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ILYA KABAKOV
Written by Boris Groys; David A. Ross; Iwona Blazwick. Illustrated by Ilya Kabakov.
Stock no. 1829388
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ilya Kabakov is the most prominent contemporary Russian artist. Boris Groy, an art critic and philosopher, surveys the artist's long career and analyzes its philosophical and formal dimensions in terms of art history as well as the artist's own biography. David A. Ross discusses the artist's practice and its bridging of Eastern and Western contemporary art by means of an interview with the artist. Large format. White cardwraps with black titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0714837970. Text block slightly grubby, cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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MOUSEWING
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Martin Baynton.
Stock no. 1329218
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

William Mayne's Animal Library. Glazed pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 9.25 x 7.75". ISBN: 0744507294. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock.

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LAMB SHENKIN
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329217
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

William Mayne's Animal Library. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744507286. Spine faded. Foxing to top edge of textblock.

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LEAPFROG
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1329216
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial laminated boards. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 074450726X. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Slight fading to spine.

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BARNABAS WALKS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1329215
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

The story of Barnabas the Guinea Pig. Glazed pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 074450533X. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Slight fading to spine.

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TIBBER
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329214
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Story about a cute cat. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744505356. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Slight fading to spine.

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TURKS: A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND YEARS, 600-1600
Written by David J. Roxburgh.
Stock no. 1829385
Published by Royal Academy of Arts. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

This magnificent catalogue accompanies the spectactular exhibition of the same name devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turks. Large, heavy format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. 494 pages including index. ISBN: 1903973570. Text block a little grubby and marked. Book has been dropped on lower rear corner giving rise to corner crease of last few page. 0.5" split to rear edge at base of spine. Front joint pulled where glue has dried out but binding is tight. Some imprinting of ink from front flap and frontispiece. Contents very good.`

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THE ART OF PETER SCOTT: IMAGES FROM A LIFETIME
Written by Philippa Scott; Keith Shackleton. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1829384
Published by Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Selected and with captions by Philippa Scott. Introduction by Keith Shackleton. The first and only book to cover the whole range of Sir PPeter's output - ranging from early childhood sketches to the last unfinished painting: his vision of the London Wetlands Centre. Oblong format. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 168 pages. ISBN: 9780900806377. Lower edge of boards rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1986
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1329211
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tall laminate boards - Rupert with net and tadpoles in jar. 1st story Rupert & the Strange Airman. 100 pages. (In 1986 Alfred Bestall, the first illustrator of Rupert annuals, died at the age of 93). ISBN: 0850791596. Name in belongs to box. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.

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ROCK DREAMS
Written by Guy Peellaert; Nik Cohn; Michael Herr.
Stock no. 1829383
Published by Taschen. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy tribute to Rock 'n'Roll and R&B through surreal images and texts which paint an imaginary world in which the great gods of mid-century popular music appear in their own settings. An attempt to catch the most crucial dreams in each new stage as Rock has developed. Introduced by Michael Herr. Large format. white cardwraps with pink title to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Text in English, German and French. 222 pages. ISBN: 382282612X. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed to corners and a little scuffed.

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HOURS OF SUNSHINE
Written by Matthias Barr. Illustrated by Oscar Pletsch.
Stock no. 1329208
Published by Cassell, Petter And Galpin. Circa 1873. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. 96 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Endpapers have been professionally replaced. There are fingermarks and foxspots to the contents but overall they are clean.

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GRANNIE'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1329206
Published by Augener Ltd.; David McKay. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 1 of "Old Nursery Rhymes". Small oblong format. Floral decorated boards with circular illustration to front. Pretty colour pictures throughout. Very slight fading to covers. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is slightly grubby. This edition undated but believe it to be an early edition with 10 colour illustrations (the first edition had 12).

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