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SMOKE AND FLUFF
Written by W. Perring; A.J. Macgregor. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1310713
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1955. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Series 401. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Spine and corners bumped. Small, faint damp mark to corner of front board and a small brown spot to rear cover. Contents excellent. Price-cut dustwrapper is faded to spine, worn to edges with some small closed tears and has some surface paper damage to lower 1" of front.

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THE WITCH OF DRAGON SWAN
Written by Trish Reynolds. Illustrated by John Wayne Eastwood.
Stock no. 1310681
Published by Pagan World Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Book I of Seeker's Quest. Pictorial cardwraps. 323 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations. ISBN: 159405519X. SIGNED by author to front endpaper (with dedication and inscription to Carol). A couple of corner tips slightly creased. Minimal rubbing to cover edges and front cover is slightly warped.

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CHORISTER'S CAKE
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1310669
Published by Jade Publishers. 1st PB 1990. Very good condition.

To assert his individuality Peter deliberately rebels against school rules and customs... Pictorial cardwraps. 156 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0903461412. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Light fading to spine. There is a barcode label stuck to rear cover and the contents are lightly browned. A nice copy of a very scarce title.

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JENNY AND THE NEW GIRLS
Written by Harriet Martyn.
Stock no. 1310667
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1985. Good condition.

A Balcombe Hall Story. Pictorial cardwraps. 166 pages. ISBN: 023397783X. Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels. Covers are creased and lightly browned. There are 4 tiny holes to edge of front cover. Page corners creased and pale page browning.

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SHIP'S BOY WITH MAGELLAN
Written by Milton Lomask. Illustrated by W. Kirtman Plummer.
Stock no. 1501410
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of a boy who escapes from his scheming uncle by signing up to sail with Magellan's fleet. Bright green boards with gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. 185 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly worn. Large damp stain to rear cover. Long indentation to bottom edge of front cover. Some damp marks to rear endpaper and last few blank pages. Very slight musty smell to contents but otherwise very good. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge worn and torn, has small patch of surface paper damage to front panel and hole to rear panel from damp damage.

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GUIDE TO COASTAL FISHES OF GEORGIA AND NEARBY STATES
Written by Michael D. Dahlberg.
Stock no. 2111568
Published by The University of Georgia Press. 1980. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 082030333X. Light wear to spine and cover edges.

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THE ROSEBUD VOLUME XI
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J.A. Shepherd; W. Reynolds; et al..
Stock no. 1501403
Poor condition.

Blue marbled boards with blue corners and spine. Gilt title and border to top and bottom of spine. Blue decorated endpapers. 192 pages. B/w illustrations including many by Louis Wain. First story is Miss Brown-Mouse. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Spine darkened. Covers scuffed. Front joint broken, rear joint holding by a thread. Pencil writing to front endpaper. Creasing to rear endpapers. Some hinges cracked. Margin marks and an odd page tear. A reading copy.

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THE ROSEBUD VOLUME X
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1501402
Fair condition.

Blue marbled boards with blue corners and spine. Gilt title and borders to top and bottom of spine. Blue decorated endpapers. 192 pages. B/w illustrations including many by Louis Wain. First story is "A-Hunting he would go". Spine bumped with wear and splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Spine darkened. Both joints weak, just holding by threads. Split to edge of blank page in prelims. A few hinges cracked. Marks to contents.

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THE BETRAYER
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1310641
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light green cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Black and white illustrations. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Damp staining to cover edges with colour running to edges of pastedowns. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with damp staining to edges.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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FISHERIES IN THE YEAR 2000
Written by K.T. O'Grady; A.J.B. Butterworth; P.B. Spillett; J.C.J. Domaniewski.
Stock no. 2111528
Published by Institue Of Fisheries Management. 2000. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Proceedings of the 21st anniversary conference of the Institute of Fisheries Management 10-14th September 1990, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, England. Some creasing and marks to covers.

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SHARPSHOOTER IN THE CRIMEA
Written by Michael Springman.
Stock no. 2111501
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Letters of Captain Gerald Goodlake V.C. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1844152375. Bumping to a couple of corners. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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LITTLE UNA
Written by Isa J. Postgate.
Stock no. 1310626
Published by The Art Lithographic Publishing Co.; The Artistic Lithographic Company. Very good condition.

A poem. Small format. Cream card wraps. 10 pages (unpaginated). Chromolithograph illustrations to text and full-page. Covers very slightly foxed and grubby. Name in ink inside front cover. Contents clean.

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