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WEEK ST. MARY VILLAGE: A COMMUNITY AT LARGE
Written by David M. Martin.
Stock no. 1826055
Published by David Martin. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The village of Week St. Mary, in North Cornwall, has a rich and varied history reaching back some 2,000 years. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955721908. A lovely copy.

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THE ROSE: A TRUE HISTORY
Written by Jennifer Potter.
Stock no. 1826054
Published by Callisto Books. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 521 pages. A definitive history of the Queen of Flowers. ISBN: 9780857400208. Text block very slightly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and has a light score to front panel.

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1826047
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few light marks and is lightly scuffed.

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RAILWAY MOTOR BUSES AND BUS SERVICES IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1902-1933 VOLUME ONE
Written by John Cummings.
Stock no. 1826040
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930114. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Small pencil erasure mark and couple of tiny pen marks to top of front endpaper. Light foxing to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to lower front flap, is lightly brronwed and lightly rubbed at edges.

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THE ORNAMENTAL WILDERNESS IN THE ENGLISH GARDEN
Written by James Bartos.
Stock no. 1826037
Published by Unicorn. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition.

A survey of the designed landscapes of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781914414350. Minor rubbing to corners else a lovely copy.

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THE BOOK OF KINGSTON
Written by Shaan Butters.
Stock no. 1826035
Published by Baron Birch. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. The story of Kingston in Surrey. ISBN: 0860235629. Light scuffing to boards. Slight grubbiness to text block. Contents clean. Number 346 of a Limited Edition.

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THE SHEEP-PIG
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Mary Rayner.
Stock no. 1325616
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Charming story of a pig which thinks it's a sheepdog. B/w text illustrations. Winner of the Guardian Childrens's Fiction award 1984 and made into the film "Babe". Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0575033754. Third impression of the first edition. Spine very slightly bumped with a little fading to top of spine. Some foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine.

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LITTLE WHITE HEN
Written by Hajime Kijima. Illustrated by Setsuko Hane.
Stock no. 1325614
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a little white hen who outwits the fox and his cunning tricks. Colourful pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0356025039. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a tiny patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325612
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5". ISBN: 0723205868. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and has an edge tear to rear panel.

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DOGMATIX AND THE MAGIC POTIONS
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1325610
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Aquila the Eagle is getting to be as fat as Obelix and his appetite menaces all creatures of the countryside - Dogmatix has an idea which may save them! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340335386. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to some pages.

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DOGMATIX AND THE UGLY LITTLE EAGLE
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1325609
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A cuckoo pushes an eaglet out of its nest, but luckily Dogmatix comes along to befriend little Chickadix... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340335378. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Small sticker to front pastedown. Contents fine.

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THE HAPPY TALE OF MONTY MOUSE
Written by L. Van Bree. Illustrated by Nans Van Leeuwen.
Stock no. 1325602
Published by Young World Productions. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Tall format (11.75 x 5.75"). Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations every page. First couple of pages are torn at inner margin. Printed price inside front cover is blotted out.

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