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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME ELEVEN
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2121268
Published by Stewart Williams. Circa 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807210. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; edge-creased.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME FOUR
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2121267
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1967. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt. Numerous photographs, paintings, drawings, engravings and maps. 252pp includes index. 8.5 x 5.75". Spotting/mottling to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; edge-creased with a few nicks and chips.

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MIDNIGHT
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 2121265
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

A magical and atmospheric novel. Violet has always been in the shadow of her brother Will. She reatreats into fantasies based on characters created by her favourite author. But will her new friend Jasmine help Violet to break free of Wil's spell. Purple pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385606052. Some light wear to cover edges. Foxing and a little page browning.

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MOUNT LOWE RAILWAY
Written by Michael A. Patris.
Stock no. 2121259
Published by Arcadia. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Images of Rail Series. Card wraps. B/w photos. Pasadena, California. ISBN: 9780738547534. Light wear along cover edges.

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MERRY DAYS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Chris G. Temple.
Stock no. 1505920
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows three children sailing a toy boat, yellow titles. 10 x 7.5". Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby, mainly edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. One hinge cracked. Contents clean but with foxing and some browning.

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ROUND THE YEAR STORY BOOK
Written by Alan Hyder; Berta Lawrence; Vivien Batchelor; et al. Illustrated by Rene Cloke; Lunt Roberts; Neave Parker; Eileen Soper; et al..
Stock no. 1505917
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows children playing each with a month on them. First story is 'The Girl Who Liked Fairy Tales. Pretty colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. 163 pages. Base of spine bumped. Minimal wear to spine and corners. A couple of hinges starting to crack. Just a odd fox spot otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is badly torn around bottom half of spine and along rear fold and into rear panel, with creasing but very little loss. Small tears and creasing to top of spine. A few other chips and tears to edges.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505914
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1920. Almost very good condition.

For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine bumped with some rubbing to vignette. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few marks and scratches to covers. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Evidence of something having been stuck to rear endpaper. Contents very good.

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LE ROI BABAR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2121223
Published by Editions Du Jardin Des Modes. Circa 1933. Almost very good condition.

'Babar the King' in French language. Yellow pictorial boards, black cloth spine. 48 pages. Colour illustrations. 2" splits to top and tail of spine at both sides. This has led to some fraying and chipping of cloth. Grubby marks and some scuffing to covers. Binding is still nice and tight. Some foxing and a few grubby page margin marks. Illustrations are still lovely and bright.

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HOLIDAY FROLICS AT THE FARM
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green; Edric Vredenburg; Mary Boyle; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Mabel F. Taylor; et al..
Stock no. 1505913
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1910. Very good condition.

Red pictorial boards with cloth spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Stories and verses. 88 pages plus book list. Spine bumped and worn. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few small marks to covers. Nick to edge of half-title page. Contents very good just some light browning and foxing.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 3RD YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Clifton Bingham; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Alice Talwin Morris. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; John Hassall.
Stock no. 1405424
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1907. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette. Pictorial front board showing children round a brazier. Colour and b/w illustrations. First story is Bastable Cove by Strang. 192 pages Spine bumped, rubbed and darkened. Corners bumped and very worn. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Top corner of frontis missing. Colouring to one b/w illustration. Some foxing. Grubby marks to most page margins. A few small margin tears.

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IT STILL BEATS WORKING! MY FORTY YEARS OF MOTOR RACING FUN
Written by Eoin S. Young.
Stock no. 1812306
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The second volume of Eoin Young's autobiography crammed with all the Grand Prix-after-dinner tales and Barley Mow motor racing pub stories that he forgot to put in the first book! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851840698. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine. Circa 1895. Good condition.

Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.

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