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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2136503
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. 1" tear with chipping to top of spine; smaller chips and nicks to other corners and rest of spine. Name in pencil to belongs to box. Price-cut. Magic Paintings are mostly DONE, a couple of pencil scribble. Browning to pages and foxing to outer page edges.

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THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 2136498
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Fine condition.

Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. 2nd printing. Contained in a nearly fine slip-case.

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AUDUBON'S AVIARY: THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA
Written by Roberta J.M. Olson; Marjorie Shelley; Alexandra Mazzitelli.
Stock no. 2136489
Published by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc.; The New-York Historical Society. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with white, black and yellow title. This is the Deluxe edition and includes a hand-produced facsimile of an Audubon watercolour (The Tufted Titmouse). Stunning colour illustrations throughout! In colour pictorial slip case. Features the one-and-only set of watercolours that Audubon created as a prototype for the large engraved edition of 'The Birds of America'. All 474 watercolours of the New-York Historical Society are reproduced. ISBN: 9780847839438. Wrapper has some very light edge-creasing. Facsimile reproduction painting is contained in an envelope to front endpaper, which has come unstuck from endpaper. Still excellent. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Slip case is in fine condition. Also contained in original colour cardboard box, which has a couple of dents and some wear.

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A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Felicity Goodall.
Stock no. 1823344
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Conscientious objectors recount their experience of living out their pacifist convictions against a background of hostile incomprehension. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750907401. Light stain to rear board. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, grubby mark to front panel, verso to rear panel has corresponding damp stain (not visible to front).

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INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE
Written by Peter Wallis; et al.
Stock no. 1823336
Published by The Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institution; The William Herschel Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Peter Wallis with contributions by numerous authors. Georgian Bath. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780948975967. Reprint with minor corrections. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Contents clean.

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REPUBLIC P-47B-D RAZORBACK
Written by Robert Peczkowski. Illustrated by Zbigniew Kolacha.
Stock no. 1823331
Published by Stratus. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Mushroom Model Publications. The story of the early 'Razorback' versions of the Thunderbolt, from the P-47B to the P-47D-22. Scale plans, photographs and original drawings from technical manuals, colour illustrations of camouflage and markings. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. ISBN: 9788363678845. Top of spine lightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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THE BOOK OF BRITISH RAILWAYS STATION TOTEMS
Written by Dave Brennand; Richard Furness.
Stock no. 1823330
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. A collector's guide to British Railway station signs (totems). ISBN: 0750929979. Board corners lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Joints slightly cracked but binding is tight. Contents are clean.

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TIME FOR BED, FRED!
Written by Yasmeen Ismail. Illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail.
Stock no. 1322366
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Fred (the dog) will do anything to advoid bedtime! A perfect picture book for reluctant bed-goers. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781408837009. Bump to top front edge of spine.

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THE CROW WHO STOOD ON HIS BEAK
Written by Rafik Schami. Illustrated by Els Cools; Oliver Streich.
Stock no. 1322360
Published by North-South Books. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An adventurous little crow goes in search of the magnificent peacock. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1558585273. Rear of dustwrapper is very slightly grubby.

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THE FOX AND THE STAR
Written by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Stock no. 1322359
Published by Particular Books. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Blue cloth with white titles and decoration. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781846148507. 8th printing. Top edge of covers very slightly dusty.

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BOOGIE BEAR
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1322351
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A big furry polar bear finds herself far from home.... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780008172770. Tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover.

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THE SLIGHTLY ANNOYING ELEPHANT
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1322350
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

What's big, blue, bossy, and turns up uninvited?... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780007493999.

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