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LAMBERT'S RAILWAY MISCELLANY
Written by Anthony Lambert.
Stock no. 1809957
Published by Ebury Press. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Stories, facts and titbits from the age of steam to the present day. Red glazed boards. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9780091937713. Dusterapper is lightly worn at corners and has a tiny patch of surface paper loss to front flap fold.

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TOOLS OF TERROR LIGHT WEAPONS AND INDIA'S SECURITY
Written by Tara Kartha.
Stock no. 2115195
Published by Knowledge World. 1999. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Introduction by Jasjit Singh. ISBN: 8186019154. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks; couple repaired with tape.

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CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2115149
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 2115142
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Billy Bunter book no. 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Some light browning to cover edges. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; 1" piece of loss to base of spine; grubby.

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HISTORY OF THE FIFTEENTH CANADIAN FIELD REGIMENT
Written by Robert A. Spencer.
Stock no. 2115140
Published by Elsevier. 1st 1945. Good condition.

Royal Canadian Artillery 1941-1945. Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Fold-out maps to front and back. B/w photos. Book is damp marked to pages and covers. Ink stamps to prelims; couple of page tears. Page browning. A working copy.

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THE NURSERY SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2115129
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Small format. 6 colour plates plus cover by Dulac. B/w drawings (illustrator not named). 5.5 x 5.4". Colour pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Edge wear. Foxing to outer page edges. All plates present.

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THE LIVING THINGS AROUND US: BIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS BOOK I
Written by T.J.S. Rowland.
Stock no. 1809891
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Based on Living Things for Lively Youngsters, and More Living Things for Lively Youngsters. Green pictorial limp cloth covers. B/w text illustrations. 144 pages. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Michael Hornby. Illustrated by Kuniro Fukazawa; Jiro Mizuno; Kei Wakana.
Stock no. 1809881
Published by Paul Hamlyn. 1st thus 1968. Slightly better than very good condition.

Includes Puss In Boots; Little Red Riding Hood, Brother and Sister. Orange glazed pictorial boards with yellow titles. Printed on thick card. Colour illustrations. 48 pages.

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SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1314121
Published by Weathervane Books. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth cover, with gilt title to cover and spine. Colour frontis piece. Many full page colour prints. Decorations to all text. Unpaginated. 11 x 9". Some slight browning to cover edges. Light musty smell (cigarettes?) to contents and a light damp stain affecting top page corner tips of some pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips/tears but no loss.

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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1314108
Published by Cassell. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinge between frontis and title-page is just starting to crack. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a large tear to rear panel which is also grubby.

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A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS
Written by Beverley Nichols. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1314096
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 16 superb colour plates. Poems that are 'the very essence of the British spirit' selected and introduced by Nichols. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers very slightly browned. Some slight page edge browning and a few fingermarks to margins else contents clean. Very scarce original blue dustwrapper (with green titles) is a bit grubby and edge worn.

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THE WHITE DRAGON
Written by Logi Southby. Illustrated by Logi Southby.
Stock no. 1314095
Published by Rich & Cowan Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Very large, heavy format (12.25 x 9.75"). 265 pages. 10 colour plates (printed on brown paper) plus colour illustrations at the beginning and end of each chapter. Inside the book the publisher is listed as The Griffon Press Ltd. An extra set of the 10 colour plates are contained in an envelope at the back of the book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light scuff(?) marks to covers. Light foxing to contents else contents clean. Only 4 of the 10 plates remain in the envelope at the back of the book.

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