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RAIDERS FROM THE BUSH
Written by Wilfrid Robertson.
Stock no. 1325421
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1937. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover slightly grubby. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing throughout.

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THE NUBA: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE HILL TRIBES IN KORDOFAN
Written by S.F. Nadel.
Stock no. 1825650
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book embraces both anthropological analyses proper - of the Nuba economic system, of kinship organization, of religious beliefs and tribal morality - and the discussion of 'practical' topics such as the policy of Nuba-Arab assimilation, the prospects of native administration in so primitive and heterogeneous a society, and the evolution of a Nuba law adapted to modern conflicts. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge red. Light browning and scuffing to endpapers. Text block browned and dusty. Contents clean. Orange dustwrapper is browned, edge-creased, worn at top of spine, tiny hole to rear edge of spine.

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PEG-LEG AND THE FUR PIRATES
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 1325332
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Captain Peg-Leg takes his ship into the Arctic seas to find out why certain valuable cargoes of furs have never reached port. Blue cloth. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and slightly worn at spine and corners.

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DIMSIE MOVES UP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1325246
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth covers. Gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. One plate is part detached.

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QUEENS FOR CHOICE
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1325234
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - illustrated by E.E. Brier. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and rear cover very slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially removed. Heavy foxing. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing stitching/webbing beneath.

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JUST PEGGY
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1325228
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1925. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 159 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (name has been blotted out). Foxing to contents.

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THE HEIR OF A HUNDRED KINGS
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325227
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1924. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis and numerous b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some hinges cracked. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby and browned on verso.

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BRUNTON COMES BACK
Written by Michael Poole.
Stock no. 1325226
Published by Oxford University Press. 1938. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, front cover shows boys head surrounded by books, spine shows boy in pyjamas. Dark brown background with yellow titles. Colour frontis. 95 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small hole to centre of spine, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Front joint (between frontis and title-page) is cracked. Contents are browned.

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A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325224
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1924. Good condition.

Colour pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 160 Pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some grubby marks to endpapers. Textblock is foxed, also affecting page margins. Some hinges are pulled.

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THE YOUNG BUGLERS
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1325223
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Good condition.

New Ensign series. Pictorial boards. 336 pages plus publication list. Colour frontis. SPine bumped at base, top has 1" missing. Prize plate and a small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock, also affecting page margins.

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THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325222
Published by Oxford University Press. 1933. Very good condition.

New Ensign series. A Story of Eighteen Hundred and Four. Colour pictorial boards and spine. B/w frontis. 399 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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WINNING HIS NAME
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1325221
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The New Ensign Series for Boys. A romance of Stuart days. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 412 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, small split to base of spine. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Prize plate and a school ink stamp (small) to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock.

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