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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330686
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. The case of the pirate U-Boat. Spine slightly bumped, light mark to centre of spine. Front free-endpaper has been neatly removed. Damage (and slight loss) to lower margins of pages 97 to 126. No loss of text. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly chipped with old tape repairs on verso (old glue marks showing on front flap), rear panel is slightly grubby.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330685
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1957. 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. 22nd impression. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of light marks to covers. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is lightly browned to spine, small brown mark to rear panel.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 23 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW SPORTS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330684
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Snow Sports. Also includes Rupert And The Vanishing Pet. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Small, light mark to top corner of front cover. Some minor page edge creases else contents clean.

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FORD GT THEN, AND NOW
Written by Adrian Streather.
Stock no. 1330683
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781845840549. Spine and corners quite heavily bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased/rubbed.

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IRISH ARMY VEHICLES: TRANSPORT AND ARMOUR SINCE 1922
Written by Karl Martin.
Stock no. 1330682
Published by Karl Martin. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

An essential reference work for the modeller, wargamer or student of military or Irish history. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and a few colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0954341309. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top edge of front cover and to edges of rear cover. A few light spots to top edge of textblock else contents fine.

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SPANISH TRIALS BIKES (OSPREY COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Don Morley.
Stock no. 1330681
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Osprey Collector's Library. The story of a sport once dominated by the British. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850456630. Some foxing to textblock and a couple of small splash marks to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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DARE TO DREAM: THE JOHN BRITTEN STORY
Written by Felicity Price.
Stock no. 1330680
Published by Hazard Press Limited. 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The man, the family, and the friends who made the dream of winning the world's toughest motorcycle races come true. Oblong format. Black boards. 143 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 1877270504. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and has a small 'cancer research' sticker to front panel.

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HOW TO RESTORE TRIUMPH TR4 & TR4A (ENTHUSIAST'S RESTORATION MANUAL)
Written by Roger Williams.
Stock no. 1330679
Published by Veloce Publishing Limited. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Foreword by Bill Piggott. Complete guide to all aspects of restoration. Cardwraps. 192 pages. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1903706041. Covers are edge worn. Old barcode label to rear cover. Some page corner tips lightly creased. Half title-page is slightly grubby. Includes an Errata sheet loosely inserted.

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CROZ: LARRIKIN BIKER
Written by Graeme Crosby.
Stock no. 1330678
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) Ltd. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

In 1979 Graeme Crosby arrived in Britain with his worldly possessions in a carry-bag. Four years later 'Croz' as he is affectionately known to millions of fans, walked away from the glamour world of world championship Grand Prix racing, taking with him a bag full of trophies and his ever-present sense of humour... Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781869508579. SIGNED by Croz by means of a dedication to title-page. Slight rubbing to spine and corners.

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SUZUKI TWO-STROKES
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1330677
Published by Niton Publishing. 1st thus 1997. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

All Two-Stroke Singles, Twins and Triples (plus RE5) 1952 to 1979. B/w photos. Originally published by Osprey Publishing Limited in 1984. ISBN: 1855790327. Spine and corners bumped and cover edges rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears at corners.

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ROSAMUND'S TUCK-SHOP
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1330676
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

The 25th title in the famous Abbey series, originally published in 1936. Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis. 183 pages. ISBN: 190441706X. Spine is faded and spine edge of rear cover. Creasing to spine edges where the covers have been held open to read the book. Light marks to textblock else contents clean.

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ECOCRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN'S TEXTS AND CULTURES
Written by Nina Goga; Lykke Guanio-Uluru; Bjorg Oddrun Hallas; Aslaug Nyrnes.
Stock no. 1330674
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2018. Very good condition.

Critical Approaches to Children's Literature series. This volume presents key contributions to the study of ecocriticism in Nordic children’s and YA literary and cultural texts, in dialogue with international classics. Pictorial boards. 209 pages. ISBN: 9783319904962. Joint between colophon and contents is cracked else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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