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COPPELIA
Written by Linda Jennings. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1327883
Published by Award Publications. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

The story of the famous balletby Leo Delibes. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 11.5 x 8.8". ISBN: 0861635299. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some foxing to endpapers.

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THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Patrick Benson; et al..
Stock no. 1327882
Published by Ted Smart. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four themed sections - Animals, Magic, Friends and foes, and Matters of importance - take the reader on a journey into Dahls unique imagination. Large format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 444 pages. 3rd printing. Bumping to spine. Lower cover edges are lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge browned and creased.

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DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE & THE SUICIDE CLUB
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Mozley.
Stock no. 1327881
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chosen Books series. Grey mottled boards with gilt title and vignettes to spine, vignettes to front cover. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small, light marks to textblock and to margin of page 143 otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, 'new' publishers price sticker coveirng printed price on front flap.

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TRAVELS IN THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE
Written by Donald Macintosh; Richard Ingrams.
Stock no. 1327880
Published by Neil Wilson. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Memoirs from West and Central Africa. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 189778483X. Spine and corners bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and rubbed at corners.

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SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
Written by T.E. Lawrence.
Stock no. 1828225
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Pages untrimmed. Top edge brown. B/w maps and plates. Fifth impression in the same years as first publication for general circulation. Boards clean and bright. Foxing mainly to endpapers and text block. Includes a leaflet on Lawrence of Arabia Memorial which is also foxed. Contents are tight and generally clean (bar foxing). Plain dustwrapper is grubby and lightly edge-worn.

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FIN DE SIECLE: THE ILLUSTRATORS OF THE 'NINETIES
Written by Simon Houfe.
Stock no. 1828224
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The art of the book in the 1890s. Grey-blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 200 pages. Illustrated throughout. ISBN: 0712645403. Rubbing to top & tail of spine and corners, lower spine exposing a little of the board. Diagonal crease to front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed.

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C.R.W. NEVINSON: THIS CULT OF VIOLENCE
Written by Michael J. K. Walsh. Illustrated by C.R.W. Nevinson.
Stock no. 1828223
Published by Paul Mellon Centre for British Art; Yale University Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

C.R.W. Nevinson was one of the most important, colourful and talked about artists of his generation. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300095074. Rear panel of dustwrapper lightly scuffed. Else a lovely copy.

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ALPINE PLANTS: ECOLOGY FOR GARDENERS
Written by John E.G. Good; David Millward.
Stock no. 1828219
Published by Batsford. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative and practical guide to understanding alpines for all gardeners. Brown cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780713490176. Board corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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SURREALISM IN BRITAIN
Written by Michel Remy.
Stock no. 1828217
Published by Ashgate. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive study of the British Surrealist movement and its achievements. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0754600416. A very nice copy.

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THE ANGLO-SAXON WORLD
Written by Nicholas J. Higham; Martin J. Ryan.
Stock no. 1828216
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The definitive introduction to the Anglo-Saxon world, enhanced with a rich array of photographs, maps, genealogies and other illustrations. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780300125344. Base of spine and top corners lightly bumped. Neat initials and date to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased where spine & corners are lightly bumped.

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THE DARTMOOR REAVES: INVESTIGATING PREHISTORIC LAND DIVISIONS
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828215
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.; Oxbow Books. 2nd 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, extended with colour illustrations and two new chapters. A classic of archaeological fieldwork and discovery. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, colour photos. xvi and 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119158. Initials & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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YORKSHIRE HERITAGE: A MEMOIR TO ELLA PONTEFRACT
Written by Marie Hartley. Illustrated by Marie Hartley.
Stock no. 1828214
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Marie Hartley collaborated with the late Ella Pontefract in writing and illustrating topographical books on the Yorkshire dales and the county at large. This book is a personal record of their adventures. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, also some two-tone illustrations. Small mark to rear board, corners lightly kocked and small knock to lower horizontal edge and base of text block. Prelims browned. Text block and rear endpapers foxed. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn,lightly faded/browned to spine, grubby with some small foxspots, foxing to verso.

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