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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1607264
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped, approx. 1cm split at top of spine.Price-cut. 'Belongs To' box completed in ink. Crossword puzzle done in pencil, colouring contest page completed.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1503102
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Bumping to base of spine and top corners. Small dent to rear cover. Spine a little faded. A few light fox spots to text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge worn with a couple of ripples to laminate on rear panel.

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GROWING UP IN KILVERT COUNTRY
Written by Mona M. Morgan.
Stock no. 1809205
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recollections of a Radnorshire childhood. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863836801. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine and rear spine edge.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2114652
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine is bumped, with splitting and damage to top and tail. Corners are bumped and worn. Front joint appears to have been repaired. Grubby marks to belongs to box page. NOT price-cut. Crossword puzzle has been done. Painting contest is clean.

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WILD SPORTS & NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Charles St. John.
Stock no. 2113740
Published by James Thin; Mercat Press. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the T.N.Foulis edition of 1919. Blue covers, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901824615. Mottling to spine. Wrapper is faded to spine, with sticker residue to front panel and a little grubby to rear panel.

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AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF OLD MASTER PAINTINGS 3RD OCTOBER - 16TH DECEMBER 1966
No author listed.
Stock no. 2112678
Very good condition.

Brian Koetser Gallery. Large format. Card wraps. Onlay to front cover. Tipped-in colour plates and b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some chipping to top of spine. A few marks to covers.

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THE BRITISH BUS STORY EARLY 'EIGHTIES
Written by Alan Townsin.
Stock no. 1604862
Published by The Transport Publishing Company. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Die is Cast. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863171702. Some light browning / foxing to page margins.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1501276
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Very little bumping to spine and corners. Hinge starting to crack between pages 182 and 183. One or two fox spots. Dustwrapper has a little edge creasing and a small mark to rear flap crease.

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THE GRACIE FIELDS' GAY STREET BOOK
Written by Gracie Fields; Enid Blyton; Gunby Hadath; Robert Harding; et al.
Stock no. 1309400
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w photo frontis of Gracie Fields and children having a sing-song. 3 colour plates. Two-tone text illustrations. 124 pages. Spine and cover edges slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, name in ink to top edge of rear flap.

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THE REMINISCENCES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN GRONOW VOLUME ONE
Written by Captain Gronow. Illustrated by Joseph Grego.
Stock no. 1707509
Published by The R.S. Surtees Society. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume One Only. Brown cloth. Gilt titles. Gilt and red heraldic crest to front cover. Colour plates. ISBN: 0950769770. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2106107
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper has some edge-tears and chips, with a little loss; browned; creased; some grubby marks.

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HIDDEN JEWELS THE WILDLIFE OF LEATHERHEAD AND FETCHAM
Written by Jeremy Early.
Stock no. 1803098
Published by Jeremy P. Early. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revealing both the beauty and the vulnerability of this quintessential part of mid-Surrey. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0953009807. Pictorial wrapper is grubby.

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