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NICCOLO
Written by Karel Jaeger. Illustrated by Martin Wells.
Stock no. 1309585
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. 61 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper has a large tear/crease to top edge of front panel which is tape repaired on verso and has slight loss at top of spine.

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CAPTAIN BOUNSABOARD AND THE PIRATES
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Arline V. Bray; Michael Bartlett.
Stock no. 1309569
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, silver title to spine. 252 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed, foxing also at page edges. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, 2.5" tear to lower spine.

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FAIRINGS
Written by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.
Stock no. 1401438
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth boards. 7.5 x 10". A very appealing book with unusual and interesting colour illustrations. 170pp + ads. Limited to 1000 copies. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped. Boards a little marked. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing, Plates clean and bright.

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RAILROADS IN THE U.S.A.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1604590
Published by Organisation For Economic Co-Operation. 1952. Good condition.

Card wraps. technical Assistance Mission No. 14. Report by a group of European experts. 445 pages. Covers scuffed at edges with some surface damage. Old tapemarks to endpapers, name in ink to title page. Some foxing. Contents generally very good.

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THE TINY TEACHER GRAMMAR BOOK
Written by Violet Harford. Illustrated by Violet Harford.
Stock no. 2109978
Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. A book for toddlers small, with Mrs. Bunny to teach you all, While nursery friends and Woodland too, Will learn the simple rules with you. Colour illustrations throughout. Looks at nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs etc. Wear to spine; a couple of small splits to top and tail. Creasing to cover corners and edges. A few ink letters to a few pages internally.

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RAILROADS TRIUMPHANT
Written by Albro Martin.
Stock no. 1604583
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The growth, rejection and rebirth of a vital American force. 428 pages. ISBN: 0195038533. Spine and corners bumped. Contents near fine. Price-cut wrapper.

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MRS WADDLE HOW SHE MAKES A FORTUNE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1309550
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small square format (4" x 4"). Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers slightly grubby. New staples and very neat tape reinforcements to inner margins of some pages. Small tear to front edge of spine.

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THE AMERICAN TWINS OF 1812
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109950
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, dark titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Bumping to corners. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to pages and wrapper, which is also chipped and torn, with a little loss.

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THE FILIPINO TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109947
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green/blue cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 151 pages. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine and grubby marks; a few edge-tears and nicks; creasing.

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PORTRAIT OF THE RAILS FROM STEAM TO DIESEL
Written by Don Ball.
Stock no. 1707941
Published by Galahad Books. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. North American Railways. ISBN: 0883651009.

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HALF A MOON AND ONE WHOLE STAR
Written by Crescent Dragonwagon. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Stock no. 1309540
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An exuberant celebration of night and the people and creatures who inhabit it. Blue cloth spine with silver title and blue boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0027331202. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge creased.

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THERE WAS A SOLDIER
Written by Angus Konstam.
Stock no. 2109814
Published by Hachette. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

First-hand accounts of the Scottish soldier from 1707 to the present day. 346 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780755318612. SIGNED by author to title page. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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