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JOSEPHINE GOES TRAVELLING
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1504622
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1940. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with large pictorial onlay to front. 8 attractive colour plates. B/w text illustrations. A little bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Light lines to onlay (only visible at certain angles). Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Pencil inscription to front endpaper, small bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown. Half-title page and last text page very browned. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges. Brown spots affect lower margins on a few pages including one plate. Dustwrapper has loss, mainly from top of spine and lower corner of front panel. Also has a few small tears and is grubby.

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THE DIARIES
Written by William Allingham.
Stock no. 1607190
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Fine condition.

Reprint edition with new introduction. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Sepia photos. Contained in a green slipcase in very good condition.

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BRIEF LIVES
Written by John Aubrey; Richard Barber.
Stock no. 1607189
Published by Folio Society. 1975. Very good condition.

Beige cloth, gold and brown decorations. B/w illustrations. Some scuffing to to title block. Contained in a very good slipcase.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1972
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1607178
Published by Daily Express. 1972. Very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert and chums enjoying a picnic. 1st story Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Belongs To box completed in ink. NOT price-cut. Corner of one page torn off, another page corner torn. Contents otherwise very good.

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PANDORA OF PARRHAM ROYAL
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1404265
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pandora comes to Parrham Royal to live with her father following the death of her mother. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 286 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt on spine a little faded. Faint foxing to endpapers and a little to the bottom of the text block otherwise the contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn, torn and creased. Top half of the spine is missing. Rear panel is grubby. Edge of front flap is browned. Clear tape covers front fold on verso.

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1404263
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

Greyish blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Burgundy endpapers. B/w frontis and 7 other plates, plus 1 map. 352 pages plus 32 pages of adverts to rear. All edges olivine. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. White mark to rear panel and small red mark to top of front panel. Board edges a little rubbed. Writing to top of title page - possibly an inscription - some of the writing is faded. Several hinges are cracked. Heavy foxing to first couple and last couple of pages. Foxing to some other pages but many pages are clean.

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BOBBY BEAR'S ANNUAL 1926
Written by Kitsie Bridges. Illustrated by Dora McLaren.
Stock no. 1504608
Published by Daily Herald. 1926. Good condition.

Oblong cardwraps 10.25 x 5.75", pictorial front cover, advert to rear cover and insides of covers. Two-tone illustrations. 64 pages. Tears around staples on spine. Wear to cover edges including a few small tears and chips. Corners creased on most pages. Covers are grubby and marked. Staples rusty. Crossword and competition completed. Contents are fingered and grubby.

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GERMANY ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, LANDSCAPE, GARDENS
Written by Christa Von Richthofen. Illustrated by Oliver Benn.
Stock no. 2117271
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Photographs by Benn. ISBN: 0297831534. Wrapper is unevenly faded and creased to edges.

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SOCIETY PICTURES VOLUME ONE
No author listed. Illustrated by George Du Maurier.
Stock no. 2117269
Published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Contemporary binding; Green leather spine. Selected from 'Punch'. B/w illustrations. A few marks to covers. Bumping to corners. Foxing to some pages internally.

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SILK & STONE THE ART OF ASIA
Written by George Michell; Robert Hillenbrand; et al.
Stock no. 2117268
Published by Hali Publications Limited. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. The Third Hali Annual. Looks at Persian and Indian painting, Chinese Jade, silks and ceramics, Mughal carpets and Indonesian gold among other things. ISBN: 1898113203.

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A SELECTION OF FRENCH PAINTINGS 1700-1840 OFFERED FOR SALE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2117265
Published by Matthiesen Fine Art. 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Catalogue for exhibition of Medecins Sans Frontieres 6th June - 28th July 1989. B/w illustrations. Spine is creased and faded. Some browning to covers.

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SPACE & TEXTURE HERTL.ARCHITEKTEN
Written by Matthias Boeckl. Illustrated by Paul Ott.
Stock no. 1607163
Published by Springer. c. 2009. Fine condition.

Large format. Gernot Hertl is one of Austria's most successful young architects. This volume includes a subject overview and documentation that gives the reader an inspiring view of the architect's work. ISBN: 9783211791615. Still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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