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A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
No author listed.
Stock no. 806313
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. Fine condition.

A Book of Remembrance Being a Record of the Services of Old Boys and Masters of Watford Grammar School Who Served in the Great War 1814-1918. Facsimile of the original edition. Pictorial card wraps.

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TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Eve Palmer; Norah Pitman.
Stock no. 806267
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. Wrappers of Vol 1 and 2 are covered in self-adhesive clear film. In the case of Volume 3 the clear film has been used to stick the wrapper to the book. Books are fine.

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CROTALARIA IN AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR
Written by R.M. Polhill.
Stock no. 806269
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The rattlepods or klapper bossie of the legume genus Crotalaria are common throughout the tropics. This book provides a comprehensive review of the genus for the whole continent covering some 500 species. Large format. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9061910900. Wrapper covered in self-adhesive clear film.

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THE OAK TREE
Written by Muriel Pike.
Stock no. 806273
Published by Dolphin Press. 1st 1960. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Putney High School. B/w photos.

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PICTURESQUE CUBA AND OUR NAVY
No author listed.
Stock no. 627645
Published by Belford, Middlebrook & Co.. 1898. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Beige pictorial cloth. B/w photos of Cuba and US Navy vessels. Contents very good. Spine browned. Covers soiled.

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DURHAM SCHOOL REGISTER TO DECEMBER 1939
Written by T.H. Burbidge.
Stock no. 627670
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1940. Very good condition.

3rd edition. Green cloth, gilt titles. Limited to 1000 copies. B/w photos. Top edge gilt. Endpapers lightly browned else contents very good. Spine faded, covers a little marked.

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HELLO WORLD
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 806216
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

Large square format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. As the day begins, Teddy and Baby set out to discover the world around them... ISBN: 074459281x. SIGNED by author to title page. A beautiful copy.

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THE TWELFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Weink; Grace Lodge; Yvonne Perrin; et al..
Stock no. 806236
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pale blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and text illustrations. 156 pages. First story is "One Christmas Eve". Light wear to cover edges. Name and address in ink to half-title page. Dot-to-dot on page 73 completed. Page 96/97 have some surface paper damage. It looks like at one time, the pages got a little damp and the pages were stuck together next to spine. Now some of page 97 (illustration page) has stuck to edges of page 96, making a 1" hole in illustration, so affecting illustration to verso of page 97. Rest of contents are excellent. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-torn and chipped, with only a couple of small chips of loss.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MISCHIEF
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer; Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 806249
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1940. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Mister Meddle is just like his name! He meddles with everything and everyone and gets into the most surprising mischief. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Repaired margin tear to page 159. Browning to endpapers.

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THE SHAR PEI TODAY
Written by Juliette Cunliffe.
Stock no. 627639
Published by Ringpress Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, white title to spine. Book of the Breed series. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948955996. Lower edges of cover lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper has a small closed tear to top front corner.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
Written by Charles Perrault; Madame D'Aulnoy; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 806195
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Browning to spine, with a little fraying/chipping to cloth to top and tail. Some browning marks/scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges, endpapers, title pages and a few page margins internally. All colour illustrations are present and bright.

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