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THE CORONATION GIFT BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1328130
Published by Daily Graphic; Pitkin Pictorials. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards with gilt titles. 7 colour plates plus b/w photos and illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little dusty. Endpapers partially browned. Child's very heavy pencil writing (address) to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some slight loss at edges.

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MYSTERY MINE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1328129
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Story. Green boards, gilt titles and Lone Pine vignette to front. Endpapers are b/w maps of moors. 247 pages. Spine bumped. Tiny mark to front cover. Faint foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso of flaps, is slightly edge rubbed and very lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE DAGGER AND THE FLAME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1328127
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1970. Good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Marston Baines Thriller. Red boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0434962066. Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels (and label removal) to front endpapers. Old tape mark to edge of front pastedown. Contents are otherwise clean. Spine and corners slightly bumped, small dents to edges of covers. Dustwraper is bright (very bright considering the main colour is white!).

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TROUBLE AT TOWNSEND
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1328126
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of two city children sent to stay on a farm where they thought nothing ever happened. They soon changed their minds. The story was also filmed on Malcolm Saville's farm in Hertfordshire. Brown cloth, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is worn with some loss, slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1328124
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exciting story following the Buckingham's, set in Ludlow and Hereford. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Contents very clean. Tear and crease to lower edge of front panel of wrapper.

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NARROW GAUGE ADVENTURE: THE STORY OF THE CRAIG & MERTONFORD
Written by P.D. Hancock.
Stock no. 1828404
Published by Peco Publications And Publicity Ltd.. 2nd 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. The story of one particular model railway 4mm scale layout. Glazed pictorial boards. 127 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900586540. Boards very lightly scuffed. Some very minor knocks to lower board edge. Contents clean.

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THE OLDHAM LOOP PART TWO: ROCHDALE TO MANCHESTER VICTORIA (SCENES FROM THE PAST: 42)
Written by Jeffrey Wells.
Stock no. 1828403
Published by Foxline. Circa 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Hey, Milnrow and Rochdale to Manchester Victoria via Castleton, Middleton Junction and Newton Heath and including the Middleton Branch and Werneth Incline. Large format. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 120 pages. ISBN: 1870119762. Spine faded. Name & date in ink to verso of front cover. Else contents clean.

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BOLTON - ENGINEMAN (SCENES FROM THE PAST: 31)
Written by Jim Markland.
Stock no. 1828402
Published by Foxline. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Footplate reflections of shed life & journeys from the Lancashire town. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 1870119495. Very light, uneven fading to rear cover and spine. Name & date in ink to top of verso of front cover. Contents clean.

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THE 'BUXTON LINE' PART ONE: STOCKPORT TO WHALEY BRIDGE (SCENES FROM THE PAST: 50)
Written by Gregory K. Fox; J.W. Sutherland.
Stock no. 1828401
Published by Foxline. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stockport; Davenport and Hazel Grove to Disley; New Mills (Newtown) and Whaley Bridge. Large format. Pale tan pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and track plans. ISBN: 1870119851. Spine lightly faded. Covers lightly scuffed. Name & date in ink to top edge of verso of front cover. Else, contents clean.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS MARK 1 COACHES
Written by Keith Parkin.
Stock no. 1828399
Published by Pendragon Books; Atlantic Publishers. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An enlarged and expanded version of a work first published in 1982 by the Historical Model Railway Society. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0906899494. Name & date in ink to front pastedown else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed.

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A PICTORIAL RECORD OF L.M.S. ARCHITECTURE
Written by Roy Anderson; Gregory Fox.
Stock no. 1828398
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive selection of illustrations of buildings, structures and other associated fixtures the LMS Railway had in its charge between the 1923 grouping and nationalisation in 1948. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. Large format. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0860930831. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Neat gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and has a few minor marks.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2022
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; John Harrold; Alex Cubie; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328122
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert under an umbrella surround by friends. ISBN: 9780008507688. Minimal rubbing to spine ends.

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