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THE REMINISCENCES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN GRONOW VOLUME ONE
Written by Captain Gronow. Illustrated by Joseph Grego.
Stock no. 1707509
Published by The R.S. Surtees Society. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume One Only. Brown cloth. Gilt titles. Gilt and red heraldic crest to front cover. Colour plates. ISBN: 0950769770. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1207358
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1909. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. 364 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Front joint cracked wide but binding is holding tight. Front endpaper detached but present, worn at edges. Small inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Two illustrations loose but present. Two tiny patches of susrface paper loss to one colour plate ('And Shot his own Sow') and also King Cole Calls For His Fiddlers. Margins of plates a little grubby. One b/w illustration is partially messily coloured in (pg 73) with yellow pencil, also couple of lines to margins of pg 90, 183-185, 193, 207, 308. Large margin tear to one page plus a few small page edge tears. Foxing thoughout, some heavy. Top and tail of spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear board stained.

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LOUIS WAIN'S FATHER CHRISTMAS
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1309075
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Grey decorated front board with pictorial onlay which shows portrait of a ginger cat with green background. Rear cover is blank. 5 tipped-in colour plates (one duplicating the onlay to front cover) plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Rear cover slightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned and light page edge browning throughout.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 16 - RUPERT AND THE BOY PIRATE
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1309071
Published by Daily Express. 1953. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Rupert and the Boy Pirate, Rupert and the Hospital Flowers. Colour illustrations. Rear cover is grubby. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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BOOKANO STORIES NO. 4
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 1207333
Published by Strand Publications. 1937. Almost very good condition.

With Pictures that Spring Up in Model Form. 5 pop-ups; first one is "Pipes Of Pan". All pop-ups working. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges worn. Ink stamp name to top of first three pages. Browning and a few foxspots. Some hinges are cracked.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 31 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW PRANKS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1309063
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title Story Rupert And The Snow Pranks. Also includes Rupert And The Shy Coconut. 9.5x7". Pictorial card wraps. Slight rubbing and fading to cover edges. Some text visible from cover inside - a printing error(?). Contents clean.

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FAMOUS BRITISH WAR-SHIPS AND THEIR COMMANDERS
Written by Walter Wood.
Stock no. 1707495
Published by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.. 2nd 1897. Very good condition.

With Which Were Won So Many Glorious Victories. Second Edition. Red cloth with union jack to front cover. White title to spine is rubbed and most of the colour has gone, gilt title still there. Grubby marks to rear cover. Foxing to prelims and text block. Embossed stamp to front endpaper.

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CHURCH MICE
Written by C.B. Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 1207322
Published by Figurehead. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. 34 pages. Catkin Series. Staples rusty. Inscription to half title page. In original edge-chipped glassine wrapper which has slight loss at the base of the front panel.

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THE PRIME MINSTERS' PAPERS: WELLINGTON POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE 1: 1833 - NOVEMBER 1834
Written by John Brooke; Julia Gandy.
Stock no. 1707474
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w frontis. 776 pages. ISBN: 0114400512. Wrapper edge-worn and spine faded.

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MINIATURES OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Written by Joseph J. Snyder.
Stock no. 1604015
Published by Juniper House Library. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, silver titles. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few marks to boards.

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SOLDIERS
Written by Philip Ziegler.
Stock no. 1207281
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Fighting Men's Lives 1901-2001. 352 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0701169540. Light page-edge browning.

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SUBTROPICAL GARDENS
Written by David Bramwell; Zoe I. Bramwell.
Stock no. 1207279
Published by Editorial Rueda. 1st 1995. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. 330 pages. ISBN: 8472070867. Name stamp to title page and foredge.

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