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RAINBOW ANNUAL 1956
No author listed.
Stock no. 2136176
Published by The Fleetway House. 1956. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour, b/w and two-tone illustrations. Fading to spine. Wear and chipping along cover edges. Name and address in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE WALT DISNEY THUMPER ANNUAL
Written by Walt Disney; R.H. Taylor. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 2136163
Published by Odhams Press Limited. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Colour cartoons and illustrations throughout. Edited by Taylor. First story is Thin Ice. Copyright date is 1952. The endpapers are very lightly browned. Hinge starting to pull from bottom edge between page 72 and 73. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks. Overall a very nice looking annual.

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THE HAPPY LITTLE HELICOPTER
Written by Ann Verrent. Illustrated by Robert MacGillivray.
Stock no. 2136159
Published by Sampson Low. Almost very good condition.

This is a Cherub Story Book. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Damage to base of spine; tear hole to top layer of paper. Contents are still very good!

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BILLY BUNTER'S OWN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 2136157
Published by Oxonhoath Press. Circa 1958. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial boards, front cover "Bunter comes a Cropper". First story: Who wants Bunter?. 2 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Splits to both sides of spine to top and tail. Wear and chipping to corners. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE STRADISHALL 1938-1970
Written by Spencer Adams; Jock Whitehouse.
Stock no. 2136117
Published by Square One Publications. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872017940. SIGNED by authors to title page. Light knocks to spine and a couple of cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small edge-nicks; some scuffing to front panel.

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A RAILWAYMAN'S TALES OF OLD BLETCHLEY
Written by A.E. Grigg.
Stock no. 2136116
Published by Baron Birch. 1996. Very good condition.

In this tapestry of tales, the author remembers and recreates the people, places and events of the past in yesterday's town and countryside, and along the lines that put Bletchley at the centre of the universe. Red glazed boards. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0860235688. Bumping/wear to spine and corners. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Small corner loss to last couple of pages of book.

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THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE: THE PREDECESSORS OF THE FIRST BRITISH AIRWAYS
Written by Neville Doyle.
Stock no. 2136113
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0851302866. Spine is faded with knocks and nicks to top and tail. Wear to another couple of corners. Contents are still excellent!

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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN NORTH WALES
Written by Thomas Roscoe.
Stock no. 1823166
Published by E.J. Morten. 1st thus 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1938 by Charles Tilt and Simpkin & Co., this is the republished edition of 1973. Light green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 51 engravings. ISBN: 0859720047. Light fading to lower edges of boards. Light browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and has a small closed tear to lower spine edge.

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THE LORDSHIP, PARISH AND BOROUGH OF MONMOUTH
Written by Keith Kissack.
Stock no. 1823162
Published by Lapridge Publications. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of Monmouth. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Grey endpapers, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1899290036.

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THE SHELL GUIDE TO WALES
Written by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas; Alun Llewellyn.
Stock no. 1823159
Published by Michael Joseph. 1977. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0718140192. Third impression. Board corners lightly rubbed. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Contents otherwise clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, diagonal crease to rear flap.

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THE VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE: VINTAGE, RESTORED AND CUSTOMISED
Written by Nigel Grimshaw.
Stock no. 1823154
Published by Index. 1st thus 1996. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Beetle is a long and intriguing one. From the painful early days when it struggled for its very existence, through to its crowning as one of the world's most successful cars, the Beetle is nothing less than a motoring legend. This is a journey through the exhilarating and often eccentric world of the Bug, right up to Concept One, with stunning pictures of this redeveloped Beetle for the nineties. Large, square format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0861019032. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Light browning to page edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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