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CAT O' NINE TALES
Written by Jeffrey Archer. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1506689
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The fifth collection of short stories from the master storyteller. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781405032575. A nice copy.

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SIMPLY SOUP
Written by Peter Edwards. Illustrated by Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1811477
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1978. Good condition.

Traditional Tales series. A cunning trickster persuades a stingy old crone that the best soup in the world can be made out of nothing but plain water and an old bent rusy nail. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333215915. Ex-lib with large library plates to endpapers. Boards unevenly faded and rubbed at top & tail of spine, remains of label to front cover. Ink-stamped library number to title page (discreet). Contents clean.

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SIMPLY SALT
Written by Peter Edwards. Illustrated by Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1811476
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Traditional Tales series. "Put salt on a magpie's tail and your wishes will all come true!" but the mocking magpie always flew away. Nonetheless, the advice it gave to Ville did make his wishes come true - after a fashion. Oblong format. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333215966. Ex-lib with evidence of removal of library tag to title page and front pastedown, also a ink-stamped number to title page. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded to front, spine and rear spine edge (from green to blue). Some damp staining to lower edge of dustwrapper not visible to front. Endpapers removed.

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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. LXVI
Written by Stanley Cramp.
Stock no. 1607119
Published by MacMillan. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles; Colour and b/w photos.

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THE BIRTH OF THE BRITISH MOTOR CAR VOLUME 1 A NEW MACHINE 1769-1842
Written by T.R. Nicholson.
Stock no. 1809963
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333237641. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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5 DAYS OF A GRAND PRIX
Written by Jon Nicholson; Adam Parsons.
Stock no. 1606201
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w photos. An off-the-wall look at the Grand Prix circus as it whirls into town for five action-packed days. ISBN: 0333747003. Wrapper is edge creased, with some uneven browning / grubby marks.

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SIXTY MILES FROM ENGLAND THE ENGLISH AT DIEPPE 1814-1914
Written by Simona Pakenham.
Stock no. 2113252
Published by MacMillan. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some browning/foxing. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with chips and nicks.

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INSIDE FORMULA ONE 1996: THE GRAND PRIX TEAMS
Written by Jon Nicholson; Maurice Hamilton.
Stock no. 1808598
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Paying tribute not just to the elite of motor racing, but to the promising, the professional, and the poorest - by F1's affluent standards - of Grand Prix entrants. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 215 pages including index. ISBN: 0333678516. Pictorial wrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
Written by Matthew Hussey.
Stock no. 1808010
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

An introduction to how mechanical vibrations are manifested in simple linear, coupled, continuum and non-linear systems. Black cardwraps with white titles. xvi and 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0333324374. Edges slightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE HORKEY
Written by Robert Bloomfield. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1501264
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1882. Fair condition.

A Provincial Ballad. Beautiful colour text illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Cloth spine. All edges blue. Cr 4to. Spine, corners and covers very worn and grubby. Ink name to front cover. Joints and some hinges cracked. Two gatherings, pages 17 to 32, detached but present. Next gathering almost detached as is rear endpaper. Numerous marks to contents but all still perfectly readable. A reading copy.

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THE THIN GREY MAN
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Desmond Knight.
Stock no. 1308934
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition.

Crown Books Series. Grey/blue/black pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib with slight damage to endpapers/pastedowns. Library stamp to verso of title-page. Some light marks to page margins. Old tape marks to covers and spine slightly bumped/rubbed.

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