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RICHARD AND THE GOLDEN HORSE SHOE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2129405
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and very edges of covers are faded. Brown sticky tape marks to endpapers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased with some closed tears and chips; a little loss.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1817300
Published by Daily Express. 1946. 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. Light creasing to covers and scuffing/rubbing to spine. Top & Tail of spine worn with slight loss. NOT price-cut. Name in belongs to box. Harsh vertical crease from top to tail of page 33/34 which is starting to tear from lower edge (binding error). Small closed tear to lower margin of page 35/36. Contents otherwise clean.

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THE FIGHTING BARBEL
Written by Peter Wheat.
Stock no. 1817244
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st thus 2000. Fine condition.

Limited Edition of 800 copies of which 100 are bound in leather (this copy is bound in cloth). Blue cloth boards, silver titles and gilt vignette of fish to front. B/w photos and illustrations. Yellow ribbon page marker. Binder's file copy and thus un-numbered. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BENTLEY THE 1938/1939 OVERDRIVE CARS
Written by Mervyn Frankel; Ian Strang.
Stock no. 2129338
Published by Academy Books. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A specialised book concerned with the whereabouts of the survivors of the 200 "M" series Bentleys manufactured in 1938 and 1939 by Bentley Motors (1931) Limited, which company was then in the ownership of Rolls-Royce. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 1873361181. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1982
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1817124
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1982. Very good condition.

Tall laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert jumping with springs on his feet. First story is: Rupert & Ping Pong. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791200. SIGNED by Alfred Bestall 'with love from Rupert and Alfred E. Bestall '82' to title page. Bestall was a close neighbour of the previous owner's Aunt. Corners lightly bumped & worn. Small split to base of spine. NOT inscribed. Price-cut. Contents fine.

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THE DANDY MONSTER COMIC 1942
No author listed.
Stock no. 2129020
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1942. Fair condition.

Front cover shows Korky fishing with sausages from the front of a boat called Dandy. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Binding is weak; joints are nearly broken and showing stitching. Splitting to top and tail of spine; some wear of loss to spine. Heavy wear to edges and corners. Belongs to page has inscriptions in ink. A few brown paper tape repairs to hinges of prelims. Foxing throughout. Some page tears. A fair copy of a very scarce wartime annual.

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PAUL THE HERO OF THE FIRE
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2128409
Published by Penguin Books. 1ST 1948. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A Porpoise Book. Yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Colour pictures throughout. Splits to both sides of spine at top and tail; bottom 1" of spine is missing. Some marks to covers. Contents are still very good - beautiful colour illustrations! Just some page browning,. Wrapper has been badly torn and creased, with a few pieces of loss.

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IN THE LAND OF NOD
Written by Ada C. Marzetti. Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould.
Stock no. 2128337
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1887. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with red titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper; one is partially erased. Pale foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Odd margin mark.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128332
Published by HMSO. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Grey pictorial cloth. Top edges git. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. 11 x 8.5 inches. Volume I - South West, published 1931. Volume II - East, published 1932 Volume III - South-West, published 1934. Spines have varying degrees of browning and fading. Volume II also has a couple of small tears to cloth at top and tail. Inscription in ink (partially crossed out) to front endpaper of Volume I. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges of all volumes. A couple of plate pages (b/w photos), have neat annotations/notes beneath them in pencil.

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CATS AND KITTENS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2128233
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1928. Very good condition.

Larger format. Card wraps. Colour pictures to inside front and rear covers. Rest of illustrations are black an white. Easy-to-read text. A thin book - not too many pages long. Shows distinctive Wain cat depictions. Wear to spine. Creasing to cover corners. A few light foxspots. Name in ink to top of title page.

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TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN FLORENTINE TRECENTO PAINTING: GIOVANNI BONSI TOMMASO DEL MAZZA
Written by Simona Pasquinucci; Barbara Deimling.
Stock no. 2128162
Published by Giunti. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Corpus of Florentine Painting. Section VI, Volume VIII. ISBN: 9788809014558. Still in original shrink wrap - UNOPENED! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ELDER CONTEMPORARIES OF BERNARDO DADDI
Written by Richard Offner.
Stock no. 2128161
Published by Giunti Barbera. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Corpus of Florentine Painting, Section III, Volume II. ISBN: 9788809200203. Still in original shrink wrap - UNOPENED! This copy would make a wonderful gift. Just light wear to a couple of corners where book has pushed through shrink wrap.

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