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OUR EXPLOITS AT WEST POLEY
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1331189
Published by Oxford University Press. 1979. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Hardy's only story seriously intended for a young audience. Exploring Nick's Pocket, a cave in the Mendips, Leonard and his cousin Steve find a mysterious subterranean stream... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engraving illustrations. x and 77 pages. ISBN: 0192745271. Some light scuffing to spine edge of front cover. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is bright.

THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF TREES
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by S.R. Badmin.
Stock no. 1331173
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears at corners. Mark to front panel of wrapper. Last title listed on rear flap is this one.

GREAT INVENTIONS
Written by Richard Bowood. Illustrated by Robert Ayton.
Stock no. 1331170
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 601. Illustrated buff boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Small dot to rear cover. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and grubby to rear panel. Last title listed on rear flap is The story of the Motor Car.

THE STORY OF RAILWAYS
Written by Richard Bowood. Illustrated by Robert Ayton.
Stock no. 1331169
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 601. Illustrated buff boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and has 'PP' written in ink (and a small ink blot) to rear panel. Last title on rear flap is this one.

THE STORY OF THE MOTOR CAR
Written by David Carey. Illustrated by Robert Ayton.
Stock no. 1331168
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 601. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Tiny compass pin hole to front cover. A few small brown marks to page edges and pencil erasure marks to front free-endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn with a small tear to lower corner of rear panel and has pin holes to front panel. Last title listed on rear flap is this one.

THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF LONDON
Written by John Lewesdon. Illustrated by John Berry.
Stock no. 1331167
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 618. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Small brown mark to front cover, and pale mark to rear. Contents fine. Brown marks and foxing to wrapper, rear panel is a little grubby and sun is slightly sunned. No titles listed on rear flap.

THE STORY OF NELSON
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1331161
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light brown spots to rear cover (transferred from dustwrapper). A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn has '105' written in blue crayon to top edge of front panel and has brown marks to rear panel. Last title listed on rear flap is David Livingstone.

THE STORY OF HENRY V
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1331160
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper has a light circular drinks mark to front panel (more obvious on verso) and is slightly edge worn. Last title on rear flap is this one.

THE STORY OF FLIGHT
Written by Richard Bowood. Illustrated by Robert Ayton.
Stock no. 1331159
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 601. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, mark to rear panel. Last title listed on rear flap is The story of the Motor Car.

THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES
Written by D.L. Joiner.
Stock no. 1331158
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 584. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. (Front cover shows train coming from the right side). First page shows 'Britannia' and 'Duke of Gloucester'. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with slight browning. A few foxspots else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears.

BY PIKE AND DYKE
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1331156
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates and 4 maps. Blue pictorial cloth with white titles. 384 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Half title-page is part detached at lower margin, hinge cracked showing webbing beneath. Endpapers browned. Some foxing.

WITH WOLFE IN CANADA OR THE WINNING OF A CONTINENT
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1331155
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. 384 pages plus 32 page publication list. Olivine edges. 12 b/w plates. Prelims are detached (up to title-page). 2 plates are MISSING. Some marks to textblock and page margins. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Cloth scuffed, small mark to lower edge of front cover.