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THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE
Written by Isabel Alexander. Illustrated by Isabel Alexander.
Stock no. 1323324
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 58. Pictorial paper wraps. colour and b/w illustrations. Covers slightly browned at edges. Staples rusty. Pencil no. (58) erased from front cover.

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WOODWORKING FOR CHILDREN
Written by John Dumayne. Illustrated by John Dumayne.
Stock no. 1323323
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 57. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Some rubbing to spine. A couple of pages have been roughly opened resulting in slight loss at page edges. Penguin price alteration sticker to title list inside front cover. Pale page browning.

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DOGS
Written by Maurice Wilson. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 1323322
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 56. Oblong format, paperwraps. Colour and b/w lithograph illustrations throughout. Some browning to cover edges. Staples rusty. Some pale browning to contents.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323321
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1947. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The Biggles Squadron versus the Nazi ace, Von Zoyton, in the battle of the Libyan air route. Blue cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Wear and discolouration to lower edges of covers. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and large piece of loss to top edge of rear panel. Rear panel and spine are also a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323319
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss and small tears. Spine of wrapper is faded, rear panel is a little grubby.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323316
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. The case of the pirate U-Boat. Spine bumped. Browning to endpapers and inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to preliminary pages and to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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NODDY AND THE FARMYARD MUDDLE
Written by Sophie Smallwood. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1323305
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blyton's Granddaughter writes a new classic Noddy adventure! Larger format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780007318018. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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THE NEW HOUSE MISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1323298
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

The Captain Series. Pictorial boards and spine. B/w frontis. 94 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean.

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A LEADER IN THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1323297
Published by Armada. 1st PB 1985. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 0006925065. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Name and address in belongs to box. Some pale page browning else contents clean.

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ALFA ROMEO SPIDER, ALFASUD & ALFETTA GT (CROWOOD AUTOCLASSICS)
Written by David G. Styles.
Stock no. 1823992
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Crowood AutoClassics Series. The Complete Story. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1852236361. Light pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel. Musty odour present.

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MERCEDES-BENZ: LASTWAGEN UND OMNIBUSSE 1886-1986
Written by Werner Oswald.
Stock no. 1823989
Published by Motorbuch Verlag. 2nd 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2 Auflage (2nd edition). Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Text in German. ISBN: 3613010410. A few minor white spots to boards. Grey dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Faint musty odour present.

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TRIUMPH CARS THE COMPLETE 75 YEAR HISTORY
Written by Richard Langworth; Graham Robson.
Stock no. 1823983
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive history of one of Britain's most famous makes of car. From the 1923 10/20 to the latest TR7. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900549440. Boards clean. Pale foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased to front flap and is a little grubby/scuffed. Musty odour present.

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