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GRAEME AND THE DRAGON
Written by Naomi Mitchison. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1824131
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Graeme found a baby dragon things stopped being just everyday-ish... Blue cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. Ex-school library with just one school stamp to front endpaper. Piece of dustwrapper spine is stuck to base of cloth spine. Else boards nice and bright. Endpapers lightly browned. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents nice and clean, one or two minor margin marks. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, chip to tail of spine (chip itself stuck to base of book spine), rear panel is browned. A nice copy overall.

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THE BALLOON PEOPLE
Written by Ann Stone. Illustrated by Philip Gough.
Stock no. 1824130
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ben lay on the grass inside his ruined tower. He was imagining a real balloon of his own. It would be red, with gold bands, with a large basket to sit in. He knew how to make it work. How glorious it would be... Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718817028. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby especially to rear panel with a slight scuff to surface paper of rear flap fold.

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THE GREY ADVENTURER
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Beatrice Goldsmith.
Stock no. 1824128
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A colourful and exciting story for boys and girls laid in Restoration England and early American Colonies. Blue cloth boards, red title block to spine with gilt title. B/w illustrations. Blue mark to spine. Cloth to base of spine and lower 1/3 of rear board creased. Top corner of front board creased. Text block a little browned. Contents generally clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and small chips, blue biro to 'G' and 'y' of title, spine browned, rear panel grubby.

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BRITISH PYRALID AND PLUME MOTHS
Written by Bryan P. Beirne. Illustrated by S.N.A. Jacobs.
Stock no. 1824127
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Wayside and Woodland series. 216 colour specimens, 16 plates. 207 pages. Boards clean and bright. Scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and endpapers. Text block browned. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, scuffed, closed tear to top rear edge of spine.

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FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1824126
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and fly vignette to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. Wayside and Woodland Series. 383 pages including index. A few small marks to boards. Gilt is still bright. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots to contents and a few grubby marks e.g. page 15 (see photo). Contents generally very nice. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, lightly faded to spine, lightly scuffed, front flap has had tape on it at some point which has stained the flap vertically with some loss of surface paper.

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LAND AND WATER BUGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by T.R.E. Southwood. Illustrated by H.D. Swain; P. Entwistle; H.M. Entwishle; T.R.E. Southwood; Dennis Leston.
Stock no. 1824125
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1959. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Green leather-look covers with gilt and black titles. With 32 coloured plates by Swain. 31 b/w plates and 153 text figures by Entwistle and the authors. Text block mottled green. Boards bright. Text block browned. Small pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few closed tears and slight surface paper loss, tape mark to lower spine.

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BOBBY BREWSTER'S BALLOON RACE
Written by H.E. Todd. Illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Stock no. 1824123
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Bobby Brewster finds himself involved in magic at every turn. Even on holiday extraordinary things happen to him. He is followed by a travelling balloon that winks and yawns; and a sandcastle he helps to build on the beach is soon inhabited by a variety of sea creatures. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340104430. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes from) to half-title page. Lower front edge of boards bumped.A few minor marks to text block and margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, faded to spine, surface paper damage to front panel, slight loss to rubbed corners, rear panel crinkled by damp but not stained.

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THE DARK FLIGHT DOWN
Written by Marcus Sedgwick.
Stock no. 1824122
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, metallic red title to spine. Boy is on the run from life with the magician Valerian. ISBN: 184255218X. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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AUTOCOURSE 2007-2008
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1824119
Published by Crash Media Group. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 57th year of publication. Foreword by Kimi Raikkonen 2007 world champion. ISBN: 9781905334216. Minor mark to base of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine, lightly rubbed to base of spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLY-FISHING HANDBOOK
Written by Dean Riphagen.
Stock no. 1824116
Published by New Holland Publishers (uk) Ltd. Circa 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tying and fishing 50 effective flies for South African waters. Each pattern includes information about the typ0e of insect it imitates, the best ways and conditions in which to fish it and a list of the materials needed to tie it. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1859741010. 4th reprint.

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THE WEYMOUTH HARBOUR TRAMWAY
Written by J.H. Lucking.
Stock no. 1824115
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Countless summer visitors, as well as passengers for the Channel Islands and France, have come to know Weymouth as 'the place where the trains run through the street'. This comprehensive study provides a full account, from arly unfulfilled proposals in the 1840s, through the line's horse-drawn bneginnings in the 1860s and long years of commercial importance, to the almost complete decline following the withdrawal of freight traffic in 1970. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860933040. Top corners of boards bumped. Lower board edges browned and with red pen marks to corners and lower text block. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, tiny nick to top 1/3 of spine and corners rubbed.

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BRISTOL IN THE 1890'S
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824110
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1965. Very good condition.

Second edition. Lilac glazed boards. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication). Top corners of boards bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Occasional foxspot. Slight musty odour present.

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