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RUPERT ANNUAL 1959 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830089
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2007. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Reproduction. Front cover shows Rupert holding a beach ball. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405232654. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 09093 of 10000. Contained in blue slipcase with very slight scuffing to bottom.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830088
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 11,000 copies. Reproduction of the 1955 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 02575 of 11000. Contained in blue slipcase which is lightly scuffed along the bottom.

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THE HOUSE OF SILK
Written by Anthony Horowitz.
Stock no. 1830086
Published by Orion Books. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The new Sherlock Holmes novel. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Ribbon page marker. Red endpapers. 294 pages. ISBN: 9781409133827. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Text block browned with some light foxing. Page marker starting to fray. Black dustwrapper is rubbed and scuffed, a few marks to front panel.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; Richard Le Gallienne. Illustrated by Edmund H. New.
Stock no. 1830085
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1897. Good condition.

Edited, with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne. Green cloth, dark green titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Page edges untrimmed. lxxxiv and 427 pages plus The Anglers' Calendar complied by HI Regan to rear. Cloth edges of spine split. Boards unevenly faded to rear and a little grubby. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Front endpaper has been removed. Name in ink to half-title page. A few grubby marks and fox-spots to contents.

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LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF FRIDTJOF NANSEN
Written by J. Arthur Bain.
Stock no. 1830084
Published by Walter Scott Ltd.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

New edition revised and considerably enlarged. Fridtjof Nansen was a Scandinavian Arctic explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos. xix and 449 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Board edges rubbed, worn and frayed at corners. Prize plate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Some grubby marks to contents.

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ORWELL'S LONDON
Written by John Thompson. Illustrated by Philippa Scoones.
Stock no. 1830083
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

George Orwell knew London intimately and over a span of thirty years: from his excited schoolboy visits to the family flat in the early 1920s, to his deathbed marriage in a London hospital in 1949. This book traces two paths - that of Orwell's life in London and that of his characters'. Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. vi and 120 pages including index. ISBN: 0947795006. A nice copy. Grey dustwrapper is browned to spine and across top edges, small closed tear repaired with clear tape to verso at top rear edge of spine, light scuffing.

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THE ISLAND GARDEN: ENGLAND'S LANGUAGE OF NATION FROM GILDAS TO MARVELL
Written by Lynn Staley.
Stock no. 1830082
Published by University Of Notre Dame Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern series. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour & b/w photos. x and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780268041403. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ORCOP: THE STORY OF A HEREFORDSHIRE VILLAGE FROM PRE-HISTORY TO PRESENT TIMES
Written by Delphine Coleman.
Stock no. 1830081
Published by Self Publishing Association Ltd.. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The small Herefordshire village of Orcop, with its scattered farms and cottages, is rimmed by a ring of hills which have, for centuries, served to isolate it from the world around. A fascinating amalgram of events and personalities that over the centuries combined to create the Orcop of today. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. 304 pages. ISBN: 1854211943. Top edge of text block is lightly browned with minor foxing. Else a lovely clean copy. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES: THE FINAL PART OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by L.T.C. Rolt.
Stock no. 1830080
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The third and final volume of L.T.C. Rolt's autobiography. L.T.C. Rolt's fame rests on the fact that he was unique in producing works of literature from subject matter which has not before his time, been considered the stuff of literature - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery, and vintage cars. This volume was published posthumously and is a fitting tribute to the man who, through his appreciation of the 'aesthetics of technology', could be said to have given a literary shape to the Industrial Revolution. Black cloth baords, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 246 pages. ISBN: 0862999987. Slight slant to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and top of rear panel (minimal) and is lightly scuffed.

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LINCOLN'S NAVY: THE SHIPS, MEN AND ORGANIZATION 1861-65
Written by Donald L. Canney.
Stock no. 1329969
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to the highly acclaimed 'Nelson's Navy' and 'The Confederate Navy'. Large format. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0851776698. Minor fading to base of spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has a scuff to both fold edges, rear panel is lightly browned and has previous bookseller's price label, lightly scuffed.

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FERRARI
Written by Hans Tanner; Doug Nye.
Stock no. 1329968
Published by Book Club Associates. 6th 1985. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

6th edition. Red cloth, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Spine lightly cocked, corners lightly rubbed. Text block just slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, has tape to corners, is slightly faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS STANDARD PACIFICS
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1329962
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 189 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781912101764. A couple of very pale marks to covers (dust marks?). Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed.

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