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BLACKIE'S STORY-TIME BOOK
Written by Chris Tent; Gladys Davidson; Theodora Wilson Wilson; May Byron; Florence Harrison; et al. Illustrated by Agnes Richardson; Thomas Maybank; Harold C. Earnshaw; Louis Wain; Florence Harrison; N. Buchanan; Hilda Cowham; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 2124405
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title. Pictorial paper boards show young boy saluting behind a young girl waving a handkerchief. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. A book of stories by various authors and illustrated by various illustrators. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven fading to spine. Scuffing and marks to covers, with heavy wear and chipping to corners. Some foxing and finger marks.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2124402
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Set of 4 books, each containing 10 colour plates. Books cover following periods: William I-Henry III; Edward I-Richard III; Henry VII-Elizabeth and James I-Edward VII. Red cloth spines. Pictorial onlays to front covers. SIGNED by author with dedication to previous owner to first volume of set. Bottom 1" of spine to first volume has splitting with some fraying of cloth. Some other nicks and chips to spine, with varying degrees of fading. Couple of covers are a bit bowed with some marks. Corners are worn, with some chipping. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some margin marks to pages. Closed tear (repaired with magic tape) to one front endpaper.

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SPITFIRE AT WAR
Written by Alfred Price.
Stock no. 1610162
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711005605. Fron endpaper has small red sticker, and inscription to verso. Light browning to wrapper.

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THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
Written by Mac Hawkins.
Stock no. 1610161
Published by Hawk Editions. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Recollections of Somerset at War 1939-1945. Supplement edition. 19 pages. B/w photos. SIGNED by author (without dedication) on title page. Light fading to cover edges.

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HISTORY OF THE RAF
Written by Chaz Bowyer.
Stock no. 1610155
Published by Hamlyn. c. 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0600375889. Small damp stain to base of front pastedown next to spine. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper edge rubbed.

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CIVIL AIRCRAFT AND GLIDER REGISTERS OF UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND 2007
Written by Barrie Womersley.
Stock no. 1610153
Published by Air Britain. 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed illustrated boards. 626 pages. ISBN: 9780851303833. Lower corner of textblock is slightly grubby.

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THE BEST OF GIRL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815627
Published by Prion Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

For girls growing up in 1950s Britain, Girl, companion to the legendary Eagle, was essential reading. The Best of Girl is a fascinating window onto this hilariously wholesome bygone age of fine upstanding virtue for those too young to remember it, and a completely compulsive nostalgia trip for those who aren't. Very Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. 144 pages. ISBN: 9781853756115.

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THE JOURNAL OF THE MOUNTAIN CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA 1939
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815624
Published by Cape Times. 1939. Almost very good condition.

Being number Forty-Two for the year 1939 (published in January 1940). Grey cardwraps, black titles. B/w plates. Covers browned. Spine edges rubbed. Joints pulled. Name in ink to inside front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxspots. Internal binding tight.

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DIE SACHVERSTANDIGEN-GUTACHTEN: DIE BERICHTE DER VON DER REPARATIONS KOMMISSION ENGESETZEN BEIDEN SACHVERSTANDIGEN KOMITEES VOM 9 APRIL 1924 NEBST ALLEN BEILAGEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815622
Published by Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Fur Politik Und Geschichte. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Report of the first committee of experts; Letter from the Chairman to the reparation commission. Written in French, English & German. Large format. Black cloth spine, grey paper boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. Boards marked and scuffed. Page browning to contents.

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30 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN PASSENGER ROAD TRANSPORT
Written by Walter Dowding.
Stock no. 1815612
Published by Red & White. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A history of the Red & White Group of Omnibus companies 1919-1949. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w photos. Small ownership label to front endpaper. Musty odour present.

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BIRDS OF KANSAS
Written by Max C. Thompson; Charles A. Ely; et al.
Stock no. 1815603
Published by University Press Of Kansas. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. A comprehensive source of the birds of Kansas, USA. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. Colour photos throughout. vii and 528 pages including index. ISBN: 9780700617821. Spine slightly cocked. Lower rear corner of boards bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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A BOX OF TRICKS
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1815596
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Poor condition.

Invented and drawn by G.E. Studdy; Explained by George Jellicoe. Orange pictorial boards. Blue endpapers showing Bonzo Pup. Colour plates plus blue & white illustrations. VERY fragile. A reading copy only. Backstrip worn away and lower half of contents thus loose. Edges of boards rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name and address in pencil to verso of same. Binding extremely fragile. Grubby marks to contents.

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