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THE KHAKI BOYS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Brazil.
Stock no. 383312
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The two other stories are "The Scallywag Boys" and "The Slap-Bang Boys". Blue decorated cloth with white titles. 122 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. A few tiny pinholes to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned. Name plate to front endpaper (which has partly browned). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and quite grubby. Nelson's Red Star Series.

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THE SECRET OF THE BORDER CASTLE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Charles Willis.
Stock no. 383319
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped otherwise covers bright. Very slight page edge foxing. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and torn with slight loss to head and tail of spine.

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CHARTERHOUSE REGISTER 1872-1910 VOLUME II
No author listed.
Stock no. 818458
Published by Chiswick Press. 1911. Almost very good condition.

Tercentenary Edition. Volume II 1892-1910. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 964 pages. Covers unevenly faded. Some foxing.

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TIMOTHY AND THE SNAILMAN
Written by Brenda Sivers. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 445803
Published by Abelard. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0200726439. Small blue biro mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents smell a little smokey.

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BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 445651
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. 10 b/w plates and 2 maps. 384 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. All edges olivine. Covers are worn and scuffed. New endpapers (book has possibly been restitched). All plates present and correct. An early reprint.

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SIGHT-SEEING IN GERMANY AND THE TYROL
Written by John Forbes.
Stock no. 818373
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1856. Almost very good condition.

Modern recasing in handmade paper, grey spine, blue boards. Handmade paper endpapers (Griffin Mill early wove). Handmade paper label with title and author. 378pp plus 16pp booklist. One folding map plus aquatint frontis. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing. Fold-out map has 3" closed tear.

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COLLECTION GEORG HIRTH II ABTHEILUNG
No author listed.
Stock no. 818376
Circa 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. II. Abthelung: Kunstgewerbe - Oelgemalde - Graphische Kunste etc. Text in GERMAN. Photographs of antiques. Plus approximately 90 b/w plates. Deals with No. 801 to 2086 of collection. Edges worn.

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CAPTAIN PEGGIE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W.E. Wightman.
Stock no. 383283
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1924. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial blue cloth covers. Six b/w plates. 319 pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny nicks to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some heavy foxing, mainly to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, loss to corners, top of spine and to edges of rear panel.

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GERMAN MOTORCYCLES
Written by Mick Walker.
Stock no. 818300
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Osprey Collector's Library. Road & Racing Bikes. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850457599. Very minor foxing to top of text block. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased with a few small closed tears and is faded to top of spine.

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TUFTY TAKES A HOLIDAY
No author listed. Illustrated by Truus Vinger.
Stock no. 383249
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to each page. Spine slightly worn at top and bottom. Corners worn. covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink to top margin of first page. Some light fingering to page margins. Top and tail of spine and also corners are bumped (also to contents).

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RUPERT AND EDWARD AND THE CIRCUS
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 383253
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. A Rupert Cut Out Story Book. B/w story panel plus colour figures to cut out. Slight rubbing to cover edges and some very slight scuffing to covers. Staples are rusty, cover has come away from lower staple. Contents unused. A super copy of an exceptionally scarce Rupert book.

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BIG PETER'S LITTLE PETER
Written by Lilian Cheesman. Illustrated by Lilian Cheesman.
Stock no. 445409
Published by Jarrolds. Circa 1918. Very good condition.

Cream cloth spine with brown title, buff boards with colour onlay to front. Colour plates throughout. SIGNED by author to title page (dated). Covers are worn and scuffed with a few marks. Corners bumped. Endpapers browned.

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