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RAGGED ROBIN
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1710162
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

James Reeves takes children on a magical poetic tour through the alphabet - here is King Arthur in Avalon, Brand the Blacksmith, Moths and Moonshine, Noah, etc. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744511089.

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THE ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK
Written by Ida May.
Stock no. 1310575
Published by Albert E. Marriott. circa 1931. Very good condition.

Blue boards, black titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos of the very young Princess Elizabeth and two-tone illustrations for the children's stories. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Small nick to lower edge of spine. Inscription in ink and small Xmas sticker to front endpaper. Pale page browning and light foxing to first few and last few pages else contents clean.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2110017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. Uneven browning to covers. Corners and spine are bumped and worn, with some chipping; nick to side of spine. Front joint next to half-title page is cracked. Some foxing - mostly to outer page edges. Contents are still very good.

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AERONAUTICAL GLOSSARY GERMAN - ENGLISH - FRENCH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1707118
Circa 1944. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue cloth, gilt title to front cover. Covers creased and scuffed.

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AN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Carton Moorepark.
Stock no. 1307920
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Magnificent b/w plate for each animal along with a paragraph of text on each. Large format. Green boards and spine, front shows a pair of shire(?) horses. Spine rebacked with green cloth keeping most of the original title-strip. Corners worn and some slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers professionally replaced. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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ABC DRAWN AND COLOURED
No author listed. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 1306139
Almost very good condition.

Small format (6.5 x 5.75"). Red cloth spine, red pictorial boards. Two letters of the alphabet illustrated in colour with a small rhyme opposite featuring words beginning with that letter. A scarce ABC book. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn and edges rubbed. Some slight scuffing to covers. Staples are rusty with small marks to endpapers. The tissue-guards are lightly browned with a couple of them being slightly edge chipped. One page detached.

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AIRLIFE'S REGISTER OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS
Written by Antonio Bordoni.
Stock no. 1205072
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Facts, statistics and analysis of civil accidents since 1951. Pictorial card wraps. 401 pages. ISBN: 1853109029.

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TINY TOT'S FIRST BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by E.e. Houghton; et al..
Stock no. 1301041
Published by Nister & Co.. circa 1929. Very good condition.

No. 3812. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing mother on a bench with little boy and girl reading Tiny Tot's First Book. Contains ABC, Alphabet in writing letters, counting, telling the time, rhymes, short stories etc. B/w text illustrations and a few full-page colour illustrations. Slight wear to top and tail of spine, corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning else contents clean. Small tear to lower edge of rear free-endpaper.

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THE Z WAS ZAPPED
Written by Chris Van Allsburg. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.
Stock no. 822858
Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company. 1st USA 1987. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

American Edition. The Alphabet Theatre Proudly Presents a Play in Twenty-Siz Acts. Large format. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0395446120. Light rubbing to wrapper corners.

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THE CUDDESDON COLLEGE RECORD NUMBER 49 1933
No author listed.
Stock no. 817495
Published by Oxford University Press. 1933. Very good condition.

Small format. Card wraps. Small split to top of spine. Ink stamp to front cover.

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THE CUDDESDON COLLEGE RECORD NUMBER 52 1939
No author listed.
Stock no. 817496
Published by Oxford University Press. 1939. Very good condition.

Small format. Card wraps. Small split to side of spine. Front cover creased. Covers grubby.

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ST. PETER'S COLLEGE RADLEY REGISTER 1847-1904
No author listed.
Stock no. 629985
Published by Alden & Company Limited. 1905. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title. 2nd edition. Spine faded. Covers scuffed. Corners are bumped.

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