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BUBBLES ANNUAL 1924
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Helen Jacobs; Herbert Foxwell; et al..
Stock no. 1504594
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format approx. 12.5 x 9.5". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover, advert to rear. Colour and b/w illustrations. 100 pages. Some Louis Wain illustrations. Spine bumped, wear to cover edges, heavy wear to corners. Covers a bit grubby. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing. Belongs to box completed neatly in pen. Contents are edge browned with a few margin tears and an odd fingermark but generally very good.

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WYE INTO SEVERN
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1607075
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories with a local Chepstow background. Limited to 130 copies. ISBN: 0906134439. Edge of wrapper lightly worn.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME TWELVE
Written by Stewart Williams; Roy Denning.
Stock no. 1607073
Published by Stewart Williams. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807431. Owner's stamp to front pastedown. Contents near fine.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME NINE
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1607065
Published by Stewart Williams. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth covers. 5.5" x 8.75". 236pp. A varied and interesting blend of material, liberally interspersed with first-class illustrations in black and white. Initials and date to front endpaper. Light browning to wrapper.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME SEVEN
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1607063
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated with over 160 photos, plans, drawings and engravings. Brown cloth, gilt. 233pp includes index. 8.75 x 5.75". Wrapper has some creasing at edges and light fading to spine.

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BIRDS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Written by Josef Kren.
Stock no. 1811129
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive review of the country's avifauna, bringing together information on the 394 species recorded since 1800. B/w illustrations. B/w distribution maps. ISBN: 0713647841. Price-cut dustwrapper.

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BIRDS OF THE CAROLINAS
Written by Eloise F. Potter; James F. Parnell; Robert P. Teulings.
Stock no. 1811127
Published by University Of North Carolina Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Terracotta cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0807813990. Light rubbing to corners. Tape marks to endpapers else contents clean. Odour present. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME SEVEN
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1607053
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated with over 160 photos, plans, drawings and engravings. Brown cloth, gilt. 233pp includes index. 8.75 x 5.75". Spine bumped. Owner's stamp to front pastedown. Contents clean and bright. Wrapper is edge creased and has some fading to spine.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1504580
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, dark titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Rear joint has been repaired and the spine has been reglued. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine and rear cover. Covers mottled and marked. Two letters in ink to front pastedown. Half-title page and tissue guard to frontis very browned. All colour plates present, tear to top margin of one whilst does reach illustration. Just a few fox spots. Contents mostly clean just an odd mark.

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WAR BABIES
Written by Annie Wood Franchot. Illustrated by Mary Louise Davis.
Stock no. 1504579
Published by William R. Jenkins Company. 1st 1914. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The Adventures in the Air of Jacque and Jacqueline, two little children of Verdun. After both parents are killed in one day during the war the two children are picked up by a man bird with big wings and a man's body and fly around Europe. Red paper boards with gilt title to front cover. 6 Colour and 12 b/w illustrations. 61 pages. Spine bumped with slight damage to base. Wear to lower corners and a few small bumps and a nick to lower edges. Large ink inscription to front endpaper. Small patch of erased writing to pastedown. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Contents are generally clean, just an odd mark. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with small tears and chips to ends of spine and folds. Spine browned, panels darkened with marks.

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THE HAUNTED VALLEY AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1404245
1st 1981. Very good condition.

Wartime poems. White cardwraps with dark titles and border to front cover. 44 pages. SIGNED by author to inside front cover. Couple of text corrections written in ink otherwise contents are clean.

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MORE ABOUT MANDY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Ann Kent Robinson.
Stock no. 1404240
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1963. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue/white endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. A second story about the King family. SIGNED by author to title page. A little bumping to spine and corners. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn.

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