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THE CHARGE OF THE MOUSE BRIGADE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1329084
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition.

A retelling of the epic of the 600 (featuring mice). Small square format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. A limited edition of 100 signed copies with the addition of a slipcase and sheet music. ISBN: 0905478657. This is copy no. 24. Book itself is fine. SIGNED by the author and the illustrator to front free-endpaper. Slipcase is faded at opening edges.

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BIG BLOW: UNION PACIFIC'S SUPER TURBINES
Written by Harold Keekley.
Stock no. 1329041
Published by George R. Cockle And Associates. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Great Railroading Series. Large format yellow cardwraps. B/w photos of the locomotives throughout. 64 pages. Limited to 4000 numbered copies. ISBN: 0916160025. This is copy no. 2622. Laminate to corners of covers is lifting. Pale page edge browning.

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KATHLEEN HALE ARTIST ILLUSTRATOR
Written by Margaret Drabble. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1329002
Published by The Gekoski Galley; Frederick Warne. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Catalogue of 24 plates from the retrospective exhibition shown at the Gekoski Gallery. Includes a short biography of Hale. Grey cardwraps. Limited edition of 750 copies. ISBN: 0952716909. Some scuffing/rubbing to cover edges. Some faint foxing else contents clean.

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THE BOOK OF ALMONDSBURY
Written by Roy S. Walker.
Stock no. 1829210
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Almondsbury and its people to 1920. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Limited edition with list of subscribers to rear. ISBN: 0860232816. This is copy number 76. A nice copy. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and very lightly scuffed.

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LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.

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A TRIBUTE TO RIGBY ROAD WORKS BLACKPOOL VOLUME ONE 1922-1954
Written by John Woodman.
Stock no. 1828907
Published by Rigby Road Publishing. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

A personal reflection on a unique transport enterprise, still under public ownership. Limited edition. Matt pictorial boards. Oblong format. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. 195 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed. Text block and page edges lightly browned else contents clean.

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COLLECTED VERSE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828872
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the Chepstow historian. Limited to 100 copies of which 20 were signed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 112 pages. ISBN: 0950007994. SIGNED & dated by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Front endpaper lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean. Plain light grey dustwrapper is slightly grubby, lightly creased across top edge, and browned to spine.

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POEMS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828868
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 100 copies. Poems 1927-1987 by the Chepstow historian. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 68 pages. ISBN: 0906134382. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is pulled wide but binding is tight (most likely a binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, a few small marks to rear panel.

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SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828855
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Three pale foxspots to top front edge of spine. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly worn at horizontal edges.

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SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828853
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Minor mark to rear board. Base of spine lightly shelf worn. Pale foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, has some foxing to verso and flaps, lightly worn at horizontal edges with a few tiny closed tears (no loss).

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MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers. Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1828852
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1708, this edition limited to 100 copies 1978. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 95 pages. ISBN: 0906134021. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper with green titles is lightly edge-rubbed.

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THE UNFORTUNATE VALENTINE MORRIS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828851
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. Limited to 1000 copies. B/w illustrations. Valentine Morris was born in the island of Antigua in 1727 but lived for 30 years at the Piercefield, part of which is now Chepstow racecourse. Light scratch mark to front board (minor). Endpapers browned, minor foxing to text block and some page margins else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, a little grubby, a little worn at top of spine.

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