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WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA, AND AFTER PRETORIA: THE GUERILLA WAR (4 VOLUME SET)
Written by H.W. Wilson.
Stock no. 2112218
Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited. Circa 1901. Good condition.

A History of the Boer War 1899-1900. Very large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations. This set comprises of the 2 copies of With the Flat and the 2 supplement volumes of After Pretoria; all uniform to each other. Heavy! All spines are faded and browned, with some wear. Differing amounts of damp staining to covers and pages internally. Still a good working set.

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OUT OF THE ARK BOOKS
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 2112212
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Boxed set of 6 think cardwrap books. Colour & b/w illustrations. Titles are: Teddy's New Job; Wally the Kangaroo; Grunty the Pig; Jenny the Giraffe; Ham and the Egg; Jimmy The Baby Elephant. Some wear to cover edges and spines. A few grubby marks. Contents have kept very nicely - protected by box. Nice and bright. Box is in fair-good condition - has been heavily repaired to edges with magic tape; Large tear to one edge of top of box. Still a cute set of Hulme Beaman illustrated books.

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SACRED HISTORY IN FAMILIAR DIALOGUES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by H. Neale.
Stock no. 2112209
4th 1817. Almost very good condition.

For the instruction of youth: with maps. To which is added, the history of the Jews, from the time of Nehemiah to the destruction of Jerusalem. Fourth Edition. Brown leather with small raised bands to spine. Gilt decorations and borders. Scuffing to covers, with some wear to edges; couple of splits to spines. A few ink stamps to prelims. Page browning and some foxing. There are some red ink annotations to two of the maps and a light red stain to map of The Travels of the Apostle Paul. Still a very good set for its age.

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30 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN PASSENGER ROAD TRANSPORT
Written by Walter Dowding.
Stock no. 2112203
Published by Red & White. 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Red & White Group of Omnibus companies 1919-1949. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w photos. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a couple of small edge-tears - browning to couple of edges.

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A CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA
Written by Emil K. Urban; Leslie H. Brown.
Stock no. 2112201
Published by Haile Sellassie I University. 1971. Very good condition.

Limited to 2000 copies. Cardwraps. 143 pages including index. Creasing to cover edges and corners. Some browning.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1311385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1920. Good condition.

Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and titles. 20 beautiful colour plates mounted on grey card with captions below. Verses arranged by Mabel and Lilian Quiller-Couch. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Gilt to spine has dulled. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joint between fly-leaf and title-page is cracked causing frontispiece to be missing in this copy. Page edges are ragged from rough opening during binding process.

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SPANISH CASTLE TO WHITE NIGHT THE RACE AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Mark Chisnell.
Stock no. 2112183
Published by Dakini Media Ltd. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Volvo Ocean Race runs for 37,000 miles through 10 stages across the world's seas and oceans, this is story of some of the 88 men who left Alicante in October 2008 to win the race! Large format. Black boards, silver titles. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780955261527. Light wear to covers. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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OUR ZOO
Written by Edna Berry.
Stock no. 1501909
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

With the help of the son of the Zoo's Head keeper three children learn about animals and start their own little zoo. Orange cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped with a little wear. Small ink inscription to front pastedown. A little foxing. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge chipped with a faded spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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PIGWIGGEN: HIS DASHING CAREER
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1311373
Published by Country Life. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Pigwiggen the pig is the only one of his large family that could fly! Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers a little creased and grubby with a small tear to lower edge of front cover. Light creasing to top corner tips else contents clean.

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BOSKY GOLDFISH (POET)
Written by Peter Thornhill.
Stock no. 2112172
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Large print. Byron Omar Shakespeare Kipling Yeats Goldfish was so small when he was born that if he hadn't been all shining gold...nobody would have known he was there at all. Bumping and wear to corners; a little chipping. Front cover is a little bowed. Odd foxspot and margin mark. Illustrations are remarkably bright!

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FRANK FLOWER THE BOY WAR-CORRESPONDENT
Written by A.B. Cooper.
Stock no. 2112167
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with orange/black titles. Bumping and wear to covers; some scuffing. Front cover is a little bowed. Foxing and some page browning.

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THE HEROIC IMPOSTER
Written by Tom Bevan.
Stock no. 2112166
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles and vignettes. B/w frontis. Some fading to cover edges and spine; a little bumping. Foxing. Wrapper is creased with some edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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