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ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH: POETS OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1330757
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Green pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Printed on pale green paper. Front joint between endpaper and half title-page is cracked. Light rubbing to corners. Contained in original publishers slipcase which is faded at edges and scuffed with a few grubby marks.

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330756
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light marks to cover edges. Textblock is slightly dusty/foxed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss to spine and corners. Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330755
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1944. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. 14th impression. Minimal bumping to spine. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty/foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with small knicks to top of spine and some light pencil writing to front flap.

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ETHEL & ERNEST
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1830918
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1999. Very good condition.

The story of Raymond Brigg's parents told in a deeply moving and very funny strip cartoon format. Glazed pictorial boards. 103 pages. ISBN: 0224060392. Light fading to top of boards, boards lightly scuffed. Foxing to top edge of text block and top edge of endpapers. Contents otherwise clean.

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A BOOK OF MARVELS AND MAGIC
Written by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1830917
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Entertaining and surprising tales from Russia, Greece, the Italian Tyrol, the Punjab, Switzerland, the North Frisian Isles, Bavaria, Scotland, Denmark, Africa and North America. Red cloth boards, white title block to spine with gilt title. Colour frontis, B/w illustrations. 122 pages. ISBN: 0416586503. Boards clean. Text block a little foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine, lightly rubbed to top of spine.

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DINNER TIME
Written by Jan Pienkowski. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1830916
Published by Orchard Books. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition.

A chain of hungry critters with gaping mouths and moving jaws in this deliciously scary, delightfully funny look at survival of the fittest. Tall slim format with glazed pictorial boards. Six pop-up scenes. ISBN: 0950721409. Spine browned, barcode label to rear board, board corners lightly bumped, boards lightly scuffed. Neat name in ink to front pastedown else contents in excellent working order.

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HOLIDAY TOURS IN SPAIN, PORTUGAL & MADEIRA. ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830915
Published by The Booth Steampship Co. Ltd.. 6th 1913. Almost very good condition.

Sixth Edition, published before the War. A brief sketch of the places on the route of The Booth Steampship Company's Steamers and visited onthe Tours arranged by the Company. Blue cloth boards, gilt title blocks to front board with blue cloth embossed title. Colour & b/w illustrations, fold-out maps. 135 pages including index plus lxiv advertisements to rear. Spine and top rear board is faded. Boards are rubbed at edges and a few brown spots to spine. Minor browning to top edge of text block. Fold-outs all present with varying degrees of foxing. Some browning to contents. Overall, a decent copy.

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A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jacques Gernet; Jonathan D. Spence.
Stock no. 1830914
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Jonathan D. Spence. 2 volume set. Brown pictorial covers with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, a few minor marks and tiny patch of surface paper loss to top edge.

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THE VISUAL AND VERBAL SKETCH IN BRITISH ROMANTICISM
Written by Richard C. Sha.
Stock no. 1830913
Published by University Of Pennsylvania. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With their broken lines and hasty brush-work, sketches acquired enormous ideological and aesthetic power during the Romantic period in England. This book investigates the varied implications of sketching in late eighteenth - and early nineteenth - century culture. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 277 pages including index. ISBN: 0812234200. Text block slightly dusty. A few neat annotations to margins else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed with some discolouration and a few small marks.

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GWEN RAVERAT: FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND AFFECTIONS
Written by Frances Spalding. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat.
Stock no. 1830912
Published by The Harvill Press. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gwen Raverat was the grand-daughter of Charles Darwin, and a founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers. A fascinating, moving portrait of Gwen's character, her life and her art. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 438 pages including index. ISBN: 1860467466. Second printing. Minor rubbing to lower edge of boards. Top edge of text block faintly grubby. Else contents clean. Plum coloured dustwrapper is shelf-scuffed.

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STONE AND MARBLE CARVING: A MANUAL FOR THE STUDENT SCULPTOR
Written by Alec Miller.
Stock no. 1830911
Published by Alec Tiranti. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The practical side of carving in stone and marble. A geeneral essay on carving and a warning of its many pitfalls, a list of stones (giving colour, texture, consistency, etc), and a chapter on tools. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 96 pages including index. Boards mottled by damp. Endpapers browned. Tiny nick to front joint. Contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is a little grubby and browned, a few small stains to spine, a few small chips to corners.

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THE ROARING LIONS
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330754
Published by Pelham Books. 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The 1971 British Isles Rugby Union tour of Australia and New Zealand. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 179 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720705452. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Very light marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown (covered by wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is worn and slightly torn to edges and very slightly browned to spine and spine edge of rear panel.

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