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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Peter Smith.
Stock no. 567253
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1979. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Observers book no. 49. Green boards, white title. With 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. ISBN: 0723215979. Cyanamid wrapper is very slight browned to top of spine, else a fine copy.

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THE HISTORIC PEERAGE OF ENGLAND
Written by Harris Nicolas; William Courthope.
Stock no. 567399
Published by John Murray. 1857. Almost very good condition.

Black leather spine. Burgundy boards. New edition. 610 pages. Contents very good. Spine split and torn at base. Corners worn. Joints cracked.

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THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE VOLUME LXXX PARTS I AND II
No author listed.
Stock no. 567405
Published by The Royal Anthroplogical Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland. 1950. Very good condition.

Large format. Green card wraps. B/w photos. Nilotic Studies; New Bottles for New Wine : Ideology and Scientific Knowledge; Religion and Reality; Hominid Characters of the Australopithecine Dentition.; the Early Use of Metals in India and Pakistan; Norwegian Research on the Language and Folklore of the Lapps; Colonial Law and Chinese Society. Top and tail of spine chipped.

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THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE VOLUME 84 PARTS I AND II
No author listed.
Stock no. 567407
Published by The Royal Anthroplogical Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Large format. Green card wraps. B/w photos. The Meaning of Sacrifice among the Nuer; The Mzab.; Status Evaluation in the Hindu Caste System; Konkomba Sorcery; Dancing in Poreporena; Housebuilding in Fiji; Excavations at Jericho; Neandertals and Praesapiens; The Problem of the Sex of Certain Fossil Hominids with Special Reference to the Neandertal Skeletons from Spy; The Cretans. A Geographical Analysis of some Aspects of their Physical Anthropology; Further Observations on Blood Groups in East African Tribes.

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BYD A BETWS
Written by Saunders Lewis.
Stock no. 567454
Published by Gwasg Aberystwyth. 1st 1941. Very good condition.

A Life Of Oratory. Brown card wraps. Poetry. Text in Welsh. Bookplate to inside of front cover. Name in ink to front cover.

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BEIRNIADAETH A MYFYRDOD
Written by T. Gwynn Jones.
Stock no. 567458
Published by Hughes A'I Fab. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Studies & Criticism. Text in Welsh. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. Book: book plate to front endpaper.

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THE MADGE WILLIAMS CHILDREN'S ANNUAL
No author listed. Illustrated by Madge Williams.
Stock no. 567705
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows two children and dog rollerskating on rainbow. Attractive colour plates, two-tone full page pictures plus b/w illustrations. First story is "How George The Elephant Got A White Skin". Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Two pictures neatly coloured. Endpapers lightly foxed. One third of backstrip missing. Corners worn. Contents fine. A nice copy of a scarce annual.

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ABC OF YOUR STORY BOOK FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 567721
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers slightly creased.

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COME TO LIFE STORIES No. 3
No author listed.
Stock no. 567724
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Red spine. Two double-page pop-up pictures. 0.5" missing from top of spine. Corners lightly rubbed. Surface damage to front cover. Name in ink to front cover. Contents fine.

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FATHER CHRISTMAS'S LAST PRESENT
Written by Marie-Aude Murail; Elvire Murail. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 567844
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224070215.

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MR SKIDDLEYWINKS
Written by Edith Millard. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson.
Stock no. 567944
Published by W. & R. Chambers. Circa 1927. Fair condition.

Large format. Beige pictorial boards. Full-page b/w illustrations. Mr. Skiddleywinks lives in a tree and makes fairy shoes... Front joint broken with front endpaper missing and first few pages loose. One hinge broken. Child's scribbling to a couple of pages and the front cover. The majority of the illustrations are clean. Corners worn, boards grubby and scuffed.

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THE LASS FROM LORRAINE
Written by M.C. Scott Moncrieff. Illustrated by Bridget R. Peterson.
Stock no. 567963
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1948. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Colour plates. The story of Joan of Arc, written for children.

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