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PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM'S DICTIONARY
Written by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by Derek Cousins.
Stock no. 1207708
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1973. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A humourous and interesting look at the english language! Purple boards. B/w illustrations throughout. 64pp. 7.5 x 5". ISBN: 0370012496. Wrapper price-clipped with faded spine.

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SANDY'S SEVEN TAILS
Written by Helen Haywood; Isobel St. Vincent. Illustrated by Helen Haywood; Isobel St. Vincent.
Stock no. 1207677
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1943. Fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red cloth with black title to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. The story of Sandy a mischievous little red squirrel. Wrapper edge-torn with some loss, front panel intact.

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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1207674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Covers edges browned. Covers a bit grubby. Boards a little bowed. Endpapers browned. A little foxing to endpapers and page edges. Colour plates bright.

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LITTLE STORIES FROM AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1207657
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial stiff card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w illustrations. Fables and the moral of the story. Inscription in ink to first blank page. Spine worn with some loss of surface from rear cover alongside. Contents pulled so feel a little loose. A few marks to margins otherwise contents clean.

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THE STORY OF FOUR LITTLE SABOTS
Written by Dora W. Merritt; Dora W. Pearsall. Illustrated by Dora W. Merritt.
Stock no. 1207654
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books Series. Small format. Light blue paperboards, dark blue title and decoration. Dark blue cloth spine, with silver title. Colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. Wrapper internally foxed and torn at edges with some loss.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 1207649
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Dark pink pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 attractive colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Slight foxing to endpapers and a few scattered foxspots. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed.

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CROSS-CHANNEL AND COASTAL PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Frank Burtt.
Stock no. 1707573
Published by Richard Tilling. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Folding b/w scale diagrams. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine faded. Corners bumped.

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THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF HIGHGATE, MIDDLESEX
Written by Frederick Prickett.
Stock no. 1604098
Published by Frederick Prickett. 1st 1842. Poor condition.

Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. 174 pages including Index. Folding plans and maps. Corners bumped. and worn. Spine is split and chipped with loss to top and tail. Front joint is broken with bindings exposed. First section of book weak with a couple of pages detached. First folding plan is creased and torn, repaired with brown tape to verso. Some pages reinserted with tape. Scattered foxing. Folding map at rear is torn and repaired to verso with brown sticky paper.

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QUICKSILVER
Written by R.C. Anderson; J.M. Anderson.
Stock no. 1604090
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A hundred years of coaching 1750-1850. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715360833.

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THE LIFE OF PRINCIPAL WILLIAM EDWARDS
Written by T.W. Chance.
Stock no. 1207565
Published by Priory Press Limited. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. B/w photos. 228 pages. Spine browned. Covers unevenly faded.

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THE GOLDEN CAULIFLOWER
Written by Irene Cheyne. Illustrated by Jean Elder.
Stock no. 1309105
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. circa 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

David, a small cripple boy, is given a wonderful magical brooch and has many amusing adventures. Red cloth, black titles. 219 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Name and address in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to endpaper. There is a small mark to the textblock and very pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at edges with minimal loss to corners and slightly grubby to rear panel/spine.

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THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY FROM GWENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1207559
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition.

Yellow card wraps. Poetry by the Chepstow historian. ISBN: 0950007978.

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