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A HISTORY OF WILTSHIRE VOLUME III
Written by R.B. Pugh; Elizabeth Crittall.
Stock no. 1807742
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1956. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine, gilt crest to front. xix and 423 pages. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF WILTSHIRE VOLUME II
Written by R.B. Pugh; Elizabeth Crittall.
Stock no. 1807741
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine, gilt crest to front. xvii and 245 pages. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR CHILDREN 16TH YEAR
Written by Florence Harrison; Violet M. Methley; Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; C.E. Brock; Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1807693
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, large pictorial onlay to spine and front board, front board shows boy cooking over an open fire whilst girl is passing sticks for fire. First story is 'The Griffins' by Florence Harrison. Colour frontis shows 'The Brownie Gets His Cream'. Colour & b/w illustrations. Boards clean, worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few minor foxspots and light marks to margins. Colour plate "She bore away from the danger" has been neatly trimmed away on bottom margin (about an inch missing) but still bears the title of the plate and has a few small closed tears to vertical edge. Pictorial wrapper has neat inscription in ink to front panel, is edge-worn and has loss at edges. Overall, still a decent copy.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1310846
Published by Oxford University Press. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped, some grubby fingering and a couple of light marks to covers. Small hole to cloth at front edge of spine. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents else clean.

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TIM IN DANGER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1401716
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Purple and yellow pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. The fifth book in the chronicles of this legendary small boy. ISBN: 0192795643. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Bottom of boards also rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing mainly to endpapers. Pale browning to some pages else contents are cleam. Dustwrapper has piece missing at top. Large tear to front panel and smaller tear to rear. Edge worn with small tears and foxing to rear.

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WAR COMES AGAIN
Written by Gabor Boritt.
Stock no. 1604934
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Comparative vistas on the Civil War and World war II. Edited by Boritt. A collection of ten essays. ISBN: 019508845X. Wrapper edge creased.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 2111071
Published by Oxford University Press. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine is creased, with some bumping. Grubby marks and foxing to covers. Some foxing also to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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SOLOMON
Written by M.K. Mountain. Illustrated by M.K. Mountain.
Stock no. 1310288
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Little Grey Cat searches for his real home. Square format. Pictorial boards. B/w and black, white and yellow illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and foxed.

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TRIFFENY
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2110624
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Fair condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Triffeny joins the family pottery firm and rather unexpectedly becomes an asset to the business in more ways than one... Brown cloth, silver title to spine and small vignette of a squirrel to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 275 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Large initials in ink to base of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING and front joint is cracked and repaired with tape. Foxing. Some tape marks to rear endpapers. Wrapper is unevenly faded with edge-tears and chips; some loss and grubby marks.

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PREFECTS AT SPRINGDALE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 2110603
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1936. Fair condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Covers are marked with heavy wear; some fraying to cloth at edges. Frontis MISSING. Foxing.

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THE SERENDIPITY SHOP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2110600
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 205 pages. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. Browning to spine and cover edges. Corners and spine are bumped. Page browning.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 2110597
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine and blind title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and four b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Erased inscriptions to prelims. Some foxing.

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