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GREY RABBIT FINDS A SHOE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1323370
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 63 numbered pages. 7 x 5.5". ISBN: 0001941224. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Strong musty smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal loss to top and tail of spine.

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HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1323369
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal loss to top of spine, light foxing on verso.

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THE VICARAGE CHILDREN IN SKYE
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Elizabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1323368
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The third story about the lively King family. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 160 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Price-cut wrapper is very slightly browned to spine.

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BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1323364
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some light browning to endpapers and foxing to textblock. A few light corner creases. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to top and tail of spine and some biro marks to title list on rear panel.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed. Illustrated by Karen Avery.
Stock no. 1323363
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1977. Very good condition.

A Peepshow book. Opens 360 degrees. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0701150661. Third impression. A few minor creases to pop-up scenes.

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JENSEN
Written by Keith Anderson.
Stock no. 1824017
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Foulis Motoring Book. In 1926 two young brothers took an Austin Seven and builty for it a new and sporting body. Even in that first design could be divined the hallmark that was to identify their creations and those that bore their name for the next half century. That hallmark was Style adn the name was Jensen - a combination that produced some of the most prestigious and desired motorcars of any era. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 200 pages including index. ISBN: 0854296824. A nice copy in a clean dustwrapper. Musty odour present.

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THE GIANTS OF SMALL HEATH: THE HISTORY OF BSA
Written by Barry Ryerson.
Stock no. 1824016
Published by Haynes; G.T. Foulis. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An 'in depth' look at the inside story of the factory itself, with the emphasis more on the personalities of this once great empire than the machines that carried the piled arms motif. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292551. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Minor grubby marks to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby. Musty odour present.

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RACING SPORTS CARS
Written by Louis Klemantaski; Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 1824015
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Tracing the development of the racing sports car. Browning to front and rear endpaper. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and browned. Musty odour present.

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LOST LAGOON
Written by Armstrong Sperry. Illustrated by ARMSTRONG SPERRY.
Stock no. 1323358
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st UK 1943. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pacific Adventure. Green cloth, blue title to spine. 160 pages. B/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Small, neat inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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FORGOTTEN TALES OF LONG AGO
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 1323354
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Circa 1906. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and title-page. B/w illustrations. 424 pages plus publication list to rear, top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Spine brumped and covers a bit grubby/marked. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked, repair to tear in rear pastedown. Foxing and musty smell to contents.

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PURE DEAD BRILLIANT
Written by Debi Gliori. Illustrated by Debi Gliori.
Stock no. 1323352
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The third deliciously rich read in the Pure Dead sequence. Green imitation suede covers with gilt title and vignette. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0385602529. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Some pale page browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1977
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1323350
Published by Daily Express. 1977. Very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert walking with 2 penguins. 1st story Rupert and the Winkybickies. The last Rupert annual drawn by Alex Cubie. 115 pages. 10x7 inches. ISBN: 0850790832. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink and name in belongs to box. Price cut. Puzzzle on page 61 completed, pencil marks to title on title-page and a doodle in the box above the contents page. Some page browning and grubby marks but generally contents clean.

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