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THE BOTANISTS AND GUIDES OF SNOWDONIA
Written by Dewi Jones.
Stock no. 1712705
Published by Carreg Gwalch. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. An account of the botanical exploration of Snowdonia. 170 pages. ISBN: 0863813836. SIGNED with dedication to title page.

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CHASING THE TITLE: MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM FIFTY YEARS OF FORMULA 1
Written by Nigel Roebuck.
Stock no. 1606120
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In 1999, The Formula 1 World Championship was 50 years old. Nigel Roebuck gives a personal selection of highlights from the past half-century, full of his own memories, colourful anecdtes and human interest, in the style of his highly popular Fifth Column in Autosport. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 1859606040. A few tiny foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of tiny tears.

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THE BUSY CHANNEL
Written by Bernard Ireland.
Stock no. 1606118
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 144 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711011389. Wrapper has a small tear at top edge and is grubby to rear panel.

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QUEEN OF THE WHEAT CASTLES
Written by Christobel Mattingley. Illustrated by Gavin Rowe.
Stock no. 1402931
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cathy, with her friend Mrs. Tabbs assumes responsibility for a growing number of homeless cats. When she fails to find them homes in her own community she ventures further afield - across the Australian wheat plains. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340172045. A little bumping to spine and corners. Some foxing to endpapers and text block edge. Small pink mark to top of front endpaper. Light creasing to last few pages. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edgeworn with chipping and a couple of small tears. Original price crossed out (on front flap) and new price added in blue ink. Wrapper slightly grubby.

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THE CROATIAN SEA
Written by Feda Vukic.
Stock no. 1606105
Published by Croil. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Lavish colour photos with several pages of text at front of book. 231 pages. ISBN: 9539644216. Corners scuffed with slight surface loss. Pastedowns coming unstuck at spine so there is a little movement on binding, but main contents are firm.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS STEAMING THROUGH THE SIXTIES VOLUME THIRTEEN
Written by Peter Hands; Colin Richards.
Stock no. 1606103
Published by Defiant Publications. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed boards. 96 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946857334. Slight fading to spine. Page edge browning.

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THE POWER GAME: THE HISTORY OF FORMULA 1 AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Written by Ivan Rendall.
Stock no. 1606088
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 17 Grands Prix which make up the World Championship are worth some £2bn a year. They are firmly controlled by Bernie Ecclestone and the Formula 1 team bosses, a small, tightly knit group of tough, equally entrepreneurial men... Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 030435399X. Red spot to spine edge of lower text block. Text block lightly browned. Joints a little worn. Partially erased pencil annotation to rear endpaper (relatively minor). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean.

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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
Written by June R. Lewis.
Stock no. 1809561
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author shows how the school lies at the heart of the village community. Black cloth. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. ISBN: 0709037147. Small mark to vertical edge of text block else a fine copy in a dustwrapper which is slightly creased at edges.

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MY ADVENTURES AMONG SOUTH SEA CANNIBALS
Written by Douglas Rannie.
Stock no. 1606080
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

An account of the experiences and adventures of a Government official among the natives of Oceania. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 39 plates and 1 map. 314 pages including index plus 16 pages publisher adverts to rear. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Some foxing. Contents generally very good. All plates and map present.

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THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Written by Ezra Jack Keats. Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.
Stock no. 1606062
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Words and music by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone. ISBN: 0370015118. Corners rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper has a couple of small edge tears.

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VATHEK
Written by William Beckford.
Stock no. 1503226
Published by Philip Allan & Co.. circa 1923. Good condition.

Navy cloth covers with gilt titles and vignette of rose bush. 8 colour plates. 212 pages. Spine is split on both sides for almost full length and has split to centre at top, also faded. Corners bumped and worn. Residue from label on back cover plus a few other marks. Endpapers browned. Foxing throughout.

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CURRIER & IVES PRINTMAKERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Written by Harry T. Peters.
Stock no. 1606049
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co Inc.. 1942. Very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth boards, onlay to front. Colour and sepia illustrations. Covers foxed and browned, especially to spine which is also bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to outer page edges.

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