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MY BRIMFUL BOOK
Written by Dana Bruce. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor; Margot Austin; Wesley Dennis.
Stock no. 582146
Published by Collins. 1965. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark red titles to imitation cloth covers. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Favourite poems of childhood, Mother Goose Rhymes and Animal Stories. Edited by Bruce. Cover edges are worn. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is very edge-torn and chipped with pieces of loss to edges and some repairs with sticky tape.

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A NEST OF TEACHERS
Written by Edward Blishen.
Stock no. 582010
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1980. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An Autobiography. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 024110145X. SIGNED by author - 'To David, With Best Wishes' on front endpaper.

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MOLLY MOON'S INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM
Written by Georgia Byng.
Stock no. 582080
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Orphan Molly finds a mysterious book on Hypnotism and her life changes overnight. Red boards, silver title to spine. 330 pages. ISBN: 0333984897. SIGNED by author to bottom of title page. A lovely bright copy!

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CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES
Written by Alice Bertha Gomme. Illustrated by Winifred Smith.
Stock no. 582089
Published by David Nutt. 1894. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Grey cloth, black titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Light fraying to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners. A few grubby marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and a few to prelims. Contents are lovely.

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THE PARISH REGISTERS OF UPTON SNODSBURY IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER 1577-1837
Written by E.H. Sargeant.
Stock no. 581996
Published by Worcestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1950. Fine condition.

Large format. 13 x 8". Red cloth, gilt titles. Limited to 100 copies. 129 pages. At Upton Snodsbury we find families of good Yeoman stock whose interests and relationships extend far beyond the confines of this parish. Copy no. 57.

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THE PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH BOROUGHS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by May McKisack.
Stock no. 581904
Published by Frank Cass. 1st thus 1962. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The book, based on long research in municipal and borough records, attempts to correlate some of the evidence bearing on the representation of the towns of medieval England, and to discover the answers to such basic questions as how the citizens were elected, paid and taxed, what their function in parliament was and what type of men they were. Dustwrapper: corners rubbed.

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BADGERS WITHOUT BIAS
Written by Robert W. Howard.
Stock no. 581812
Published by Abson Books. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. An objective look at the controversy about tuberculosis in badgers and cattle. ISBN: 0902920448.

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Y MESURYDD TIR A CHOED
No author listed.
Stock no. 581745
Published by T. Gee. 1883. Good condition.

The Measurer of Land and Trees. Text in Welsh. 2 b/w plates. Numerous measurement tables. Small format. 155 pages. Full black tooled leather binding. Contents detached. Rear pastedown stained. Corners of covers bumped and rubbed.

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PATTERNS OF MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION
Written by S.A. Asdell.
Stock no. 581767
Published by Comstock Publishing Company Inc.. 1st 1946. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

x + 437 pages. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-chipped and repaired with tape.

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CHANTREY LAND
Written by Harold Armitage. Illustrated by Charles Ashmore.
Stock no. 581786
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Being an Account of the North Derbyshire Village of Norton. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt titles. Spine faded.

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THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY, ITS CONTENTS AND ITS ACTIVITIES
Written by W. Llewellyn Davies.
Stock no. 581669
Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Limited to 600 copies. Full brown leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt crest to front cover. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A survey of its History, its Contents and its Activities. B/w plates. SIGNED by author 'To Dr. William Phillips with the compliments and thanks of William Ll. Davies'. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Corners slightly bumped. Overall a handsome copy.

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LOUIS WAIN'S BABY'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 581718
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards with picture of cute kitten on the front cover. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats. Spine worn with slight loss at top and tail. Corners worn, covers scuffed but still bright. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light brown stain to top edge of front endpaper and title page. A few margin marks but contents generally clean. A nice copy of a scarce Wain title.

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