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ADVENTURES OF A YORKSHIRE FARMER AND HIS SCAPEGRACE NEVVY
Written by Timothy Goorkrodger.
Stock no. 2133863
Published by F.M. Fetherston. Circa 1885. Good condition.

The adventures of a Yorkshire farmer in London. Brown cloth spine, green boards. Text in dialect. 144 pages. Boards worn at edges with loss of paper covering at corners. Lower corner tip lost from rear cover. Tear to gutter between index and first page. Spine has a couple of black marks. Pages browned.

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LOUIS WAIN'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry Rountree; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1319478
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown cloth spine with dark brown title and illustration, pictorial front board. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations (mostly Wain but others also). Spine is grubby. Covers are edge worn and also grubby, a couple of small scratch marks to front cover. New endpapers. Some light foxing. Some colouring to some of the b/w illustrations and some erasing as well. There is a musty (tobbaco?) smell to the contents.

Price: £620.00 £434.00.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1937
Written by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1319452
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Front cover shows Bonzo as a clown with a black cat reading to him. First story is 'Bonzo's Queer Zoo'. B/w illustrations. Colour frontis is 'All The Fun of the Fair'. Covers are edge worn and a little scratched and marked. Spine worn with splits at top and tail. Ink name and address stamps to belongs to page and name and address in ink to belongs to box (also ink stamps which has been partially erased). Some hinges cracked/pulled. Small tear at inner margin of frontis. A good copy of a scarce Bonzo annual.

Price: £100.00 £70.00.

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HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD 2. HOOFED MAMMALS
Written by Don E. Wilson; Russell A. Mittermeier; et al.
Stock no. 1820164
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Heavy volume! Black boards, white titles. Stunning colour photography throughout. Published in association with Conservation International and IUCN. ISBN: 9788496553774. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel. Else a lovely copy!

Price: £160.00 £112.00.

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HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD 3. PRIMATES
Written by Russell A. Mittermeier; Anthony B. Rylands; Don E. Wilson; et al.
Stock no. 1820160
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Heavy volume! Black boards, white titles. Stunning colour photography throughout. Published in association with Conservation International and IUCN. ISBN: 9788496553897. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly scuffed. Sweet odour present. Otherwise a lovely copy.

Price: £155.00 £108.50.

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HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD 4. SEA MAMMALS
Written by Don E. Wilson; Russell A. Mittermeier; et al.
Stock no. 1820159
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Heavy volume! Black boards, white titles. Stunning colour photography throughout. Published in association with Conservation International and IUCN. ISBN: 9788496553934. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel. Otherwise a lovely copy!

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A NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FREEMASONRY (ARS MAGNA LATOMORUM) 2 VOLUMES
Written by Arthur Edward Waiter.
Stock no. 1820100
Published by Rider & Co.. 1923. Very good condition.

And of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites Literature and History. New and Revised Edition. Two volumes. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Red cloth boards with gilt crest to front boards. B/w plates. Boards clean, gilt titles bright. Text blocks lightly browned. Foxing throughout including to plate margins. Slight surface paper damage to page xvi and xvii. All plates present.

Price: £200.00 £140.00.

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THE ANIMALS' TRIP TO SEA
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by G.H. Thompson.
Stock no. 2133487
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Being a true and veracious history of the eventful voyage of the S.S.Crocodile from Nowhere in particular to Anywhere in general. Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. 12 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, some chipping. Scuff marks to covers. Front joint is a bit cracked. Page edge browning. Contents are still very good.

Price: £250.00 £175.00.

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MOTOCOURSE 1980-81
No author listed.
Stock no. 1319329
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Motorcycle racing. Foreword by Kenny Roberts. ISBN: 0905138147. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and spine is slightly yellowed.

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MOTOCOURSE 1993-94
No author listed.
Stock no. 1319328
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

18th Year of Publication. The world's leading Grand Prix annual. Large format. Colour photos. Motorcycle racing. The year that an accident brought an end to the career of World Champion Wayne Rainey. Foreword by Kevin Schwantz. ISBN: 1874557209. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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MOTOCOURSE 1981-82
Written by Peter Clifford.
Stock no. 1319324
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 6th edition of the motor cycle racing annual. Forewords by Marco Lucchinelli. ISBN: 090513818X. A couple of tiny indentations to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly marked with a slightly yellowed spine.

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MOTORING MEMORIES IN PEACE AND WAR
Written by Tindall Harris.
Stock no. 2133442
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Memories of the author who in October 1914 joined a Red Cross convoy for France as a volunteer driver. Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. 5 b/w plates. 91 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Name and address in pencil on front pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Address label to rear pastedown. A very nice copy of this rare Great War account.

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