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CAROL COMES TO BROADWAY
Written by Helen Dore Boylston. Illustrated by Major Felten.
Stock no. 2130481
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark titles to spine. 4 b/w plates. Bottom of spine is faded. Some browning and bumping along cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and margins. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; loss to bottom of spine, corners and a few chips along edges.

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GARDEN NATURAL HISTORY (NN 102)
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 2130477
Published by Collins. As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 324 pages. ISBN: 9780007139934. Book still in original shrink wrap - unopened! Shrink wrap has tear to rear. Wrapper spine has become faded where it has obviously sat on a shelf.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2130476
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Large format, 9.75 x 7.5". Blue cloth, gilt titles and green decorations. 16 tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine is faded. Some spotting to covers. Bumping to some cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. All plates present.

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TOBY THE TRAM ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 2130456
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Railway Series No. 7. Poor Thomas has been in trouble - the Fat Controller asks Toby to come and help run the Branch Line. Delightful colour pictures every page. Grey boards, red titles and vignette. 4 x 5.5". 63 pages. Browning to cover edges. Bumping to corners. Pencil tick marks to other titles in series to last page. Wrapper is badly torn and creased, with some yellowing tape repairs; pieces of loss to edges.

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THE TALE OF THREE BAD PUPS
Written by Gladys Davidson.
Stock no. 2130451
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1957. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards with pale blue title to spine and small vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Large easy-to-read text. Marks and wear to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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PRETTY PICTURES FOR LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 2130449
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Circa 1898. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front cover. B/w photos. Scarce item. Spine is bumped and browned. Some marks to covers. Front joint is cracked; showing webbing; binding is starting to weaken. Staples have rusted; showing through to pages.

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CHURCH MICE AND MRS CLUCKABIDDY'S FRIENDS
Written by C.B. Nelson. Illustrated by C.B. Nelson.
Stock no. 2130431
Published by Figurehead. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown slip case with pictorial onlay containing two volumes. Books have cream p/w with pictorial onlays, and b/w illustrations throughout. 9 x 6". Staples to both bindings have rusted, so that covers have come away from contents. Original glassine wrappers are still present, with brown marks from rusting staples; chipping to edges. Slip case is good; grubby with couple of splits at edges.

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GORDON THE BIG ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 2130426
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Railway Series No. 8. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette. Full page colour illustrations. 62 pages. 4.25 x 5.75". Covers are very unevenly faded and browned. Bumping to spine and corners. A few hinges are pulled. Some margin marks.

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TANK ENGINE THOMAS AGAIN
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 2130423
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 3rd 1951. Good condition.

Railway Series No 4. Blue boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Small, oblong format. Covers are unevenly browned with other marks, including cup ring mark. Inscription to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some margin marks. First 3 pages, including front endpaper has top corner cut off.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF MODERN ART (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by William Gaunt.
Stock no. 2130419
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's book no. 34. With 16 plates in full colour and 52 monochrome reproductions from the originals. Laminate boards. In rare advertising wrapper. From Impressionism to the present day. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WEATHER (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Robert Pearce. Illustrated by Ray Martin.
Stock no. 2130418
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer No. 22. Glazed pictorial boards. With 16 colour photographs, 36 b/w photographs and 64 line drawings. In rare advertising wrapper. Front cover is a little bowed. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH COINS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Howard W.A. Linecar.
Stock no. 2130417
Published by Frederick Warne. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's book No. 69. B/w photographs and diagrams. In rare advertising wrapper. Laminate boards. Bumping to base of spine. Foxing to outer page edges.

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