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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK MINGO
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1320378
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth, black titles. Colour illustrations. Covers are faded at spine and edges. Name in ink to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine with slight loss at top of spine.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUASHA
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1320377
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Good condition.

Small format. Yellow cloth. Colour illustrations to every other page. Pages not numbered. Spine bumped, covers a little grubby. Child's name in crayon to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed, grubby and edge worn with loss to spine and corners.

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NORTH EASTERN RECORD VOLUME 3
Written by J.M. Fleming.
Stock no. 1821205
Published by Historical Model Railway Society. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A survey of Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. 31st July 1854 - 31st December 1922. B/w and colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0902835203. Slight fading to dustwrapper spine. Otherwise a fine copy.

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THE EARTH'S DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
Written by W. Kenneth Hamblin.
Stock no. 1320366
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1989. Very good condition.

A Textbook In Physical Geology. Focusing on the two major energy systems that make the earth a dynamic planet - the Hydrologic system and the tectonic system. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 576 pages includes index. photos. 5th edition, revised. ISBN: 002349381X. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Contents clean.

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STATION PLANS OF THE SCARBOROUGH-WHITBY-SALTBURN & PICKERING-SEAMER BRANCHES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320364
1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red spiral bound paperwraps printed in landscape format. Large format. Slight wear to cover edges.

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TRAITE DES FONCTIONS ELLIPTIQUES ET DE LEURS APPLICATIONS
Written by G.H. Halphen.
Stock no. 1320363
Published by Gauthier-Villars. 1888. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Raised bands to spine. Text in French. Title roughly translates: Deals with elliptical functions and their applications. Part Two. Applications to mechanics, physics, geodesy, geometry and integral calculus. Book has been rebacked, with original leather spine laid down. Possibly new endpapers. Ex-lib. with a few stamp markings. Foxing.

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TRAITE DES FONCTIONS ELLIPTIQUES ET DE LEURS APPLICATIONS
Written by G.H. Halphen.
Stock no. 1320362
Published by Gauthier-Villars. 1886. Good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Raised bands to spine. Text in French. Title roughly translates: Deals with elliptical functions and their applications. Part One. Some scuffing and wear along cover edges; grubby marks to covers. Some chipping and loss to leather. Ex-lib. with usual stamp markings/bookplates etc. Contents are still very good. Small inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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THE PEEK-A-BOOS' HOLIDAY
Written by Tom Preston. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1320360
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine with gilt title. Delightful 'chubby' children illustrations! Edges are worn. Spine faded. Some damp marks and general grubbiness to covers. New endpapers. Pages are lightly browned but illustrations are bright. A little damp staining to some page edges.

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JAGUAR THE HISTORY OF A GREAT BRITISH CAR
Written by Andrew Whyte.
Stock no. 1320359
Published by Patrick Stephens. 2nd 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The detailed history of Jaguar and its cars. B/w photos. 2nd edition. Title to half-title and wrapper is: Jaguar The Definitive History of a Great British Car. ISBN: 0850597463. Spine slightly bumped. Price-cut wrapper is sunned to spine.

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M
Written by Peter Robb. Illustrated by Caravaggio.
Stock no. 1320358
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art forever. The author looks at the crisis in politics, religion, art and science as the seventeenth century began. Colour plates. ISBN: 0747545995. Spine bumped. A few small ink marks to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and creased at edges.

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THE RAILWAYS OF CRAVEN
Written by Donald Binns.
Stock no. 1821190
Published by Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902907433. Rear cover lightly scuffed. A few minor foxspots.

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THE FOREST OF BOLAND LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1320341
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. One day a mischievous leprechaun leads a band of followers in an attempt to break up the railway... Humour and excitement is captured with ingenious detail in BB's superb b/w illustrations and colour frontis. Blue pictorial boards. 127 pages. Spine slightly bumped with browning/foxing, small brown spot to front cover and some slight discolouration to rear cover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. A few small marks at page margins. Price-cut wrapper is chipped at edges with loss, grubby and foxed on rear panel.

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