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DIMSIE AMONG THE PREFECTS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond.
Stock no. 1106413
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Cream cloth with gilt title to spine, brown title to front cover and brown vignettes to front and spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to spine and edge of textblock. Complete with publisher's synopsis loosely inserted.

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THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE RECORD 1955
No author listed.
Stock no. 1204428
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Book: Name in ink to front endpaper. Spine slightly sunned.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 1703716
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1935. Good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Corners bumped. Edges worn. Some scuffing to covers. Front endpaper MISSING. A little foxing.

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STORIES FROM ELFLAND: GOBLIN GREY
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson. Illustrated by L.A. Govry.
Stock no. 1204200
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Covers are browned with corner crease. School stamp to inside front cover.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1304471
Published by Oxford University Press. 1937. Good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little bit grubby and foxed, slight wear to top of spine. There is a large red cross (felt-tip pen?) to front cover. '26. The Salvation Army' written in blue ink to front pastedown, inscription in black ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents otherwise clean.

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RAILWAYS TO-DAY
Written by J.W. Williamson.
Stock no. 1601530
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1938. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 160 pages. Green stain to lower boards and page edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. A few marks to contents. Wrapper is chipped and in two pieces with most of spine missing.

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BATTLEFIELD DECISIVE CONFLICTS IN HISTORY
Written by Richard Holmes; Martin Marix Evans.
Stock no. 1601471
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Richard Holmes. The story of 300 of the most dramatic conflicts in world history. B/w photos. 376 pages. ISBN: 019280653X. Spine bumped. Inscription to front endpaper. Contents fine. Wrapper edge creased.

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ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERS OF THE TIMES
Written by Alexander Carlyle; James Kinsley.
Stock no. 1203976
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. ISBN: 019255414X. Price-cut wrapper has some ink marks with damp marks. Some damp marks to outer page edges.

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ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERS OF THE TIMES
Written by Alexander Carlyle; James Kinsley.
Stock no. 1203974
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. ISBN: 019255414X. Wrapper edge-worn.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1303561
Published by Oxford University Press. 1911. Very good condition.

A huge selection of delightful children's verse. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. 4 Colour plates. 336pp. 9 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers are slightly grubby. Both joints have been repaired. Some foxing and light page browning. Hinges cracked. The mount for the plate opposite page 82 has a small closed tear to the lower margin. A nice copy.

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WHEN SANTA CLAUS WAS YOUNG
Written by Helen Reid Cross. Illustrated by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 1303379
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Binding is tied up with ribbon. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Covers are a little bit grubby and edge rubbed. Silk tie is also a little grubby and worn. Foxing to insides of covers and to page edges.

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