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STORIES ABOUT DOGS
Written by Thomas Bingley. Illustrated by Thomas Landseer.
Stock no. 1801210
Published by T.J. Allman. 1864. Slightly better than good condition.

Illustrative of their Instinct, Sagacity and Fidelity. New Edition. Small format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles and embossed decorations. All edges gilt. Eight b/w plates. Re-backed with original spine laid down and new endpapers. Spine browned and title faded to spine. Uneven fading to cloth boards. Two of eight plates missing. Pale damp stain to top half of plates. Contents generally clean. A good working copy.

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THE SCOTTISH COMMANDER
Written by Peter Reese.
Stock no. 1801200
Published by Canongate. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Scotland's Greatest Military Leaders from Wallace to World War II. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 086241833X. Corners lightly rubbed else a very nice, clean copy.

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THE PACIFIC
Written by Hugh Ambrose.
Stock no. 1801198
Published by Canongate. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A unique historical perspective on the war against Japan during the Second World War. True stories of five men and their fellow servicemen who put their lives on the line for their country. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781847678225. Horixontal crease to cloth near top of spine else a fine copy in a pictorial wrapper which is lightly creased at edges.

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THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1301820
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Front cover shows Goldilocks with three teddy bears. 159 numbered pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn and faded. Covers are a little bit grubby. Lower 2" of front joint cracked. Lower corner of front free-endpaper is creased. Fingermarks to contents and some light foxing but generally clean. "The Three Bears" plate has been reinserted at some stage (is now slightly shorter than the rest of the pages and has some slight damage at inner margin). Rear free-endpaper has been replaced. A couple of large spots to rear pastedown.

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HARVESTS OF CHANGE
Written by Nicholas Goddard.
Stock no. 1801175
Published by Quiller Press. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Agricultural Society of England 1838-1988. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0907621961. Boards clean and bright. A few light marks to endpapers and text block else contents fine. Yellow price-cut pictorial wrapper is heavily faded at spine and top edges.

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THREE LITTLE NEST BIRDS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 1201592
Published by SPCK. 1st 1883. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards with brown cloth spine. Pretty colour and sepia illustrations throughout. A sobering tale of what happens when three children take three baby birds from their nest. Rebacked with modern cloth and new endpapers. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents near fine.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ARCTIC INCIDENT
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 1101349
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0670899631. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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SLEEPING PARTNERS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1801153
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Sleeping Partners A Series of Episodes. A series of plates by Aldin featuring what appear to be a Irish Wolfhound and a terrier. Large format. Blue boards, light blue titles. Corners bumped. Endpapers a little grubby/foxed. Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss.

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THE WEE LITTLE FLEA CIRCUS
Written by Dan Witkowski. Illustrated by Nathan Jarvis.
Stock no. 1701157
Published by Abracadazzle. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition.

American Edition. Glazed pictorial boards. This books contains 3-dimensional stage, a fabulous family of silly flea-circus puppets. To go with an amusing story that the kids will love. ISBN: 0679876987. All pieces present and unused.

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WHY SO MUCH NOISE?
Written by Janina Domznska. Illustrated by Janina Domznska.
Stock no. 1101303
Published by Harper & Row. 1st USA 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

American Edition. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A few foxspots. Wrapper has loss to top and tail of spine.

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WARRIORS OF ROME
Written by Michael Simkins. Illustrated by James Field.
Stock no. 1001152
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An Illustrated military history of the Roman Legions. Large format. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713720018.

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THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE LAFAYETTES
Written by Edith Sichel.
Stock no. 1201566
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 3rd 1910. Very good condition.

Blue decorative embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 354 pages. Corners bumped. Boards lightly marked.

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