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WARRIORS OF THE STEPPE: A MILITARY HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA, 500 B.C. TO 1700 A.D.
Written by Erik Hildinger.
Stock no. 2137981
Published by Spellmount. Circa 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873376731. 2nd printing. Couple of corners are bumped. A few marks to covers. Wrapper has small tear to top of rear panel.

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THE DITCH ON THE HILL: 80 YEARS OF THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Written by Tim Fitzgeorge-Parker.
Stock no. 2137960
Published by Simon & Schuster Ltd.. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0671710109. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with a faded spine.

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EAGLE ANNUAL No. 11 (1962)
Written by Clifford Makins.
Stock no. 2137956
Published by Longacre Press. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green spine. Red pictorial boards showing helicopter rescue. Thelwell endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 173 pages. Some fading and browning to spine. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and torn with minimal loss.

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PRINCES AND PEOPLE OF WALES
Written by John Miles.
Stock no. 2137944
Published by The Starling Press. 2nd 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. Maroon boards with gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w maps. ISBN: 0903434288. A few foxspots. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chi0ps and nicks; some marks; creasing to front flap.

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE (KING'S ENGLAND)
Written by Arthur Mee.
Stock no. 2137938
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New edition. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a few nicks and chips; a little edge creasing; browned to spine.

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AWFUL AUNTIE
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 2137934
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Do you have an awful Auntie? However awful your auntie might be, she will never be in the same league of awfulness as Aunt Alberta. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 410 pages. ISBN: 9780007453603. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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PETER QUIP IN SEARCH OF A FRIEND
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2137923
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Red covers with large picture to front cover. Full page colour illustrations and other small b/w illustrations throughout. Easy-to-read text. Chipping and splitting to top 1" of spine; wear to rest of spine. Wear also to cover edges and corners. A few scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint is a little cracked. Some foxing and grubby marks to pages. Small b/w illustration to title page has been coloured in. Hinge between pages 24/25 is pulled, with stitching being seen at top. Colour illustrations are still nice and bright! Other light foxing and margin marks.

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AN ABBEY CHAMPION
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2137920
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 219 pages. White and brown marks (possible small cup ring marks) to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some wrinkling to tops of pages. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with a little loss; some browning to spine.

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KATE GREENAWAY PICTURES
Written by H.M. Cundall. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1322845
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

From Originals Presented By Her to John Ruskin and Other Personal Friends (Hitherto Unpublished) With an Appreciation by Cundall. Large format. Cream cloth spine with green title, green cloth covers with gilt title to front. Mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Contents are clean. Very grubby dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss but also spine of wrapper is MISSING.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1950 - ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1322844
Published by Daily Express. 1950. Almost very good condition.

Annual format returns to hardback with this issue but is much thinner than earlier hardbacks. Pictorial boards - Rupert riding a huge seashell. 1st story Rupert's Silver Trumpet. 120 pages. 10x7 ins. Covers are slightly edge rubbed.Tiny amount of loss to base of spine, small tear (but no loss) at top of spine. Name and address in pencil in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Puzzle pages are clean and unused. Contents are beautifully bright and clean.

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BUNNYBOROUGH
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1322839
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st thus 1946. Very good condition.

Reissue of 1919 edition. Yellow cloth. Colour illustrations of Bunny Rabbits. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink (pink ink) to half-title page. Joint between frontis and hinge cracked (almost broken). Contents are otherwise bright and clean.

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NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN (NN 49)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 1322837
Published by Collins. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby with foxing to verso.

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