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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB AND OTHER NURSERY SONGS
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1323193
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 91. Oblong format. Pink pictorial paper wraps. Delightful colour illustrations. Words and music. Printed prices on covers have been covered with small, white 2/6 price stickers. Slight fading to spine. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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THE SKY AND HEAVENS
Written by Peter Hood. Illustrated by Peter Hood.
Stock no. 1323192
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 92. Paperwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some foxing to covers and contents. Some slight rubbing at edges and light creases to corner tips. Not sure if it is a light crayon mark or a scuff mark to the front cover.

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SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.

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THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (NMN 4)
Written by Stuart Smith. Illustrated by Edward Bradbury.
Stock no. 1323183
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first New Naturalist Monograph on a single species of bird. 11 b/w photographs taken by the author. Learned bibliography supports this splendid study. 26 paintings by Edward Bradbury. 4 line drawings and 4 maps. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Minimal bumping to spine. Neat name in ink to front fre-endpaper. Some foxing, slight browning and old tape marks to endpapers. Contained in a later dustwrapper (printed price 90p) which has old tape marks to flaps.

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THE ANDERTON BOAT LIFT
Written by David Carden.
Stock no. 1323165
Published by Black Dwarf Publications. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich in Cheshire is acclaimed as one of the seven wonders of the waterways world. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953302865. Spine bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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FLIGHT FIVE: AFRICA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1323153
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and has remains of white label to top of front panel. Last title listed on rear panel is this one (5 titles listed).

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SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM +2
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140968
Published by Amstrad. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

The manual that went along with the computer of the same name, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A 128K Integrated Microcomputer. Cardwraps. 331 pages including index. Text block slightly dusty. Contents clean.

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CLONTARF: IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS: DUBLIN SUBURBS No. 1
Written by Colm Lennon; et al.
Stock no. 2140960
Published by Royal Irish Academy. 1st IRELAND 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour maps and illustrations. ISBN: 9781908997722. Creasing to covers with pencil mark to front cover; bumping to corners. Contents are still excellent!

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THE DOWNFALL OF HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2140956
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 6, containing Magnet Nos 1255-1261 inclusive and No. 1269. Includes: The Complete Outsider, Down on his Luck, Harry Wharton's Downfall, Bounder and Captain, The Swot of the Remove, The Bounder's Folly, Harry Wharton's Enemy, Truants of the Remove. ISBN: 0703000004. Some light tape glue marks to endpapers. Page browning. Wrapper has some light edge-browning and creasing.

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THE STRONG-TAIL
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 2140949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

How he jumped onto the moon. Part of the Rummy Tales series. Small format, 4.5 x 3.25". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two tone illustrations. Staples to spine have rusted, so brown marks to pages near them. Some cover creasing. A few marks. Illustrations and contents are still nice and bright!

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140948
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

The Raphael House Library series. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 12 charming colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 135 pages, publication list to rear. Spine is faded and bumped, with a few nicks to cloth at top and tail. Bumping and wear with scuffing and surface paper damage to edges and corners. Scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to belongs to box on front pastedown. Rear joint is a bit crack and looks partially repaired. Foxing and margin marks. One plate has slight damage, otherwise still bright; a few margin marks.

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THE BOO-BOOS AND BUNTY'S BABY
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140943
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pale blue/green boards with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, plus dark green line drawings. Spine and edges are browned; some foxing and fading to covers. Initials and date in ink to belongs to page. Foxing throughout, but not too much to colour plates, which are still lovely and bright! Small writing to top of title page in ink.

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