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THE CERAMIC ART OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST
Written by William Bowyer Honey.
Stock no. 2117061
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Peach/Orange cloth with gilt titles; vignette to front cover. 3 colour plates. Numerous b/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fade patches to spine and a couple of cover edges. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is faded to spine with tears and loss to edges; creased with some grubby marks.

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THE BONGLEWEED
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Ann Stugnell.
Stock no. 1504461
Published by Faber & Faber. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

When Jason asked Becky what the strange new seeds were called, she said 'probably the South American Bongleweed'. The plant was spreading joyously over the churchyard and looked equal to spreading over England. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 157 pages. ISBN: 057110374X. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on front endpaper. Bump to top of spine and bottom edge of front cover. Bottom edge of spine faded. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a faded spine.

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THE SECRET WORLD OF POLLY FLINT
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1312626
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Polly was a girl who saw things other people couldn't see and who saw immediately that there was something magic about the Wellow maypole... Orange boards, gilt titles. B/w drawings, some double-page spreads. 176pp. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571119395. SIGNED by means of an inscription in ink by author to front endpaper. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is just a little sunned to spine.

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AN EYE FOR COLOUR
Written by Norman Silver.
Stock no. 1808853
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Growing up against the backdrops of Table Mountain and the iniquities of apartheid, Basil Kushenovitz - Jewish and White - sees through teenage eyes the constant contradiction between the physical beauty all around him and the insidious ugliness of a political system rooted in prejudice... essential reading for young people concerned with the basic issues of human rights. Brown boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571161553. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BLUNTSTONE AND THE WILDKEEPERS
Written by Nigel Grimshaw.
Stock no. 2113920
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571105335. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has illustration by Shirley Hughes; has some browning and fading; light edge-creasing.

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MEET MY FOLKS!
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 2111413
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors first book for children. Yellow and red pictorial boards. Full-page b/w illustrations. 42 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name and old price in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased and grubby with some chipping (a little loss) and foxing.

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MERRY MERRY MAYTIME
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1708323
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards, green titles. Small format. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper a little grubby.

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TERSIAS
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 2110393
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A gripping adventure of night chases, double-crossings and weird magic. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages. ISBN: 0571221521. SIGNED by author to title page.

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WORMWOOD
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 2110394
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Special Edition. A gripping tale of sorcery, treachery, intrigue and supernatural strife. Includes b/w illustrations and maps from the period (c1756). Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. 312 pages. ISBN: 0571223915. SIGNED by author to title page.

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MEMOIRS OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER
Written by Siegfried Sassoon.
Stock no. 2110222
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1995. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, gilt title to spine. The Faber Library Series. Fictionalized autobiography of the period between the early spring of 1916 and the summer of 1917. ISBN: 0571176518. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some light edge-creasing.

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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1708199
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411.

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BLOOD & ROSES
Written by Helen Castor.
Stock no. 2109553
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century. Colour and b/w illustrations/photos. ISBN: 0571216706. Large bump to edge of front cover. Some page browning. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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