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AWAKENING
Written by John Galsworthy. Illustrated by R.H. Sauter.
Stock no. 734285
Published by William Heinemann. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title & vignette to front, and title to spine. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w and blue two tone illustrations. Spine and corners worn. Endpapers, prelims and outer page edges foxed else contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn at corners, rubbed to spine with slight loss at top and tail.

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THE COMING OF MAMMALS
Written by Melvin Berger. Illustrated by Robert Cremins.
Stock no. 579252
Published by Child's Play (International) Ltd.. 1st UK 1986. Very good condition.

A New World, In Three Dimensions. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Pop-ups. Some of the largest and most unusual mammals of the past. ISBN: 0859532186. Spine and corners a bit bumped. All pop-ups in very good working order.

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THE BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 579316
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. 1959. Good condition.

Red boards, green cloth spine. Front cover shows Noddy in his car with a giraffe. Noddy's second Big Book. Spine strengthened with tape. Corners worn. Gatherings pulled. Inscription in ink in belongs to page. Colouring page completed, torn and repaired with sticky tape. A reading copy.

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RAINBOW ANNUAL 1954
No author listed.
Stock no. 734164
Published by The Fleetway House. 1954. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front cover. Colour frontis, numerous illustrations. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Small mark to front cover from removal of label. Name and address in pencil in belongs to box. Contents clean.

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BLUEBEARD
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 429082
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Walter Crane's Toy Books Series. New Series, no. 113. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Some splitting and chipping to spine. A few marks to rear cover. Contents are detached from covers. Some foxing to contents, but colours of pictures are still bright.

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MY MOTHER
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 429085
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Walter Crane's Toy Books Series. New series, No. 103. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Couple of inch split to base of spine. Rear cover marked. Contents are detached from covers. Some light foxing to contents.

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TRANSPORT PIONEERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Written by Graham Robson; Peter Allen.
Stock no. 486159
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

Interviews recorded by the Transport Trust conducted by Sir Peter Allen and edited by Robson. With notable personalities in transport history. B/w photos. All edges gilt. Blue cloth spine, gilt titles. Lilac boards. ISBN: 0850595428. Contained in lilac slipcase which is slightly stained.

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LITTLE SUSY'S SIX BIRTHDAYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 734079
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1868. Almost very good condition.

'By Her Aunt Susan'. Blue embossed cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby. Writing in pencil to front endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Some grubby marks to page margins but generally clean.

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THE PERSIAN LADY
Written by Charles Burrard Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 626086
Published by Figurehead. 1930. Very good condition.

A whimsical woodland mystery. Grey buckram, black title and vignette of cat's paw prints to front and spine. With delightful sketches by the author. 64 pages. B/w plates. Light page browning and a few tiny foxspots present.

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AUTOMOBILE YEAR No. 43 1995/96
Written by Ian Norris.
Stock no. 486089
Published by Editions Jr. 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 2883240388.

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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 579047
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1st 1797. Very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn Below Chepstow With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages + errata slip. Three-quarter brown calf binding, raised bands, gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. 9" x 6.5". All plates present. Prelims foxed. No half-title but no evidence of any removal. Some pencil annotation. Bookplate of J. Arthur Hutton, the famous angling author, on front pastedown. Hutton wrote numerous books on salmon fishing and of particular relevance here given the book title are Wye Salmon and Other Fish; Rod-Fishing for Salmon on the Wye. Slight rubbing to spine. Overall a handsome copy.

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FORD THE DUST AND THE GLORY A RACING HISTORY
Written by Leo Levine.
Stock no. 486063
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1968. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of how automobile racing was born, including the great races, the great cars and the great drivers. 630 pages. B/w photos. Top and tail of spine bumped else book fine. Wrapper price-cut and a little edge-chipped with some tape repairs. Second printing.

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