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PAPER MODELLING FOR SIX-YEAR-OLDS
Written by Clare Craig.
Stock no. 1506813
Published by A. Brown & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Beige stiff card wraps with dark blue titles and diagrams. 6.75 x 8.25". B/w frontis. Instructions and diagrams to make simple furniture and buildings. 31 pages plus publication list. Covers grubby with some marks and browning. Wear to spine and corners. A couple of ink blots, some fingermarks and small marks to contents. Small amount of foxing from binding thread to centre pages.

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THE ZOO BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1406349
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1926. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows chimpanzee dressed in red jacket and hat. 6 Colour plates plus 49 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine is bumped and faded with a little fraying to top of spine. Corners bumped and very worn. Some rubbing to board edges. Covers scuffed and grubby. Front endpaper removed. 1 colour plate is MISSING. Front joint and several hinges cracked. Erased blue pencil marks to front endpaper and verso of frontis. Colour pencil lines to front and rear joint. Some marks to page margins. Browning to endpapers.

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PIPPY AND THE GNOME AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1406344
Published by Pitkin. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

A Pitkin Pleasure Book. Blue leatherette look boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some rubbing to board edges. Small bumps to couple of book edges. Front board slightly scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Neat colouring to a couple of pictures. Marks to some page margins. Creasing to corners of a few pages.

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THE ILLUSTRATED MOTORCYCLE LEGENDS TRIUMPH
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1813142
Published by Sunburst Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charting Triumph progress from the 1902 start to the 1994 models. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 185778037X. Dustwrapper is a little scuffed and edge-worn.

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ADAM AND PARADISE ISLAND
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1506809
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

The story of a muddy creek with a small island in the middle called Paradise. How the local people fought against the decision to build a motorway. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Striking colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0192798421. Light page edge browning and some light browning to spine.

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WILLIE'S FIRE-ENGINE
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1506804
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 019279728X. Spine lightly browned. Laminate has a lot of small vertical creases, production error. Light browning to some page edges otherwise contents clean.

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BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 1919 VOLUME II
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 1813117
Published by Putnam. 2nd 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition reprinted with corrections. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 560 pages. ISBN: 0851778135. Spine very slightly shelf bumped. Creasing of laminate to dustwrapper spine.

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MATHERN HISTORY FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS
Written by Keith Malcolm Denison.
Stock no. 1608971
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

History from the Parish Registers. White pictorial card wraps. 24 pages. ISBN: 0900278404. Foxing to covers.

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RECORDS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEICESTER VOL VI
Written by G.A. Chinnery.
Stock no. 1813066
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Chamberlains' Accounts 1688-1835. Edited by Chinnery. Blue cloth boards, gilt title and crest to spine. Folding map to rear. xii and 581 pages including index. ISBN: 0718510690. Light blue dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine, slightly worn at edges.

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BRITISH EXPERIMENTAL JET AIRCRAFT
Written by Barrie Hygate.
Stock no. 1608969
Published by Argus Books. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The development of British jet aircraft, from the E28/39 to the British Aerospace EAP in 1986, through an in-depth examination of experimental or prototype jets of the period. Each aircraft description is concluded with a 3-view, original 1/72 scale drawing. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 1854860100. Spine lightly bumped.

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NEW GIRLS AT WOODEND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1406308
Published by Frederick Books; Blackie & Son. 1st 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A country school, entirely of seniors, is suddenly invaded by five juniors, of 12 years old or less, accepted by the headmistress for various reasons. Green boards with red titles to spine. 240 pages. Spine a little bumped. Slight bump to top corner of first thirty pages. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little chipped. Rear panel is browned. Wrapper is generally grubby.

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CALL OF THE SKY
Written by Gordon G. Stoppelbein.
Stock no. 1813028
Published by Carlton Press Inc.. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A colourfully written and informative account of the author's vast and diverse aviation experience. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 159 pages. ISBN: 0806222794. A few foxspots to top edge of text block. Blue dustwrapper has a few creases to laminate and is lightly browned and scuffed.

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