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THE TROPICS BEFORE THE ENGINE
Written by Goffredo Parise; Enzo Ragazzini. Illustrated by Enzo Ragazzini.
Stock no. 2110297
Published by Iveco Image. Circa 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Photographs by Ragazzini. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light wear to wrapper edges.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 2110274
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 314 pages plus 5 page publication list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Repaired split to top of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and foxing.

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INTERNATIONAL SEA TRANSPORT
Written by Osborne Mance; J.E. Wheeler.
Stock no. 2110262
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. International Transport and Communications. Covers are unevenly browned, with creasing to corners; small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Inscription in ink to first page. Reprint in same year as the 1st.

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MEMOIRS OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER
Written by Siegfried Sassoon.
Stock no. 2110222
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1995. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, gilt title to spine. The Faber Library Series. Fictionalized autobiography of the period between the early spring of 1916 and the summer of 1917. ISBN: 0571176518. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some light edge-creasing.

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THE BELL OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1309979
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine and top cover edges. Small stain affects rear cover, endpapers and rear page edges. Some light foxing otherwise contents clean.

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TUNNEL
Written by Carol Kendall. Illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Stock no. 1309974
Published by The Bodley Head. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Bodley Head Library Reprint. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0370009258. Minimal bumping to spine. Price-cut wrapper is lightly browned to spine and has a couple of tiny marks to panels.

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THE NEW HOUSE CAPTAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1309965
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1928. Fair condition.

Yellow and blue cloth with vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Covers are worn and grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially torn out. Frontis plate has been badly torn and now has tape repairs on vesro and a small hole to centre. Pencil scribbles erased from title-page. One plate missing and one has large section torn off (and missing) from lower corner. Contents foxed and fingered.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1309940
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Orange boards, green titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. A few small fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and is torn at front fold.

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THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1309914
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A tale of the past with knights, monks, bandits and warriors flitting across the scene. Yellow cloth, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages, lower edges untrimmed (as originally published). Spine and corners bumped, foxing to covers. Pencil writing to front pastedown. Front free-endpaper missing. Pencil drawing (of a dog) to rear endpaper). A couple of small marks to page edges. Pencil tick marks to contents page. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with slight loss.

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DOROTHY DIMITY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1604627
c. 1923. Good condition.

Brown stiff card covers, with a 2 dolls to front. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Corners and edges scuffed with some surface damage. Inscription to inside front cover. Centre pages have become detached from staples and are grubby. Scattered foxing but contents generally very good.

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CHILD VERSES FROM 'PUNCH'
Written by George Greenland; Eleanor Farjeon; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Phyllis Chase.
Stock no. 1501308
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Slight fading to top and bottom of spine. Small white mark to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Name and date to front endpaper. Small red stain to top corner of a few pages. Some foxing and marks to contents. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine and corners. Spine is a little faded and marked. Crease to front flap.

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SHAKESPEARE TALES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS and WHEN SHAKESPEARE WAS A BOY
Written by F.J. Furnivall; William Shakespeare. Illustrated by John H.F. Bacon; et al..
Stock no. 1309876
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Golden Treasury Library. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to the edge of the pictorial onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents.

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