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HANKY PANKY
Written by John Crombie. Illustrated by Sheila Bourne.
Stock no. 1328225
Published by The Fantod Press. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited to 150 copies. Pictorial green paper wraps. Black and white line drawings throughout. Lower front corner of both book and wrapper are very slightly creased. Else a fine copy. This is copy no. 69.

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THE FAMOUS FIVE SPECIAL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328224
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Three complete full-length stories of the Famous Five in one book. Includes Five Go Off To Camp, Five Go Off In A Caravan and Five Have A Wonderful Time. Red boards with black vignette to front cover. Black title label with gilt title on spine. Two tone illustrations. 512 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Some light fingering to textblock and to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with some slight loss to slightly browned spine.

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THE LAYS OF BELERIAND
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien.
Stock no. 1828474
Published by Guild Publishing. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The third volume of The History of Middle-Earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 393 pages. Second impression. Top edge of text block has minor foxing. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is scuffed and faded to spine.

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THE BOOK OF LOST TALES PART I
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien.
Stock no. 1828472
Published by Guild Publishing. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first book in the series of Middle-Earth history. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Second impression. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded at spine, lightly worn at edges, tiny split to top of spine, scuffed.

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JAMES BRINDLEY AND THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER: CANAL VISIONARIES
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828471
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Disappointed in love, in 1759 Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, retreated to Lancashire to devote himself to coal and canals. When his agent, John Gilbert, introduced him to the Staffordshire Schemer James Brindley, the two men formed an unlikely alliance that would alter the face of the country. This book charts the dynamics of a remarkable business relationship in a fast-changing world. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos/illustrations. ISBN: 9781445649665. A lovely copy.

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TRIUMPH TIGER 100 & 110: 1939-1961 (MOTORCYLE MONOGRAPHS - No. 5)
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1828470
Published by Niton Publishing. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Tracing the story of the T100 from the pre-war starting point, through the austere '40s and on to the '50s when it was joined by its big brother, the Tiger 110. Pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos. 55 pages. ISBN: 0951420461. Corners of covers rubbed, Covers a little marked/scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE BLACK RIDERS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Anne Bullen.
Stock no. 1328222
Published by Collins. 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Russet cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. A thrilling adventure story. Fourth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and a bit grubby, spine is browned. There is a crease to the wrapper front flap.

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SIGNALMAN'S TWILIGHT
Written by Adrian Vaughan.
Stock no. 1828469
Published by Amberley Publishing. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised Edition. The author's life as a signalman at Challow Station in rural Berkshire. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781445602578. Front cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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THE SWORD OF ST CYPRIAN AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by William Zawadzki.
Stock no. 1328221
Published by The Violet Needham Society. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Needham's last complete novel (published in 1985 by the society) along with all her known short stories and a substantial; extract from a later, unfinished novel "An Accursed Heritage". Black cardwraps. 208 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE STORMY PETREL
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1328219
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Complete and unabridged. ISBN: 1904417892. Slight rubbing to cover edges and a tiny bit of lifting of laminate to lower edge of front cover. Contents look unread.

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JOURNEY BY STAGES
Written by Stella Margetson.
Stock no. 1828468
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Some Account of the People who Travelled by Stage-Coach and Mail in the Years Between 1660 and 1840. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. A few minor, faint marks to boards. Tea (?) stain to vertical edge of endpapers and text block but does not affect contetns. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, browned and scuffed, faded to spine.

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PEGASUS BRIDGE 6 JUNE 1944
Written by Stephen E. Ambrose.
Stock no. 1828467
Published by George Allen & Unwin. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Major John Howard and the 160 troops under his command, whose task it was to seize Pegasus Bridge during World War II. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers, b/w plates. xx and 156 pages including index. ISBN: 004923076X. Minor foxing to edge of text block. Pencil erasure mark to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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