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AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE DRAWING 1830-1880
Written by Bridget Whitelaw.
Stock no. 2115824
Published by National Gallery Of Victoria. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

In The National Gallery of Victoria. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0724100261. Some grubby marks to covers. Contents are excellent.

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MY DAD'S A BIRDMAN
Written by David Almond. Illustrated by Polly Dunbar.
Stock no. 2115803
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The authors first book for younger readers. Cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781406304862. Light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BY WOOD AND FIELD (DIGGERS AND BUILDERS)
Written by R. Hudson.
Stock no. 2115800
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow covers with dark brown titles. 4 colour plates. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with darkening to spine and edges; couple of closed tears and some edge-creasing.

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RUPERT AND EDWARD AT THE CIRCUS - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 4 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 2115766
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co.. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Pages are browned, with foxing.

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WALLY WANDEROON AND HIS STORYTELLING MACHINE
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Karl Moseley.
Stock no. 2115758
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial covers. A chunky book. 18 b/w plates plus frontis. 294 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light scuffing to covers. Front endpaper is MISSING. Foxing to outer page edges. Light page browning. All plates present.

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ROUNDABOUTS AND SWINGS
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503817
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Three. Red and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 152 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton and Uttley, edited by Bradham. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges, marks to covers. Name in pen to half-title page. Contents very good.

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ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503816
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Two. Green and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 160 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton, edited by Bradham. Covers very worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Small splits and some fraying to ends of spine. School stamp to front endpaper and another to frontis. Contents have lots of grubby fingermarks to lower margins plus some other marks.

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THE ATLANTIC FERRY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Written by F. Reid Corson.
Stock no. 1810421
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1937. Good condition.

Pale blue cloth, black titles. Colour folding frontis and b/w plates & illustrations. Mottling to cloth boards. Fraying/splits to top sides of spine. Spine faded. Neat inscription in ink to front pastedown. One hinge pulled but binding tight.

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AN EDWARDIAN CHILDHOOD
Written by Jane Pettigrew.
Stock no. 1403355
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Between 1901 and the outbreak of the first world war, Britain enjoyed what was often referred to as The Golden Age and this time of greater wealth and freedom encouraged a more enlightened attitude to the upbringing of the Edwardian child. Oblong format. B/w photos. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0316888656. Spine and corners a little bumped.A little fading to board edges. A few marks to boards. Greasy mark to front pastedown. Contents are clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is a little edgeworn . Browning to spine and wrapper edges. Small tear to front panel.

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THE HONOURABLE BALMORAL HER PEERS AND PIERS
Written by Richard Danielson.
Stock no. 2115735
Published by Maritime Publications. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. The story of Britain's most widely-travelled excursion ship. Includes list of subscribers. ISBN: 0951315587. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a couple of closed tears; repaired to verso with tape.

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PLEASURE STEAMERS
Written by Bernard Cox.
Stock no. 2115732
Published by David & Charles. 1ST 1983. Very good condition.

A fascinating selection of photos shows the crews, passengers and the vessels in both traditional and unusual situations. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383337. Spine is faded. Browning to pages.

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JAGUAR: REBIRTH OF A LEGEND
Written by Ken Clayton.
Stock no. 2115723
Published by Century. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The inside story of the revival of Jaguar, covering the period from the engulfing of Jaguar by British Leyland, through the launch of the XJ-S in 1975, the appointment of Michael Edwardes as Chariman of BL in 1977, and his recruitment of John Egan to turn Jaguar round, to the triumphant launch of the new XJ-40 in 1986 and the beginning of a new era of excellence. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 196 pages including index. ISBN: 0712623310. Light bumping to a couple of corners and top & tail of spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Dustwrapper is a little edge-creased.

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