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PETER RABBIT AT THE CIRCUS
Written by Alma Hudson. Illustrated by Richard Hudson.
Stock no. 1208900
Published by Cupples & Leon Company. Good condition.

US pirated story of Peter Rabbit. Small format. Red covers with small rectangular pictorial onlay to top of front cover and title beneath. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine is worn with loss at top and tail. Fading to spine and cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Joints cracked. Rear free-endpaper is creased. There is possibly a colour illustration missing between pages 12 and 13. Page 12 has a heavy vertical crease to centre. There are fingermarks and other marks to contents.

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A NEW STORY OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Samuel E. Lowe. Illustrated by Allan Wright; Ernest Vetsch.
Stock no. 1208898
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

US Pirated story of Peter Rabbbit. Small format. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout and also blue and white text illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to title-page and also in belongs to box on rear pastedown. Some of the small blue and white text illustrations have been coloured in with blue crayon.

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CHILDREN'S HOUR WITH PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208897
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1926. Good condition.

US pirated edition of Peter Rabbit. Brown cloth spine, red boards with gilt title and colour onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are worn, faded at edges with light damp spots to front cover. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose but binding still tight. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. 4 pages have a brown stain to margins, 1 b/w illustration slightly affected.

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THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
Written by Mikhail Bulgakov; Orlando Figes. Illustrated by Peter Suart.
Stock no. 1830585
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Orlando Figes. Black cloth boards with blocked design, and gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and plates by Peter Suart. xv and 375 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very slightly shelf-scuffed.

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THE ENGLISH URBAN RENAISSANCE: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE PROVINCIAL TOWN 1660-1770
Written by Peter Borsay.
Stock no. 1830523
Published by The Clarendon Press. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to the transformation of the urban landscape and the remarkable expansion in the provision of fashionable public leisure. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xxii and 416 pages including index. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 0198202555. Reprint. A lovely copy with a sweet odour present.

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THE SONGS OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Dudley Glass. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1830502
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

Based on "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter. Large format, pictorial card wraps. Musical scores with words and b/w text illustrations. 31 pages. ISBN: 0723210357. Reprint. Foxing to covers and a few spots to contents. Light pencil marks to front cover. Light damp stains to lower edge of rera cover (not bad). Else contents clean.

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STEPNEY THE BLUEBELL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330385
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 18. Blue boards, white title and vignette to front board. Small, oblong format. Colour illustrations. A lovely bright copy in wrapper which is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of tiny edge tears to rear panel.

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OLIVER THE WESTERN ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330384
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 24. Small format. Blue boards with orange title and vignette to front. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0718200284. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Corner crease to one page. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed which small edge tears.

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ENTERPRISING ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330379
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Blue boards with yellow vignette to front and full page colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. 4 x 5.5". Oblong format. ISBN: 0718200225. Spine slightly bumped. Pages 50-56 have vertical creases to centre. Light foxing to front endpapers and light page edge browning to textblock.

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AN INNKEEPER'S DIARY
Written by John Fothergill; Craig Brown. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Stock no. 1830470
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Introduction by Craig Brown. Green cloth spine, cream decorated boards. B/w illustrations. Minor white mark to top of spine. Minor foxing to text block. Boards and contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed, faded to sides and has a couple of nicks to one side (VG-).

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THE STORY OF PETER PAN
Written by J.M. Barrie; Daniel O'Connor. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.
Stock no. 1830457
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie by Daniel O'Connor. Orange cloth boards, dark titles and illustration to front board. Plain endpapers. Colour and b/w plates and b/w text illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0713508507. Reprint. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a few tiny closed edge tears (no loss) and is grubby (scuffed) to rear panel.

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THE SOLENT SKY
Written by Peter T. New.
Stock no. 1830444
Published by Southampton Printers. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A local history of aviation from 1908 to 1946 with special reference to Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport. Foreword by Squadron Leader L.F. Payne. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 118 pages. Text block browned. Contents generally clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and grubby with some foxing.

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