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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328182
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, type re-set. Green boards with gilt title to spine and blind title to cover. Endpapers are maps. 351 pages. ISBN: 022460631X. Spine slightly bumped. A couple of small brown spots to front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. There is a closed tear to top edge of front panel with associated creases.

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ELLA AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1328181
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 188 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to covers. Spine foxed/browned. Front joint is just starting to crack. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and browned to spine.

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JERRY THE STORY OF AN EXMOOR PONY
Written by Eleanor Helme; Nance Paul. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328179
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards. Black title to spine. B/w drawings. 160 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Page browning and slight foxing else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has a few edge tears and some old tape marks on verso.

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THE BURIED RING
Written by Amy Le Feuvre.
Stock no. 1328178
Published by Pickering & Inglis. Circa 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Crystal Series. Blue cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 191 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn/torn with slight loss.

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THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS (NN6)
Written by Frank Fraser Darling; J. Morton Boyd.
Stock no. 1328177
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalists series No. 6. Green cloth with gilt to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Originally published as 'Natural History In The Highlands And Islands' in 1947. 336 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn/creased, lightly browned and has a grubby mark to rear panel.

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THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling.
Stock no. 1328176
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1895. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 38 b/w text ilustrations. All edges gilt. 240 pages. Reprint of December 1895 (first was November 1895). Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front fly-leaf. A few small light brown stains to pages. Margin tears to a coupe of pages. Some light foxing.

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MERRY ENGLAND
Written by Cyril Ray. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1328175
Published by Vista Books. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors shrewd, unsentimental, extremely funny survey of the manners, customs and recreations of the English in mid-20th century. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Two-tone line illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight rubbing and foxing to cover edges. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn/creased.

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HISTORY OF ROYAL AIR FORCE HALTON: No. 1 SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL TRAINING
Written by Paul Tunbridge.
Stock no. 1828453
Published by Buckland Publications. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

World famous No. 1 School of Technical Training. Halton has produced highly qualified technicians necessary for sophisticated aircraft design. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0721208940. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel; Harry Theaker; Diz Wallis.
Stock no. 1328174
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Two seperate books presented as a box set. White glazed pictorial boards with colour glazed spine. Produced for The Book People. Delightful colour illustrations throughout coloured by Harry Theaker and Diz Wallis. 9.75 x 7.5". ISBN: 0333679563. A super set. Spine of slipcase is very slightly yellowed.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328172
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top of spine.

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BUNTER THE BAD LAD
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1328171
Published by Hawk Books Ltd.. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1960 edition. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0948248920. Indentations to front panel of wrapper.

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DIDCOT TO SWINDON (WESTERN MAIN LINES)
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 1828450
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Western Main Lines series. Including the Faringdon and Highworth Branches. Blue & green glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1901706842. Boards bright. Old price-label to rear board. Printing imprint to title page. Else contents clean.

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