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THE WHITE DEER
Written by James Thurber. Illustrated by James Thurber.
Stock no. 1328788
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1946. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, white titles. B/w illustrations. Covers are damp stained with slight wear to cover edges. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. A few small foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to top of spine and browned to spine and rear panel.

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THE LITTLEST ONE AGAIN
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328782
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

A book of poems for children. Grey boards, green titles and vignette. 4 colour plates. 55 numbered pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Some grubby marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to contents.

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HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUNG BIRDS
Written by Eric Pochin. Illustrated by Eric Pochin.
Stock no. 1328780
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. Beige boards with brown title and vignette to front. 124 delightful colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped, very slightly grubby with a few spots to front panel.

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SEMOLINA SILKPAWS COMES TO CATSTOWN
Written by Gladys Williams. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns.
Stock no. 1328779
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first in the series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers/ Delightful single-colour line drawings. Old tape marks to endpapers and to covers. Some foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a couple of foxspots to rear panel.

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STRAY
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1328778
Published by Walker. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

One summer the proud old alley-cat Pufftail settles down to tell his young grandson story of his life. Humorous, exciting, poignant an shocking by turns, the account of his experiences makes a gripping and highly entertaining tale, with a cast of memorable feline characters. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0744508010. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Pale page browning throughout, light foxing to textblock.

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ESCAPE TO PERSIA
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328774
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 319 pages. Third impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny, light spot to front cover. Endpapers are very slightly browned. Label to half title-page with inscription in ink on it. Contents otherwise lovely and bright. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel and a tiny bit rubbed at corners.

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OXUS IN SUMMER
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328773
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Salmon cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps of 'Country Round Peranwisa". B/w illustrations. 312 pages, top edge red. Spine slightly bumped and very slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock; Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328772
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Red cloth, black title to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps of 'Country round Peran Wisa'. B/w illustrations. 350 numbered pages, top edge red. Seventh impression (in a 6th printing wrapper). Spine is slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to top margin of half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 2: CHESHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829071
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 126 pages. ISBN: 9781905505036. Pale browning to page edges else contents clean.

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THE PATRIOTS: A PICTORIAL RECORD VOLUME ONE 45500-45525
Written by Peter Sikes.
Stock no. 1829069
Published by The LMS-Patriot Company Ltd.. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

The first 26 locomotives of the class, 45500-45525. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 9781999581800. A lovely copy, no significant faults.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 3: LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829068
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 142 pages. ISBN: 9781905505074. Small bump with tear to base of spine (minor). Covers a little scuffed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE LONG REACH: MANCHESTER & SALFORD'S CROSS-BOUNDARY BUS SERVICES 1961-2015
Written by Martin Arthur.
Stock no. 1829067
Published by The Museum Of Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Often Corporation bus services served simply their own towns and cities. It was not uncommon for services to end at a boundary, even when the logical traffic objective was a little way beyond. Manchester amd Salford's muncipal bus operations observed no such niceties. They galloped on in cavalier fashion, ignoring boundaries and providing useful links with surrounding towns. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9780946022021. A very nice copy.

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