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THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1405132
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners are bumped. Some marks to covers. Book leans slightly to one side. Small pieces missing from bottom of some pages and from come page corners. Foxing to page edges

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ROLLS-ROYCE IN AMERICA
Written by John Webb De Campi.
Stock no. 1811907
Published by Dalton Watson. 1st 1975. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nearly every different design of coachwork that was ever mounted in America on a Rolls-Royce chassis. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages. ISBN: 0901564141. SIGNED by the author 'with best wishes' to half-title page. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Contents clean. Last page (illustration index) almost detached from binding - rear hinge split at top. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine, a little scuffed.

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CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
Written by Lynn Gumpert. Illustrated by Christian Boltanski.
Stock no. 1811902
Published by Flammarion. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chritian Boltanski is one of France's best-known artists of the postwar generation and has developed a highly personal and often disconcerting oeuvre that challenges basic assumptions of what constitutes an artwork. Over 150 black-and-white and 5 colour illustrations that span the entire range of Boltanski['s production, materials and influences. Red boards, black title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 2080135597. Board edges lighlty bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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ISLAND BORN
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 1208282
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1921. Good condition.

A Tale of Hawaii. Grey cloth with orange borders and vignettes. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. All plates present. Covers soiled with white marks to rear. Spine bumped. Corners slightly bumped. Endpapers browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims, edge of textblock and some page margins.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1315642
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1918. Very good condition.

Beige cloth, red title, green borders. Pictorial onlay showing boy and girl sitting on roof-level window ledge. Green floral endpapers. Small format. 382 b/w text illustrations. 12 colour plates. Bumping to spine and corners. Some neat ink entries. Belongs to box filled in. Endpapers lightly browned. A few small foxspots. Contents generally clean.

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SURFACE ENGINEERING VOLUME III: PROCESS TECHNOLOGY AND SURFACE ANALYSIS
Written by P.K. Datta; J.S. Gray.
Stock no. 2120846
Published by Royal Society Of Chemistry. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed boards. B/w illustrations and tables. ISBN: 0851866859. Light bumping to spine. A little wear to corners.

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TODAY'S RAILWAYS REVIEW OF THE YEAR VOLUME 1
Written by Howard Johnston; Steven Knight.
Stock no. 2120831
Published by Platform 5. 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Review of Britain's railways in 1987. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 090657983X. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE MODERN SHOTGUN VOLUME I THE GUN
Written by Gerald Burrard.
Stock no. 2120825
Published by Herbert Jenkins. 1951. Almost very good condition.

Revised edition. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 242 pages. B/w diagrams and photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading to covers. A few marks. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE DIP BUCKET
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Joan Gale Thomas.
Stock no. 2120799
Published by University of London Press. 1st 1941. Good condition.

Orange cloth with black titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corner; a little fraying to cloth. Spine is faded with marks. Splash mark and some scuffing to covers. Partially erased inscription to front pastedown. Foxing.

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EYEWITNESSING THE USES OF IMAGES AS HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
Written by Peter Burke.
Stock no. 2120794
Published by Reaktion Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Grey boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1861890923. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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CHINA LEE
Written by Sue Limb.
Stock no. 2120791
Published by Orchard Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 1852130318. Light fade marks along top edges of covers. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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UBER DAS KOMBINATORISCHE PRODUKT VON VIER KOLLINEATIONEN IM RAUM UND DIE APOLARITAT KOLLINEARER VERWANDTSCHAFTEN AUF ALLEN STUFEN
Written by Friedrich Schreiter.
Stock no. 2120783
Published by Druckerei Christ & Herr. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Text in German. Title: On the combinatorial product of four collisions in space and the apolarity of collinear relations at all stages. Dissertation for the attainment of the doctor was to be cast at the philosophical faculty of the grand-ducal Hessian University of Ludwig. SIGNED by author to note loosely inserted. Some browning to cover edges. Initials in ink to top of front cover. Creasing to corners.

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