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THE ARMS BAZAAR
Written by Anthony Sampson.
Stock no. 823008
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Companies, The Dealers, The Bribes: From Vickers to Lockheed. The development of the giant arms companies. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340213310. Text block a little grubby and with minor foxspots else contents fine. Black dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn and scuffed.

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TWENTY-FIVE CENTURIES OF SEA WARFARE
Written by Jacques Mordal. Illustrated by Michael Fontaine.
Stock no. 823009
Published by Abbey Library. 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Turquoise cloth. Drawings, maps & b/w photographs. Translated by Len Ortzen and first published in France c. 1959. ISBN: 0719602289. Covers lightly rubbed at edges and slightlyl browned in appearance. Text block a little grubby else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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DONALD THE DETECTIVE
No author listed.
Stock no. 385776
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

No. 3610/A. Full-title inside book is "Donald the Detective and The Case of the Magic Hair-Pins". Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations (featuring Dennis - Donald's pet man-hunting dragon). 16 pages. Staples rusty causing makes to covers and page margins. A nice copy.

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RANSOME FOREIGN LEGION
Written by Arthur Ransome; Robert M. Thompson.
Stock no. 385755
Published by Amazon Publications. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A study of the many translations of the twelve Swallows and Amazons books of Arthur Ransome. Large format. Red boards with gilt titles. 120 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight markings to textblock edges and a few light fingermarks to page margins (mainly at prelims). Dustwrapper is just lightly creased at top edges.

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JUST FOR A CHANGE
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 385719
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

A little girl changes places with her doll... Small format (4.75 x 3.75"). Blue boards with white title and colour vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations and b/w vignettes throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, covers very slightly grubby. Name in ink to front pastedown. Prelims are missing, book opens to page "The Wish". Light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ETERNITY CODE
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 449805
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Artenis Fowl has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. In the wrong hands it could be fatal for humans and fairies alike... Black boards, red title to spine. ISBN: 0670913529.

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MORE BUNNY TROUBLE
Written by Hans Wilhelm. Illustrated by Hans Wilhelm.
Stock no. 449812
Published by Scholastic Publications. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0590763253. Small area of damage to front endpaper.

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HORATIO AND SOME OTHERS - KIDNAPPED
Written by N. Duncan White. Illustrated by Doris White.
Stock no. 449813
Published by F. Levy & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Book number one in the second series of four books. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Corner missing from rear cover, which also has some edge-chipping and repaired surface damage.

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THE DIARY OF A GOOSE GIRL
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin; Claude A. Shepperson. Illustrated by Claude Shepperson.
Stock no. 449819
Published by Gay and Bird. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. Many b/w text illustrations. 117 pages, 16 pages of adverts to rear. 7.5 x 5". Corners are bumped. Front joint is cracked.

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EASTER EGGS
Written by Christoph Von Schmid. Illustrated by M.V. Wheelhouse.
Stock no. 450000
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards with red titles. Lovely colour plates with paper guards plus b/w text illustrations. By the author of "A Basket Of Flowers". Corners are bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby. Belongs to box completed in ink. Endpapers browned. A little foxing.

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DIE WALDSCHULE
Written by C.F. Von Schlichtegroll. Illustrated by Fritz Baumganten.
Stock no. 450024
Published by A. Anton & Co. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Most of paper spine is missing. Covers grubby. Illustrations are bright, only a few foxspots.

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BOOKANO STORIES NO. 12
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 822938
Published by Strand Publications. 1945. Good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine showing The Golden Fleece. 5 superb pop-up models, including the Gondola and Punch and Judy. B/w illustrations. Edges are worn. Punch and Judy pop-up has small tear. Last page is stuck to rear endpaper. Last story has some pencil drawing.

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