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FOLLOW ME ROUND THE FARM
No author listed. Illustrated by Molly Brett.
Stock no. 1824197
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Large format. Stiff pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners lightly worn. Boards are a little browned in appearance. 1" split to gutter edges. A few minor grubby marks to contents. Centre pages have become detached from staple binding. Staples are a little rusty. Overall a charming copy.

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OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942
Written by Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1824165
Published by William Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operation Pedestal - one of the bloodiest sea battles of Britain's war, ordered by Churchill to save Malta. Limited Signed Edition. Navy boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780008364946. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a 'signed by the author' sticker to front panel.

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SEASHORE LIFE
Written by Gillian Matthews. Illustrated by Peter Parks.
Stock no. 1323615
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1965. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 120. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Foxing and slight grubbiness to rear cover. Foxing to textblock. Small booksellers sticker to inside front cover.

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SWANSEA BAY'S GREEN MANTLE
Written by Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1824161
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wildlife On An Industrial Coast. B/w sketches, colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0905928180. Boards clean and bright. Light pencil erasure marks to verso of free front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges.

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DISCOVERY OF THE POLES
Written by Quintin Riley. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323610
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1957. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 111. Oblong format, paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers a bit grubby and edge rubbed, lower corner of front cover quite badly creased (creasing also affects first few pages. Contents pulled at staples.

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CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS THEIR BUILDING AND USE
Written by Helen Leacroft. Illustrated by Richard Leacroft.
Stock no. 1323608
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1960. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 108. Blue pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Cover edges very slightly rubbed. Light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Light foxing to textblock.

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THE HUMAN BODY
Written by Cyril Bibby. Illustrated by Ian T. Morison.
Stock no. 1323604
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 102. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Name in ink to front cover (x2) and to first page. Annotations in ink to some pages. Foxing to textblock.

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EVEREST IS CLIMBED
Written by Wilfrid Noyce. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323602
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 100. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Slight wear and tear to cover edges and minimal loss. Margin tear and crease to last page. Staples rusty. Page corner tips very slightly creased.

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HOW PLANES FLY
Written by S.E. Veale. Illustrated by Wren.
Stock no. 1323596
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 94. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers grubby and creased, tear to edge of rear cover. No. 94 written in black biro twice to front cover. Tick marks to booklist inside front cover. Foxing to textblock.

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POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2015
Written by Stephanie Milton. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; John Harrold; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323594
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The 80th year! Front cover shows Rupert in diving suit, riding sea monster, with key in his hand. Contains stories and illustrations from different previous Rupert annuals. ISBN: 9781405279000. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners otherwise fine.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323593
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss and grubby to rear panel.

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