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SUTTON HOO AND ITS LANDSCAPE: THE CONTEXT OF MONUMENTS
Written by Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1830237
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The great barrow cemetery at Sutton Hoo in south east Suffolk is one of the most remarkable Anglo-Saxon sites in England. This book examines the context of the cemetery at two levels: within its immediate landscape; and as part of a wider cluster of places associated with the dynasty in south-east Suffolk. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, colour & b/w maps. vii and 154 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119257. Spine lightly faded. Else a lovely copy.

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ROLAND PENROSE: THE LIFE OF A SURREALIST
Written by James King.
Stock no. 1830234
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first biography of Roland Penrose, one of the great English-born practitioners of modernism in the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. B/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9781474414500. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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A TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR AND OTHER ESSAYS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330135
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An autobiographical collection of essays. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 142 pages. ISBN: 0571095216. Some ligth spotting to covers. Light foxing to textblock. A nice copy with a nice, complete dustwrapper.

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PLOWMEN'S CLOCKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330131
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, red title to spine. Superb illustrations. 132 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Water stain to lower corner of front cover. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above. Wrapper spine is a bit browned, minimal chipping at top and tail of spine.

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CARTS AND CANDLESTICKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330129
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful little book of joyful experiences in childhood and youth spent in the countryside. Distinctive b/w illustrations by Tunnicliffe evoke the atmosphere of days gone by. Green cloth, silver lettering and decorations on spine. 160 pages includes 4 pages of folk songs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly mottled. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, browning to spine and minimal loss to top and tail of spine.

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SIX TALES OF THE FOUR PIGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1330128
Published by Faber & Faber. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, blue title to spine and vignette of pigs to front. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. 5th impression. Fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and some preliminary pages. Inscription in ink and a name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a large closed tear to front panel, minimal loss to spine and corners.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT TO THE RESCUE A PLAY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1330126
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey pictorial boards, blue titles. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Blue text. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0001941135. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge worn and slightly grubby.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S SPRING-CLEANING PARTY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth.
Stock no. 1330125
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures throughout. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941313. Covers are edge rubbed else bright. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330124
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Browning to last (blank) page and to half title-page. Some very light fingering to pages and some of the hinges are slightly pulled. A nice copy of the second edition (published same year as first edition).

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THE WANDERINGS OF ODYSSEUS
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1330123
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Odyssey. Large format. Brown boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 071120862X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge creased and faded to spine.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; Nina K. Brisley; E. Dorothy Rees; et al..
Stock no. 1330122
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Good condition.

Front cover shows two babies playing with building bricks and an orange ball. 12 full-page colour illustrations with a short sentence of text below. 7 full pages of easy to read text. Spine and corners are worn, covers edge rubbed. Rear cover is slightly grubby. The binding has been repaired and the pages are now quite 'stiff' to open. There is paper damage to the margins of the last two pages (an illustration and text) but the illustration is not affected.

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SQUEAKER'S LONG LEGS
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1330121
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Good condition.

The story of Squeaker the jolly little pig and his adventures with his stilts. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 63 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and foxed. Light foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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