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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 9 - RUPERT AND THE NEW ROSE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135861
Published by Daily Express. 1951. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert and the New Rose. Also includes Rupert and the Ticking Box - 2 original Bestall stories for the series. Front cover shows Rupert holding a black and white rose. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Wear to spine, with small nicks to top and tail. Light page corner creases. Some marks to covers.

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ANGLING IN BRITISH ART THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES: PRINTS, PICTURES, BOOKS
Written by Walter Shaw Sparrow; H.T. Sheringham. Illustrated by Norman Wilkinson; Ernest Briggs; et al..
Stock no. 2135850
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Black leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine with brown/red title block; gilt title. Brown cloth. With a foreword by Sheringham. 200 illustrations, 39 in colour. Foxing throughout the book and to outer page edges. A few plate pages have margin tears, but still present and complete.

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WILDINGS 125 YEAR HISTORY 1874-1999
Written by Sheldon James; Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 2135845
Published by The Newport Printing Co.. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Wildings retail store in Newport's Commercial Street. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0907143210. SIGNED by Sheldon James, with a dedication to a previous owner to front endpaper. Wrapper has some edge-wear and small chip/nick to top edge of front panel.

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THE BIRDS OF GWENT
Written by W.A. Venables; A.D. Baker; et al.
Stock no. 2135843
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. This book gives an up-to-date status report on the occurrence of every species in the county. B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780713676334. SIGNED by 5 authors. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135820
Published by Daily Express. 1969. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert sitting on rock looking into stream. 1st story Rupert & the Whistlefish. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Belongs to box is clean. Price-cut. Page edge browning; a few marks to outer page edges.

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RED KITE COUNTRY A CELEBRATION OF THE WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPE OF MID WALES
Written by Lolo Williams. Illustrated by Colin Woolf; Mike Read.
Stock no. 2135818
Published by Wildearth. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Foreword by Williams. Watercolours & sketches by Woolf. Photographic images by Read. ISBN: 1903657091. Some spotting to covers. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing; couple of chips to top of spine.

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THE BLUE FLOWER
Written by Penelope Fitzgerald; Neel Mukherjee. Illustrated by James Albon.
Stock no. 1822730
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2015. Fine condition.

A novel based on the life of Friedrich Von Hardenberg before he became famous under the name Novalis. Blue cloth spine, silver titles. Introduced by Neel Mukherjee. Blue and brown decorative boards. Colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BRISTOL CHANNEL AND SEVERN PILOT
Written by Peter Cumberlidge.
Stock no. 2135811
Published by Stanford Maritime. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with silver title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0540074225. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has bottom corner cut off front flap; some light edge-creasing.

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VW BEETLE & TRANSPORTER: GUIDE TO PURCHASE & D.I.Y. RESTORATION
Written by Lindsay Porter.
Stock no. 2135809
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Including information on building a Beetle special. A FOULIS Motoring Book. Large format. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 327 pages. ISBN: 0854294740. Reprint. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Light page-edge browning. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, with some light edge-creasing.

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GREAT WESTERN STEAM SOUTH OF THE SEVERN
Written by Ronald E. Toop.
Stock no. 2135806
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. B/w photos. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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AUTOCAR COLLECTION: NEW MINI
Written by Chas Hallett.
Stock no. 2135804
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Autocar is the world's oldest car magazine. This book collects all the best Autocar material about the 'New' Mini, including the Mini One, Cooper, Cooper S, Cooper S Works, Convertible and Clubman models. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 175 pages. ISBN: 9781844254446. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top of spine.

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GLOSTER AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Written by Derek N. James.
Stock no. 2135799
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

The Old Photographs series. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 075240038X. Some wear to cover edges; a little creasing and scuffing.

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