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FANTASTIC STORIES
Written by Terry Jones. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1504334
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1992. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Twenty-one fantastic stories of mischief and magic, dragons and dinosaurs, monsters and mermaids, cruelty and courage. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. Illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 185145957X. Dark marks to top edges of covers and text block, looks like dark powder has been split on it. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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OVER THE SEA
Written by A Patchett Martin; F.E. Weatherly; et al. Illustrated by Emily J. Harding; H.J. Johnstone; T.J. Hughes; R. Carrick.
Stock no. 1403972
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Stories of Two Worlds. Brown cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 7 colour plates. B/w illustrations. 8 Stories. 48 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Rear cover is marked and grubby. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Mark down the side margin of one plate otherwise plates are all clean and bright. Faint transfer of colour from plates to opposite pages. Some margin marks otherwise contents are very good.

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MOTHER EARTH SHE FEEDS AND CLOTHES US
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504318
Published by Oxo Limited. Slightly better than very good condition.

Presented by OXO Ltd. In this painting book are shown some of the multitude of things that come from the Good Earth including Grass, Corn, Fruit and Veg, Rice, Coal, Wood etc. Colour illustrations with same picture alongside to be completed. Paperwraps, oblong format. 14 pages. Wear to ends of spine. Contents clean and unused.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by J.A. Symington; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1504314
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

Treasure Trove Series. Grey boards with pictorial onlay, blue and green titles and borders. With Four Coloured Illustrations, one by Louis Wain, plus many b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. 0.5" split with flap at top of spine. Covers grubby with marks. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A little light foxing. Page edges browned. A few grubby marks and fingermarks to contents.

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YEADON'S REGISTER OF LNER LOCOMOTIVES VOLUME THIRTY-ONE
Written by W.B. Yeadon.
Stock no. 1606938
Published by Book Law Publications; Challenger Publications. 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Class C6, C7, C8, C9, the North Eastern Atlantics. Large format. Glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899624686. Bump to edge of front board. Wrapper spine faded.

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YEADON'S REGISTER OF LNER LOCOMOTIVES VOLUME THIRTEEN
Written by W.B. Yeadon.
Stock no. 1606932
Published by Challenger Publications. 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Class C1, C2, C4 & C5 Atlantics. White pictorial glazed boards. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899624309.

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SWITZERLAND: ITS MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS
Written by Woldemar Raden. Illustrated by A. Closs.
Stock no. 1606890
Published by Bickers & Son. 1878. Very good condition.

Large, heavy format. Brown leather binding with gilt decoration, raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt page edges. With 418 illustrations engraved by A. Closs. 487 pages. Some scuffs to leather at corners and edges, and a chip to leather towards top right corner of front board, and smaller chip at bottom of rear board. Leather on rear board is stained. Front joint starting to carck from top. Binding firm. Pressed flowers and foliage taped to front endpaper, with inscriptions. Endpapers foxed, some scattered foxing throughout contents, mainly to page margins. Engravings are generally clean and bright. A handsome volume.

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YEADON'S REGISTER OF LNER LOCOMOTIVES VOLUME SEVENTEEN
Written by W.B. Yeadon.
Stock no. 1606885
Published by Book Law Publications; Challenger Publications. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Class B13, B14, B15 & B16. The North Eastern 4-6-0s. ISBN: 1899624457.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 2 - RUPERT AND UNCLE BRUNO
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1403911
Published by Daily Express. Almost very good condition.

A Bestall story originally published in 1938. Story title Rupert and Uncle Bruno. A strange accident to Uncle Bruno leads to a robber's secret hiding place. 9.5x7 inches. 16 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Cover edges worn and a little creased. Rear cover is a little marked and browned. A little foxing to front cover. Foxing to margin edges otherwise contents generally clean.

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MELBOURNE TEN
Written by Brian J. Rapier.
Stock no. 1606830
Published by Air Museum Publications (york) Ltd. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Contains contemporary views of life and death from a number of diaries and events concerning a bomber squadron in World War II. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950732613. SIGNED by author, illustrator and researcher on title page (no dedication).

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MEMORIALS OF OLD YORKSHIRE
Written by T.M. Fallow.
Stock no. 2116734
Published by George Allen & Sons. 1909. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine is faded and bumped; a little fraying to cloth at top. Corners are bumped and worn. Some foxing. All plates present.

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