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HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN TIGER AVON SPORTS CAR FOR ROAD & TRACK (SPEEDPRO SERIES)
Written by Jim Dudley.
Stock no. 1827977
Published by Veloce Publishing Limited. 2nd 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Updated & Revised Second Edition. Build your own two-seater Tiger Avon sportscar for road or race track within your budget. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos and diagrams. ISBN: 190478822X. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents clean.

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CAMBRIDGE AT WAR: THE DIARY OF JACK OVERHILL 1939-1945
Written by Jack Overhill; Peter Searby.
Stock no. 1827975
Published by Cambridgeshire Records Society. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Cambridgeshire Records Society volume 19. This volumes contains the entries for 1939 to 1945 in Jack Overhill's gigantic diary (it comprises twenty-five books of typescript), which he began in 1932 when he was 29, and ended shortly before his death in 1989. A detailed and striking portrait of Cambridge in the Second World War, from the viewpoint of a quarrelsome pacifist. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780904323214. Covers lightly browned and a little grubby. Edges rubbed and worn, top front corner creased. Contents clean.

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MYSTERY CATS OF THE WORLD
Written by Karl P.N. Shuker.
Stock no. 1827974
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From Blue Tigers to Exmoor Beasts. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photographs. 256 pages including index. A fascinating book. ISBN: 0709037066. Foxing to text block. Front endpaper removed. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE CONJUROR'S BOX
Written by Ann Lawrence. Illustrated by Brian Alldridge.
Stock no. 1827973
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A strange and exciting story full of colour, magic and humour. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0722668066. Boards clean. A few marks to text block and endpapers. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners, sticky patch to rear panel.

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THE TONGHAM RAILWAY
Written by Peter A. Harding.
Stock no. 1827972
Published by Peter A. Harding. 2019. Very good condition.

Yellow cardwraps. B/w photos. 32 pages. ISBN: 9780952345800. Reprint. Barcode label and the remains of a label to rear cover. Else a nice, clean copy.

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BEYOND THE WALL OF TEARS
Written by K. Martin Aul. Illustrated by Susan Van Camp.
Stock no. 1827971
Published by Flying Buffalo Inc.. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

A solitaire adventure for Tunnels and Trolls No. 18. This is an outdoor adventure through a strange and often terrifying nightmare land. It is for any character type and level. Only one adventurer is allowed at a time. Tunnels & Trolls rules are needed to play. Blue cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 0940244187. Spine is a little rubbed, pale foxing to covers, rear cover a little grubby also. Some foxing present to contents, mainly affecting text block. Else contents clean.

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MIDLAND ENGINEMAN
Written by Horace Mann; F.G. Cockman.
Stock no. 1827970
1st 1981. Very good condition.

The story of a man, Horace Mann, who loved steam locomotives and devoted his life to cleaning, firing and driving them. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 40 pages. ISBN: 0950787205. Covers are scuffed, creased at spine edge and lightly rubbed to corners. Contents clean.

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THE NEVERENDING STORY
Written by Michael Ende. Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg.
Stock no. 1827969
Published by Allen Lane. 1st USA 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

First published in German in 1979. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Marble effect endpapers. Full-page illustration of the first letter of each chapter. Green and pink text. A wonderful fantasy story about a magical kingdom. ISBN: 0713915099. Spine & corners bumped. Slight fading to spine. Heavy knock to lower edge of rear board. Text block browned and a little grubby. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small biro (name?) in ink to front flap, is edge-rubbed and worn with a few closed tears and minor chips, is faded to spine and a little grubby.

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ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Clarissa Cridland. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1827968
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2006. Very good condition.

"For this GGBP edition we have used the text of the original hardback edition. It contained a great many apparent errors, and the appendix explains how we dealt with them. We hope we have not added any new ones". Pictorial cardwraps. Introduction by Clarissa Cridland. 191 pages. ISBN: 1904417930. Light crease to top corners of covers and contents lead to slight bowing at top corner. Front hinge pulled but binding tight. Contents clean. Rear cover is a little scuffed with light rubbing to lower corner.

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THAT'S JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Rodney Sutton.
Stock no. 1827967
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt titles to spine. Last of the Jennings books. Incorrect ISBN 0333611330 printed on publisher information page in some books. 121 pages. ISBN: 0333617932. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. School stamp (Kircubbin Primary School) to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, red title to spine has faded to pink, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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OGHAM AND COELBREN: MYSTIC SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE CELTIC DRUIDS
Written by Nigel Pennick.
Stock no. 1827966
Published by Capall Bann Publishing. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book explores the "Wattles and Branches" of the Celtic tree alphabets and the tree-lore of the British Isles. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1861631022. A few minor speckles to text block. Top corner crease to a few pages. Else clean.

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PUFF (TIMBUCTOO SERIES)
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 1827965
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

A story in the life of Puff - a sort of Panda from Timbuctoo! Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340238836. Covers lightly browned. Edges very lightly rubbed. Light creasing to rear cover. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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