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LUCIE ATTWELL'S LITTLE POPPET ABC BOOK
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1325476
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1967. Very good condition.

Little Poppet Series. Small slim format. Green pictorial boards. Charming colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Crease to front cover. Small crease to lower corner of rear page and two small biro marks to rear pastedown.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325472
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly browned. Child's name in ink to belongs to box. Price cut. Magic paintings have been completed with transfer of colour to facing pages.

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CARGO OF HORSES
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1325465
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small brown mark to front board. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little worn at edges with small section of loss to lower corner on rear panel.

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MAX'S DREAM
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Laszlo Acs.
Stock no. 1325464
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0241895464. Label removed from front pastedown. Small mark to centre of front cover. Dustwrapper is foxed to flaps and slightly browned.

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DEFENDING THE REICH: THE HISTORY OF JAGDGESCHWADER 1 "OESAU"
Written by Eric Mombeek.
Stock no. 1825856
Published by Jac Publications. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 332 pages. ISBN: 0951573713. Top edge of text block slightly browned. Minor mark to lower front edge of boards. Contents clean. A few minor grubby marks to rear panel of dustwrapper.

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WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1325458
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers, b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0224021230. Spine very slightly bumped. Rear panel of wrapper is slightly grubby, slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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GHOST BOMBERS: THE MOONLIGHT WAR OF NSG 9
Written by Nick Beale. Illustrated by Tom Tullis.
Stock no. 1825853
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Luftwaffe Night Attack Operations from Anzio to the Alps. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903223156. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AIR ARSENAL NORTH AMERICA: AIRCRAFT FOR THE ALLIES 1938-1945 PURCHASES AND LEND-LEASE
Written by Phil Butler; Dan Hagedorn.
Stock no. 1825843
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An illustrated survey of American and Canadian aircraft production for the Allies. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 1857801636. Lower corners of boards bumped else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly creased from bumping to lower corners.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND (VOLUME 2)
Written by W.C.E. Newbolt.
Stock no. 1825831
Published by Thomas Whittaker. 1st 1899. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Series only. White cloth corners & spine, blue cloth sides with gilt crest to front. Includes: St. Paul's Cathedral; York Minster; Ely Cathedral; Norwich Cathedral; St. Alban's Cathedral; Salisbury Cathedral; Worcester Cathedral; and Exeter Cathedral. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. White boards a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Endpapers lightly browned. Plain blue cloth dustwrapper with gilt title to spine is heavily faded to spine and lightly frayed at edges.

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THE RED BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Mary Cowden Clarke; Bessie Marchant; Angela Brazil; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Harold C. Earnshaw; N.M. Price; Chas. Pears; et al..
Stock no. 1325454
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, spine, red boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small mark to top of spine. Foxing throughout.

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THE ARNOLD SCHEME: BRITISH PILOTS, THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND THE ALLIES' DARING PLAN
Written by Gilbert S. Guinn.
Stock no. 1825827
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st UK 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The story of four thousand young Allied airmen, thousands of miles from home, who had but a short time to become trained combat pilots. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781862274464. A lovely copy.

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THE NEW BUFF BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Herbert Strang; Hugh Banstead; Gunby Hadath; Jeffrey Havilton; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325451
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Buff pictorial boards. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is "Lost, Stolen or Strayed" by Banstead. Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed and a bit grubby (light white mark to rear cover). Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing, mainly to textblock. Some hinges cracked.

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