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TAI-LU TALKING
Written by Shelagh Fraser; Billy Thatcher. Illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1329066
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. Coloured frontispiece depicting "The Princess Tai-Lu". 126 pages, b/w illustrations. An account by this noble Siamese Cat of exciting incidents and adventures in which she has been involved. Based upon the television series, and Children's Radio Programme, in which The Princess Tai-Lu has featured. Spine and corners bumped. Damp staining to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (green ink). Page edge browning and foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby. Old tape marks to wrapper flaps.

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THE LITTLE PRINCE
Written by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. Illustrated by Antoine De Saint-Exupery.
Stock no. 1328761
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1944. Good condition.

Orange cloth, red titles and red/blue vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and cover edges are faded and foxed. Some light page browning and a few margin marks, contents generally very good. Book leans to one side a little.

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THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328450
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st thus 1939. Good condition.

A Trilogy With A Prelude By Richard Wagner. 2 Volumes in 1: The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie; Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, originally published in 1910 and 1911. 48 dramatic colour plates and b/w decorations. Blue cloth, black titles. Green/white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Damp spotting to cover edges. Small splash mark to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to contents.

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THE DAY JEAN-PIERRE WENT ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Paul Gallico. Illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi.
Stock no. 1328374
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Exciting adventures of a guinea-pig. Colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Small mark to title-page (from erasure of old pencil price), light foxing to top edge of textblock otherwise a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with slight browning to spine.

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THE MOUSE, THE RABBIT AND THE LITTLE WHITE HEN
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Jennie Corbett.
Stock no. 1328321
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. No. 3 in the Cowslip Books Series. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Small patch of damage to top edge of front cover where it has been bashed. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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CONVERSATIONS WITH MENUHIN
Written by David Dubal.
Stock no. 1327921
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Celebration on His 75th Birthday. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Conversations from different meetings with Musician Yehudi Menuhin. ISBN: 0434216747. SIGNED by Menuhin to half title-page (to Frank). Reprint in same year as first edition. Light vertical marks to edge of front cover. Pages are browned with some light foxing. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and sunned to spine.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1323387
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny white mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and a little faded to spine.

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SPOT GOES ON HOLIDAY
Written by Eric Hill. Illustrated by Eric Hill.
Stock no. 2140565
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1ST 1985. Very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Lift-the-Flap to find the answer! ISBN: 043494260X. Browning to edge of front cover. All lift-the-flaps in very good working order.

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TURNER'S HUMAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Eric Shanes. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner; Joseph Mallord William Turner.
Stock no. 1322120
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 382 pages. A mass of information on the historical and artistic influences on Turner. ISBN: 0434695025. Spine slightly bumped. Price-cut wrapper is just a little creased at top edges.

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OLD MANOR HOUSES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319359
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

12 tissue-guarded colour plates plus tinted illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby with a few light marks. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Some light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

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ARTHUR RACKHAM HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Derek Hudson. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1318099
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An introduction to the man behind the work with comments on his technique and achievements. Bibliography at rear. Re-issued with a revised checklist of Rackham's work. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour tipped-in plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0434353507. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Old price written in biro to top corner of front free-endpaper (crossed out with pencil). Damp stains to lower corners of first 12 pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs and some fading to spine and edges.

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THE VILLAGE POLICEMAN
Written by Ian Niall.
Stock no. 1317919
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Basing his story on police records and the private papers of a real-life policeman, the author reconstructs the life of any village policeman in the first four decades of the 20th century. Lilac boards, gilt title to spine. 181 pages. ISBN: 0434510173. Spine bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and foxed, wrapper spine is slightly darkened.

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