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THE MOTOR WORLD ANNUAL 1940
Written by George H. Cutbush.
Stock no. 1821700
Published by The Motor World Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1940. Very good condition.

Tenth Edition. A Year Book of Scottish Motoring: Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Motor Boats. Includes Advertisements and Scottish Trade directory to rear. Covers lightly browned and scuffed. Text block browned. Light page browning. Relevant newspaper cutting glued to free front endpaper.

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INSIDE FORMULA 1: A PERSONAL BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT GRAND PRIX RACING
Written by Nigel Roebuck.
Stock no. 1821699
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This fascinating selection from Nigel Roebuck's popular Fifth Column in Autosport magazine gives a frank but informed glimpse behind the scenes of the glamorous world of motor racing between 1980 amd 1988. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 232 pages. ISBN: 185260087X. Top edge of text block has some foxing. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE MOTOR WORLD ANNUAL 1935
Written by George H. Cutbush.
Stock no. 1821696
Published by The Motor World Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition.

Fifth Edition. A Year Book of Scottish Motoring: Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Motor Boats. Includes Advertisements and Scottish Trade directory to rear. Rubbing to boards and titles, a few grubby marks. Lower corners worn and frayed. Top & tail of spine lightly worn. A few scattered foxspots present. Some hinges lightly pulled but binding is tight.

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THE MOTOR WORLD ANNUAL 1937
Written by George H. Cutbush.
Stock no. 1821692
Published by The Motor World Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Seventh Edition. A Year Book of Scottish Motoring. Includes Advertisements and Scottish Trade directory to rear. Boards scuffed and browned. Text block browned. Some scattered foxing mainly to prelims. Some pencil marks next to names in the directory at rear. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

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BIRD MIGRATION (NN 113)
Written by Ian Newton.
Stock no. 1821658
Published by Collins. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 113. An in-depth study of the different types of bird movements along with their main migration patterns. Green cloth boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007307319. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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MUSIC FOR KING HENRY
Written by Nicolas Bell; David Skinner.
Stock no. 1821643
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A facsimile of a Royal Choirbook. Very large format. Burgundy cloth spine, cream boards with gilt & foil decorations. Limited edition of 500 copies and 20 lettered copies. 36 pages. Coloured frontispiece and ornamented initial letters. Also includes a commentary volumes which has red cloth spine with gilt title and pictorial front board. Colour illustrations and 117 pages. Also included is a CD: Henry's Music Motets from a Royal Choirbook Songs by Henry VIII. Commentary volume and CD ARE MISSING. This copy is the Facsimile volume ONLY. Boards and contents fine. This is copy 377. Contained in publisher's slipcase with some light scuffing.

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FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Norman R. Shapiro; Sarah Bakewell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821639
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Translated by Shapiro, introduced by Bakewell. Green goatskin leather binding with gilt titles. Limited edition of 1000, each copy numbered and signed by Quentin Blake. Colour illustrations. Top edge gilt. Copy 180 SIGNED by Quentin Blake. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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THE ASHKENAZI HAGGADAH
Written by Joel Ben Simeon; Feibusch Ashkenazi; Eleazar Ben Judah Of Worms; David Goldstein.
Stock no. 1821635
Published by Steimatzky. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

A Hebrew manuscript of the mid-15th century from the collections of the British Library. Written and illuminated by Joel Ben Simeon called Feibusch Ashkenazi with a commentary attributed to Eleazar Ben Judah of Worms. Introduction, notes on the illuminations, transcription and English translation by Goldstein. Very large format. Colour illustrations. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles, English title to front board, Hebrew to rear board. Some text in Hebrew. Small mark to lower edge of front board. Gilt title to spine a little rubbed. Contained in matching publisher's slipcase which has some very light fading.

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THE ORPHAN OF THE RHINE
Written by Eleanor Sleath.
Stock no. 1821634
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels. A Romance. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt border to boards. Top edge black. Spine slightly dulled, board corners lightly bumped. Text block slightly browned and slightly grubby. No slipcase as issued.

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NURSE MATILDA GOES TO TOWN
Written by Christianna Brand. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1320961
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Brown children go to stay with their Aunt Adelaide in London and Nurse Matilda has to be called in again. Small format. Blue boards with gilt titles and vignettes to covers. B/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper has clear adhesive film stuck to it causing the colour to 'bleed' a little. Spine is faded. End of silk ribbon is foxed and slightly frayed.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1320960
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Just So Story. Green pictorial glazed boards. Red endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333341384. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLAND
Written by F.J. Harvey Darton.
Stock no. 1320957
Published by Cambridge University Press. 3rd 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Five Centuries of Social Life". Third edition revised by Brian Alderson. Brown boards, gilt title and vignette. Beige endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 398 pages. 10 x 7". ISBN: 0521240204. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and just a little rubbed at edges.

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