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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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ZULU HART
Written by Saul David.
Stock no. 2109809
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A novel. George Hart is the bastard son of a pillar of the British military establishment and a half Irish, half Zulu actress. Hart struggles to come to terms with his identity and heads to South Africa and a fresh start... Red cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 0340953624. SIGNED by author, with dedication to title page. Wrapper has light edge-wear with couple of nicks to corners.

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THE FLYING POILU A STORY OF AERIAL WARFARE
Written by Marcel Nadaud; Frances Wilson Huard. Illustrated by Charles Huard.
Stock no. 1706357
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Onlay to front cover. B/w plates. 216 pages. Covers bumped. Some foxing. Inscription in ink to front pastedown.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2105952
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Large format. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. 30 stunning tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on card with green decorative borders. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Some foxing and light browning to pages.

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THE PENDLETONS
Written by E.M. Jameson. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse; Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1106624
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Grey-green pictorial binding. 6 colour plates. 280 pages. Covers have faded to brown; wear and marks with scuffing. Front endpaper is MISSING. All colour plates are present. A few grubby margin marks. Some foxing.

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THE MAVERICK QUEEN
Written by Zane Grey.
Stock no. 2105263
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, dark titles. Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with some fading and damp marks. A little foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some repairs to verso and foxing.

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PEGGY PENDLETON
Written by E.M. Jameson.
Stock no. 1206160
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

Tan and blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 8 b/w full-page illustrations. 312 pages. Book: all plates present. Note: Plate on page 171 is used as frontis. Spine split. Endpapers browned.

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REBELLION
Written by Mateel Howe Farnham.
Stock no. 1206121
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles. 319 pages. Free endpapers lightly browned. Spine bumped.

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SWEETHEARTS AT HOME
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1206068
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. Brown endpapers. 4 tipped in colour plates mounted on brown card with captioned tissue-guards. 311 pages. Book: all plates present. Small mark to rear cover. Corners slightly bumped. A nice bright copy.

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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Richard Hough; Denis Richards.
Stock no. 1205354
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Jubilee History of the Battle of Britain. B/w photos. 413 pages. ISBN: 0340429038.

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FORAGER HIS ADVENTURES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105953
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Happy Family Series No. 6. Brown boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Title on cover is 'Cecil Aldin's Happy Family'. 8 x 7.5 inches. Joints badly cracked showing webbing. Lacks front endpaper. Rear endpaper detached and torn with loss. Three pages with an edge tear. Spine slightly split and worn at base. Corners rubbed. Covers grubby. Colour plates bright.

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THE PENDLETONS
Written by E.M. Jameson. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse; Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1105791
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey-green pictorial binding. 6 colour plates. 280 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A bright copy.

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