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THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET
Written by Helene Hanff.
Stock no. 1828375
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark orange cloth boards, blue title to spine. ISBN: 0233965092. Second impression. Light browning to text block. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little scuffed.

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CALDECOTT & CO. NOTES ON BOOKS & PICTURES
Written by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1828374
Published by Reinhardt Books. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles. Essays of appreciation of famous authors and illustrators, including Beatrix Potter, Edward Ardizzone and Walt Disney. 214 pages. ISBN: 1871061067. A lovely copy. Cream dustwrapper is a little browned & grubby, small closed tear (no loss) to top rear panel edge.

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MICHAEL WITTMANN AND THE WAFFEN SS TIGER COMMANDERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE IN WORLD WAR II: VOLUME ONE
Written by Patrick Agte.
Stock no. 1828373
Published by Stackpole Books. Very good condition.

Stackpole Military History Series. German Tiger ace Michael Wittmann destroyed 138 enemy tanks and 132 anti-tank guns in a career that embodies the panzer legend: meticulous in planning, lethal in exe cution, and always cool under fire. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780811733342. Second printing. Light score marks and scuffing to covers. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Minor stain to lower corner of text block on vertical edge bleeds onto margins (minor). Slight odour present.

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FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM: THE UKRAINIAN VOLUNTEER DIVISION OF THE WAFFEN-SS
Written by Richard Landwehr. Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro.
Stock no. 1828372
Published by Bibliophile Legion Books, Inc.. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

How and why the Ukrainian Division of the Waffen-SS was formed, what it did on the battlefield and what eventually happened to it. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0918184053. Small knock to top of spine. Corners lightly rubbed. Tape marks to pastedowns, previous bookseller's address label to front pastedown. Text block browned and stained. One line of text describing photo is annotated in blue ink. Slight musty odour present.

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"HERMANN GORING": FROM REGIMENT TO FALLSCHIRMPANZERKORPS
Written by Roger James Bender; George A. Petersen.
Stock no. 1828369
Published by R. James Bender. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Black pictorial boards, green titles. B/w photos plus a few colour flags. ISBN: 0912138122. Boards a little marked. Top of spine lightly worn. Text block browned. Tape marks to endpapers. Some page-edge browning.Slight musty odour present.

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CAIRNS, FIELDS, AND CULTIVATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT UPLANDS
Written by Jamie Quartermaine; Roger H. Leech.
Stock no. 1828368
Published by Oxford Archaeology North. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

This volume presents the results of a programme of detailed archaeological survey undertaken in the Lake District between 1982 and 1989, mainly on the fells above the west Cumbria coastal plain. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos and maps. CD containing detailed plans contained in pocket to rear. ISBN: 9781907686078. Corners lightly bumped. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn, lower edge of rear board has a couple of minor knocks. Previous owner's initials and date to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. CD is present.

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HOUSES OF THE GENTRY 1480-1680
Written by Nicholas Cooper.
Stock no. 1828367
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in Association with English Heritage. A treasury of information about English upper-class houses of 1480 to 1680, and about the attitudes and motives of those who built, owned and lived in them. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0300073909. Slight surface damage to lower edge of front board. Base of spine bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased where base of spine has been bumped, lightly scuffed.

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M.C. ESCHER: THE GRAPHIC WORK
Written by M.C. Escher. Illustrated by M.C. Escher.
Stock no. 1828366
Published by Taschen. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Introduced and explained by the artist. Large format. Red paper boards, white titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9783836503181. A lovely copy.

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WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764
Written by Nat Alcock; Cary Carson.
Stock no. 1828362
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This major innovative study explores the significance of a unique type of document that has hitherto been almost unknown to scholars. House-and-estate surveys - which add details of the village's houses, outhouses, and farm buildings to the standard evidence of an estate survey - survive for South-West England for the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-18th century. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour photos. ISBN: 9781842172995. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE ROCK FAIRY AND THE SEA FAIRY
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328094
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1937. Good condition.

Simple Reading Steps, Step 2. Red cardwraps. 11 pages. Colour illustrations. Covers faded, edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Old pencil price to top of front cover, some pencil scribbles to publisher's logo on rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and some light fingermarks to margins.

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'THE FAIREST ARCH IN ENGLAND' OLD OUSE BRIDGE, YORK, AND ITS BUILDINGS: THE PICTORIAL EVIDENCE
Written by Barbara Wilson; Frances Mee.
Stock no. 1828359
Published by York Archaeological Trust. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Archaeology of York Supplementary Series, dealing with the pictorial evidence for the medieval buildings of York. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations, folding maps. ISBN: 1874454264. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to title page else a lovely clean copy.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE GOBLIN AND HIS CAP
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328093
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1940. Almost very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No. 5. Red pictorial cardwraps. 11 pages, easy to read text. Colour text illustrations (featuring fairies). Covers slightly grubby, fading and rubbing to spine and crease to lower corner of front cover. Foxing to textblock. Some fingermarks to page margins. Old price in heavy pencil to top of front cover.

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