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THE MUTINY ON H.M.S. BOUNTY
Written by Donald A. Maxton.
Stock no. 1819658
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

A guide to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, films, articles, and music. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780786430642.

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EVERYDAY AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS
Written by William H. Crouse.
Stock no. 2133276
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. Circa 1952. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised Edition. Describes the manner in which the various components of the automobile operate and outlines in detail the various troubles that may occur and how they may be diagnosed and corrected. Brown cloth, yellow titles to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. 296 pages includes index. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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ELECTRICAL TROUBLE SHOOTING ON THE MOTOR CAR
Written by A.H. Packer.
Stock no. 2133271
Published by A.H. Packer. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

A Practical Book for the Shop Mechanic or Electrician. Simply Written and Supplemented with Questions and Answers to Make it Suitable Either for Self Instruction or For Use in Automotive Trade Schools. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Numerous b/w diagrams. 493 pages includes index. Cover edges worn. Slight damage to edges of front endpapers and nick to vertical edge of next two pages. Contents very lightly browned else clean. Hinges slightly pulled but binding tight. Address label to rear pastedown.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1819653
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Covers rubbed, creased, foxed and worn. Rubbing to top & tail of spine with very slight loss. NOT price-cut. Name in belongs to box. Inside covers and text block grubby. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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MAINLY SCOTTISH STEAM
Written by Thomas Middlemass.
Stock no. 1819651
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Informative and pleasantly nostalgic. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 071536328X. SIGNED (Best Wishes) by the author to free front endpaper. Lower corners of boards and front vertical edge bumped. Endpapers browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

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FARM YARD PUPPIES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819647
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1911. Good condition.

Chappie takes his friend Chips on a tour of the Farm Yard. Grey pictorial cloth with orange titles. Front cover shows the dogs and a sleeping pig. Colour & b/w illustrations. Pictorial boards faded and dampstained. New endpapers. Foxing throughout and grubby marks to content.s Chapter headers have been coloured in with paints which have imprinted on facing blank page.

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THE RED PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819646
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Green/grey cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show the red puppy with white bow and red title to front. 12 colour plates. The adventures of a cheeky puppy! Boards edge-rubbed and worn at corners, a few marks. Front joint cracked but binding holding. Crossed out inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Light foxing and light marks to contents, illustrations bright.

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HANDLEY CROSS OR MR JORROCKS'S HUNT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819645
Published by Edward Arnold. Almost very good condition.

Some of Aldin's best work went into this, one of his favourite books. Two volumes. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates in each volume plus numerous text illustrations. Top edges gilt. Both volumes dampstained, a little marked, and faded to spine. Corners bumped. Tissue-guard between frontis and title page missing to volume II. Hinges pulled. Minor foxing to text block. A few grubby marks and minor foxing to contents. All plates present.

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JERRY THE STORY OF AN EXMOOR PONY
Written by Eleanor Helme; Nance Paul. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819642
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1930. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. Black title to spine. B/w drawings. Two-tone frontispiece. Map to endpapers. Second Impression. Spine faded, covers lightly marked. Foxing to endpapers and a little to text block. First and last hinge cracked. Name in ink to top edge of first blank pate. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few light marks to contents.

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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 7
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819640
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Tank Engines Classes A5 to H2. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115134. Light creasing to laminate, laminate to spine a little bubbled. Small crease top top corners. Else contents clean.

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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 11
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819625
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1994. Fine condition.

Supplementary Information. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115800.

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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 9B
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819623
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tank Engines - Classes Q1 to Z5. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 090111541X. A nice, clean copy.

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