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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1819653
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Covers rubbed, creased, foxed and worn. Rubbing to top & tail of spine with very slight loss. NOT price-cut. Name in belongs to box. Inside covers and text block grubby. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE RED PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819646
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Green/grey cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show the red puppy with white bow and red title to front. 12 colour plates. The adventures of a cheeky puppy! Boards edge-rubbed and worn at corners, a few marks. Front joint cracked but binding holding. Crossed out inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Light foxing and light marks to contents, illustrations bright.

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THE VINTAGE MOTORCYCLISTS' WORKSHOP
Written by Radco; Frank Farrington.
Stock no. 2133207
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and digrams. 'Radco' (Frank Farrington) was an enthusiast and talented restorer. ISBN: 0854294724. A few small knocks along cover edges. Fading to a couple of cover edges. Two relevant newspaper clippings have been taped in to prelim pages. Some foxing/browning to outer page edges.

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MORE PLEASANT SURPRISES
Written by F.E. Weatherly.
Stock no. 1318965
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

Large format. 13 x 10 inches. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. 8 chromolitho moveable pictures. Pull the tab and the picture changes. B/w illustrations. Text in verse. Spine bumped and some light rubbing to cover edges. A few light spots to front edge of spine and some light scuffing to rear cover. Generally covers bright. Joints are cracked. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. The second moveable image is not working - could possibly be repaired. Otherwise, all others in excellent working order. Some light foxing and page browning and the pull-tabs are just a little grubby from fingering. Overall a super copy of a scarce moveable book.

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WONDERMENT: THE LISBETH ZWERGER COLLECTION
Written by Theodor Storm; E.T.A. Hoffmann; Oscar Wilde; O. Henry; E. Nesbit; Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger.
Stock no. 1318963
Published by North South Books. 1st 2014. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Six of the world's beloved children's stories: Little Hobbin, The Nutcracker, The Canterville Ghost, The Gift of the Magi, The Deliverers of Their Country, How the Camel Got His Hump. Foreword by Peter Sis. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 170 numbered pages. ISBN: 9780735841871. SIGNED by artist to title-page. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL IN THE SCHOOL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1318957
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles. B/w text illustrations. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight mottling to cloth. Some foxing to contents. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. 2 of the b/w illustrations have been neatly coloured in. Worn and torn dustwrapper with some loss to spine and corners and larger piece of loss to lower corner of front panel. Old tape repairs have yellowed on front and verso. Large tear across spine and onto front panel. Rear panel and spine are slightly grubby. Still a nice copy of the first edition in very scarce original dustwrapper.

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ROARING ROADSTERS: THE ROAD TO INDY
Written by Dick Wallen.
Stock no. 1819516
Published by Dick Wallen Productions. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

The history of the track roadsters. Large oblong format. Black boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial inlay to front cover. B/w photos and a few colour. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication) 233/350. Contained in slipcase in fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MASERATI BIRDCAGE
Written by Joel E. Finn.
Stock no. 1819513
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Marvellous Tipo 60 and 61 Sports Racing Cars. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850453666. Base of spine lightly worn. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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IAN WALKER RACING: THE MAN AND HIS CARS
Written by Julian Balme.
Stock no. 1819501
Published by Coterie Press Limited. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Ian Walker embraced all aspects of post-war motorsport, from rallying to racing, driver to team manager, car manufacturer to car dealer. In just ten years he had done the lot. Large square format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. This is a limited edition. ISBN: 9781902351476. Pictorial dustwrapper has some light scuffing. Contained in publisher's green slipcase which is still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE OFFICIAL MILITARY ATLAS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Written by George B. Davis; Leslie J. Perry; Joseph W. Kirkley.
Stock no. 1819497
Published by Gramercy Books. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally printed in 1891-1895. Bound in one volume in this facsimile. 821 maps, 106 engravings, and 209 drawings. Very large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0517415666. 6th printing. Couple of nicks to lower edge of rear board. Contents fine. Red pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and slightly faded to spine, rear panel a little grubby and a small indentation to center which also falls on to rear board.

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MOTORCYCLES SIDECARS AND CYCLECARS: CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, REPAIR
Written by Victor W. Page.
Stock no. 1819457
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1919. Good condition.

A comprehensive, non-technical treatise, defining all forms of lighter, self-propelled vehicles, principles of operation, construction and practical application of components in leading American and Foreign machines. Burgundy cloth boards, black titles. B/w illustrations, some folding. 550 pages including index. Third impression. Spine faded, split to front edge with fraying, rear edge has a couple of small holes in cloth. Corners lightly rubbed. Boards just a little stained/marked. Inscription in ink to top edge of front endpaper messily crossed out. Text block browned. Tear to fold of folding illustration on page 84 (no loss). Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown.

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AUTO UNION GP RACE AND RECORD CARS: THEIR RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION
Written by Peter Vann; et al.
Stock no. 1819399
Published by Mbi Publishing. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Peter Vann photographed the restored Auto Union racing and record-breaking cars on the banked curve of the Brooklands track in England. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0760313075.

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