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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1828595
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young child in highchair wearing a blue gown and eating snacks, yellow background. Blue cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Front board lightly rubbed at edges, rear board grubby and rubbed at corners. Spine a little browned and slightly worn at top & tail. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a nice example.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 1828594
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young girl in blue & red dress, blue shoes, on swing with a flowering shrub and thrush singing to one side. Green cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Board covers rubbed at edges, scuffed and grubby, stained to rear board. Board contents are slightly grubby at edges and rubbed at corner tips.

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ZOM-B BABY
Written by Darren Shan. Illustrated by Warren Pleece.
Stock no. 1828579
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When B Smith turns her back on Dr Oystein and strikes out alone, she is shocked to meet the baby from her nightmares - a strnge, sexless, zombie baby. Red cloth boards, white title to spine. Red & white pictorial endpapers. Red, white & black illustrations. 215 pages. ISBN: 9780857077684. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned with some minor bleeding to vertical margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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THE HAPPY MOTORIST
Written by Filson Young.
Stock no. 1328358
Published by E. Grant Richards. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth with black titles and vignettes. An Introduction to the Use and Enjoyment of the Motor Car. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning and spotting to spine. Foxing throughout. First few pages have been roughly opened with some margin loss.

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LIGHT
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1828572
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Young adult fiction. Book 6 in the Gone series. Matt black boards, vignette to spine, title to front. Black endpapers. All edges dark brown with lightning bolt to vertical edge. ISBN: 9781405257589. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to a sticker which is then stuck to the half-title page. A few light scuffs to boards. Minor knock to top edge. A few foxspots to prelims. Froint hinge pulled between half-title and title page. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed and lightly edge-creased.

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HEART OF THORNS
Written by Bree Barton.
Stock no. 1828571
Published by Katherine Tegen Books. 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Young Adult fantasy fiction. Mia Rose wants only one thing: revenge against the Gwyrach who killed her mother. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. Red endpapers. All edges red. ISBN: 9780062447685. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Spine a little rubbed to to p& tail and also the red foil title is a little rubbed. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and has slight surfade paper loss to front panel.

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YOUNG BOXER
Written by Robert Bateman.
Stock no. 1328350
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sports Fiction Series. Was it cowardice to avoid slogging your opponent unmercifully when the fight was all but over anyway? Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 157 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Light browing to endpapers and some light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with a light damp stain to top edge of front panel.

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THE MARINE MACHINE
Written by William Mares.
Stock no. 1828523
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The making of the United States Marine. A vivid chronicle of ten weeks of Boot Camp as seen by a young professional photographer who once shared it. With pen and camera he followed a 75-man platoon through every aspect of basic training, a world of intense mental and physical suffering dominated by a man who is teacher-priest-guard-father-mother hen, and for the recruits, sadistic jailer - the Drill Instructor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 139 numbered pages. Boards a little marked, mainly to lower edges and spine. Text block lightly browned. Front joint pulled between front free-endpaper and half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby and scuffed, lightly worn at edges with a few minor chips.

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THE RED ROSE OF RUVINA
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1328217
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

It was only by chance that young Rose Ruvina discovered that her name was the same as that used by a secret society. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 186 pages. ISBN: 9781847450586. Minimal rubbing to corners else fine.

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MORE VERY YOUNG SONGS
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1328210
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Large slim format. Pale blue boards with title-label to front, cloth spine. Musical scores and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint starting to crack. Contents clean.

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MAY MADRIGAL
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328077
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book in a series designed for young people over 12 years of age (the first being Charles Arriving). Green boards, silver title to spine. 223 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Some light page browning to endpapers and light foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, browned on verso and just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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CHARLES ARRIVING
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328074
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 249 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit edge rubbed with a few small foxspots.

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