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WILLIAM AGAIN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326446
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black title-labels to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 251 pages. 31st impression. Spine slightly bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot to front pastedown. A few foxspots to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper (white spine) is edge worn with some loss to spine and a few marks to rear panel.

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THE GREAT MASTERS OF THE ALBERTINA
Written by Klaus Albrecht Schroder.
Stock no. 1827087
Published by Michael Imhof Verlag Gmbh & Co.. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The Albertina in Vienna is among the most important art collections in the world. Large, fat, heavy format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9783865683267. Text block slightly skewed. top & tail of spine and corners bumped. Text block a little grubby. Rear board scuffed. Light crease to lower margin corner of contents. Contents clean.

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WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326443
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1965. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 159 pages. Abridged Edition. 21st (abridged) impression. Spine and corners bumped, stain to base of spine. Front free-endpaper missing. Small doodle to half title-page. Small library stamp to title-page. Some grubby fingermarks and foxspots to contents. Some page corner tips torn off (text not affected). Price-cut wrapper is still bright, minimal rubbing to corners.

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WEATHERLEY PARADE
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326442
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

The story of the Weatherley family from 1902 to 1940. Burgandy cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock.

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A PASSION FOR PLANTS: CONTEMPORARY BOTANICAL MASTERWORKS FROM THE SHIRLEY SHERWOOD COLLECTION
Written by Shirley Sherwood.
Stock no. 1827086
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Celebrating botanical art from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, with work from over eighty painters, living in twenty different countries around the world. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0304358282. SIGNED by the author to half-title page (no dedication). Lower corners of boards lightly bumped. A few minor spots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, light rubbing to corners, base of spine laminate is rubbed.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Herbert Cole.
Stock no. 1326439
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1909. Very good condition.

Flowers of Parnassus series (famous poems illustrated). Small format (5.75 x 4.5"). Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 75 numbered pages. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some grubby fingermarks to contents and endpapers lightly browned.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE BAROQUE ERA 1600-1800
Written by Steffi Roettgen.
Stock no. 1827084
Published by Abbeville Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

During the Italian Baroque, some of history's most inspired and imaginative fresco cycles were created in palaces, villas, churches, chapels, monasteries and abbyes; on walls, ceilings, vaults, and domes. Here is the Italian Baroque period in its full grandeur, from the arrival in Rome of the style of Annibale Carracci and his pupils through the end of the eighteenth century. Very large, heavy format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789209368. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Pictorial dustwrapper is lovely and bright, minor rubbing to one corner.

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WESTWARD HO!
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by G.C. Hindley.
Stock no. 1326438
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 596 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Page browning and foxing but generally contents clean. Rear joint is cracked showing webbing beneath but binding still tight.

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AESOP'S FABLES LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK
Written by Aesop; George Fyler Townsend.
Stock no. 1326437
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Very good condition.

The New Universal Library. With and introduction and life of Aesop. Green cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine. 157 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some small, light marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and some page margins.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1326433
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. 257 pages. 3 colour plates. ISBN: 1904417329. Small knock to base of spine. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers. Contents fine.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE FLOWERING OF THE RENAISSANCE 1470-1510
Written by Steffi Roettgen.
Stock no. 1827082
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Professor Roettgen's concise and authoritative text illuminates such celebrated sites as the Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, and the Camera degli Sposi in Mantua. She also reveals the charm of lesser-known works, such as those in the tiny town of Issogne, which capture fifteenth-century men and women bargaining and flirting at an outdoor market. Ver large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789202215. 3rd printing of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Pictorial dustwrapper is lovely and clean.

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TWENTIETH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTING: TRADITION AND INNOVATION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827081
Published by Hong Kong Museum Of Art. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Produced for the exhibition running from 27.10.1995 until 15.01.1997 in Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, and Germany. Very large, heavy format. Black cloth, silver titles. Text in English and Chinese. Colour paintings, some folding. Light bumping to board corners. Some light mottling to top of boards. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is Lightly browned and faded, foxed across top to verso (not visible to facing side), very slightly grubby.

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