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PICTURE SHOW ANNUAL 1933
No author listed.
Stock no. 586405
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1933. Nearly fine condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing Schildkraut and Bouchier. Corners rubbed. Covers beautifully clean. Contents fine. Original glassine wrapper present but in 2 pieces and torn at edges.

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ROCK-CLIMBING IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
Written by Owen Glynne Jones.
Stock no. 586420
Published by G.P. Abraham. 1900. Very good condition.

Second edition. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 32 b/w photos plus 9 b/w drawings illustrations routes. xlviii + 322 pages + 9 pages of advertisements. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 737072
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Cover edges rubbed, corners worn. A few small dents to cover edges. New endpapers front and rear (which are lightly foxed). Contents clean.

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THE WONDERFUL CASTLE
Written by Mary E. Murray. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 586278
Published by The Sunday School Union. Circa 1918. Fair condition.

The Red Nursery Series. Bright red pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Pages browned. Contents loose. Corners and edges worn.

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THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF CARDIGAN
Written by Samuel Rush Meyrick.
Stock no. 586304
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees And Orme. 1st 1810. Fair condition.

Collected from the Few the Remaining documents which have escaped the destructive ravages of time, as well as from actual observation.Leather binding. 20 b/w plates. cclxxxiii + 588 pages. Including index. Marbled endpapers and edges. Includes a list of subscribers. Book: all plates present. Contents very good. Backstrip is detached. Front board detached. Covers worn. REDUCED FROM £250.

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ALMANACK FOR 1924
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 737044
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations (originally used n the 1883 Almanack). Minimal rubbing to corners. Some light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Contained in original glassine wrapper which states "The coloured illustrations are the actual first printing of the 1883 Almanack. The text for the Year 1924 is now inserted". The wrappper is just slightly edge chipped but complete.

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CITTA DI TORINO MOSTRA DEL BAROCCO PIEMONTESE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 586198
Published by Citta Di Torino. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition.

Three volumes. Pictorial card wraps. Architettura Scenografia; Mobili E Intagli, Tessuti E Ricami, Maioliche, Porcellane Argenti, Libri E Rilegature Monete E Medaglie; Pittura, Scultura Arazzi. B/w photos. Text in Italian. Covers of volume II are unevenly faded.

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ART FORMS AND CIVIC LIFE IN THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by H.P. L'Orange.
Stock no. 586226
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1965. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Wrapper slightly edge-chipped. Some pencil underlining.

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LITTLE LADY MARIA
Written by Frances Marshall. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 586242
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Slight discolouration to top edge of rear cover.

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ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 737037
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. Inscription in ink (dated 1937) on front cover. Covers lightly creased with some slight scuffing on rear cover. Some light foxing to contents.

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QUINTILIAN AND THE CURIOUS WEATHER SHOP
Written by John Hatfield. Illustrated by John Hatfield.
Stock no. 736964
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. ISBN: 0224616897. Spine slightly bumped. White pictorial wrapper is a little grubby and edge rubbed. A nice copy.

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THE AMBER SPYGLASS
Written by Philip Pullman.
Stock no. 736968
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. 1st USA 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

His Dark Materials Book Three. Brown pictorial boards. 518 pages. ISBN: 0679879269. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Gold wrapper with circular cut-out to front (to see design on front board of book) has a small closed tear to edge of cut-out and is very slightly creased at corners.

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