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CONVOYS TO RUSSIA 1941-1945
Written by Bob Ruegg; Arnold Hague.
Stock no. 1828745
Published by World Ship Society. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941-1945. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. 104 pages. ISBN: 0905617665. Covers a little scuffed, rear cover corners worn. Top edge of text block browned. Contents clean.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328544
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1917. Very good condition.

Small format. Green boards with red lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 52 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Some light page browning, fingering and other marks to generally clean contents.

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THE NURSERY CINDERELLA
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1328543
Published by The Brockhampton Book Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. 5.5 x 4.5". Colour pictorial paperwraps. 6 colour plates by Dulac. B/w drawings (artist not known). Slight rubbing to cover edges and a couple of tiny chips with loss. Name in ink to top of title-page else contents clean.

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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Brown chequerboard design with colour onlay to front. 24 colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight foxing to lower cover edges. Very neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners with minimal loss, small closed tear to top corner of front panel.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF L.M.S. COACHES 1923-1957
Written by Bob Essery; David Jenkinson.
Stock no. 1828742
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. Enlarged and revised edition, based upon a book first published by Ian Allan Ltd in 1969. viii and 218 pages. ISBN: 0902888838. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Bump to lower front spine edge of front board and corresponding area on dustwrapper has surface paper loss (0.5cm - tiny). Tape marks and grubby marks to endpapers. Text block lightly browned. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to green on spine and front spine edge.

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COMBAT UNITS OF THE REGIA AERONAUTICA ITALIAN AIR FORCE 1940-43 VOLUME 1
Written by Chris Dunning.
Stock no. 1828741
Published by Air Research Publications. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Volume 1: Command, Organisation, Camouflage and Markings, and Groups. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 48 pages. ISBN: 187118701X. Base of spine lightly crused. Lower edge of front cover ligthly creased. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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HOLLOW TREE HOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Elizabeth Wall.
Stock no. 1328541
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peter and Susan run away to the enormous old hollow tree they have discovered in the heart of the wood. Beige cloth, purple title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing (mainly at textblock) else a nice copy. In white pictorial dustwrapper which is slightly grubby and has loss to spine and corners.

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FIVE GO OFF TO CAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328540
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. Blue illustrated endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine slightly bumped with slight fading at base. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss at edges, spine is very slightly grubby.

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SERVED BY LONDON'S TROLLEYBUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828740
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The trolleybus is long forgotten by most Londoners, but very fondly remembered by others. This book focuses on the routes operated by the capital's large fleet of trolleybuses from the 1930s until the early 1960s. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 200 pages including index. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper spine is very lightly faded.

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THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328539
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title, brown vignette and lettering. Pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Larger format than the other "Tales". 96 pages. Spine browned and worn at ends. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock.

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THE EMPIRE SHIPS
Written by W.H. Mitchell; L.A. Sawyer.
Stock no. 1828739
Published by Lloyd's Of London Press Ltd.. 2nd 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. A Record of British-built and acquired Merchant Ships during the Second World War. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. viii and 502 pages including index. ISBN: 1850442754. A nice, clean copy. Red dustwrapper is lightly creased & lightly scuffed.

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THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328538
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth covers with bevelled edges, pictorial onlay of Samuel Whiskers to front. 21 x 16.5cm. Colour and b/w illustrations. 69 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed with wear to spine ends. Small, light mark to rear cover. Inscription in ink and a name and address to verso of frontis. Some hinges cracked. Margin tear to one page (5) and a few corner tips lightly creased. A couple of tiny patches of surface paper damage to text page margins. Some grubby fingermarks to contents.

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