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BERNARD OF SCOTLAND YARD
Written by Berniece Freschet. Illustrated by Gina Freschet.
Stock no. 2126455
Published by Weekly Reader Books. Circa 1978. Almost very good condition.

Bookclub edition. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0684159317. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing.

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CHINA LEE
Written by Sue Limb.
Stock no. 2126451
Published by Orchard Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 1852130318. Wrapper is edge-creased with small closed tear to one corner.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 2126450
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1950. Good condition.

Pale green boards with red cloth spine. Front cover shows Rupert helping a boy from a hole in the ground. A Story and Picture Book with cut-outs in colour. The cut-outs are Tourtel pictures taken from the stories. Numerous other b/w illustrations. (This is a 1950's reprint of the original which was published with 200 cut-outs and five stories). Contains: Rupert In Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. An early reprint with 132 cut-outs (this includes 'extra's to title pages). Spine is bumped and faded. Bumping to corners. Scuffing along cover edges. Hinge next to 'Rupert and the Old man of the Sea' title is pulled -making the binding a bit weak. Browning. All cut-outs present and not cut-out. Contents are generally very good.

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PASTURE AND POLITICS
Written by Richard Tapper.
Stock no. 2126439
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Economics, conflict and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of north western Iran. Studies in Anthropology Series. ISBN: 0126836604. Wrapper is edge-creased with some rubbing.

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SALFORD'S TRAMWAYS PART ONE
Written by Edward Gray.
Stock no. 1816375
Published by Foxline. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

A history of local road passenger transport in and around Salford from the days of the horse drawn omnibus to the development of the electric tramway system 1824-1912. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870119479. Small, minor ink date stamp to top edge of front endpaper.

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THE CATHCART CIRCLE
Written by Jack Kernahan.
Stock no. 1816369
Published by The Scottish Railway Preservation Society. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and track plans. 128 pages. ISBN: 0904396010. Small, minor ink date stamp to top corner of half-title page.

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STEEL WHEELS AND RUBBER TYRES VOLUME ONE
Written by Geoffrey G. Hilditch.
Stock no. 1816365
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

Transport around Oldham in the 1930s; Locomotives at Gorton in the 1940s; Leeds trams in the 1950s. Oakwood Reminiscences RS10. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853616140. Small, minor date ink stamp to top edge of title page. Small surface paper loss to image on last page (hardly noticeable).

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HOW LITTLE GREY RABBIT GOT BACK HER TAIL
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2126417
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition.

New Edition. Cream pictorial paperboards. Green titles. Red and white pictorial endpapers. 108 pages. Delightful colour illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and light foxing.

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HOW LITTLE GREY RABBIT GOT BACK HER TAIL
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2126414
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1945. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. Green titles, maroon picture. Red/white endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine is a bit browned. Couple of ink numbers to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has been torn in two pieces to spine and taped back together again; loss at tip, tail and small piece to middle of spine. Rest of wrapper is creased with some grubby marks.

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IPSWICH TO SAXMUNDHAM
Written by Richard Adderson; Graham Kenworthy.
Stock no. 2126405
Published by Middleton Press. 1ST 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Eastern Main Lines. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1901706419. Spine is faded. A couple of small sticky marks to front endpaper.

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GRAHAM CLARKE'S GRAND TOUR
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 2126394
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 24 etchings, 15 watercolours and numerous drawings. A humourous look at the Grand Tour. ISBN: 0714825719. SIGNED by Graham Clarke, with dedication to previous owner on half-title page. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE ITS FORM, COLOUR, & HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edwin Foley. Illustrated by Edwin Foley; et al..
Stock no. 2126391
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spines; blind titles and decorations to front covers. With One Hundred Reproductions in Full-Colour Facsimile of Drawings by the Author, and One Thousand Text Illustrations; Correlated Charts of British Woodwork Styles and Contemporaries; Decorative Furnishing Accessories; Principle Trees; &c. Bumping and wear to spines, corners and cover edges. Tear to top of spine on Volume II. Other smaller nicks and chips, with some fraying to cloth. What looks like damp marks to bottom of front cover of Volume II. Spotting to covers. All plates present. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.

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