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TURKISH TROPHIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2113483
Published by Merrimack Publishing Corp.. Circa 1980. Very good condition.

2" Flip-book. A version of the 1905 antique. Originally it was given gratis by the cigarette maker to induce you to smoke his product. Ironically, the pictures are on chest development. Some marks to covers.

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A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SCARSDALE MISCELLANY
Written by Philip Riden; J.V. Beckett; J.P. Polak; et al.
Stock no. 2113468
Published by Derbyshire Record Society. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Contains 'The Scarsdale Surveys of 1652-62' edited by Beckett and Polak; 'The Autobiography of Leonard Wheatcroft'; Lawrence Oxley's Accounts, 1672-81 etc. ISBN: 0946324166. Some marks to outer page edges. Pages internally have some wrinkling.

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BRITAIN AT WAR UNSEEN ARCHIVES
Written by Maureen Hill.
Stock no. 2113466
Published by Parragon. 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos from the Daily Mail. ISBN: 0752592580. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrapper is edge-creased, with small tear to top of spine.

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GALLIPOLI
Written by Stephen Snelling.
Stock no. 2113462
Published by Wrens Park Publishing. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

VCs of the first World War. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0905778332. Some light bumping along cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing; a few nicks.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Arthur Mansbridge.
Stock no. 1312072
Published by Renwick of Otley. Almost very good condition.

Retold in Rhyme. Pictorial front board. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped, corners slightly worn. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1902
No author listed.
Stock no. 1312071
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1902. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, black decoration to front with gilt title-box. 13 chromolithograph plates. 164 pages. Plus 32 page catalogue. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Light musty smell to contents. Some light foxing.

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TEDDY BEARS ON PAPER
Written by Susan Brown Nicholson.
Stock no. 1312068
Published by Taylor Publishing Company. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

A carefully researched text and price guide about teddy bear graphics on antique paper items. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0917205030. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine.

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POPPETY'S BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Harry Woolley; et al..
Stock no. 1312066
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. An anthology of mainly verse, one short story. 15 pages. Paper covering of backstrip is mostly chipped off. Small patch of surface paper damage and a small crayon mark to front cover. Prize plate and name in ink to top margin inside front cover (which is a colour plate). Some yellow crayon to one illustration. Small biro mark to first text page. Surface paper torn from top corner of inside rear cover (also a colour plate).

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LITTLE MR. HUFFY-PUFFY
Written by Adelaide Makower.
Stock no. 1402401
Published by Collins. circa 1946. Almost very good condition.

Oliver named the small white bear given to him by his Gran Mr. Huffy-Puffy because when his limbs were moved they made a whirry breathy noise. Maroon cloth boards with white titles to the spine and a white bear vignette to the front board. Colour frontis. Two tone and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped. Small dent to top of front board. Bottom board edges are a little rubbed. Boards generally a bit grubby. A few grubby marks and foxspots but contents generally clean.

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FULL CRY
Written by J. Ivester Lloyd. Illustrated by T. Ivester Lloyd.
Stock no. 1312020
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A collection of hunting sketches. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 148 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine. Some writing and b/w illustration (taken from blurb of missing wrapper?) pasted on to front pastedown. Year written in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, some foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
Written by Richard Rostron. Illustrated by Frank Lieberman.
Stock no. 1312018
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Black cloth, yellow title to spine and vignette to front cover. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Story based on the verse by Goethe. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to top of spine. Light fingering to page edges. Dustwrapper is very worn and torn with substantial loss to spine and to top of rear panel. What remains of wrapper is in two pieces (split at rear spine fold).

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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1402396
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some marks to back cover. Covers generally grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and text block.

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