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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SEAPLANES AND FLYING BOATS
Written by Louis S. Casey; John Batchelor.
Stock no. 1823761
Published by Exeter Books. 1st USA 1980. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. This material first appeared in Floatplanes and Racers (1979) Phoebus Publishing and Seaplanes and Flying Boats (1979) Phoebus Publishing. ISBN: 0896730417. Page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and has the remains of a label to front panel as per the photo.

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THE SCARECROW AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322912
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes The Lovely Myfanwy and Broomsticks. Yellow cloth with light blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby to rear panel.

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STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322911
Published by Faber & Gwyer. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 397 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Spine bumped with some fading. Light foxing to textblock and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased, small tear to lower edge of rear panel has been repaired on verso.

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THE MAGIC JACKET & OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322910
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to The Old Lion and Other Stories. 146 pages. B/w illustrations. Green cloth with blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Spine bumped. Some foxing and a few other marks to covers. Light crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and faded to spine.

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TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1322909
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Traditional tales told by de La Mare. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small dent to edge of rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to contents.

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TELL ME A STORY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1322906
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1885. Good condition.

Red decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w plates. 196 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded, cover edges slightly darkened. Hinges cracked. Front free-endpaper removed.

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MY PRETTY AND HER LITTLE BROTHER TOO, AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1322904
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 229 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Black endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight rubbed marks to covers. Endpapers are lightly marked. Some hinges slightly pulled. Contents generally clean.

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THE INDIA-CHINA BORDER: A REAPPRAISAL
Written by Gondker Narayana Rao.
Stock no. 1823756
Published by Asia Publishing House. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A study that was undertaken in early 1964 and completed by May that year. Navy blue cloth boards, red title to spine. 2 fold-out maps. Damage to front edge of spine and also a corresonding loss of the dustwrapper (0.75"). Grubby mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is also edge-worn and chipped, scuffed and a little grubby.

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SEALS, SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES: A REVIEW OF THE PINNIPEDIA
Written by Victor B. Scheffer.
Stock no. 1823755
Published by Stanford University Press. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Terracotta cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0804705445. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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ROSY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1322902
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1886. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt border decoration to front. B/w plates. 204 pages, no booklist. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink and name/date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. A few hinges pulled causing contents to be slightly loose in binding.

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LES HYDRAVIONS: DES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS
Written by Stephane Nicolaou.
Stock no. 1823753
Published by E.T.A.I.. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seaplanes: From Their Origins to the Present Day. Text in French. Black cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos to rear. ISBN: 2726881947. Some light creasing to spine. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased to rear panel and is scuffed to rear panel.

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MY PRETTY AND HER LITTLE BROTHER TOO, AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1322899
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 229 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis with evidence writing showing through to front of frontis. A few small ink smudges to prelims. Contents clean.

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