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THE CHILD'S CHRISTMAS
Written by Evelyn Sharp. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1405238
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1906. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth covers with gilt titles and vignettes to front and spine. Pale green pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cloth fraying a little at top and bottom of spine and a small split in cloth to rear of spine. Spine browned. Bump to top of front board. Spotting and marks to covers. Some hinges are cracked. Browning to endpapers. Marks to bottom corners of both endpapers. Book plate to verso of front endpaper. Bottom of a couple of plates detached and a couple have small closed tears. Crease to margin of one plate. Some foxing to margins and page edges and a few marks to contents

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THROUGH BIRMINGHAM (SNOW HILL)
Written by Michael Hale.
Stock no. 1208433
Published by Michael Hale. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950195111. Covers scuffed and slightly grubby. Contents fine.

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LITTLE FOLKS 1912
Written by Dorothea Moore; John Comfort; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Noel Harrold; et al..
Stock no. 1405232
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1912. Good condition.

Volume 76. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First story is 'Penelope - Poet' by Dorothea Moore. 10" x 7" Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. A few light marks to rear board. Both joints cracked. Title page and prelims missing. Inscription to verso of frontis. Colouring to a few b/w illustrations. Biro has been used to outline some smaller illustrations. Biro drawing on reverse of one illustration which does affect a small part of text. Small hole to one colour plate. Some foxing and grubby margin marks.

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WARD LOCK & CO'S WONDER BOOK 1927
Written by Harry Golding. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley; Margaret Tarrant; Chris G. Temple; Alan Wright; et al..
Stock no. 1405231
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1927. Good condition.

Twenty-second year of issue. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows child with a plate of fruit. 12 colour plates plus two-tone and b/w illustrations to text throughout. Pictorial endpapers by Alan Wright. First story is The Magic Knocker by Christine Chaundler. 264 pages. 10" x 7.25". Spine bumped and worn with splits to top and bottom. 5.5" split in cloth at front edge. Corners bumped and very worn. Board edges rubbed and scuffed. Scuffing and some marks to boards. Front joint cracked at top. Endpapers browned. Name and address in ink to verso of front endpaper. Ink tracing of picture beneath on tissue guard for frontis. 3 plates are MISSING. Foxing and some grubby margin marks.

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SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; W.H.C. Groome.
Stock no. 1505717
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st USA 1895. Almost very good condition.

A Child's Book for Children, for Women and for Men. A story featuring cycle touring in the 19th century. Blue/grey pictorial cloth. 69 b/w illustrations, some full-page. 314 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Front endpaper MISSING. One hinge cracked and small margin hole to one page. Some foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges.

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RELUCTANT ALLIES
Written by Hans-Joachim Krug; et al.
Stock no. 1607985
Published by Naval Institute Press. 2001. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II. ISBN: 1557504652.

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OUR DARLINGS' PLAYTIME
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505714
Published by Nister & Co. Ltd.. circa 1929. Very good condition.

Our Darlings Series. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl on swing, boy pushing, green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 32 pages. 10 x 8". A little wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date (1929) in ink to front endpaper. Pages clean but lightly browned.

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PUCK ANNUAL 1925
No author listed. Illustrated by Sidney Stanley; C.E.B. Bernard; Warwick Reynolds; M.E. Brett; et al..
Stock no. 1505713
Published by The Amalgamated Press Limited. 1925. Almost very good condition.

A Picture and Story Book for Boys and Girls. Cloth spine, yellow pictorial front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. 195 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Rear cover grubby. Ink inscription to front pastedown, bottom corner of front endpaper is creased. Contents very good.

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THE JAGUAR XKS (A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE)
Written by Paul Skilleter.
Stock no. 1812012
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Yellow boards mottled with red, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0900549491. Minor tape marks & minor foxing to free endpapers. Text block lightly browned, else a nice clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very nice.

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AVRO LANCASTER IN UNIT SERVICE
Written by Mike Garbett; Brian Goulding. Illustrated by Mike Roffe.
Stock no. 1812011
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Aircam Aviation Series No. 12. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0850450136. Tape marks to endpapers else contents clean.

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HARLEY-DAVIDSON 45S WORKHORSE AND WARHORSE
Written by John Carroll; Garry Stuart.
Stock no. 1812006
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

The 'little' V twins pictorial tribute. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 185532444X. Corners lightly rubbed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Old price label to rear cover.

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ROB LINDSAY AND HIS SCHOOL
Written by H.C. Preston MacGoun. Illustrated by Preston MacGoun.
Stock no. 1405214
Published by William J. Hay; Samuel Baxter's & Sons. 1905. Almost very good condition.

A Reminiscence of Seventy-Five Years Ago. Grey/buff pictorial boards, cream spine. Described as 'A simple chapter in the homelier life of Scotland'. 45 pages. 7 x 5.75". Lovely b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, browned and worn with 3"split to one side. Small part of backstrip is missing. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Couple of hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to page edges. Page edges uncut.

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