial boards. Noddy Book No. 22. Colour title to front cover, spine and title page. Colour illustrations. Pre ISBN. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and child's name also to same page. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and rubbed at spine and corners.

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CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES - SECOND SERIES
Written by Alice B. Gomme. Illustrated by Winifred Smith.
Stock no. 1325631
Published by David Nutt. 1894. Good condition.

Square format. Grey cloth, black illustrations and titles. Contains music, words and decorations to many popular rhymes. 70 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers grubby. Creases to free-endpapers. Large tear to inner margin of page 17/18. Contents are slightly grubby (well fingered).

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RURAL RIDES
Written by William Cobbett. Illustrated by Joe McLaren.
Stock no. 1325630
Published by Folio Society. Fine condition.

In the Counties of: Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Somersetshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfollk and Hertfordshire With Economical and Political Observations relative to matters applicable to, and illustrated by, the State of those Counties respectively. Grey/brown cloth spine with vignette of tree in black, gilt title. Beige cloth boards with silhouette of tree to front. Brown endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. A fine copy still in original shrinkwrap.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Written by D. Emrys Evans.
Stock no. 1325627
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

This historical sketch throws much light on the character and problems of a university. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss and heavily foxed.

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THE 50-GUN SHIP: A COMPLETE HISTORY
Written by Rif Winfield. Illustrated by John McKay.
Stock no. 1826080
Published by Mercury Books. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Large format. Plans and cutaway drawings by John McKay. Outboard profile of HMS Leopard of 50 Guns in pocket to inside rear cover. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1845600096. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Lower cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pocket to rear is 3/4 split at base. Plans present in pocket. Rear cover lightly scuffed.

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MRS. STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Thora Stowell; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Winifred Darch; et al. Illustrated by Howard K. Elcock; Mary Strange Reeve; M.D. Johnston; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1325625
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. Onlay to spine is a little sunned. Crease to corner of front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Brenda Girvin; Thora Stowell; Lilian Holmes; Winifred Darch; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; Grace Lodge; Florence Harrison; C.E. Brock; H.R. Millar; et al..
Stock no. 1325624
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1923. Very good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows three girls sitting on grass, one reading a book. First story is "The Influence of Anne" by D.F. Bruce. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn. Some slight chipping to edges of onlay to spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing and some fingering to page edges and margins.

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READING: OUR TOWN 1950-2001
Written by Harold Hill.
Stock no. 1826073
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated record of the massive redevelopment that transformed Reading over the 50 years. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185983275X. A few light 'spots' to front pastedown else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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