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FROM AN ACORN, THE TREE
Written by Harry Lewis.
Stock no. 1608341
c. 1949. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Bound with cord through spine. 44 pages. B/w photos. A history of the Wandsworth Gas Company. Special supplement to The Wandgas Magazine. Covers a little scuffed and darkened. Cover edges creased. Grubby mark to page 37.

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BENETTON FORD: A RACING PARTNERSHIP
Written by Phil Drackett.
Stock no. 1608332
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of one of the brightest and most promising names on the Formula 1 scene at the time of writing - the Benetton Ford motor racing team. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1852233745. Light crease to prelims. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper has small edge tear to top edge, repaired with tape on verso.

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AUTOCOURSE 1986-87
Written by Maurice Hamilton.
Stock no. 1608329
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 36th year. Foreword by Alain Prost. ISBN: 0905138449. Wrapper is slightly browned.

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THE GREAT BOOK OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM
Written by Diane Kelder. Illustrated by Edouard Manet; Claude Monet; Auguste Renoir; Edgar Degas; Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec; Paul Cezanne.
Stock no. 2122019
Published by Abbeville Press. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very large, heavy format - chunky volume (extra postage may be requested)! Some fold-out pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0896591514. Some foxing. A few marks to outer page edges. Illustrations are beautifully bright! Wrapper is faded to spine and edges; with a little edge-creasing.

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NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons. 1898. Almost very good condition.

With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.

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YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Baines; Edward Baines.
Stock no. 2121939
Published by William Mackenzie. Very good condition.

A History and Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering by Thomas Baines, Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire by Edward Baines. 2 volumes complete. Large format. Leather spine and corners. Some fading and wear to leather on spine and corners. Wear and a little chipping also along edges, with fading. Some foxing and margin marks.

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TOP OF THE HEAP
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 2121934
Published by Ant Belmont. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards; gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550506. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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NODDY'S NEW BIG BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2121903
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. Circa 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 7 in the series. Cloth spine. Front cover shows Noddy driving a train. First story is Here Comes the Toyland Train! Very early reprint. Small fade/damp mark to base of spine. Crease to top corner of front cover. Name in ink to belongs to box. Inscription in ink to title page. Foxing and a few other marks to outer page edges. Painting page has been completed with paints; some bleeding of colour across to next page. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and chipping; a few small tears and nicks; grubby marks and some damp marks.

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SIX AGAINST THE WORLD
Written by Brothers Grimm; Marcus Crouch. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 2121886
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories from the nursery and household tales of the Brothers Grimm in new versions by Crouch. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720711088. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks to corners; unevenly faded along edges.

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SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton. Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 2121875
Published by J. Skelton. Circa 1825. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Contemporary binding; Leather spine has raised bands and gilt title. Green covers. 56 b/w plates. Book has been rebound with leather spine, which has some fading and scuffing; wear to top and tail. Green covers, which have a few marks; top corner of front cover is bumped. New endpapers, which now have some browning/foxing. Original pages internally have foxing and some damp marking; chipping to edges of some pages.

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NODDY'S HOUSE OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2121856
Published by Sampson Low. Slightly better than very good condition.

Six small format paperwrap books contained in pictorial slipcase shaped like a house with opening door at front. B/w illustrations. The Tiny Noddy Books nos 1-6: A Tale of Little Noddy; Noddy Has More Adventures; Noddy Goes to the Seaside; Noddy has a Shock; Noddy Off to Rocking-Horse Land; Noddy and Big-Ears Have a Picnic. Each book is small format (3.5" x 3") with pictorial cardwraps, 36 b/w illustrations with text below. Books are in lovely condition; just some foxing to outer page edges and some light page browning. Contained in original - fragile 'box'; which has creasing; tear to top of box.

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TROUTING IN NORWAY
Written by E.F. Burton. Illustrated by F.N. Burton.
Stock no. 2121840
Published by Simpkin, Marshall And Company Limited. 1st 1897. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and fly-fish decoration to front cover. With illustrations from photographs by Lieut. F.N. Burton. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few small marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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