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NODDY GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1713434
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 6: Pink pictorial boards, rounded spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners bumped. Very edge of bottom of front cover stained. Wrapper torn and creased with a little loss.

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NODDY GETS INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 1713432
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy book 8. Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Belongs to box completed in ink. Covers edge worn. Wrapper torn and grubby with patch of loss to top of front panel and some surface damage.

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SHAKESPEARE AND HIS BIRTHPLACE
Written by Emma Marshall.
Stock no. 1810858
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

Oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles, bevelled edges. Colour & b/w illustrations. A few marks to contents. Front endpaper torn at gutter edge with no loss. Hinges pulled, rear hinge messy with creasing to rear endpaper and small chips to edges.

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THE BLACK THUMB MYSTERY
Written by Bruce Campbell.
Stock no. 1713416
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Ken Holt mystery for Boys. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. B/w frontis. Top edge yellow. Wrapper edge-chipped with some creasing.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE GREEN FLAME
Written by Bruce Campbell.
Stock no. 1713407
Published by World Distributors (manchester) Ltd. 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Ken Holt Mystery for Boys. B/w frontis. The tenth book in the series. Wrapper edge-worn with a couple of chips.

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PATIENCE
Written by P. Francis Grant.
Stock no. 1504210
Published by Geoffrey Bles. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Small format. Red cloth. 20 new and original games including The Anchor, Rainbow, Grand National, Noak's Ark etc. 63 pages. Cloth a little rippled on rear cover. One hinge cracked. Some browning to joints and a few fox spots to endpapers. Dustwrapper is browned, especially front panel. Edge worn with a few chips, creases and marks. Name in pen to top of front flap.

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WHEN I WAS BORN
Written by Edward Shirley. Illustrated by Beryl Reid.
Stock no. 1314430
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1920. Good condition.

The Jingle Books No. 7. Large format. Red cloth spine. 8 tipped-in colour plates. Binding has been professionally reinforced, new endpapers as well. Corners worn. Inscription in ink to half-title. Plates all present and in fine condition. Some light colouring to the b/w illustrations. There is light foxing and grubby fingermarks to the pages.

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THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN
Written by William Cowper. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314423
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Small, square format. (5.5 x 4.5"). Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Slight discolouration to rear cover. Browning and foxing to prelims and last few pages. Contents clean. Also comes with a letter from the publishers confirming that only 4 titles of these small size Caldecott books were printed.

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MY ALPHABET BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314421
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations for each letter of the alphabet throughout (2 per letter per page). "K is for Keys, K is for Kingfisher" Covers a little bit grubby. Slight wear to spine and corners. Finger creases and light marks to page edges but generally clean.

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THREE-POINTED STAR: THE STORY OF MERCEDES-BENZ CARS AND THEIR RACING SUCCESSES
Written by David Scott-Moncrieff; St. John C. Nixon; Clarence Paget.
Stock no. 1810823
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of the rise of Mercedes-Benz begins in the middle of the 19th century with the early years of two great motoring pioneers, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 360 pages including index. Vertical crease to spine where the book has been read. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block a little grubby but contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-chipped with fading and large amount of loss to spine (see photo) - tape repair now yellowed to verso, grubby to rear panel.

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MCDOUGALL'S ALEXANDRA READERS - THE PRIMARY READER
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Brown; et al..
Stock no. 1314418
Published by McDougall's Educational Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles. 128 pages. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is lightly marked. Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins otherwise contents clean.

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MERCEDES IN MOTORSPORT: PIONEERS TO PERFECTION
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1810816
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A factual account of the Mercedes motorsport story, spiced with fascinating anecdotes and recollections from many personalities who over the years have played key roles in the competition programme of the famous Three-Pointed Star. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 185960658X. Dint to lower edge of boards, front and rear (dropped?). Contents clean. Light scuffing to dustwrapper.

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