THE TALE OF BABI MONKEY
Written by Valerie Magill. Illustrated by C.H.G. Moorhouse.
Stock no. 1321782
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

White boards with picture to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers slightly browned and foxed, some wear and slight loss of backing paper to spine. Musty smell to contents. Finger creases to contents. Crease to top corner of last couple of pages. Where the edge of the title-page is bound at the back of the book there is a small piece missing to the bottom.

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THE GREY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1321635
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1900. Fair condition.

Grey cloth, gilt title & vignette to spine, gilt vignette to front depicts a fairy riding an owl with last quarter of moon and a star above. All edges gilt. Numerous b/w plates and illustrations to text. 387 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover is damp stained, spine is slightly darkened. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Damp stains to margins of pages and some grubby fingermarks and other marks. 2 plates have been coloured-in (opposite pages 104 & 146). A good copy of a scarce book.

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THE PEEP OF DAY
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134728
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1902. Good condition.

A series of the earliest religious instruction the infant mind is capable of receiving. Beautiful chromolithograph illustrations. 184 pages. Blue cloth, gilt titles and daisy vignettes. New Edition. This book has author pencilled in as: Lee Favell Mortimer to half-title page. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some wear and knocks. Inscriptions in ink to half-title page. Some foxing and marks throughout. Corner loss to page 29/30. 2" margin tear to page 92 (plate page).

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THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE: AN EPISODE OF FRONTIER WAR
Written by Winston S. Churchill.
Stock no. 2134640
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st thus 1899. Almost very good condition.

New edition. Churchill's first book. With maps, plans etc. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine and border to front cover. Spine is faded. Scuff/mottle marks to covers. Browning to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. All plans/maps etc. are present.

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THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR!
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1320555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper at corners. Covers grubby with a pink mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Joints cracked. Small margin tears to some pages. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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ROSES: THEIR HISTORY DEVELOPMENT AND CULTIVATION
Written by Joseph H. Pemberton.
Stock no. 2134341
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1920. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Second edition. Colour frontis and other b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some rubbing/scuffing to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD
Written by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Stock no. 1320480
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. 474 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to cloth. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Endpapers browned. Page 35/6 has lower corner torn off (slight loss to margin illustrations only, not text). A few light foxspots to contents. A nice copy of the first issue of the first edition (first issue points present: dung beetle is shown to be pushing dung with front legs on pgs 65, 337 & 457 and horse is being dragged up a vertical cliff on pg 316).

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ROMAN ANTIQUITIES AT LYDNEY PARK GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by William Hiley Bathurst; C.W. King.
Stock no. 1821229
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1879. Good condition.

A posthumous work of the Rev. William Hiley Bathurst, M.A. with notes by C.W. King. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette to front cover. 30 plates including one tinted and nine in colour. Top & tail of spine worn. Rear board scuffed. Lower front corner has large bump to board. Other corners lightly bumped. Joints cracking but binding still good. Lower corners of contents lightly creased caused by the bump to front board. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Neat date in ink and a blind address stamp to top of title page. A few scattered foxspots. Hinges pulled. All plates present.

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HISTORIC TOWNS: BRISTOL
Written by William Hunt; E.A. Freeman.
Stock no. 2133688
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1889. Almost very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt titles and vignette. Fold-out map to front. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Fading to spine. Foxing and browning throughout, with a few other marks.

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A CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE
Written by John Bourne.
Stock no. 2133319
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1885. Good condition.

Dark brown cloth with gilt title to spine. In its various applications in the arts, to which is now added a chapter on air and gas engines and another devoted to useful rules, tables and memoranda. New Edition, Much Enlarged and Mostly Rewritten. Illustrated with 212 woodcuts. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers; some spotting. Front endpaper is MISSING! Foxing to outer page edges. A few grubby marks.

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THE PUZZLE OF LIFE; AND HOW IT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER
Written by Arthur Nicols.
Stock no. 1819467
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1877. Slightly better than good condition.

Second Edition. A Short History of the Formation of the Earth, with its Vegetable and Animal Life, from the Earliest Times. Including an account of pre-historic man, his weapons, tools and works. Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine & vignette to front, black title to front. B/w plates. 173 pages. Top & tail of spine rubbed & worn, a few scuffs and marks to covers. Lengthy inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Joints cracked, hinges pulled, binding still feels tight. Pages 30-31 heavily foxed, scattered foxspots otherwise. All plates present.

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ANIMAL STORIES FROM ANDREW LANG
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by E. Caldwell; E.H. Fisher; H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1318729
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st thus 1933. Almost very good condition.

52 stories chosen by a little girl of 10. Yellow cloth with blue titles and vignettes. 7 colour plates, 100 b/w illustrations. 491 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and marked with a slightly browned spine. Some light foxspots to endpapers and textblock else contents clean.

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