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COUNTING ZOO
Written by Lynette Ruschak. Illustrated by May Rousseau.
Stock no. 820688
Published by Envision Publishing. 1st USA 1997. Fine condition.

Large pop-up numbers jump off the pages of this sturdy colourful book. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. American Edition. ISBN: 1890633011. Still in original shrink wrap - but couple of corners have become bumped.

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THE MYSTERY AT SHONCLIFF SCHOOL
No author listed. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 820608
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1894. Good condition.

By the author of Mr Burke's Nieces, Daisy's Dilemmas, etc. Grey cloth boards with green vignettes, green title block with gil ttitles. 4 b/w plates. This story originally appeared in Little Folks Magazine. Boards grubby and worn at corners, spine has some fraying to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. List of illustrations almost detached from centre section. Staple binding is rusty. A few grubby marks to contents.

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ACES OF THE AIR
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 820626
Published by Mayflower Books. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Combining accounts of the flying careers of over sixty famous pilots and pioneers of flight with detailed scale drawings of the individual aircraft with which each was most closely associated. Large format. Light blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 083173180X. A few faint marks else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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SNUFFLES FOR SHORT
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 820637
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few marks internally but generally a nice copy in a blue pictorial wrapper which is edge-worn with slight loss.

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PORTSMOUTH RECORD SERIES PORTSMOUTH CUSTOMS LETTER BOOKS 1748-1750
Written by G. Hampson.
Stock no. 820594
Published by Hampshire County Council. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A complete three-year tranche of the correspondence between the Customs officers in Portsmouth and the Board of Customs in London. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Printed on cream paper. Grey text endpapers. ISBN: 1859750230. A fine copy in a white dustwrapper which is lightly creased at edges.

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CHANGING TIMES
Written by Deirdre Beddoe.
Stock no. 820546
Published by Honno. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Welsh women writing on the 1950s and 1960s. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870206533. SIGNED by the author to first page. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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UNCLE IVAN'S MAGIC BOX
Written by Helen Zane Jensen. Illustrated by Helen Zane Jensen.
Stock no. 820518
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1ST 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Inside Uncle Ivan's magic box wonderful things happen - rocking chairs somersault, tables turn upside down and cats float by on cushions of air.. In a straightforward way that children will easily understand, this beautiful book sets about explaining the complicated subject of gravity. ISBN: 0241123119. Spine is faded. Some bumping to cover edges.

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DINOSAUR BONES
No author listed. Illustrated by Philip Hood.
Stock no. 820521
Published by Tango Books. Circa 1995. Fine condition.

Come along on a search for Tyrannosaurus Rex. The book opens out to form a 3-D skeleton that you can hang on your wall. Plus a booklet that explains how dinosaur fossils are found. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857070542.

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DINOSAUR BONES
No author listed. Illustrated by Philip Hood.
Stock no. 820527
Published by Tango Books. Circa 1995. Fine condition.

Come along on a search for Tyrannosaurus Rex. The book opens out to form a 3-D skeleton that you can hang on your wall. Plus a booklet that explains how dinosaur fossils are found. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857070542.

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DINOSAUR BONES
No author listed. Illustrated by Philip Hood.
Stock no. 820538
Published by Tango Books. Circa 1995. Fine condition.

Come along on a search for Tyrannosaurus Rex. The book opens out to form a 3-D skeleton that you can hang on your wall. Plus a booklet that explains how dinosaur fossils are found. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857070542.

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MY DREAM ROOM
No author listed. Illustrated by Simon Abbott.
Stock no. 820541
Published by Tango Books. 1st 2004. As new condition.

With a stand-up room and slot-in furniture! Phoebe and Ella are twins but when they decide to decorate their bedroom there is a problem - they like different things. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857076273. As new.

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RICKY THE RABBIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 384457
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An eight page story of Ricky the Rabbit with a stunning fold out pop-up scene to the rear of the book. No. 106 to bottom left corner of front cover. Cover edges slightly rubbed and spine a little worn. Some light page edge browning and fingering to text pages, corner tips lightly creased. Staples rusty. The ear of the goat is missing and there are a couple of minor creases otherwise the pop-up scene is in excellent condition.

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