2 GROUP R.A.F.: A COMPLETE HISTORY, 1936-1945
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1829886
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

No. 2 Group was formed in Bomber Command to support the Army. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 532 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571094910. Front hinge between half-title page and title page is pulled but binding tight and not broken. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ARTS OF THE JAPANESE SWORD
Written by B.W. Robinson.
Stock no. 1829612
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book is divided into two parts. The first, on Blades, traces the history of the Japanese sword from its origins to the present day, with a brief description of the forging processes, an epitome of nomenclature and expertise, an a concise account of the most important schools of Japanese swordsmiths. The second part, on Mounts, describes the fittings appropriate to the various types of Japanese sword,k explains the different materials and techniques employed, and enumerates the main schools and styles of sword-furniture makers. Red cloth boards, gilt title on black title block to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 110 pages including index plus photos. Small white mark to rear board else boards bright. Tape marks to endpapers. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lgithly edge-worn, repaired to rear flap fold with yellowed tape, rear panel a little grubby. Musty odour present.

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GRAHAM SUTHERLAND: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Roger Berthoud. Illustrated by Graham Sutherland.
Stock no. 1829595
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An authorised biography, showing the artist, Graham Sutherland, to be no less complex and fascinating as a man than as an artist. Green cloth boards, brown title block with gilt title to spine, brown title to front. B/w and a few colour photos and illustrations. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 0571118828. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Text block very slightly browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby.

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A TRAVELLER IN TIME
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Phyllis Bray.
Stock no. 1829499
Published by Faber & Faber. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Terracotta coloured cloth, blue title to spine. 331 pages. B/w illustrations. Seventh impression. Foxing to text block, endpapers and prelims. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners, lightly browned to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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COLLECTED STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1829491
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, in green title block. 400 pages, top edge green. B/w illustrations. Small mark to spine. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, browned to rear panel, small tear to front edge of spine, repaired to verso with tape which is now lost leaving tape marks.

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THE SECRET WORLD OF POLLY FLINT
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1329110
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Polly was a girl who saw things other people couldn't see and who saw immediately that there was something magic about the Wellow maypole... Orange boards, gilt titles. B/w drawings, some double-page spreads. 176 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571119395. Spine bumped. Evidence of erased pencil marking to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and slightly wrinkled.

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THE CURSE OF SALAMANDER STREET
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1328803
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to Shadowmancer. Colourful, dramatic, relentless, accessible to children and more frightening for their parents. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780571228737. SIGNED by the author to title-page (dedicated to Johnny(?)). Spine and corners bumped. Pages lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is bright, just a tiny bit rubbed at edges.

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THE STORY OF THE LITTLE RED ENGINE
Written by Diana Ross. Illustrated by Leslie Wood.
Stock no. 1328723
Published by Faber & Faber. Circa 1945. Good condition.

Buff and red pictorial boards. Wonderful colour and b/w illustrations, some double page spreads. Oblong format, 7.25 x 9.5". Unpaginated. Spine is damaged with loss of title-strip. Corners are bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Front free-endpaper is missing. There is foxing throughout and a slight musty smell else contents clean.

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ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Written by R.W. Brunskill.
Stock no. 1828239
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is concerned with the architecture of the lesser houses - manor houses, farm-houses, cottages - and of barns, stables and mills, inns and shops, and early industrial buildings close to the domestic scale built according to local traditions. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and architectural drawings. ISBN: 0571086365. Light browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly faded to spine, light creasing to top horizontal edge.

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THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR VOLUME I TRIAL BY BATTLE
Written by Jonathan Sumption.
Stock no. 1828163
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

Softback Preview Edition. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1928, following up the war to the surrender of Calais in 1347. Pictorial cardwraps. xi and 659 pages including index. ISBN: 0571166970. Corenrs lightly creased. Edges rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Cotnents clean.

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SOUTH-WEST WALES A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Vyvyan Rees.
Stock no. 1827991
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1976. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. B/w photos. Part of Dyfed The Old Counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571048102. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE WILD CHERRY
Written by Diana Ross. Illustrated by Gri.
Stock no. 1325819
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories. Orange cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight darkening to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly marked, faded to spine and front edges.

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