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MR PEABODY'S APPLES
Written by Madonna. Illustrated by Loren Long.
Stock no. 385810
Published by Puffin. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Inspired by a 300-year-old story about the power of words. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0141380489.

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BRISTOL AND ITS FAMOUS ASSOCIATIONS
Written by Stanley Hutton.
Stock no. 631501
Published by J.W. Arrowsmith. 1907. Very good condition.

Cloth covers with gilt title to spine. 58 illustrations. Corner are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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ALL ABOUT DOG BREEDING FOR QUALITY AND SOUNDNESS
Written by Jean Gould.
Stock no. 822995
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'All About' series. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720710642. A few pinhole size holes to top of spine of covers and dustwrapper (teeth marks?). Contents are fine. Pictorial wrapper is creased across top edge and lightly rubbed at corners.

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DOG BREEDING
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish; Anne MacDonald.
Stock no. 823001
Published by Foyles. 1978. Nearly fine condition.

A Foyles Handbook. Revised Edition. Small format. Blue & yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w and some colour photos. ISBN: 0707105056. A nice, clean copy.

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THE ARMS BAZAAR
Written by Anthony Sampson.
Stock no. 823008
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Companies, The Dealers, The Bribes: From Vickers to Lockheed. The development of the giant arms companies. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340213310. Text block a little grubby and with minor foxspots else contents fine. Black dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn and scuffed.

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TWENTY-FIVE CENTURIES OF SEA WARFARE
Written by Jacques Mordal. Illustrated by Michael Fontaine.
Stock no. 823009
Published by Abbey Library. 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Turquoise cloth. Drawings, maps & b/w photographs. Translated by Len Ortzen and first published in France c. 1959. ISBN: 0719602289. Covers lightly rubbed at edges and slightlyl browned in appearance. Text block a little grubby else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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DONALD THE DETECTIVE
No author listed.
Stock no. 385776
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

No. 3610/A. Full-title inside book is "Donald the Detective and The Case of the Magic Hair-Pins". Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations (featuring Dennis - Donald's pet man-hunting dragon). 16 pages. Staples rusty causing makes to covers and page margins. A nice copy.

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RANSOME FOREIGN LEGION
Written by Arthur Ransome; Robert M. Thompson.
Stock no. 385755
Published by Amazon Publications. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A study of the many translations of the twelve Swallows and Amazons books of Arthur Ransome. Large format. Red boards with gilt titles. 120 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight markings to textblock edges and a few light fingermarks to page margins (mainly at prelims). Dustwrapper is just lightly creased at top edges.

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JUST FOR A CHANGE
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 385719
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

A little girl changes places with her doll... Small format (4.75 x 3.75"). Blue boards with white title and colour vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations and b/w vignettes throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, covers very slightly grubby. Name in ink to front pastedown. Prelims are missing, book opens to page "The Wish". Light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ETERNITY CODE
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 449805
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Artenis Fowl has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. In the wrong hands it could be fatal for humans and fairies alike... Black boards, red title to spine. ISBN: 0670913529.

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MORE BUNNY TROUBLE
Written by Hans Wilhelm. Illustrated by Hans Wilhelm.
Stock no. 449812
Published by Scholastic Publications. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0590763253. Small area of damage to front endpaper.

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HORATIO AND SOME OTHERS - KIDNAPPED
Written by N. Duncan White. Illustrated by Doris White.
Stock no. 449813
Published by F. Levy & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Book number one in the second series of four books. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Corner missing from rear cover, which also has some edge-chipping and repaired surface damage.

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