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THE TEN RIDDLES OF EARTHA QUICKSMITH
Written by Loris Owen.
Stock no. 1828576
Published by Firefly Press. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition.

Ten riddles, ten days to solve them. Kip Bramley finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles set 400 yeas earlier by a mysterious genius. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781913102319. SIGNED by the author to verso of half-title page. A lovely, clean copy.

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THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328450
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st thus 1939. Good condition.

A Trilogy With A Prelude By Richard Wagner. 2 Volumes in 1: The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie; Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, originally published in 1910 and 1911. 48 dramatic colour plates and b/w decorations. Blue cloth, black titles. Green/white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Damp spotting to cover edges. Small splash mark to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to contents.

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VICTORIAN QUAKERS
Written by Elizabeth Isichei.
Stock no. 1328449
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Oxford Historical Monographs Series. ISBN: 0198218338. Spine slightly bumped. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Some foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, faded and slightly grubby to spine with a small mark to edge of rear panel.

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JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY PAINTER OF LIGHT (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Benedict Nicolson. Illustrated by Joseph Wright.
Stock no. 1328446
Published by The Paul Mellon Foundation For British Art. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy volumes. Green cloth with gilt titles. Volume one contains text and catalogue, volume two contains tipped-in colour plates plus b/w photos of illustrations. ISBN: 0710062842. Bumping to spines and corners. Some slight discolouration to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrappers are edge worn with small tears and white rear panels are grubby.

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ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS OF THE TENNANT COMPANIES 1797-1937
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328445
Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, brown boards with green title label to front (gilt title). B/w photos of various people. Spine and corners bumped, some wear to covers. TENNANTS written in ink to centre of spine. Some neat ink writing to front free-endpaper. One plate is loose but still present.

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GARDEN CITIES AND CANALS
Written by J.S. Nettleford.
Stock no. 1328444
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Pale blue boards with dark titles to spine and front cover. 220 pages. Covers are grubby. Spine is split along front edge. Name in purple biro to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to contents.

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JAGUARS IN COMPETITION
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 1328440
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Stirling Moss. An attempt to commemorate the "grace, space and pace" which the Jaguar has given the world. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0850453232. SIGNED by the author to the half title-page. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned.

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THE GOLD BAT
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328437
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published by A. & C. Black. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 157 page. ISBN: 0285621165. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slight fading to spine.

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THE WHITE FEATHER
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328436
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange/brown boards, gilt title to spine. 158 pages. ISBN: 0285620738. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to centre of front cover. Small pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wraper is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE HEAD OF KAY'S
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328435
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards with silver title to spine. 155 pages. ISBN: 0285621173. Minimal bumping to spine. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. A couple of erased pencil marks to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper.

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CLASSIC TALES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328430
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Heritage Classics series. Two of the very best stories by the quintessential Rupert illustrator, Bestall: Rupert and the Mare's Nest and Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo. Black cloth spine with gilt title, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781405264228. Cover edges (besides spine edges) are slightly grubby else fine.

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THE COMPLETE DIARY OF A COTSWOLD LADY VOLUME ONE THE LADY OF RODBOROUGH
Written by Agnes Witts.
Stock no. 1328429
Published by Amberley. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction and diaries covering the period 1788-1793. Colour and b/w illustrations. Red boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 9781848680104. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.

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