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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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CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1323046
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 158 pages. ISBN: 0670853054. Spine bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover. Light foxing to textblock and page browning to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, faded to spine and damp stained to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACROLEPIDOPTERA)
Written by Jim Porter.
Stock no. 2139685
Published by Viking. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photographs. ISBN: 0670875090. Some marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips; unevenly faded.

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THE ECHOING GREEN
Written by Mary Rayner. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2138815
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670843644. Some page browning.

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THE COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACROLEPIDOPTERA)
Written by Jim Porter.
Stock no. 2135356
Published by Viking. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photographs. ISBN: 0670875090. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to title page. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper has some fading to spine, with grubby marks in places.

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THE PUFFIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHILDREN'S STORIES
Written by Judith Elkin. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1320483
Published by Viking. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670820563. Spine and corners bumped. Evidence of some pencil erasure and also a label removed from front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, sunned to spine.

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FRANK RICHARDS - THE CHAP BEHIND THE CHUMS
Written by Frank Richards; Mary Cadogan.
Stock no. 1319703
Published by Viking. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A book about the life and works of Frank Richards. Full of photgraphs and pictures. 258 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0670819468.

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