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LEADING STRINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Marjorie Slade; Gordon Robinson; M.E. Brett; et al..
Stock no. 1307028
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1926. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing boy and girl on playroom floor surrounded by toys. First story is "The Snow Man's Secret". Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink (dated Feb 1926) to verso of frontis. Some foxing and fingering and some hinges cracked else contents clean.

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BIRDS OF OCEAN AND ESTUARY
Written by John Gooders.
Stock no. 1805138
Published by Orbis. 1978. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume One of The Orbis Encyclopedia of Birds of Britain and Europe. A beautifully illustrated and succinct reference book. 12 x 9 ins. Green cloth with gilt decoration on front board. ISBN: 0856133507. Corners bumped. Some page creasing. Pictorial wrapper is creased at corners.

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THE SMITH FAMILY
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1307027
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 4 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations to text. 87 pages. 9 x 7". Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink and removal of a label to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned/foxed. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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RUTHLESS ROGER
Written by Geoffrey Lowis. Illustrated by Winslade.
Stock no. 1307018
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A lively, stirring tale of pirates on the Spanish Main, thrilling but never frightening, told by a sailor with a glorious sense of humour. Red cloth, dark blue titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning to half-title and last text page. Some light fingering else contents clean. White pictorial wrapper is grubby and edge worn, chipped to spine with loss, extensive tape repairs on verso.

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BLESSINGTON-D'ORSAY: A MASQUERADE
Written by Michael Sadleir.
Stock no. 1602599
Published by Folio Society. 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth spine, pink decorated boards. Brown scuff mark to top of spine (across the title). Contents fine. Contained in a pale grey slipcase which is bumped to spine.

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BLUE PETER ANNUAL No. 28
Written by Oliver Macfarlane; John Comerford.
Stock no. 1306931
Published by World International. 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Scarce due to the sacking of Richard Bacon and withdrawal from sale. Fortieth Anniversary Edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0749837616. Joints just starting to crack. There is a WHSmith competition sticker to front cover.

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ORNITOLOGIA TOSCANA 2 VOLUMES
Written by Paolo Savi.
Stock no. 1805135
Published by Luciano Ferriani Editore. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spines. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Text in Italian. Boards clean, endpapers a little grubby. Contents fine. White pictorial wrappers are grubby and edge-worn.

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BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA
Written by Bruce M. Beehler; Thane K. Pratt; Dale A. Zimmerman. Illustrated by Dale A. Zimmerman; James Coe.
Stock no. 1805130
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Handbook No. 9 of the WAU Ecology Institute. Dark grey cloth boards, white title to spine. Map of New Guinea to endpapers. B/w illustrations and colour plates. ISBN: 0691083851. Contents are fine. White pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-browned.

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GUILDHALL GAZETTE 1933-1938
No author listed.
Stock no. 1602576
1933. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. The magazine of the Middlesex County Officers' Association (quarterly publication). Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned, some foxing. A few pages have tears which have been professionally repaired.

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TOM SAWYER GROWS UP
Written by Clement Wood. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1306896
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front. 286 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Neat date (August 1942) written in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal loss at spine and corners, rear panel is a bit grubby and there are a couple of tape repairs on verso.

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THE MAGNIFICENT BOTANICAL LIBRARY OF THE STIFTUNG FUR BOTANIK VADUZ LIECHTENSTEIN COLLECTED BY THE LATE ARPAD PLESCH PART 3 Q-Z AND ADDENDA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1805126
Published by Sotherby. 1976. Very good condition.

Sale catalogue Monday 15 March and Tuesday 16 March 1976. Grey paper boards, black titles. B/w & a few colour plates. Large format. Boards grubby and worn at corners. Contents fine.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1306893
Published by Lutterworth Press. 3rd 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. 224 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. There are some grubby marks to front cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners.

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