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THE HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford; G.P. Jacomb Hood.
Stock no. 1309231
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1892. Almost very good condition.

Based on the tales in the "Blue Fairy Book". Blue cloth, silver titles and vignettes. 160 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and ink name stamp (small) to front endpaper. Front joint is cracked at to 3". Foxing to contents else clean.

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WINKIE-WEE'S SPRING CLEANING
Written by Christine Chaundler.
Stock no. 1309228
Published by Museum Press Limited. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Winkie Wee Series Book 3. Pictorial boards. 47 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some slight marking to endpapers. A couple of hinges are pulled. Price-cut (by publisher) wrapper is edge torn with some loss and grubby on rear panel.

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THE GOAT WITH THE TAR-BRUSH BEARD
Written by Percy G. Griggs. Illustrated by Edward Lander.
Stock no. 1309221
Published by Medallion Press Limited. Very good condition.

A Medallion Pop-out Book. Open the book and see the goat pop out! Oblong format (5 x 7.75"). Blue cardwraps. Colour illustrations inside covers (at rear is goat that pops out when book is opened), b/w text illustrations. Light rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty. Light damp stain to lower edges of contents. Pages are lightly browned/foxed.

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STORIES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer; Janet Harvey Kelman. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1309216
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Told To The Children series. Small format. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 114 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and covers very slightly mottled. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and margins of plates are slightly browned. There is some very light fingering to page margins. One page has a small piece torn from margin (no text affected).

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NURSERY RHYMES AND PROVERBS
Written by Marjory Hood. Illustrated by Marjory Hood.
Stock no. 1309208
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine, blue and yellow pictorial boards. Beautiful colour plates. Spine bumped and rubbed, corners worn. Light mark to top edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned and a couple of small glue spots to both pastedowns. Some foxing else contents clean.

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CHEPSTOW PRINTERS AND NEWSPAPERS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2109311
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Limited to 120 copies. Red cloth. Originally published in shorter form in 1970 and 1977. ISBN: 0906134129. SIGNED by author. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and a couple of nicks.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1309185
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Very good condition.

Modern three-quarter dark green leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine; marbled boards. 12 colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith plus two-colour text illustrations. 362 pages Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Wear to edges of preliminary pages. Large crease to top corner of page 19/20. Page edges lightly browned and fingered. Some pale marks to the edges of some pages, including some plates.

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AMERICAN WILDLIFE PAINTING
Written by Martina R. Norelli.
Stock no. 1207762
Published by Watson-Gupthill Publications. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0823002179. Wrapper price-clipped and very slightly edge-chipped.

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TRANSIT-TIME EFFECTS IN UNIPOLAR SOLID-STATE DEVICES
Written by Dan Dascalu.
Stock no. 1707715
Published by Abacus Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

395 pages. ISBN: 085626007x. Wrapper spine faded.

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FOCUSING OF CHARGED PARTICLES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Albert Septier.
Stock no. 1707710
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Two volumes. Several University stamps to contents. Wrapper edge-chipped.

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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN HAZARDOUS AREAS
Written by Alan McMillan.
Stock no. 1707708
Published by Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 649 pages. ISBN: 0750637684. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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