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MICHAEL LYNE SPORTING ARTIST
Written by John Yeates. Illustrated by Michael Lyne.
Stock no. 2123537
Published by The Sportsman's Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948253576. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner. Bumping to top and tail of spine and along a couple of cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY FROM GWENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1609698
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Yellow card wraps. Poetry by the Chepstow historian. ISBN: 0950007978. SIGNED by author on title page (no dedication). Staples rusted.

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THE DAY TRIP
Written by Peter Hayden.
Stock no. 2123421
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. It was Michael's first school trip and first time abroad... ISBN: 0192715100. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner to title page.

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THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1407026
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1914. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of 500 SIGNED by Hugh Thomson. White vellum, heavily decorated with gilt. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Top edges gilt. 235pp. 12.5 x 10". A very handsome book. SIGNED by Thomson. This is copy no. 148. Bumping to spine and corners. Covers are grubby and rear cover has a couple of marks. Creasing to front endpaper and prelims including mount and tissue guard for frontis but plate itself is not affected. Browning to endpapers. Some light page browning. Light foxing mostly to prelims and page edges and some fingering. One page and last tissue guard creased. Plates all present and in very good condition.

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EMERGENCY MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1609532
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Henry in hospital dreams of mice in hospital. Delightful colour illustrations. White glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0905478312. Spine and corners bumped; spine a little browned. SIGNED by author (with dedication) on title page.

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NO FLIGHT FROM THE CAGE
Written by Calton Younger.
Stock no. 2123224
Published by Fighting High Ltd. 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Compelling Memoir of a Bomber Command Prisoner of War during the Second World War. B/w illustrations and photos. Revised, extended and updated edition. ISBN: 9780957116351. SIGNED by author to title page. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with small nick to top of spine.

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THE TIDE KNOT
Written by Helen Dunmore.
Stock no. 1609132
Published by Harpercollins Publishers Ltd. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Dark secrets of the ocean unleashed... ISBN: 9780007204892. SIGNED on title page by author. Heavy bump and small split to lower edge of front board. Light page browning.

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THE ST. JIM'S CHRISTMAS BARRING-OUT
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406737
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 54. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issues 776-784, 1923. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703005589. SIGNED by publisher, copy no. 23. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little scuffed at top. Contents are very good. Contained in a slip case that is edge worn and browned at the edges.

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THE FIRST BOYS PAPER OMNIBUS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406711
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1981. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume 41. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. A unique collection, chosen from among the best of boy's pre-war story papers and magazines. Includes The Penny Marvel, Young Britain, The Champion, The Triumph, The Thriller, Dick Turpin, Boys Cinema, The Popular, and Scoops. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 070300221X. Copy no. 62 SIGNED by the publisher. Cellophane wrapper is a little marked. Contained in a grey mottled slipcase that is a little bumped at corners with a little foxing to spine.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1406702
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 32. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 729-751, 1922. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001949. Copy no. 57. SIGNED by publisher. Book has a musty smell. COntained in green mottled slipcase which has bumping to corners and one edge.

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THE RUNAWAY
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Peggy Beetles.
Stock no. 1316530
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Penny did not want to move so she ran away. Antelope Book. Yellow boards with green titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 94 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper (dedication to Judy). Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with some foxing.

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THE EVERGREEN TALES; OR TALES FOR THE AGELESS
Written by J.C. Mardrus; Hans Christian Andersen; Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; Sylvain Sauvage; Everett Gee Jackson.
Stock no. 1316424
Published by The Limited Editions Club. 1949. Very good condition.

Three volumes in slipcase: Ali Baba; The Ugly Duckling; The Sleeping Beauty. Large volumes (12.25 x 8"). Each volume is cloth bound with colour illustrations. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Copy no. 853. Ali Baba is SIGNED by Ardizzone and Ugly Duckling is SIGNED by Jackson, Hersholt and Schwartz. Each volume is slightly bumped and rubbed to spine, Ali Baba has a small nick to centre of spine. There are some light fingermarks to page margins but generally the contents are clean. The slipcase is worn and the spine of the slipcase is browned.

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