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CHEPSTOW STREET LITERATURE AND EPHEMERA
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1603670
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 140 copies. B/w illustrations. Revised edition. ISBN: 0906134412. Corners rubbed. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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PICTURE-BOOK WORLD
Written by Bettina Hurlimann; Brian W. Alderson.
Stock no. 1705877
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Modern picture-books for children from twenty-four countries with a bio-biographical supplement by Elizabeth Waldmann. Colour illustrations. 216 pages. Board edges worn with bumped corners. Ink stamps to prelims. Wrapper faded and grubby with edge-creasing and chipping.

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BIBLIOTHECA CESTRIENSIS
Written by John H. Cooke.
Stock no. 2106650
Published by Mackie & Co. Limited. 1904. Very good condition.

Or a biographical account of books, maps, plates and other printed matter relating to, printed or published in, or written by authors resident in the county of Chester. Illustrated with views of old halls in Cheshire. Compiled by Cooke. Large format. Limited to 200 copies. Some wear to covers; a little scuffing and bumping, damp marking to rear cover, with bad wear to top edge. Copy no. 100 (Royal quarto). Some grubby margin marks and a couple of pages have small nicks to edges.

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ENGINES OF INSTRUCTION MISCHIEF AND MAGIC
Written by Mary V. Jackson.
Stock no. 1801950
Published by Scolar Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Literature in England from its Beginnings to 1839. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 304 pages including index. ISBN: 0859678369. A clean copy in a black pictorial wrapper which is edge-worn and scuffed.

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A BIBLOGRAPHY OF ARCHERY
Written by Fred Lake; Hal Wright.
Stock no. 818696
Published by The Simon Archery Foundation. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Indexed Catalogue of 5,000 articles, books, films, manuscripts, periodicals and theses on the use of the bow for hunting, war and recreation from the earliest times to the present day. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 501 pages. ISBN: 0950319902. Wrapper is unevenly faded.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by R.T. Jenkins; William Rees.
Stock no. 630284
Published by University of Wales. 1931. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. xiv + 218 pages. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss, most of the spine has gone.

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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT LORD OF THE NURSERY
Written by Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 596566
Published by Oresko Books Ltd.. Circa 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905368037. A few marks and some uneven fading to covers. Contents are fine.

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BOOKSTORE PLANNING AND DESIGN
Written by Ken White.
Stock no. 595929
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0070698511. Wrapper has edge-tears with slight loss.

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CHILD'S EYE
Written by Gillian Avery.
Stock no. 594498
Published by Channel 4. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

A History of Children's Books Through Three Centuries. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1851440889. A couple of light marks to covers. Corners are lightly creased.

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PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 589966
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED by T.E. Schuster on front endpaper. A great copy!

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 585742
Published by University of Leicester. Circa 1970. Very good condition.

Commences with a list of material in the Institute of Education Library as at March 1960. Together with four supplements bringing the information up to date as at March 1973. Contained in card folder.

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