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THE FORGOTTEN TRADE
Written by Nigel Tattersfield.
Stock no. 2124207
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725. With a foreword by John Fowles. ISBN: 0224029150. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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METHODISM IN MAIDENHEAD 1829-1979
Written by Peter Hardiment.
Stock no. 2124205
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Includes a list of ministers. ISBN: 0860231119. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine and edges, with some edge-creasing.

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HAPPY FAMILIES AND THEIR TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610115
Published by Ernest Nister. c. 1901. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. 5 beautiful fold-down full-page chromo-lithographed layered scenes. B/w illustrations. Board corners worn with some surface loss; spine scuffed at top & tail with fading and slight fraying of cloth. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Hinges strengthened with bookbinding tape. One pop-up scene is edge creased, with corner repair. Scattered foxing.

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THE WEDDING FEAST WAR THE FINAL TRAGEDY OF THE XHOSA PEOPLE
Written by Keith Smith.
Stock no. 2124176
Published by Frontline Books. 2nd 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848326811.

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THE GREAT DAYS OF THE COUNTRY RAILWAY
Written by David St John Thomas; Patrick B. Whitehouse.
Stock no. 2124156
Published by David & Charles. 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0715387758. 4th impression. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing.

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SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY AN INTRODUCTION
Written by Maurice E. Tucker.
Stock no. 2124151
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1987. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Geoscience Text Volume 3. ISBN: 0632000740. Creasing to cover corners. Light fading to spine edge.

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THE LMS REMEMBERED
Written by J.S. Whiteley; G.W. Morrison.
Stock no. 2124140
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930300. Bumping along cover edges. Wrapper has bottom corner cut off front flap and is edge-creased.

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BERTIE AND THE BIG RED BALL
Written by Edward Lucie-Smith. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1815530
Published by John Murray; Gallery Five. 1st 1982. Fine condition.

When Ruby takes Bertie for a quiet walk on the seafront little does she know what lies in store... Pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0719539765.

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TIGER TIM'S ANNUAL 1938
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815524
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows 'Feeding Time at Tiger Tim's Zoo'. Green cloth spine. A Picture and Story-Book for Boys and Girls! First story is The Coming of the Paleface. Board edges rubbed, corners worn. Base of spine frayed. Name in belongs to box. Front and rear joint cracked. Hinges pulled wide but binding still tight. Rust/grease mark to gutter edges of page 11-19 (see photo). Brown mark to page 10 & facing page 11 affects illustrations only. A few light fingermarks to contents.

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OUTSIDE OVER THERE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1815523
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ida's baby sister is snatched away by the goblins... Red cloth, gilt titles. Oblong format. Large colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0370304039. A few minor marks to dustwrapper.

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HEAVY METAL: A TANK COMPANY'S BATTLE TO BAGHDAD
Written by Jason Conroy; Ron Martz.
Stock no. 1815500
Published by Potomac Books, Inc.. Circa 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Iraq War. A story from the commander's perspective. B/w photos. ISBN: 1574888560. Second printing.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1317186
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Boys' and Girls' Gift Books series. Red boards with black titles and borders to front and spine. Colour frontis plate. 310 pages. Spine bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, tear to lower edge of rear panel (with loss) and hole to top of spine (mainly affecting GW of Gwynfa).

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