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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A CAMPING HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2140228
Published by Country Life. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Very large format, approx 14.25" x 10.5". Green pictorial paper boards. Endpapers are b/w footprint design. Colour illustrations throughout. White spine. The first Orlando adventure. SIGNED by author 'With love to Katie' on verso of front endpaper. Spine is browned, with wear. Scuff/score marks to edge of rear cover. Bumping and chipping to corners and cover edges. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and some page margins.

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MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Peter Patch. Illustrated by Peter Patch; Jean Walmsley Heap.
Stock no. 2140213
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

A Panto-Peep book. Top edge of covers and contents shaped. Lift the flaps and peep through the windows. Brightly illustrated throughout. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Peter Patch is Jean Walmsley Heap. Light wear to edges. Contents are lovely and bright with lift-the-flaps and see-through windows in very good working order.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2140155
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w and colour plates, including frontis. 275 pages. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription in ink to front endpaper. Also includes a letter from Walter de la Mare to a previous owner (letter dated 1931). Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Front joint next to free front endpaper is cracked. Page edge browning. Foxing/browning to some pages internally.

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BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER TALES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Bold.
Stock no. 2140154
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Cream/beige cloth spine with title label and gilt titles. Grey boards. Limited edition to 278 Numbered and Signed copies. B/w woodcuts. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 51.Spine is browned and worn. Title block is a bit faded and worn. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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'PI' IN THE SKY
Written by W.F.J. Harvey.
Stock no. 1823972
Published by Colin Huston. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition.

A history of No 22 Squadron Royal Flying Corps & R.A.F. in the Great War of 1914-1918. Large format. White pictorial paper boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0950186805. Spine browned, corners rubbed, boards grubby. Corner clipped from lower front endpaper. Endpapers marked else contents clean.

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MONTY WOODPIG'S CARAVAN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140014
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 wonderful colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Monty was a Bachelor Hedgehog of settled habits but he was lonely... Some browning and brown tape glue marks to edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All colour plate are present - some browning. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; a little loss to top of spine; some grubby marks; has been strengthened with sticky tape to edges and folds to verso.

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BUTTERFLIES OF THE NEOTROPICAL REGION PART 1
Written by Bernard D'Abrera.
Stock no. 2139832
Published by Lansdowne. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Very large format. Papilionidae & Pieridae. Packed with colour photos. ISBN: 0701810335. Front cover a little bowed. Some marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some nicks and chips; large tear along rear edge of spine; repaired with tape.

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ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF SUCCULENT PLANTS: AIZOACEAE A-E
Written by Heidrun E.K. Hartmann.
Stock no. 2139827
Published by Springer-Verlag. Circa 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. With 54 figures and 384 colour photos, printed in 48 colour plates. ISBN: 3540416919. Light knocks to top and tail of spine. A little browning to page edges.

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MOTOR CAR AND COACH PAINTING: FOR PRIVATE, COMMERCIAL AND MASS OUTPUT
Written by Charles E. Oliver; Arthur Seymour Jennings.
Stock no. 2139825
Published by W.R. Howell & Co.. 2nd 1926. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Edited by Jennings. Second edition, with special chapter on "Painting with nitro-cellulose products". Contains pages of examples of motor car colours that were available at the time. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little fraying to cloth at base of spine. Spotting/foxing and some fading to covers. Page edge browning and foxing. Wrinkling to colour samples pages. Front joint starting to crack but binding is tight.

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W.O. BENTLEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE MARQUE
Written by Malcolm Bobbitt.
Stock no. 1823866
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first full biography of the founder and inspiration behind Bentley Cars. An insight into the conception and design of some of the most famous sporting cars in automobile history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859833527. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BENTLEY BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by Hugh Young.
Stock no. 1823865
Published by Bentley Drivers Club Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The best articles which have appeared in the Bentley Driver's Club Review. B/w photos. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Foxing to prelims else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-rubbed.

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MIMIKA BUTTERFLIES
Written by Robert Gotts; Norris Pangemanan.
Stock no. 1323032
Published by Pt Freeport Indonesia. Circa 2001. Very good condition.

A guide to the butterflies of the Mimika subdistrict of Papua. Cardwraps. 287 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 979975030X. Covers are slightly edge worn. Some slight marking to rear cover. Some lower page corner tips lightly creased. Contents clean.

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