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SHIPWRECK
Written by James Norman Hall.
Stock no. 2117802
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The adventure of the author in 1933 when he sailed from Tahiti to Pitcairn. Some uneven fading and a little mottling to covers. Vertical creasing to some pages of prelims. Page browning with a little foxing. Wrapper is a bit grubby with some creasing and small nicks.

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FEARLESS FREDDY'S SUNKEN TREASURE
Written by Bamber Gascoigne. Illustrated by Christina Gascoigne.
Stock no. 2117716
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Walker Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416065104. Bumping to spine and corners. Middle binding is a bit pulled.

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THE WICKED GIANT AND OTHER TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2117687
Almost very good condition.

Hard card covers. Full colour pictorial front cover, showing giant sitting on a rock giving directions. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Wicked Giant and the Mountain'. Some creasing to covers; Colour front cover is starting to come away from rest of boards at corners. Scuffing. Page browning with a few grubby marks.

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HURRICANE
Written by Edward Bishop.
Stock no. 2117678
Published by Airlife. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hurricane helped to save Britain from invasion in 1940 and its pilots scored more victories than all other combined air and ground defences. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0906393620. Bumping to spine. A few marks to covers. Light fading to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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DOGFIGHT: THE GREATEST AIR DUELS OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Tony Holmes.
Stock no. 2117673
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st thus 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Edited by Tony Holmes. Covering four air forces, three theaters, and ten iconic fighters, this book is the complete story of head-to-head aerial combat in World War II. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9781782008811. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few light marks to rear panel.

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GREAT BRITISH MOTOR CYCLES OF THE FIFTIES
Written by Bob Currie.
Stock no. 2117663
Published by Bounty Books. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780753703786. Light wear along cover edges, a few light marks.

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GREAT BRITISH MOTOR CYCLES OF THE SIXTIES
Written by Bob Currie.
Stock no. 2117662
Published by Chancellor Press. 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w and colour photos, b/w illustrations. 142 pages. ISBN: 9780753702802. Some light wear along cover edges.

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PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 2117655
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The official sequel to J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan'. Red cloth with metallic red title to spine and vignette of Peter pan to front cover. B/w illustrations. Return to Neverland for an adventure you will never forget! ISBN: 019272620X. 5th printing. Very light wear to cover edges. A little light creasing to wrapper edges.

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THE SEA LION AND THE SLICK
Written by Don Freeman. Illustrated by Don Freeman.
Stock no. 1811236
Published by World's Work. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437410218.

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SHROPSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1811226
Published by Penguin. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Paperback edition. B/w photos. No. BE16 Name in ink to top margin of map. One or two foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed and worn at top of spine and a little grubby.

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FARMING AND BIRDS
Written by Raymond J. O'Connor; Michael Shrubb. Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 2117643
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

The book reviews the effects of agricultural development on bird populations in Britain. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and illustrations. 290 pages. ISBN: 0521324475. Spine slightly bumped and sunned, corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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MR FOX'S PINCH FOR PRIDE
Written by Frances Clark. Illustrated by R.H. Moore.
Stock no. 2117636
Published by John Bellows. Circa 1887. Very good condition.

Once upon a time the animals thought they would turn civilised and have shops like other people in which they could sell goods instead of prowling about for what they ate themselves... Small format. Brown boards with illustration to front and rear cover. Green cloth spine. B/w illustrations. 74 pages. Covers a little scuffed and spotted. Name in ink to inside of front cover. Contents clean.

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