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MORRIS MINOR: RESTORATION, PREPARATION, MAINTENANCE (OSPREY AUTOMOTIVE)
Written by Jim Tyler.
Stock no. 1824787
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Osprey Automotive series. Full technical specifications; step-by-step maintenance procedures and instructions for a complete strip-downa nd rebuild; all necessary data on servicing schedules and unit compatibility. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1855324717. Covers lightly scuffed, laminate to front cover starting to peel back from lower corner. Previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear cover and a small mark from a label now removed. Text block lightly browned. Faint dampstain to lower margins else contents clean.

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KEEPING TROUT IN LAKES AND PONDS
Written by Peter Jarrams.
Stock no. 1824770
Published by Upso Ltd. Circa 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

How to set about designing, building and subsequently managing a trout lake for either enjoying feeding hte fish and watching them grow to running a lake as a trout fishery. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1843751488. A few minor marks to covers. Previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear cover. A print on demand copy.

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BLACK BEAUTY
Written by Anna Sewell. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1324586
Published by Jarrolds. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

18 colour plates, specially drawn for this edition. Dark green cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Elaborate gilt decoration to front cover. 291 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some light damp staining to corners and a small hole to top of spine. Tiny white mark to rear cover. Name and price in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby and worn with loss to spine and crease/tears to rear panel.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324585
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light marks to covers. Endpapers are lightly browned, slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Name, adderess and date in belongs to box (blue biro). NOT price cut but price also written (in blue biro) 3 times to other corners of title-page. Crossword done in pencil. Painting contest part completed with entry form completed. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1324581
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Blue boards, gilt titles and lone pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. Spine and corners bumped. Small pink mark to top of spine and small white mark to centre of front cover. Slight foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed with small tape repairs on verso, name in blue biro to front flap of wrapper.

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THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T MAKE FRIENDS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1324580
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus one other colour plate. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. A few small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked, some other hinges pulled. A few foxspots to textblock else contents clean.

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WILLIAM THE OUTLAW
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324575
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Thirteenth impression, July 1937. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss. Spine of wrapper is browned and faded, rear panel of wrapper is grubby.

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WILLIAM'S CROWDED HOURS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324574
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cheap edition. Red cloth, black title to spine. 250 pages with 2 page advert to rear. B/w illustrations. Ninth impression, November 1938. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers. Some foxing and some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some slight loss and tape repairs on verso. Dustwrapper spine and rear panel are a bit grubby.

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MATE'S ILLUSTRATED DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324519
Published by W. Mate & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A descriptive and historical guide. Large format. Green boards, white titles. B/w photos. Covers scuffed and marked. Corners are bumped. Slight damage to front pastedown at inner margins (looks like the joint may have been glue repaired?). Red ink spots to textblock/page margins.

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MAID OF THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324516
Published by Collins. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library. Blue boards, and top edge blue. 220 pages. 7.5 x 5". Tiny bit of fading to base of spine. Name in ink and inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (both neat). Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tape repairs on verso (which have browned with age and this can been seen on front panel). A few tiny, light marks to rear panel.

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JANDY MAC COMES BACK
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324511
Published by Collins. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library. Blue boards. 256 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny spot to lower edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tears, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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MY WAY WITH CHUB
Written by Tony Miles.
Stock no. 1824767
Published by Ironbridge Publications. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As the founder member of the Coventry Specimen Group in 1967, Tony Miles has for many years been recognised as one of the leading all round specimen hunters of his era, especially in the field of chub fishing. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0950916870. A few tiny marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, has a tiny chip to top of spine and has previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear panel.

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