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MY BROTHER'S GHOST
Written by Allan Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1329047
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A touching tale of loss, love and endurance. Small format. Green boards with gilt titles and illustration to front. 87 pages. Red endpapers. ISBN: 067088779X. Minimal foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328990
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First illustrated edition with b/w illustrations. Black boards with silver title to spine. 154 numbered pages. ISBN: 0670852511. Full number line (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Spine slightly bumped. Heavy foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE LAST POLAR BEARS
Written by Harry Horse. Illustrated by Harry Horse.
Stock no. 1328937
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A story told through a series of extraordinary letters. ISBN: 0670848670. Spine bumped. Evidence of erased pencil marks to top edge of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE SCHOOLMOUSE
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Phil Garner.
Stock no. 1328840
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Flora, a young mouse of above-average intelligence, makes use of her classroom home by joining in the lessons. But she is left alone to continue her education when her family flee across country. Green board with gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations throughout. 142 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". ISBN: 0670850616. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and has the remains of a label to rear panel (was covering barcode).

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THE TERRIBLE TRINS
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Diz Wallis.
Stock no. 1328839
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A heart-warming tale of three courageous mice... ISBN: 0670854611. Top edge of textblock foxed else fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed and is a tiny bit faded to spine.

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PRETTY POLLY
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Stock no. 1328838
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Abigail's family think she's mad to try teaching a hen to talk!... ISBN: 0670836877. Slight foxing to top of textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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A NARROW SQUEAK AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.
Stock no. 1328754
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Be they soft and furry, sharp and prickly or smooth and scaly, all the animals in this collection are quite irresistable! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670842532. Spine bumped. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328639
Published by Viking. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tale full of action and absurdity, pirates, parrots and chocolate cake... Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670846201. Base of spine very slightly bumped.

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THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES: AN OPERATIONAL REFERENCE BOOK 1939-1945
Written by Martin Middlebrook; Chris Everitt.
Stock no. 1828803
Published by Viking. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win a war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians are only now piecing together the finer details of the individual raids. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 804 pages includes index. ISBN: 0670801372. Reprint in same year as first publication. Light vertical crease to spine (reading wear). Else boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby, a few foxspots. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper with red titlesis ligthly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly edge-rubbed.

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CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE
Written by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Lalla Ward.
Stock no. 1824403
Published by Viking. 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The combination of perfection and improbablity that is epitomised in the seemingly designed perfection living things. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0670850187. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. B/w plates were stuck together and now prised apart giving surface paper damage and also imprinting of the facing page. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Alan McGowan. Illustrated by Borje Svensson.
Stock no. 2140916
Published by Viking. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

With their sails hoisted high, three-dimensional ships travel across these pages in dramatic and authentic style. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670615293. 1" splits to base of spine on either side; some creasing. Bumping to corners. Pop-ups in very good working order. Foxing and marks to pages.

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DIMENSIONAL MAZES
Written by David Pelham.
Stock no. 2140892
Published by Viking. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

An Entirely New Way of Losing Yourself In A Book. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0670827096. All pop-ups in very good condition. Lift-the-flaps to last page have some creasing and one has inscription in pencil.

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