GLOUCESTERSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Anthony West; David Verey.
Stock no. 1830636
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Revised by David Verey. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, colour map to rear. 64 pages plus map to rear. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, split to rear edge of spine repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel a little grubby.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by David Verey.
Stock no. 1830482
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition, completely rewritten with a very much longer introductory essay and a few impressions of Bristol. An invaluable companion for those who set out to discover Gloucestershire in all its variety. Brown cloth boards, blue title block to spine. Colour frontis and b/w photos. 136 pages including index. ISBN: 0571047106. Edges of boards lightly rubbed, boards clean. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and scuffed. Musty odour present.

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CARTS AND CANDLESTICKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330129
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful little book of joyful experiences in childhood and youth spent in the countryside. Distinctive b/w illustrations by Tunnicliffe evoke the atmosphere of days gone by. Green cloth, silver lettering and decorations on spine. 160 pages includes 4 pages of folk songs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly mottled. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, browning to spine and minimal loss to top and tail of spine.

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SIX TALES OF THE FOUR PIGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1330128
Published by Faber & Faber. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, blue title to spine and vignette of pigs to front. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. 5th impression. Fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and some preliminary pages. Inscription in ink and a name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a large closed tear to front panel, minimal loss to spine and corners.

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THE STORY OF JOSEPH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1330109
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards with peach spine. B/w line drawings. 83 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Some light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge chipped and lightly foxed.

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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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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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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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