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WINGED VICTORY
Written by V.M. Yeates.
Stock no. 1818566
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reissue, with new preface and a tribute by Henry Williamson. Reprint. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Faint pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapepr is browned to spine, has foxing and is lightly worn at corners.

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I LEONARDO
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 2130114
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Raucous, anarchic, exquisite and moving... Large oblong format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224019163. Some fading to spine and cover edges. Wrapper is creased with 1" tear to base of spine; couple of other small nicks to corners.

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THE TWILIGHT OF MAGIC
Written by Hugh Lofting. Illustrated by Lois Lenski.
Stock no. 2128911
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1931. Fair condition.

Pink cloth with yellow title boxes, black titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis plate and b/w illustrations. Covers are heavily marked with some uneven fading. Small chips and splits to either sides of spine at top and tail. Joints are cracked - making binding a little weak. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Inscription to prelims.

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DROP DEAD
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 2127319
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Or how we grew from one-year-old bald wrinklies into eighty-year-old bald wrinklies. Laminated boards. Colour text illustrations throughout. Very simple text. 10 x 10". ISBN: 0224045512. SIGNED by author to title page. Some page edge browning.

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THE CHOCOLATE WEDDING
Written by Posy Simmonds. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 2126359
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 022402759x. A few light marks to covers. Contents are excellent.

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BILL OF THE BLACK HAND
Written by Wolf Durian.
Stock no. 2125813
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1935. Good condition.

A very tall story. Yellow cloth with black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. Translated from the German by Marie L. Barker. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers are unevenly faded with cup ring and other grubby marks. Foxing.

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UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2125759
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Bright yellow boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Bumping and browning along cover edges. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing and browning to pages. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing; a couple of closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

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THE FORGOTTEN TRADE
Written by Nigel Tattersfield.
Stock no. 2124207
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725. With a foreword by John Fowles. ISBN: 0224029150. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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MRS WEBER'S DIARY
Written by Posy Simmonds. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1814820
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1979. Very good condition.

Mrs Wendy Weber and her friends as glimpsed in the Guardian. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224017195. Reprint in the first year of publication. Covers grubby. Contents clean.

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QUENTIN BLAKE'S NURSERY RHYME BOOK
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1814627
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224021443. Spine lightly browned. A few minor foxspots.

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THE TROKEVILLE WAY
Written by Russell Hoban.
Stock no. 1814611
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

When Nick Hartley loses his third fight with bully Harry Buncher, he comes out of it with a lump on his head and all his senses strangely heightened. On his way home he meets sometime magician Moe Nagic who has an unusual jigsaw puzzle to sell... Brown boards with silver title to spine. ISBN: 0224046314.

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CATS' A.B.C.
Written by Beverley Nichols. Illustrated by Derrick Sayer.
Stock no. 1507709
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Matt pictorial boards, green spine. Colour illustrations. 124 pages. Are you "F" or "Non-F"?? Feline or Non-Feline? An alphabet for cat-lovers. Spine and corners bumped and worn, splits to top of spine. Small amount of writing to verso of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with a few small marks. Corners cut from both flaps.

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