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THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF ENGLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206928
Published by J. Dodsley. 1st 1765. Very good condition.

Dark brown leather covers, more recent grey leather spine with raised bands and gilt titles. Large folding colour map to front. xi + 397 pages + 2 large folding b/w maps. Colour map has a closed tear repaired on verso. New endpapers.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1108307
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Dark green boards. White titles. Pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. Small format. 84 numbered pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges; mostly spine. Marks to covers. Nicks to top of spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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CECILY PARSLEY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1108305
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Red boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. White titles to front cover and spine. 52 numbered pages. 5 x 4.25". Fading to spine and some cover edges. Scuffing to covers, with a few marks. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; nicks to corners of spine. Grubby marks and foxing to endpapers and some pages internally; odd corner or page crease.

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MUMMY'S BEDTIME STORY BOOK
Written by Marion. Illustrated by Jessie M. King.
Stock no. 1108298
Published by Cecil Palmer. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial printed paper boards. Yellow, blue & white pictorial endpapers. Bright two tone and full colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. An excellent example of Jessie M. King's illustrative style. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuff marks and indentation marks to covers. Bottom 2-3" of backstrip are MISSING. Some wear to rest of spine. Child's name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Inscription in ink dated 1930 to verso of frontis. Some grubby marks to some pages, with foxing/browning; tiny spots of surface paper damage. Illustrations are still bright.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1206532
Published by Daily Express. 1938. Good condition.

The third Rupert annual. 1st story Rupert and the Black Daffodil. (Contents page differs to title). Colour pictorial boards. Red cloth spine. 126 pages. 10 x 7.5 inches. Edges and corners worn. Spine slightly faded and spotted. No name in belongs to box. Top corners of title page torn off. Some colouring to contents. Pages 68/69 have remains of silver foil partially covering pictures and text. Front joint cracked. Some hinges pulled. Foxspots throughout.

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SPOT PRICING OF ELECTRICITY
Written by Fred C. Schweppe; Michael C. Caramanis; Richard D. Tabors; Roger E. Bohn.
Stock no. 1206440
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

The book presents a complete framework for the establishment of an energy marketplace where electric energy is treated as a commodity which can be bought, sold and traded in accordance with its time and space varying values and costs. The framework is based on the novel use of 'spot prices'. Yellow glazed boards. 355 pages. ISBN: 0898382602. Small inscription in ink to rear pastedown.

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THYRISTOR DESIGN AND REALIZATION
Written by Paul D. Taylor.
Stock no. 1206432
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed boards. 219 pages. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 047191178X.

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THE MOSS ROSE PRESS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Linda Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1806809
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 150 copies. A complete list of the Chepstow Society and Moss Rose Press publications from 1948 to 1985. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134331. SIGNED by all four authors and illustrators to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-creased. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWELFTH, OR THE EAST SUFFOLK REGIMENT OF FOOT
Written by Richard Cannon.
Stock no. 2109178
Published by Parker, Furnivall & Parker. 1848. Almost very good condition.

Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1847. Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 hand coloured plates. Uneven fading to covers; spine browning; couple of small pin holes to spine. Bumping to cover edges, with some grubby marks. Publisher ink stamp and insert to prelims. A few grubby margin marks. Hand coloured plates are lovely and bright!

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ELEMENTARY BOTANICAL PLATES
Written by Robert John Thornton.
Stock no. 2109001
1810. Very good condition.

Very large format. Modern binding; green cloth spine; grey covers with printed title label stuck to front. Illustrative of the science of botany....but more particularly intended to illustrate botanical extracts; or the philosophy of botany. Made up from sections of the author's work: A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus. Contains 44 engraved plates; mostly showing specimens viewed under the microscope. Some light wear to cover edges; a bit of damage to home made title label. First 2/3rds of pages have been trimmed, especially to bottom edge; others are uncut; some pages look longer internally than others. Foxing and some grubby margin marks spread to page throughout the book. Damp staining to corners and a couple of edges of pages.

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SYLVIE AND BRUNO CONCLUDED
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 2108799
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1893. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt vignettes and borders. 46 b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Spine is faded, with a little chipping to cloth at top and tail. A little cracking to joints. Gilt still bright. Wrapper is browned, with some edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss to spine and corners. Creasing next to spine down front panel.

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THE REBELS DOOM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1806587
2nd 1685. Very good condition.

Second Edition. An historical account of the most remarkable rebellions from Edward the Confessor's reign to this present wicked rebellion of J.D. of Monmouth with the deferred punishments that have constantly attended such horrid practices. 100 pages plus 2 page catalogue of books to rear. Rebound in three-quarter suede with brown cloth sides, red title block with gilt title to spine. New endpapers. Original paperwrap covers not present. Bookplate to front pastedown. Contents remarkable good for the age.

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