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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328268
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"Re-issued at a cheaper price 1938". Tales For Children From Many Lands series. Blue cloth, green titles. Colour pictorial onlay. 8 pretty colour plates. 128 pages. 7 x 5". Spine and corners slightly rubbed. White spotting to spine. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Small corner crease to one page. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners with loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328267
Published by J. P. Lippincott Co. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine. Light fading to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge worn.

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THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1328266
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Yellow pictorial boards with small illustration to spine. B/w text illustrations. 185 pages. 'Rewards' series. ISBN: 0603032818. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Child's name in red biro to front free-endpaper. Contents browned but otherwise clean. Some margin tears and a couple of small corner creases.

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BRITISH AFVS 1919-40 (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME 2)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828503
Published by Profile Publications. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

British tanks and armoured cards of the inter-war period. Black cloth spine with gilt title, yellow and black mottled boards. B/w photos and colour illustrations. viii and 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0853830010. Light browning to endpapers and text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a 1" closed tear to top of front panel and is a little grubby.

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AMERICAN AFVS OF WORLD WAR II (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME 4)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828501
Published by Profile Publications. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development, production, and use of American AFVs from 1919 through World War II - on to the Korean War and the U.S. tanks of the 1950s. Black cloth spine with gilt title. Yellow & black mottled boards. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853830037. Light crinkling to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE MAGIC-BEANO BOOK 1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328265
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1950. Almost very good condition.

The last Beano to be called The Magic-Beano Book. Yellow pictorial front cover shows Biffo painting a portrait of Eggo and other Beano characters. Red spine with yellow title. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. Covers are edge worn and slightly grubby. Belongs to box clean. Many page edge tears (some repaired). Tiny piece of loss to lower edge of page 29/30. Contents are browned and foxed with some fingering. A decent copy of a scarce annual.

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THE MAGIC-BEANO BOOK 1949
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328264
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1949. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red spine with yellow title. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. Covers are edge worn and grubby, crease to lower corner of rear board and possibly lower 3" of spine has been glued down(?). Belongs to box clean. Contents are browned, foxed and fingered. Margin tears (some repaired) and slight paper loss to margins throughout, top corner of page 95/6 has been torn off (no loss of text). A decent copy of a scarce Beano annual.

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THE U-BOAT
Written by Eberhard Rossler.
Stock no. 1828500
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st UK 1981. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large, square format. The evolution and technical history of German submarines. 384 pages. B/w photos and technical diagrams. ISBN: 0853681155. Light wear to edges of top & tail of spine. Text block grubby & browned. Tape marks to endpapers and dustwrapper flaps. Contents lightly browned else clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened to back panel, both inside and out, with tape, is browned and creased at front spine edge.

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JOHN PIPER AND STAINED GLASS
Written by June Osborne. Illustrated by John Piper.
Stock no. 1828499
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

John Piper was one of Britain's many leading artists. His work includes stained glass windows at Coventry Cathedral, Eton College, Robinson College, Cambridge, and the magnificent tower lantern at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 0750910887. Minor white marks to spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1963
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328262
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows pirates peeping through the title. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine eges cracked. Black address label to front pastedown. Margin tears to a couple of pages.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1965
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328261
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition.

Front cover shows Colonel Blink banging on a drum. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small hole in laminate to front edge of spine. A few small margin tears to pages.

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PITMEN PAINTERS: THE ASHINGTON GROUP 1934-1984
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 1828498
Published by The Mid Northumberland Arts Group. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Ashington Group began in the early 1930s as an evening class of Northumberland pitmen keen to learn about art. Within weeks they were producing their own work and within a few years their paintings amounted to a complete record of life in a mining community. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, some colour illustrations. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0904790819. A very nice copy.

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