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NODDY AND THE MAGIC RUBBER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 2118911
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 9. Orange pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box and some ink annotation/underlining to title page. Wrapper is creased with fading to spine and a couple of edges; some tears with tape repairs; a little loss.

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NODDY GETS INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 2118910
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy book no. 8. Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0361005083. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box; some ink marks to title page. Contents are still nice and bright. Wrapper has bottom half of spine torn! There are also edge-tears and chips, with smaller amounts of loss to rest of wrapper.

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SMILE-A-WHILE
Written by Angel Davis. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson.
Stock no. 1315201
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1918. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream front board with colour illustration of an elephant reading a book. Spine and rear cover are white. 77 pages. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations throughout. A book of verse for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A nice copy.

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GAME THEORY
Written by Guillermo Owen.
Stock no. 2118867
Published by Academic Press. 2nd 1982. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Second edition. ISBN: 0125311508. Still in original shrink wrap - unopened!

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1315197
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey/green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 12 pastoral colour plates capture the spirit of this well-loved book. B/w text illustrations. Grey/green pictorial endpapers. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are sunned, light scratch mark to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, light foxing to textblock and heavier foxspots to prelims. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with damp stains to sides of spine, 2" loss to top of spine and a small patch of loss to centre of rear panel.

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RESOLUTION OF SINGULARITIES OF EMBEDDED ALGEBRAIC SURFACES
Written by Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar.
Stock no. 2118857
Published by Academic Press. Circa 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pure and Applied Mathematics; A Series of Monographs and Textbooks. This book will be valuable as an introduction to certain fundamental aspects of algebraic geometry. The primary aim of the monograph is to give a self-contained exposition of Zariski's famous memoir. A secondary aim is to partially expand some of the results to nonzero characteristic. A basic knowledge of commutative algebra is the only prerequisite for understanding the book. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks.

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RAILS TO KYLE OF LOCHALSH THE STORY OF THE DINGWALL AND SKYE RAILWAY
Written by David McConnell.
Stock no. 2118833
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 340 Pages. ISBN: 0853615136. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with ever such slight fading to spine.

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A CENTURY OF RAILWAYS
Written by Peter W.B. Semmens.
Stock no. 2118811
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, oblong format. Colour and b/w photos. Through the pages of 'Railway Magazine' and paintings from members of the Guild of Railway Artists. Includes the 100-year history of 'Railway Magazine' by Peter W.B. Semmens. ISBN: 0860935353. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears/nicks to corners; fade marks to a few edges.

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A LIFETIME IN STEAM
Written by John Procter.
Stock no. 2118806
Published by Book Law Publications. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos, minimal text. ISBN: 9781907094699. Light bumping along cover edges. Small dot sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning; one repaired tear to top of spine; a little chipping. Another closed repaired tear to rear panel.

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WESTERN REGION STEAM TWILIGHT PART ONE
Written by Colin Walker.
Stock no. 2118787
Published by Pendyke Publications. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904318176. Light bumping. A few white marks to covers. Page edge browning, else contents are still excellent! Wrapper has small corner cut off front flap; some browning; edge-creasing; closed tear to top of spine, repaired with tape.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 26
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; et al. Illustrated by Alice Havers; Walter Paget; et al..
Stock no. 1315182
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1888. Almost very good condition.

Issues 609 to 631 bound together and including "The House of Surprises" by L.T.Meade bound in at the back "being the Little Folks Annual for 1888" which includes a colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt. 2 other colour plates. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. Some foxing.

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THE ABC PICTURE BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1505184
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Cosy Corner Picture Book. Illustrated alphabets and some numbers. Green cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two children reading a book, 10 x 7.5". Illustrated endpapers. 2 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a bit grubby. Ink inscription to verso of frontis. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean. Book has slight musty smell.

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