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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB AND OTHER NURSERY SONGS
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1323193
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 91. Oblong format. Pink pictorial paper wraps. Delightful colour illustrations. Words and music. Printed prices on covers have been covered with small, white 2/6 price stickers. Slight fading to spine. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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THE SKY AND HEAVENS
Written by Peter Hood. Illustrated by Peter Hood.
Stock no. 1323192
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 92. Paperwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some foxing to covers and contents. Some slight rubbing at edges and light creases to corner tips. Not sure if it is a light crayon mark or a scuff mark to the front cover.

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WISHING WATER-GATE
Written by Elinor Lyon. Illustrated by Elinor Lyon.
Stock no. 1323190
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. 8 colour plates. 208 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to lower cover edges and a faint finger(?) mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at corners, a little grubby to rear panel and has a small paper repair to top of spine on verso.

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SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.

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THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (NMN 4)
Written by Stuart Smith. Illustrated by Edward Bradbury.
Stock no. 1323183
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first New Naturalist Monograph on a single species of bird. 11 b/w photographs taken by the author. Learned bibliography supports this splendid study. 26 paintings by Edward Bradbury. 4 line drawings and 4 maps. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Minimal bumping to spine. Neat name in ink to front fre-endpaper. Some foxing, slight browning and old tape marks to endpapers. Contained in a later dustwrapper (printed price 90p) which has old tape marks to flaps.

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SEA-SHORE LIFE OF BRITAIN
Written by L.R. Brightwell.
Stock no. 1323181
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, 116 pages. Some colour but many b/w plates and photos. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut (loss to top corner of front flap), edge rubbed, browned and foxed - not as bad as it sounds, still very good.

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JACQUELINE RIDES FOR A FALL
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by J.E. McConnell.
Stock no. 1323171
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The first story featuring the Three Jays. Green boards, gilt title and small vignette to spine. 5 b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Slight bumping to spine with some fading at top of spine. Endpapers are browned, textblock is foxed. Neat name and address in ink to front free-endpaper, green felt-tip price (50p) to same page. Dustwrapper is foxed, edge worn with some tears, a little grubby and has a pink mark to front panel.

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THE ANDERTON BOAT LIFT
Written by David Carden.
Stock no. 1323165
Published by Black Dwarf Publications. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich in Cheshire is acclaimed as one of the seven wonders of the waterways world. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953302865. Spine bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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FLIGHT FIVE: AFRICA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1323153
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and has remains of white label to top of front panel. Last title listed on rear panel is this one (5 titles listed).

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FLIGHT THREE: USA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1323152
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and a little grubby on rear panel. Last title listed on rear flap is this one (3 titles listed).

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DIRECTORY OF WORLD SPORTS CARS GROUP C AND IMSA CARS FROM 1982
Written by Michael Cotton.
Stock no. 2140975
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 094662738X. Remains of blue sticker to top of front cover; Some creasing to cover edges; a few light marks. Some foxing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1960
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2140971
Published by Daily Express. 1960. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert with lantern, pulling a large sledge of holly. Magic painting pages. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little chipping at corners. Belongs to box is clean. NOT price-cut. Crossword has been done in pencil previously - but now rubbed out. MAGIC PAINTINGS are DONE; some smudging to colour. Musty odour to book. Browning to page edges.

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