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LA CONQUETE DE L'AIR
Written by L. Sazerac De Forge.
Stock no. 630519
Published by Berger-Levrault. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Le Probleme de la locomotion aerienne les dirigeables et l'aviation - leurs applications. The conquest of the Air. Text in French. Modern three-quarter brown calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations, plates and fold-out diagram. One tiny mark to boards else binding in beautiful condition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original paperwraps bound in. A few margin marks and corner creases to contents. A very nice copy. Reduced from £125.

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LE BALLON LIBRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 630520
Published by Librairie Aeronautique. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Theory and practical. Captain du Genie DO. Hot air balloons. Modern three-quarter calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. viii and 506 pages plus adverts to rear. B/w illustrations and photos. Binding is beautiful. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few grubby marks. Couple of ink stamps to prelims and top margin of one page. Just a few annotations mostly in pencil to margins.

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REDSKIN AND COWBOY
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 818949
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1893. Fair condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. A Tale Of The Western Plains. Front endpaper and one plate missing. Half-title page has some loss and remains of sticker. Hinges pulled. One plate detached. Covers marked and worn to corners.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 818955
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pink pictorial glazed boards showing Noddy in his aeroplane. Colour illustrations. Big Noddy Book No. 8. Insription in ink to half-title page. Coulouring page neatly completed in crayon. Wrapper has large closed tear to front panel, 1/2 loss to base of spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2003
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 818934
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2003. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert ringing handbells. ISBN: 1904329268. SIGNED by John Harrold in the form of a personal inscription to front pastedown. A fine copy. Not price-cut or inscribed in belongs to box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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LES ZEPPELINS
Written by Georges Besancon.
Stock no. 818897
Published by Bloud Et Gay. 1915. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 24 "Pages actuelles" 1914-1915. Zeppelins. Text in French. Small paperwraps format. B/w illustrations. 43 pages. A few marks and light creasing to covers. Light page browning else contents fine.

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WHO'S WHO OF WELSH INTERNATIONAL SOCCER PLAYERS
Written by Gareth M. Davies; Ian Garland.
Stock no. 818886
Published by Bridge Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Details of over 600 players from the formative days of the 19th century to the high tech world of modern soccer. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Large format. ISBN: 1872424112. Top front corner bumped. A few very pale foxspots to title page else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased, very slightly rubbed at corners and has a couple of marks to rear panel.

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THE FOREST PRUNER OR TIMBER OWNER'S ASSISTANT
Written by William Pontey.
Stock no. 818866
Published by J. Harding. 1808. Good condition.

Second Edition. Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees. White paper spine with title block, blue paper boards. 8 plates including 4 tinted. Spine worn with loss at edges to backstrip, title block is hard to read. Covers a little grubby. Bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. A number of small ink blots to verso of frontis which show through. A few scattered foxspots. Page crinkling. All plates present. A presentable copy.

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LAWS OF DEAN
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 818870
Published by The British Publishing Company. 1st 1952. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Being a Supplement to "The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels, in the County of Gloucester" by James G. Wood 1878. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front. x + 25 pages. Corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut cream wrapper with green title is a little grubby and a little edge-worn.

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L'AEROPHILE
No author listed.
Stock no. 818876
1902. Very good condition.

Six copies of 'L'Aerophile' magazine bound in red cloth with gilt title to spine. Includes 10th Year issue 1 Janvier 1902, 10th Year issue 6 Juin 1902, 10th Year issue 10 Octobre 1902, 10th Year Issue 11 Novembre 1902, 12th Year Issue 10 Octobre 1904, and 13th Year Issue 11 Novembre 1905. Text in French. Binding is clean and sound. Contents have a few paper repairs, scattered foxspots and a few margin marks. A few pencil annotations.

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THE FORTUNES OF PHILIPPA
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Arthur Buckland.
Stock no. 383347
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 3 b/w plates. 208 pages + 16 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Damp staining to edges of covers. Picture stuck to front pastedown. Pencil writing to endpaper, blue crayon writing to verso. Front joint cracked. Foxing throughout. A good copy of an early reprint.

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THE PLANTER'S KALENDAR OR THE NURSERYMAN'S & FORESTER'S GUIDE
Written by Walter Nicol; Edward Sang.
Stock no. 630511
Published by Archibald Constable And Company. 1812. Almost very good condition.

Or the Nurseryman's & Forester's Guide, in the Operations of the Nursery, the Forest, and the Grove. Three-quarter brown leather binding, blue marbled boards. Red title block to spine with gilt title. Two colour plus one b/w plate. Leather worn/split to spine edges but binding still tight. Bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing throughout, heavy in places but still perfectly readable. All plates present. A decent copy of an antiquarian title.

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