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ELSIE'S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 2111409
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Bumping and some fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine; edge-creased with chipping and small tears; a little loss.

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ELSIE AT ION
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 2111406
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green covers with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine; chipping along edges; minimal loss.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL 1903
Written by George Manville Fenn; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1401705
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1903. Good condition.

Volume 25 Saturday 4th October 1902-Saturday 26th September 1903. Large format. Red pictorial cloth with gilt title and date to spine. Pictorial endpapers depicting events in the reigns of the Edwards of England. 12 colour plates. B/w illustrations including Louis Wain cats. Corners and some board edges bumped and rubbed. Top and bottom of spine are bumped. Cloth split to front of top of spine with small tear to top of word 'annual'. Some cloth missing to top and bottom of spine which is browned. Front joint is cracked. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers. Three tissue guards are missing from colour plates. Some page browning and foxing to contents which are generally clean.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310567
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. A nice copy.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Esther Branthwaite; Duncan McLaren; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310566
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows young boy sailor with a small girl on his shoulder. First story is "Molly's Decision" (this is a long story serialised throughout the annual) by Branthwaite. Colour plates mounted on green paper plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and faded with small dark mark to centre. Covers edge rubbed. Endpapers browned, small piece chipped from lower edge of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges. One plate has slight damage to edges, one mount has very slight paper damage to verso.

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THE FAVOURITE STORY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Gordon Robinson; Anne Anderson; Inez Topham; et al..
Stock no. 1501391
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Tan colour cloth spine with black title. Colour pictorial front board. B/w pictorial rear board. Pictorial endpapers. Unpaginated. Short stories and poems. Contains 7 b/w illustrations by Louis Wain. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Corners and cover edges a little worn. Covers very slightly grubby with foxing to spine edge and inside edge of rear cover. Some old tape marks to endpapers. A couple of repaired margin tears. Foxing to text block edges. Contents generally clean.

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FIGHTER OPERATIONS
Written by Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 1708611
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The tactics and techniques of air combat, from World War I to the Gulf War. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852601272.

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TUNING FOR SPEED AND ECONOMY
Written by Philip H. Smith.
Stock no. 1708583
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Much of the subject matter of this book has appeared from time to time in the well-known motoring journal The Motor World, to which the author is a regular contributor under the nom de plume of 'Calculus'. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. 160 pages. light fading to boards and a few minor marks. Light foxing to endpapers. A few grubby margin marks but generally contents are clean.

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THE ART OF GEORGE STUBBS
Written by Venetia Morrison.
Stock no. 1605081
Published by Headline. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, white title to spine. A visual celebration of one of the masters of British art. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747201617. vertical crease to front endpaper. Corners rubbed.

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FRANS HALSMUSEUM
No author listed. Illustrated by Frans Halsmuseum.
Stock no. 1605074
Published by Frans Halsmuseum. c. 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Card wraps. Dual language, text in Dutch and English. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9080445614.

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VERSAILLES, THE AMERICAN STORY
Written by Pascale Richard.
Stock no. 1605072
Published by Alain De Gourcuff Editeur. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Illustrated boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 2909838447.

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