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THE EARLY MOTOR BUS
Written by Charles E. Lee.
Stock no. 819514
Published by London Transport. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853290547. Covers creased, contents fine.

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BUSES ANNUAL 1974
Written by Gavin Booth.
Stock no. 819516
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition.

Red pictorial glazed boards. B/w and a few colour photos. ISBN: 0711004676. Covers scuffed. Light grease spots to margin of last few pages else contents clean.

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BRITISH TRAMS IN CAMERA
Written by Julian Thompson.
Stock no. 819518
Published by Fraser Stewart. 1st thus 1992. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The postwar tram era before it was eclipsed by the motorbus. Over 200 photos in b/w. Blue pictorial glazed boards. ISBN: 1874723230. A nice, clean copy.

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KHAKI OPINION: VOL. I
Written by W.M. Picken; et al.
Stock no. 630773
Published by W.J.W. Hamill. 1917. Almost very good condition.

An Illustrated Magazine for all in Khaki. November 1916-October 1917. 12 issues. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w plates and illustrations. SIGNED by publisher and possibly other contributors to front pastedown. Front endpapers appear to have been hand illustrated in ink by artist signed as S.W.D. Covers scuffed and marked. Some creasing. Photograph of a soldier pasted to rear pastedown (unidentified).

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 630766
Published by Country Life. 2nd 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, purple pictorial boards, cloth spine. Delightful lithographed colour illustrations throughout. Contents are slightly pulled from panel disguised by photocopy beneath existing wrappers. Wrapper has substantial loss to front panel disguised by photocopy beneath existing wrapper, and some loss to other smaller areas to rear panel.

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VETERAN & VINTAGE PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES
Written by David Kaye.
Stock no. 819436
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. Good condition.

Veteran & Vintage Series. Blue pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. Spine worn & creased. Top front corner lightly worn. Rear cover scuffed. A few margin marks. Rear endpaper is torn with loss to top corner (3.25" x 2" approx).

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RUPERT ACTIVITY BOOK 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 446307
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition.

Recreational and educational for young children. Games, stories and colouring pages. Pictorial paper wraps. Name in red pencil crayon to front cover. Some grubby marks/foxing to covers. Colouring pages have been completed.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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THE MINING MAGAZINE SESSION 1955-1956
No author listed.
Stock no. 819429
1956. Very good condition.

The Bargoed Mining and Technical Institute Mining Society. Volume 6. Blue cardwraps with black titles. Corners of covers lightly creased. Pages 1-7 are/were uncut by publisher at top edge and have been prised apart and torn in doing so. Apart from this, contents are fine.

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WILD ANIMAL STORIES
Written by George Manville Fenn; Arthur J. Daniels; et al. Illustrated by E.B.S. Montefiore.
Stock no. 819382
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book. Printed in Bavaria 867. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards with colour illustration of leopard on a tree branch with five monkeys. 6 full page colour three dimensional scenes. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Top corner of spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges pulled. One double page spread with text on one side and three dimensional scene on facing page is detached. Small closed tear with no loss to one lower page margin. A very nice copy. All panoramas in excellent condition. Reduced from £420.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 446204
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, black titles. 314 pages plus 6 page book list to rear. Colour frontis plus 2 b/w plates. Covers are rubbed with small areas of scuffing. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dampstaining to rear endpapers/pastedown and to top of outer page edges.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 446207
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Half-title page has one *, therefore believed to be 2nd edition. Foxing to spine, margins and outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly marked to spine, with wear to corners.

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SLEEPY TIME TALES OF CANDYTOP CASTLE
Written by Sheila Hodgetts.
Stock no. 446209
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition.

New Five-minute bedtime stories. Small oblong format. Card wraps. Two-tone illustrations. Ink number to front cover. Covers are grubby. Small stain to inside front cover. Pages browned.

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