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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FIREARMS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Nicholas Du Quesne-Bird.
Stock no. 1323051
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book No. 75. With 119 Black and white photographs and 9 line drawings. ISBN: 0723215715. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper (1982 Cyanamid) is just a little edge creased.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2009
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1323048
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert riding in a 'Fish-Plane' with pilot; friends watching from below. ISBN: 9781405244015. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to belongs to page. Contents fine.

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CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1323046
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 158 pages. ISBN: 0670853054. Spine bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover. Light foxing to textblock and page browning to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, faded to spine and damp stained to lower edge of rear panel.

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BAD DAD
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323043
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. The story of a father and son on a thrilling mission to right a wrong and take on the villainous Mrs. Big! ISBN: 9780008164652. Minimal bumping to spine. Some light creasing to dustwrapper edges.

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THE TWINS AND TABIFFA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1323042
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

Tabiffa is a big black cat who belongs partly to Peter but mostly to Binkie and Dinkie the four-year old twins. Blue boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour and b/w illustrations to every page and pictorial endpapers. Small format. Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to contents else clean.

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A MONARCH AT WORK
Written by Tim Watson.
Stock no. 1823888
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 2006. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of No 6024 King Edward I on the main line since 1990. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780711032576. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
Written by Martin Battersby; Philippe Garner.
Stock no. 1823887
Published by Whitney Library Of Design. 1st USA 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New edition thoroughly and sympathetically revised by Philippe Garner, with a short biography of Battersby. Large format. B/w & colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0823012735. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ECOPIETY: GREEN MEDIA AND THE DILEMMA OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE
Written by Sarah McFarland Taylor.
Stock no. 1823881
Published by New York University Press. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

An absorbing examination of the intersections of environmental sensibilities, contemporary expressions of piety and devotion, and American popular culture. A physical copy printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w photos. 359 pages including index. ISBN: 9781479891313. Slight wear to lower front corner of covers and prelims.

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TURNER AND GEORGE THE FOURTH IN EDINBURGH 1822
Written by Gerald Finley. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1823875
Published by Tate Gallery; Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Written to complement the exhibition 'Turner and George IV in Edinburgh 1822'. Examines JMW Turner's proposal for a grand series of paintings of the Royal visit to Scotland. Oblong format. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine on brown title block. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0852244320. Text block has minor foxing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned across top front panel edge.

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THE SILK SCREEN PRINTING PROCESS
Written by J.I. Biegeliesen; E.J. Busenbark.
Stock no. 1823872
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

A practical manual. Second Edition. Dark navy cloth with gilt inscriptions. Frontis is original silk screen print by second author. B/w photos and sketches. Boards are heavily damp stained to a lighter blue. No signs of damp to contents. Slight mustiness present. Contents lightly browned.

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A CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE FLYING CORPS
Written by Ian McInnes; J.V. Webb.
Stock no. 2139994
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive roll of those Warrant Officers, N.C.O.'s and Airmen who served in the Royal Flying Corps prior to the outbreak of the first world war. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948130989. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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BEST WHEEL FORWARD
Written by J.A. Gregoire.
Stock no. 2139990
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Motor Racing in France from 1920's to 1950's. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 194 pages. Spine is a bit faded. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is browned and foxed to spine; edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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