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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2108969
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with closed tear to front panel; repaired to verso with tape.

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THE YOUNG MAN OF CURY AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Charles Causley. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501092
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0333538129. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Odd fox spot to contents. Wrapper is foxed on verso and a little edge creased with tiny split near top of spine.

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NO LONGER AN ISLAND
Written by Alfred Gollin.
Stock no. 2108896
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Britain and the Wright Brothers 1902-1909. ISBN: 0434299022. Some browning to cover edges. Binding is starting to become a little weak. Wrapper has large closed tear to base of spine; creased with nicks to corners.

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FIRST OF THE MANY THE STORY OF AN INDEPENDENT FORCE, RAF
Written by Alan Morris.
Stock no. 2108891
Published by Jarrolds. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The Story of an Independant Force, RAF. ISBN: 0090873602. Fading to spine. Wear to cover edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; creasing and chipping; a little loss.

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THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM BOOK OF 1918 YEAR OF VICTORY
Written by Malcolm Brown.
Stock no. 2108875
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1ST 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0283063076. Bumping to base of spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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WARNEFORD, VC
Written by Mary Gibson.
Stock no. 2108868
Published by Fleet Air Arm Museum. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The First Naval Airman to be awarded the V.C. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902633910. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper has a little edge-creasing.

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A CAT AND MOUSE LOVE STORY
Written by Nanette Newman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501089
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format, glazed pictorial boards, gorgeous colour pictures. ISBN: 0434980455. Spine and corners a little rubbed. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON ESQ. OF HALSTON SHROPSHIRE
Written by Nimrod. Illustrated by H. Alken; T.J. Rawlins.
Stock no. 1707044
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1869. Fair condition.

M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry with his Hunting, Racing Shooting, Driving and Extravagant Exploits. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. 18 hand coloured plates. Two (of 18) plates MISSING. Covers unevenly faded. Edges worn and bumped. Some foxing. Plate margins a little grubby but otherwise bright.

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THE PROBLEM OF WALES AND OTHER ESSAYS
Written by J.F. Rees.
Stock no. 1806712
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown/red cloth with gilt title to spine. Endpapers browned, lower edge of boards bumped. Contents clean. Wrapper is edge-worn, browned and grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES AND INVENTIONS OF STEWART BLACKER
Written by L.V.S. Blacker; Barnaby Blacker.
Stock no. 1707003
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Biography of a Soldier, Aviator and Weapons inventor. ISBN: 1844154319. Revised edition.

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MORE FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1308700
Published by The Nonesuch Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Nonesuch Cygnet. Chosen from the Colour Fairy Books of Andrew Lang by Kathleen Lines with an epilogue by Roger Lancelyn Green. Pink cloth, gilt titles and attractive gilt swan vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib with stamps to prelims and textblock and removal of labels to front endpaper. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE MOUSE'S HOUR
Written by M. Fitzgerald. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1308676
Published by Country Life Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy in rhyme. Pale grey cloth, green titles to spine and front cover. B/w pencil sketches. Very small green mark to front cover. Light damp stain to base of spine, affecting front and rear covers. Endpapers lightly browned, a few foxspots to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (large section cut from front flap), is foxed and slightly grubby and has a few small marks to rear panel.

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