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RUPERT ANNUAL 1975
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1325595
Published by Daily Express. 1975. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert talking to a Merboy who is in the sea and holding a shell of fruit. 1st story Rupert and the Little River. 115 pages. 10x7 inches. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink (black felt-tip) in belongs to box (date in blue biro outside box). Price NOT cut. Some very pale page edge browning and a light musty smell to contents.

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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Written by Robert Burchfield; Robert McCrum; John Simpson.
Stock no. 1325594
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by McCrum, afterword by Simpson. Red cloth spine gilt titles, patterned paper boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Book is fine. Contained in slip-case.

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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1325593
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 230 pages. ISBN: 1904417884. Minimal rubbing at corners. Slight grubby mark to lower corner of textblock.

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THE AMELIA JANE COLLECTION
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1325591
Published by Dean. Circa 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains: Naughty Amelia Jane; Amelia Jane Again; Amelia Jane is Naughty Again. Orange glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780603568060. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1325584
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 158 pages. Abridged Impression. Third (abridged) impression. Spine slightly bumped. Front board is discoloured. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn.

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WINGS OVER THE SOMME 1916-1918
Written by G.H. Lewis; Chaz Bowyer.
Stock no. 1826003
Published by Bridge Books. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A modern classic of military aviation history. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Edited by Bowyer. ISBN: 1872424384. A few light marks and scuffs to dustwrapper.

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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Stock no. 1826002
Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue describes the portrait miniatures dating from the origins of the art in the 1520s up to the end of the seventeenth century. Large format, heavy. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902163451. Minor white mark to lower edge of front board. Text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed.

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HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX: FROM HELL TO VICTORY AND BEYOND
Written by K.A. Merrick.
Stock no. 1826000
Published by Classic; Ian Allan. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and definitive work on the Handley Page Halifax, cementing its place in aviation history as a uniquely successful and versatile aircraft which was also a great favourite with its crews. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906537067. Faint fading to lower edge of front board else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge and a little scuffed to rear panel. Overall, still a very nice copy.

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AUSTER: THE COMPANY AND THE AIRCRAFT
Written by Tom Wenham; Rod Simpson; Malcolm P. Fillmore.
Stock no. 1825999
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an iconic aviation company and classic light aircraft which live on in the hands of enthusiastic owners today. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780851305080. A lovely copy.

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MEMOIRS OF THE SIRHOWY BRANCH 1868 - 1960
Written by W.W. Tasker.
Stock no. 1325580
Published by Treowen Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Including Staff and Locomotive Records. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0952480301. Spine slightly faded, some very slight creasing to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.

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A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR 1940-1945 VOLUME THREE: TUNISIA AND THE END IN AFRICA NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943
Written by Christopher Shores; Giovani Massimello; Russell Guest; Frank Olynyk; Winfried Bock.
Stock no. 1825996
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The background to the first major Anglo-American venture - Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 680 pages. ISBN: 9781910690000. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased with a few minor marks to rear panel.

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TERROR IN THE STARBOARD SEAT
Written by Dave McIntosh; David L. Bashow.
Stock no. 1825993
Published by Stoddart Publishing Co Ltd.. 2nd 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second edition. 41 trips aboard a Mosquito: a true story of 418 Squadron. Informative, scene-setting foreword by David L. Bashow. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0773730893. A lovely copy.

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