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KING GEORGE III AND THE POLITICIANS: THE FORD LECTURES DELIVERED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 1951-2
Written by Richard Pares.
Stock no. 1830945
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1954. Very good condition.

This study of British politics from 1760 to 1832 deals with the reasons why people went into politics, the functions of party and patronage and the balance of power between King, Lords and Commons. George III is the central figure of the work and the author discusses the King's conception of his mission and his struggles with "that hydra faction". Reprinted lithoghraphically from corrected sheets of the first edition of 1953. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 214 pages including index. A few tiny air bubbles between cloth and boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Top rear edge of board knocked. Text block browned with a few minor foxspots. Endpapers browned. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots mainly to prelims.

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BILLY BUNTER'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330653
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 4th 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with red title to front and spine. Colour frontis piece. Some b/w full page illustrations throughout. 245 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Small marks to covers. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, circular drink stain to rear panel.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S SPRING-CLEANING PARTY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth.
Stock no. 1330125
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures throughout. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941313. Covers are edge rubbed else bright. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel.

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TOYTOWN PARTY
Written by Yvonne Perrin. Illustrated by Yvonne Perrin.
Stock no. 1330001
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Green pictorial boards. 4x4". Colour illustrations. Contents are slightly pulled at staples but still tightly bound. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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GRAND PARTY
Written by Graham Brooks; John Gordon.
Stock no. 1830045
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Vignettes of the human side of Army life, tales of Fifth Column, the first published account by a senior officer of the Dunkirk retreat, are woven into the saga of a Territorial Regiment. Beige cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 134 pages. Some light fading to spine and top edge of front board. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift nscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily edge-rubbed with some wear and chips, a few closed tears to edges, grubby to white rear panel. Dustwrapper states 18 illustrations, title page states 12, contents state 16 illustrations... I count 17 including the illustration to title page (none missing).

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THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1329868
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An intriguing tale of an unusual tea party, where the hostess is a sly old cat and the guest an unassuming rat. Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated this story in 1906 and now for the first time it appears as a book. Foreword by Leslie Linder. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Foxing to covers and dustwrapper and also to some page margins. White dustwrapper is slightly browned.

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THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
Written by Alan Johnson.
Stock no. 1829396
Published by Bantam Press. 1st 2016. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography of Alan Johnson, Home Secretary 2009. This volume tells of Alan's early political skirmishes as a trade-union leader, where his negotiating skills and charismatic style soon came to the notice of Tony Blair and other senior members of the Labour Party. Grey paper boards, silver title to spine. A few colour photos. 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780593076033. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Some light rubbing to front board and lower edge of rear board. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little sticky to rear panel (label removal?) and just a little grubby.

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MY BIRTHDAY PARTY
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by F.G. Lewin.
Stock no. 1328635
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers held together at spine with clear tape. Covers chipped at edges with loss to top corner of rear cover. Covers slightly grubby and first page grubby to top margin. Centre pages detached from staples. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE SIEGE OF STALINGRAD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827254
Published by Communist Party Of Great Britain. Circa 1943. Almost very good condition.

This is the Epic Story of the Siege of Stalingrad Told in Photographs, Words and Maps from August 23rd, 1942, to February 3rd, 1943. Small square format. White pictorial paperwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos throughout. 51 numbered pages. Covers grubby, small pieces of paper stuck to rear cover. Contents clean.

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IN HISTORIC LANDS: A RECORD OF OUR HOUSE-PARTY TOUR
Written by E.J. Wareham.
Stock no. 1825990
Published by Christian Touring Union Limited. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

A compilation of the Cuthbert House Party tour through the British Isles, the Continent (Europe), the Holy Land and Egypt. Written especially for those that took part in the tour in the hope that others might be interested. Small format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles and pictorial onlays to spine and front board. B/w photos. Top & tail of spine rubbed, Corners lightly worn, minor creasing and a few marks to boards. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Front hinge pulled. Contents clean.

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MR PINK-WHISTLE'S PARTY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1824718
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w text illustrations. 79 pages. 9.25 x 7". Edges lightly rubbed. Contents browned. Closed tear to lower margin of page 5/6.

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THE BLACK PANTHERS
Written by Shames Stephen; Bobby Seale; Charles E. Jones. Illustrated by Stephen Shames.
Stock no. 1824248
Published by Aperture. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Campus uprisings, urban rebellions, and the Vietnam War rocked the nation when the Black Panther Party arose during the last 1960s. Stephen Shames's exceptional photographs - ranging from the affectionate private moments to intense demonstrations - span the places where the Panthers made their greatest impact. Powerful and poignant images of the most courageous group of young black people ever organized in America. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781597110242. A lovely copy with some light scuffing to boards.

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