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BRITANNIA, VOLUME THE FIRST: OR, AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND AND DOMINION OF WALES
Written by John Ogilby. Illustrated by John Ogilby.
Stock no. 1327823
Published by Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1939. Very good condition.

Large, oblong format. A facsimile reproduction of John Ogilby's work which was first published in 1675. Colour maps. Cream cloth with red title blocks to front cover and spine. Gilt titles. Covers very lightly grubby. Slight wear to title-strip edges on spine. Endpapers very lightly browned. Contents bright and clean.

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THE ENDLESS QUEST FOR SPEED: THE AUTOCAR PORTFOLIO OF MOTOR RACING SECOND SERIES
Written by S.C.H. Davis. Illustrated by F. Gordon-Crosby.
Stock no. 1327822
Published by Iliffe & Sons Limited. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Volume 2 only. A portfolio of 12 colour plates of scenes from past grand prix races. Beige cardwraps. Large format. All plates are present, 3 of them are detached from staples but fairly sure they were never attached in the first instance. Staples are rusty. Covers are grubby and edge worn.

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ORIGINAL MORRIS MINOR
Written by Ray Newell. Illustrated by John Colley.
Stock no. 1327821
Published by Bay View Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Restorer's Guide to all Saloon, Tourer/Convertible, Traveller and Light Commercial Models. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1870979435. Spine bumped at top. Some light white spots to front cover, lower edges of cover slightly scuffed. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso, is slightly edge rubbed and has light damp stains to lower edges on verso (not evident on outside of wrapper).

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ALBERT, 'AROLD AND OTHERS
Written by Marriott Edgar. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1828144
Published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.. Very good condition.

Wonderfully humourous soliloquies including the famed "Lion and Albert". Complemented by Hassall's ingenious drawings. Cardwraps with pictorial onlay showing Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom at Blackpool. Two-tone drawings throughout. Contains 12 poems. Publication is undated. Covers are grubby and rubbed at corners. Pictorial onlay to front cover is creased. Text block grubby. A few marks to contents.

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A BALDOCK SCRAPBOOK
Written by Maureen Maddren.
Stock no. 1828143
Published by Egon Publishers. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The illustrated companion to Baldock Voices. Edited by Maureen Maddren. Includes material from taped interviews conducted by Edna Page and Nora Penfold. This volume covers 100 years of Baldock life from the 1890s to the 1990s. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0905858948. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and rear panel else a lovely copy.

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MOUNTAINS: EPIC CYCLING CLIMBS
Written by Michael Blann; et al.
Stock no. 1327820
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Featuring climbs of the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Italian/Swiss Alps, Majorca, Tenerife and Asturias. Large oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780500518915. Rubbing to spine and corners. Rear cover scuffed, small dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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AC HERITAGE
Written by Simon Taylor; Peter Burn.
Stock no. 1327819
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 90 Years, From the Three Wheeler to the Cobra. Osprey Classic Marques Series. Colour photos. ISBN: 1855325349. Spine faded. Slight rubbing to spine and corners.

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GEORGE FULLARD: SCULPTURE AND SURVIVAL
No author listed. Illustrated by George Fullard.
Stock no. 1327818
Published by Gallery Pangolin. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Exhibition catalogue of sculpture. Cardwraps. Not paginated. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers else a fine copy.

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THE OXFORD BOOK OF FLOWERLESS PLANTS
Written by Frank H. Brightman. Illustrated by B.E. Nicholson.
Stock no. 1828141
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ferns, Fungi, Mosses and Liverworts, Lichens, and Seaweeds. Beige cloth, yellow titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0199100047. Light fading to top & tail of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents lovely and clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, edge-creased, lightly worn to top & tail of spine.

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SAMURAI INVASION: JAPAN'S KOREAN WAR 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828140
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A lively account of the two sixteenth-century Japanese invasions of Korea, untold before in such detail, and a vital period in the history of samurai culture. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0304359483. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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THE SAMURAI SOURCEBOOK
Written by Stephen R. Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828139
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work of reference on samurai history and culture. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1854093711. Dustwrapper spine slightly faded else a lovely copy.

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FOXEY BRUSHTAIL
Written by Agness E. Cash. Illustrated by Ernest Noble.
Stock no. 1828137
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. 1st thus 1933. Almost very good condition.

New Edition. Small format. Cream, red and blue decorated boards, pictorial onlay to front cover (design by Ernest Aris). 4 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Boards browned, lightly rubbed at corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Centre hinge is pulled but binding is tight. Grubby finger marks to contents.

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