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CITY OF GOLD AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
Written by Peter Dickinson. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1813291
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 10 x 7 ins. 24 full page colour illustrations and b/w textual illustrations throughout. A highly unusual rendering of 33 Old Testament stories by the author, who has fused the individual stories into an account of the development of the scattered Tribes of Israel, who were to build the Temple in Jerusalem; suffer a decline, culminating in the destruction of the City of Gold. Each story is re-told with vigor from a different contemporary perspective, as would have been the case in the earliest oral traditions before these stories were written down. A Carnegie Medal winner. ISBN: 0575028831. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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THE SILENT PLAYMATE
Written by Naomi Lewis. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1315869
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Collection of Doll Stories. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. For doll lovers of all ages. Black and white illustrations throughout. 219 pages. ISBN: 0575026189. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.

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JENNY AND THE SHEEP THIEVES
Written by Griselda Gifford. Illustrated by Carol Lawson.
Stock no. 2117683
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 3rd 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575020199. Small patch of surface paper damage to front cover. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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ALBERT ON THE FARM
Written by Alison Jezard. Illustrated by Margaret Gordon.
Stock no. 1606733
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Albert Bear and Digger the Koala set off to the heart of the East Anglian countryside to help run a farm while its owners go on a well-deserved holiday. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 60 pages. ISBN: 0575025697. Spine bumped with some lifting of laminate. Some light browning / foxing at page edges.

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PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 2113125
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A little book of extraordinary piety. 30 full page b/w illustrations. 63pp. Blue cloth covers, gilt vignette to front. Some browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-tears and chips; minimal loss.

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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1710252
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667.

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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2112655
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Bumping to spine. Bookplate to front endpaper, with some inscriptions in ink. Page browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and some browning.

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TRICK A TRACKER
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1311557
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures to every page. The animals learn how to use skateboards to trick the trackers! ISBN: 0575029757. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Vertical crease to centre of front pastedown. Contents clean.

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PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1501537
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1944. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A little book of extraordinary piety. 30 full page b/w illustrations. 63pp. Blue cloth covers, gilt vignette to front. Spine and corners a little worn. Spine slightly darkened. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Some browning/foxing alongside spine in places otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped, spine is faded as are edges of panels alongside spine.

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THE CRIMEAN WAR
Written by James Barbary.
Stock no. 2110957
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book follows the author's previous work 'The Boer War'. Begun by mistake and misunderstanding, the Crimean War continued through an incredible series of blunders, tactical errors and bureaucratic bumbling. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575014571. Some browning to cover and page edges. Wrapper is unevenly browned, with some edge-creasing.

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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2108969
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with closed tear to front panel; repaired to verso with tape.

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THE TIME OF THE KRAKEN
Written by Jay Williams.
Stock no. 2107168
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0575023732. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper spine is faded.

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