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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1310267
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1900. Good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine has been professionally rebacked. Corners worn, covers scuffed. New endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Contents are foxed and lightly fingered. Musty smell to contents.

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AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX MRS. MARY BLAIZE
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1310234
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Very good condition.

R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 22 pages. Covers just a little grubby. Small piece chipped from lower edge of rear cover. Foxing to contents else clean.

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JUST SMITH
Written by Dorothy Burroughes. Illustrated by Dorothy Burroughes.
Stock no. 1310220
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. circa 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a friendship between a lamb and a deer. Oblong format. Green cloth, yellow titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased and edge worn, tear to front panel repaired on verso.

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LITTLE SEA DOGS
Written by Anatole France. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1310208
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth spine with black title, beige boards with black title and vignettes to front. B/w illustrated endpapers. 8 colour plates, b/w chapter header and footers. 149 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Some discolouration to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn/chipped with tape repairs on verso and small piece of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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THE ARKVILLE DRAGON
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by Kenneth Lovell.
Stock no. 1310207
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Toytown Book (20). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-lib with remains of labels to front endpapers and old tape mark to rear pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Some light rubbing to spine and corners.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1310188
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 6th 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 401. Orange boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Lower spine and lower rear corner slightly bumped. Name in blue biro to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page margins. Green pictorial wrapper is foxed.

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HELGI THE HIGH-BORN
Written by Captain W.H. Milligan. Illustrated by John De Walton.
Stock no. 1310178
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story of the Days of Athelstan. Brown pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 272 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fingerprints to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss and a little grubby, removal of small label to rear panel.

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TO SHATTER THE SKY BOMBER AIRFIELD AT WAR
Written by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny.
Stock no. 2110815
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A general description of a typical wartime bomber airfield, going on to relate personal stories of several crews and their missions. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850596785. Top edge of front cover is creased. Some page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and a few small nicks and chips.

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STRIKE FROM THE SKY THE HISTORY OF BATTLEFIELD AIR ATTACK 1911-1945
Written by Richard P. Hallion.
Stock no. 2110785
Published by Airlife. 1989. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Smithsonian History of Aviation Series. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185310020X.

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ONLY SECONDS TO LIVE PILOTS' TALES OF THE STALL AND THE SPIN
Written by Dunstan Hadley.
Stock no. 2110774
Published by Airlife. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book contains many first-hand accounts of both stall and spin phenomena from a wide range of sources. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1853108774. Base of spine is bumped.

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SLEDGEHAMMERS FOR TINTACKS
Written by Steve Darlow.
Stock no. 2110772
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Bomber Command Combats The V-1 Menace, 1943-1944. B/w photos. ISBN: 1902304969. Light bumping along bottom edge of front cover. Wrapper a little edge-creased.

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ELIZABETHAN WALES
Written by Geraint Dyfnallt Owen.
Stock no. 2110731
Published by University of Wales. 1986. Very good condition.

Silver lettering on spine. B/w illustrations. The Social Scene. Spine a bit faded

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