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CHEPSTOW A POEM
Written by Edward Davies; Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2129636
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

1011 copies printed. Card wrap booklet. 19 pages. Staples to binding have rusted - some rust marks to spine.

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THE DESCRIPTION OF PEMBROKESHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
Written by George Owen.
Stock no. 2129629
Published by Chas. J. Clark; The Bedford Press; The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1892. Almost very good condition.

Complete in 4 parts, bound into three volumes. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Volume 1 (part 1 & 2) dated 1892. Volume 2 (part 3) dated 1906, volume 3 (part 4) dated 1936. Colour coat of arms plate before part 2. Contents page of volume 1 is torn with a little loss. Map of Penbrok is torn in two pieces, with other tears along folds. Some damage to page margins; chipping. Repairs to pages 257-318 - paper repairs and sewing; rebacked. Browning to pages; some foxing. Modern binding with new endpapers.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1945 - A NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2129624
Published by Daily Express. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Harrison printing with red endpapers. Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert flying in air on a bicycle with wings. Castle overlooking sea in background. Spine has been repaired with yellow cloth. 4.5" loss to bottom of original paper spine; quarter inch paper loss to top. Creasing to cover corners; some foxing and a few marks. What appear to be sticky glue marks to inside front cover and opposite on belongs to page. Name in ink in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Some page corner creases. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!!!

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ARTHUR MELVILLE
Written by Iain Gale. Illustrated by Arthur Melville.
Stock no. 2129564
Published by Atelier Books. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1873830041. SIGNED by author to title page. Bumping and wear to spine and corners.

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MARRIED TO A BEDOUIN
Written by Marguerite Van Geldermalsen.
Stock no. 2129561
Published by Virago Press. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. A fascinating account of life as a Bedouin in the late twentieth century, written by a Western woman. ISBN: 9781844082209. SIGNED by author to prelims. 19th printing of this edition.

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WYATT EARP A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGEND VOLUME II, PART 1: TOMBSTONE BEFORE THE EARPS
Written by Lee A. Silva; Susan Leiser Silva; et al.
Stock no. 2129560
Published by Graphic Publishers. 1st USA 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Introduction by Robert G. McCubbin. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780971471917. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner.

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WYATT EARP A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGEND VOLUME I: THE COWTOWN YEARS
Written by Lee A. Silva; Elmer Kelton; et al.
Stock no. 2129559
Published by Graphic Publishers. 1st USA 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Including The 'Buntline Special' Colt Controversy and the Evolution of the Gunfighter. Several introductions. ISBN: 0971471908. SIGNED by author, with lengthy inscription to previous owner to front endpaper.

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FOUR SEASONS: BEING THE FISHING DIARIES OF CHRISTOPHER YATES JUNE 1977 - MARCH 1981
Written by Christopher Yates.
Stock no. 2129556
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

SIGNED, Limited Edition to 1489 copies. Green covers with gilt title to spine and onlay to front cover. Includes an author signed bookplate to title page, photo of author in a print and a facsimile copy of authors hand drawn map, that was issued with the book. ISBN: 1899600035. Ths is a Binder's copy; SIGNED bookplate has been REMOVED from title page. Also does NOT include map or plate of author. This copy HAS been numbered: Copy No. 811, with 'Display' written over it.

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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.

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THE SAINT BRIDE BLUE
Written by Sybil Burr. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 2129550
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue covers. B/w illustrations. Marks to outer page edges. Cellophane has been put to cover the book - but has been stuck using sticky tape - so wrapper is stuck to book at pastedowns and edges. Some chipping at edges of cellophane.

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THE MOTOR FOR THE MILLION THE AUSTIN SEVEN 1922-1939
Written by R.J. Wyatt. Illustrated by Peter Huntley.
Stock no. 1817434
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0356014428. Verso of dustwrapper edge strengthened with clear tape which has left marks on the boards and is bleeding through to the front of the dustwrapper. Price-cut dustwrapper is also faded at spine.

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THE MAGIC OF MG
Written by Mike Allison.
Stock no. 1817432
Published by Dalton Watson. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/W photographs of all the models and most of the specialist coachwork show the development of the marque. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages. ISBN: 0901564095. Text block a little browned. Musty odour present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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