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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1406768
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, gilt titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Spine and cover edges darkened. Gilt on spine is dulled. Large score mark to rear cover. Newspaper cuttings have been stuck to front endpaper. Small booksellers label and small patch of newsprint to front pastedown. Front joint beginning to crack. Browning to endpapers and tissue guard to frontis. Name and numbers (Isa 14/20) written in ink on front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Some fingering. Plates all present.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, green titles, onlay to front board. 34 numbered pages. Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723206139. Base of spine just very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly marked and creased.

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RORKE'S DRIFT & ISANDLWANA 1879
Written by Chris Peers.
Stock no. 1609336
Published by The History Press. 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. A Battlefield Guide. 191 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780750967303. Reprint.

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THE RAPHAEL CARTOONS
Written by John Pope-Hennessy.
Stock no. 1609311
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 3rd 1958. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Oblong format. B/w plates. Corners rubbed.

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOYS
Written by Constance Eileen King.
Stock no. 1609297
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. In addition to a general historical description of each category, the book includes alphabetical entries on the major manufacturers, and also advice for the collector as well as comments on care and cleaning. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0707917126. Corners bumped. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine, edge creased and torn.

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THE BOX IN THE ATTIC
Written by Barbara Euphan Todd. Illustrated by Lynette Hemmant.
Stock no. 1316679
Published by The Children's Book Club. circa 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Perdita's diary of her holiday with relatives and the magical things they found in the box in the rectory attic. Blue boards with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock and a light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is just a little bit creased at corners.

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JAGUAR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by John Collins.
Stock no. 1609292
Published by Tiger Books International. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The proud history of Jaguar in detail. Large format. Green glazed boards. Colour and b/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 1855019736. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contents clean. A little wear to dustwrapper corners.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2001
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1609290
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2001. Nearly fine condition.

No. 66. Front cover shows Rupert on a seahorse. ISBN: 190283660X. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Residue of sticky label to front board.

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CALL TO ARMS A VALLEY HISTORY
Written by W.G. Lloyd.
Stock no. 1609269
Published by W.G. Lloyd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The part Monmouthshire Soldiers played in the Boer War. ISBN: 0952054345.

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PONTYPOOL THE HEART OF THE VALLEY
Written by W.G. Lloyd.
Stock no. 1609267
Published by W.G. Lloyd. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955962004.

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CROWN, COLLEGE AND RAILWAYS
Written by Raymond South.
Stock no. 1609250
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

How the Railways came to Windsor. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0860230716. Price-cut wrapper is browned to flaps and faded to spine and edges.

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THE COLLECTOR'S EYE FROM ROMNEY TO RENOIR
Written by Ann Sumner.
Stock no. 1609249
Published by The Holburne Museum, Bath. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0951757474. Staple holes to front cover and prelims.

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