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NURSERY RHYMES PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Norman T. Stephenson.
Stock no. 1314416
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Black cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers edge rubbed, corners very slightly worn. Contents pulled at top staple but still firmly attached. Some light foxing.

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THE AUTOCOURSE HISTORY OF THE GRAND PRIX CAR 1966-1985
Written by Doug Nye.
Stock no. 1810811
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the technicalities, triumphs and triublations behind the design and development of the Grand Prix car. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 264 pages. ISBN: 0905138376. Corners lightly bumped. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-creased to top edge of rear panel with a couple of small closed tears (no loss), some light scuffing.

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THE BABY'S OPERA
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1314407
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1877. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Black endpapers. Colour illustrations and text decorations printed by Edmund Evans. Spine bumped. Corners worn with slight loss to lower front corner. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314401
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1919. Very good condition.

Contains the Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack built; An Elegy on the Death Of A Mad Dog and The Babes In The Wood. Large, square format. Cream pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Sepia line drawings. Spine slightly bumped. Cream cloth is ever so slightly grubby. There is a tiny nick to top edge of rear cover. Rear free-endpaper is creased. Front joint is just starting to crack. There is some very light fingering to page margins. This is a nice, attractive copy.

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MONTMORENCY AND THE ASSASSINS
Written by Eleanor Updale.
Stock no. 2116502
Published by Scholastic Press. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Third adventure in the series. ISBN: 0439963753. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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MONTMORENCY'S REVENGE
Written by Eleanor Updale.
Stock no. 2116501
Published by Scholastic Press. 1st 2006. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The fourth Montmorency adventure. ISBN: 9780439950657. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small marks.

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CATHEDRALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2116479
Published by Great Western Railway Company. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Card wraps. With 74 illustrations by photographic reproductions and 74 drawings. 1" tear to base of spine. Cover edges are browned and creased. Foxing throughout. Wrapper is unevenly browned and foxed, with tears and chips; some bits of loss along edges.

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Walter Paget.
Stock no. 2116470
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

A story of escape from Siberia. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. 8 b/w plates plus a map of Russia. 352 pages plus 32 page booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping/fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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CLOCK THIS MY LIFE AS AN INVENTOR
Written by Trevor Baylis.
Stock no. 2116467
Published by Headline. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The incredible story of the man who invented the award-winning clockwork radio, the stunningly simple idea that has revolutionised the lives of millions. ISBN: 0747277567. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few grubby marks.

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MODERN BOY No. 40 NOVEMBER 19TH 1938
Written by W.E. Johns; Murray Roberts; et al.
Stock no. 1403765
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Weekly magazine, paperwraps. Contains an installment of Biggles' Rescue Flight. Staples a little rusty. Spine torn at top and bottom. Contents detached from covers. Writing in pencil to top of front cover. Some marks to covers. Pages browned.

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PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1403761
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED with dedication to front endpaper. Light grubby mark to text block edge. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with light fading at folds.

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VANWALL 2.5 LITRE F1: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1810780
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The definitive Vanwall arrived in 1956, a British Racing Green car capable of beating the best of the reds. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour and b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 085429838X. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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