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FAIRY JIGSAW BOOK
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1817449
Published by The Medici Society Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Rediscover the work of artist Margaret Tarrant with these five fairy jigsaw puzzles. Each puzzle is accompanied by a charming poem by Marion St John Webb. ISBN: 0855032669. Fading to spine. Corners and lower edges bumped. Contents fine and all pieces present.

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TWO CATS WALKING
Written by Bettina Selby. Illustrated by Marieanne Griffiths.
Stock no. 1817446
Published by Mountain House. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

'For two cats who trace their ancestry back to ancient Egypt and who believe that they have a sacred duty to the human race, two house moves prove one too many and so they escape from the removal vehicle and find themselves somewhere in Middle England...' Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0953800709.

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LITTLE REUBEN AND THE MERMAIDS AND LITTLE REUBEN STORIES
Written by Richard Strachey. Illustrated by Nancy Innes.
Stock no. 1817441
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd.. 1st 1945. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 117 pages. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, scuffed to rear panel and grubby.

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TOMMY TUCKER'S STORIES
Written by Maude Radford Warren; Eve Davenport. Illustrated by Charles A. Federer.
Stock no. 1817439
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Title inside is "Mother Goose and Her Friends Tommy Tucker's Stories". Stories based on mother goose nursery rhymes. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette of a boy laying down and reading a book to front board. Blue pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped-in colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 361 pages. Top edge gilt. Rubbing and wear to top & tail of spine. Browning to endpapers. All plates present. Text block browned.

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M1 ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK 1982-1992
Written by Steven J. Zaloga. Illustrated by Peter Sarson.
Stock no. 1317711
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Card wraps. New Vanguard 2. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 1855322838. Some grubby marks to covers and light rubbing to corners.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1317709
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1946. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth covers, blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover edges and foxing to spine. Remains of a prize-plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, tears to spine and some loss to spine and edges.

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THE FOUR CATS OF THE TIPPERTONS
Written by Julia Goddard.
Stock no. 2129993
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. Almost very good condition.

Two blue cloths with gilt titles. Leaf vignette. And Other Stories about Animals. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping/fraying to cloth. Scuffing. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby marks to pages.

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PINKY AND PERKY IN TOYLAND
Written by Marjorie Rowe. Illustrated by D.E. White.
Stock no. 2129983
Published by Purnell. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Blue glazed pictorial boards, red spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Chipping with small splits to top and tail of spine. A few margin marks.

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FUROR HORTENSIS ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN IN MEMORY OF H.F. CLARK
Written by Peter Willis; Robert H. Matthew; Patrick Nuttgens; Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Stock no. 2129954
Published by Elysium Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Limited first edition of 1000 copies. Large format. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. B/w photos and illustrations. Not numbered, but this is one of 1000 first edition copies. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine with a little fading. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Original glassine wrapper is still present with some tears and chips and creasing; also some foxing; a bit of loss.

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BUGATTI TYPE 46 & 50 THE BIG BUGATTIS
Written by Barrie Price.
Stock no. 2129950
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Updated edition. A concise history, an engineering analysis and the most thorough survey yet of the many coachbuilt bodies fitted to these famous chassis. Pale grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1901295699. Spine is bumped. Couple of grubby marks to covers and endpapers. Actual contents are still excellent! Dustwrapper is edge-creased.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2129949
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards showing Noddy in fire engine. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations. The sixth Big Noddy book. First story: Noddy and the Fire-Engine A few small marks to covers. What appears to be some sort of prize plate to front endpaper. Belongs to box is clean. Foxing to outer page edges.

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CUBBY IN MOTHER BROWN'S PANTRY
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Nina R. Jordan.
Stock no. 2129901
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. Circa 1929. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Cubby Bear story. Small oblong format (4.5 x 5"). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Wear to cover edges. Contents have been glued to binding (appears that stitching become weak). Joints a bit cracked. Grubby margin marks. Wrapper is creased with some edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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