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ACES UP
Written by Covington Clarke. Illustrated by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324421
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. The Ace Series. Includes glossary of terms to rear and 8 pages of aircraft manouvres. Spine bumped. Rubbing to cover edges. Foxing throughout.

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BIGGLES SCORES A BULL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324415
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Priceless champion bulls start disappearing from English farms and as Biggles says "This racket isn't being run by one or two country yokels". The crooks are highly organised and dangerous! Spine slightly bumped. Some light marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers and textblock. Front endpapers are slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little grubby.

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BIGGLES PRESSES ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324413
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards with white title and scottie dogs to spine, embossed decorations to covers. Colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A few foxspots. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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TIME, CALENDARS AND CLOCKS
Written by Roy Worvill. Illustrated by B.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1324411
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd. 1st 1973. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 601. Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403360. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Small, old tape marks to endpapers. Contents clean.

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QUEEN VICTORIA
Written by J.R.C. Yglesias. Illustrated by Roger Hall.
Stock no. 1324408
Published by Ladybird Books. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Pictorial boards with blue and purple boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721404456. Spine and corners bumped, covers are edge worn, spine starting to split on rear edge. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name in ink to top margin of front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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GREAT CIVILISATIONS: GREECE
Written by Clarence Greig. Illustrated by Jorge Nunez.
Stock no. 1324403
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403468. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small, old tape marks to endpapers and browning showing through on prelims. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Contents clean.

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GREAT CIVILISATIONS: ROME
Written by Clarence Greig. Illustrated by Jorge Nunez.
Stock no. 1324402
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd. Circa 1974. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403816. Spine bumped and rubbed, small brown mark to centre of spine. Name in ink to top margin of front free-endpaper. Small, old tape marks to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Some light pencil scribbling to rear free-endpaper. Contents generally clean. This is an early reprint as the last title listed on rear cover is Samuel Pepys (no 36), the first edition had this title as the last listed (no 35).

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SAMUEL PEPYS
Written by Nicholas Abbott. Illustrated by Roger Hall.
Stock no. 1324401
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Red pictorial paper boards. Full-page colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403824. Spine slightly bumped, minimal rubbing to corners. Small, old tape marks to inside covers (light ghosting of browning to prelims and last few pages).

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CONTINENTAL CIRCUS 1949-2000
Written by Maurice Bula; Jean-Claude Schertenleib.
Stock no. 1824659
Published by Chronosports. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The World Motorcycling Championship Bible. All the categories, all the races, all the results. Three languages: French; English; German. Large, heavy format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 2940125767. A few knocks to board edges. Tiny nick to top front edge of spine. Contents clean. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, creased at edges, small closed tear to top rear edge (no loss), scuffed to rear panel with previous bookseller's label.

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A CELEBRATION OF SALMON RIVERS
Written by John B. Ashton; Adrian Latimer.
Stock no. 1824658
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is devoted to the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, and the magnificent rivers they inhabit. Large format. Light beige cloth boards, navy title to spine, simple embossed vignette to front board Pictorial endpapers. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781873674277. Corners bumped. Boards clean. Some minor imprinting of facing page on contents page else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, slightly grubby, and has previous bookseller's label to rear panel.

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HOW TO BUILD A CHEAP SPORTS CAR
Written by Keith Tanner.
Stock no. 1824655
Published by Motorbooks. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Choose a donor car, build or buy the frame, refurbish and modify donor parts, select and assemble all components, fine tune your finished car. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780760322871. Corners a little rubbed/creased, previous bookseller's labels to rear cover. Contents clean.

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WELSH STICK CHAIRS
Written by John Brown.
Stock no. 1824654
Published by Stobart Davies. 1st thus 2009. Almost very good condition.

Revised edition with a new introduction by Nick Gibbs. Green card wraps, black titles. 94 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780854420834. A few grubby marks to covers. Previous bookseller's label to rear cover. Damp stain (coffee?) to top margins of pages 87 - rear cover (does not affect text). A few pages are lightly crinkled from damp.

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