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MOTOCOURSE 50 YEARS OF MOTO GRAND PRIX
Written by Dennis Noyes.
Stock no. 1601740
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1874557837. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge creased with a couple of tiny nicks.

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THE FORM THAT LIKED TO BE FIRST
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by W. Spence.
Stock no. 1305935
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, purple titles to front and spine. 272 pages. 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners are bumped with some slight wear to top front corner. Front endpapers have been replaced and the front joint (between half-title and frontis) is partially cracked. Light foxing throughout else contents clean.

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THIS TIME NEXT TERM
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1305934
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with white titles. 4 b/w plates. Very slight bumping to spine and corners, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1945). Light foxing to prelims and heavy foxing to page edges. Pictorial wrapper is just slightly edge rubbed/nicked and a little grubby on rear panel.

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THE LOWER FOURTH EXCELS ITSELF
Written by Nancy Breary.
Stock no. 1305925
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. 207 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some fading to lower 1.5" of spine. Top edge of front cover has been ever so slightly nibbled by a rodent(?). Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs on verso, loss to base of spine and some slight loss at other corners.

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THE HIGHWAY
Written by Edgar B. Schieldrop.
Stock no. 1704495
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Cloth boards. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Conquest of Space and Time series. Spine browned. Some foxing.

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BLACK SWAN A HISTORY OF 103 SQUADRON
Written by Sid Finn.
Stock no. 1601731
Published by Newton. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, white title to spine.348 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872308007. Top of spine bumped. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. SIGNED by author with dedication on front endpaper. Contents fine.

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DIANA OF THE RANGES
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by C. Caney.
Stock no. 1804685
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 240pp. SIGNED by the author by way of a gift inscription to front endpaper. Spine faded, cover edges faded. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped and has 1.5" loss to top of spine.

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HONK THE MOOSE
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1305782
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green pictorial paperboards. Cloth spine. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. The fair dustwrapper (large amount of loss to front corner) - looks like it has been attached by book worm! - has done it's job and kept the boards bright and clean. Lower edges of boards are just ever so slightly rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers very lightly browned. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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THE BLACK PATCH PIRATES
Written by Robert Aitchen. Illustrated by Robert Aitchen.
Stock no. 1305781
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Superb full-page colour illustrations plus b/w drawings. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Some very light foxing and fingering, title-page and last text page lightly browned. Contents clean.

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A BOY AND A SECRET
Written by Raymond Jacberns. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1305772
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, yellow titles. 304 pages. 10 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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THE ROBBER KITTEN
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by F.A. Williams.
Stock no. 1305765
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1931. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth spine, pictorial front board. 32 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Green, brown and white pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Small grubby mark to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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A PRINCESS COMES TO OUR TOWN
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Gertrude Lindsay.
Stock no. 1305709
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt titles. 12 plates. 119 pages plus 8 page publication list to rear. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to cover edges and covers grubby with spots to rear cover. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Contents clean.

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