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LA CONQUETE DE L'AIR
Written by L. Sazerac De Forge.
Stock no. 630519
Published by Berger-Levrault. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Le Probleme de la locomotion aerienne les dirigeables et l'aviation - leurs applications. The conquest of the Air. Text in French. Modern three-quarter brown calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations, plates and fold-out diagram. One tiny mark to boards else binding in beautiful condition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original paperwraps bound in. A few margin marks and corner creases to contents. A very nice copy. Reduced from £125.

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LE BALLON LIBRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 630520
Published by Librairie Aeronautique. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Theory and practical. Captain du Genie DO. Hot air balloons. Modern three-quarter calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. viii and 506 pages plus adverts to rear. B/w illustrations and photos. Binding is beautiful. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few grubby marks. Couple of ink stamps to prelims and top margin of one page. Just a few annotations mostly in pencil to margins.

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THE FOREST PRUNER OR TIMBER OWNER'S ASSISTANT
Written by William Pontey.
Stock no. 818866
Published by J. Harding. 1808. Good condition.

Second Edition. Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees. White paper spine with title block, blue paper boards. 8 plates including 4 tinted. Spine worn with loss at edges to backstrip, title block is hard to read. Covers a little grubby. Bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. A number of small ink blots to verso of frontis which show through. A few scattered foxspots. Page crinkling. All plates present. A presentable copy.

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THE PLANTER'S KALENDAR OR THE NURSERYMAN'S & FORESTER'S GUIDE
Written by Walter Nicol; Edward Sang.
Stock no. 630511
Published by Archibald Constable And Company. 1812. Almost very good condition.

Or the Nurseryman's & Forester's Guide, in the Operations of the Nursery, the Forest, and the Grove. Three-quarter brown leather binding, blue marbled boards. Red title block to spine with gilt title. Two colour plus one b/w plate. Leather worn/split to spine edges but binding still tight. Bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing throughout, heavy in places but still perfectly readable. All plates present. A decent copy of an antiquarian title.

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EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 630513
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown. 1818. Very good condition.

In Two Volumes. Comprising a Brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of Every Town and Village; Together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and every other interesting object of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller and Tourist. Illustrated with 100 Engravings, including a map of the county. Small format. Brown leather binding, raised bands to spine, gilt tooled borders to front and rear, gilt title to spine. Volume I 1818, Volume II 1819. Re-backed with inscription to rear pastedown stating such. Vol I joints worn with split to top front edge of spine. Volume II Spine rubbed at edges and split at top and tail. Binding of both volumes is generally nice and tight. Bookplate to front pastedowns. A few scattered foxspots but contents generally nice and clean.

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THE PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER
Written by John Jackson.
Stock no. 818633
Published by Charles Farlow. 1st 1854. Very good condition.

More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. Ten hand-coloured plates representing 64 flies. 58 pages plus subscriber's list to rear. Spine browned, covers a little marked. Tightly bound leading to creases at inner margins not affecting illustrations or text. A few light marks to contents. A lovely copy of a scarce title.

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MANUEL DES MARINS OU EXPLICATION DES TERMES DE MARINE TOME I & II
Written by Bourde.
Stock no. 818625
1773. Almost very good condition.

Sailors Handbook, explanation of the nautical terms. Two volumes bound as one. Calf leather binding, raised bands to spine, brown title label with gilt title to top of spine, gilt decoration between bands of spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Leather boards marked, edges worn exposing board. Front and rear hinge pulled. Some annotation to verso of half-title page and index page. Text block a little marked. Some scattered foxing and margin marks as to be expected in a book almost 250 years old. A very nice copy of a scarce antiquarian book. Text in French.

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THE KHAKI BOYS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Brazil.
Stock no. 383312
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The two other stories are "The Scallywag Boys" and "The Slap-Bang Boys". Blue decorated cloth with white titles. 122 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. A few tiny pinholes to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned. Name plate to front endpaper (which has partly browned). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and quite grubby. Nelson's Red Star Series.

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RUPERT AND EDWARD AND THE CIRCUS
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 383253
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. A Rupert Cut Out Story Book. B/w story panel plus colour figures to cut out. Slight rubbing to cover edges and some very slight scuffing to covers. Staples are rusty, cover has come away from lower staple. Contents unused. A super copy of an exceptionally scarce Rupert book.

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WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 383164
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st thus 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cheap edition. Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading to base. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss to spine and corners, some tape repairs on verso.

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ALMANACK FOR 1884
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 817784
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1884. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis and decorated title page. A colour picture every page, printed by Edmund Evans. Post Office regulations at end. A sweet little book. One corner creased.

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OEUVRES COMPLETES DE VICTOR HUGO
Written by Victor Hugo.
Stock no. 817790
Published by Societe Typographique Belge. 1837. Good condition.

2 Volume Set. Nouvelle Edition. Volume I has 6 b/w plates (including frontis). Volume 2 has 3 b/w plates. 3/4 marbled boards with leather spines. Edges and corners are very worn. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Some foxing throughout. 1 plate is a bit dampstained. Volume 1 frontis is nearly detached. Some creasing/chipping to page edges. Volume 2 has tissue-guard present at page 45 - but believed should have been bound in next to frontis. Reduced from £120.

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