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MEMORIES OF CARP
Written by Tim Paisley; et al.
Stock no. 1327503
Published by Angling Publications. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of wonderful angling stories. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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CASSIEN.... AND BEYOND
Written by Steve Briggs.
Stock no. 1327502
Published by Freebird Publishing. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Success in Cassien opened up a whole new world of possibilities and Steve was quick to grasp the opportunity to travel around the world and to other great waters in search of big carp. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 365 pages. Packed full of colour photos. ISBN: 9780956249715. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE COMPLETE CARP ANGLER
Written by Andy Little; Jan Wenczka; Chris Ball.
Stock no. 1327501
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A practical book with some general chapters on tackle, rigs and baits, and other more specialist chapters on the likes of winter fishing, conservation and continental carping. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages. B/w photos throughout, some colour photos to the centre of the book. ISBN: 1852236906. Spine and corners bumped. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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FINE LINES
Written by Dave Lane.
Stock no. 1327500
Published by Mpress (media) Limited. 1st 2017. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors experiences of travelling the land in search of monster carp. Black boards, silver titles. 463 pages. Full of colour photos. ISBN: 9780995563032. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased and has a small tear to top corner on rear panel.

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HOW'S YOUR LUCK?
Written by Micky Gray.
Stock no. 1327499
Published by M Press (media) Ltd.. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Micky's story of the last ten years of his angling life and his quest to catch the magnificent Leney carp. Green boards, gilt titles. 389 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780993170423. Slight bumping to spine else a super copy. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top edges.

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WINGS ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
Written by Alex Henshaw.
Stock no. 1827793
Published by Cirrus Associates. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Postwar flying in Africa in the 1940s. A fascinating glimpse of the last days of relative freedom in the air overseas, before stricter regulations and universal air traffic control virtually closed the doors to the intrepid long-distance non-radio pilot. Sequel to 'The Flight of the Mew Gull' and 'Sigh for a Merlin'. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 1902807197. Boards ligthly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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THE NORTH WALES QUARRY HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE QUARRYMEN
Written by Edward Davies.
Stock no. 1827792
Published by Gwynedd Archive Services. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The quarry hospitals of Dinorwig, Bethesda and Ffestiniog. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0901337838. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor mark to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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GREENWITCH
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1827791
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The third book of The Dark is Rising series. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 147 pages. ISBN: 0701150483. Light browning to base of spine. Light vertical crease to spine. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, minor blue mark to spine, narrow band of fading at spine edge of front panel (vertically).

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CAROLINE CANTERS HOME
Written by Caroline Arkill. Illustrated by Elizabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1827790
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pony story. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 034021385X. A few minor foxspots to text block and endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, grubby to rear panel, lightly edge-worn.

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THE BALLET TWINS
Written by Jean Estoril; Mabel Esther Allan. Illustrated by Lucy Su.
Stock no. 1827789
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Originally published as 'We Danced in Bloomsbury Square'. Debbie and Dorrie share a determination to be ballerinas... by the author of the Drina books. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356168042. SIGNED with personal gift inscription and dated by the author to front endpaper. Boards lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents browned.

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A PASSION FOR PLANTS: THE TRESEDERS OF TRURO
Written by Suzanne Treseder.
Stock no. 1827788
Published by Alison Hodge. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the Treseder family's passion for plants and of six generations of Treseders who were nurserymen for over 150 years. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780906720370. Light bumping to board corners. Minor foxing to text block and gutter edge of endpapers. A few pages have pale brown foxspots.

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NINETEEN ACRES
Written by John Healy.
Stock no. 1827787
Published by Kennys Bookshops & Art Galleries Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the author's mother's family and how they lived, lvoed, fought and worked on, and for, nineteen acres of mixed land in Mayo, the battlefields of France, the Republican movement at home, or amid the sick of Brooklyn, New York. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0906312108. Spine faded, top & tail of spine more-so. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. A few minor marks and foxspots to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn at edges with loss to top of spine, and a few small closed tears.

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