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M1 ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK 1982-1992
Written by Steven J. Zaloga. Illustrated by Peter Sarson.
Stock no. 1605401
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. New Vanguard 2. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 1855322838. Rear cover corner creased.

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PETER-KVAEK
Written by Louis Moe. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 1108586
Published by Henrik Koppels Forlag. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Text in Danish. A frog fairy tale. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers and spine. Scuffing also to covers, with heavy wear to corners. Illustrations are still beautifully bright; a few grubby margin marks; one b/w illustration has been coloured in by a child.

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SEARCH FOR A SONG
Written by Elfrida Vipont. Illustrated by Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1311185
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, red title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 150 pages. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Erase pencil writing to top corner of front endpaper. Inscription in biro to title-page. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, a little grubby to rear panel, some foxing to flaps and verso.

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IN SEARCH OF THE EIDER
Written by Peter M. Driver. Illustrated by David Bygott.
Stock no. 1605299
Published by The Saturn Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and line drawings. A fascinating account of the author's experiences during two expeditions to the remote Canadian Arctic. ISBN: 0904196003. Spine bumped. Wrapper is browned, with text to spine faded.

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AFFAIR OF STATE: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE 8TH DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
Written by Henry Vane.
Stock no. 1807678
Published by Peter Owen. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the nineteenth-century politician Lord Hartington - later the 8th Duke of Devonshire - and of Louise Alten, who was his mistress as Duchess of Manchester and later his wife. A tale that spans the world of politics and the high-living circle around the Prince of Wales, with whom Hartington and Louise were intimate friends. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 0720612330. Wrapper has a few minor marks.

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CHORISTER'S CAKE
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1310669
Published by Jade Publishers. 1st PB 1990. Very good condition.

To assert his individuality Peter deliberately rebels against school rules and customs... Pictorial cardwraps. 156 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0903461412. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Light fading to spine. There is a barcode label stuck to rear cover and the contents are lightly browned. A nice copy of a very scarce title.

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WELLINGTON: MAINSTAY OF BOMBER COMMAND
Written by Peter G. Cooksley.
Stock no. 1604988
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850598516. Spine bumped. Pages browned. Price-cut wrapper.

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GOLUD A MAWL DYFFRYN TYWI
Written by Tom Beynon; Peter Hughes Griffiths.
Stock no. 1807341
Published by Argraffdy'R Methodistiaid Calfinaidd. 1936. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Text in Welsh. Spine faded. Name in ink to front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots.

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HOLY WAR, INC.
Written by Peter L. Bergen.
Stock no. 1604704
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2nd 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden. ISBN: 0297829122. Slight edge creasing to wrapper.

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POLITICS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WALES
Written by Peter D.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 2110644
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author examines the political structure of Wales in the eighteenth century and sets it in the general context of contemporary British politics. ISBN: 0708314449. Wrapper is a little edge-creasing, with some fading.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER AND JUDY IN BUNNYLAND
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Lennie Young.
Stock no. 1501331
Published by Collins. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine. Black pictorial boards. Superb vivid full-page colour illustrations. Spine is bumped, a little worn and browned. Corners and cover edges are worn. Some scratch marks and small areas of surface paper damage to front cover. Back cover is slightly grubby with some light stains. Endpapers are browned. Closed tear of approx. 3cm to bottom edge of page 29/30. Only a very odd mark mark. Illustrations lovely and bright.

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FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 1708162
Published by Harper Collins. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

The New Naturalist Library No. 75. Pictorial cardwraps. 21 colour photographs and over 200 black and white photographs and diagrams. ISBN: 0002193809. Covers a little creased. Previous owners label to inside front cover.

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