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COWBOY SAM AND PORKY
Written by Edna Walker Chandler. Illustrated by Jack Merryweather.
Stock no. 1402710
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cowboy Sam Series Book 8. Big Bill is a cook on Cowboy Sam's ranch and Porky is his horse. All Porky seems to do is eat and sleep until one day the secret of how to make him work like other cowboy horses id discovered. Grey pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Large, easy to read text. 63 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped and rubbed. Board edges are browned. Small nick to centre of spine. Foxing to endpapers and to some pages otherwise contents are clean. Slight musty smell. Pictorial dustwrapper is edgeworn with small tears. Small holes to front panel, spine and fold at front. Wrapper is browned and grubby with foxing and some damp marks to verso.

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THE BEASTLY BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Nicolas Bentley. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1313082
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Quotations from works as diverse as those of Chaucer, Chesterton, Binstead and Byron. Grey cloth with red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 182 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and light foxing to edges of covers. Endpapers partially browned, some foxing. Contents unused. Heavy foxed dustwrapper is also very browned to spine and and rear panel edges, is edge worn with loss and section of loss to top of spine and front panel.

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SECRET ARENA
Written by Elleston Trevor.
Stock no. 1313046
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1951. Pale blue boards with gilt title to spine. 222 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is marked to rear panel, slightly browned to spine and a little bit edge worn.

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PICTURE LIVES OF GREAT HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114723
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1886. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title and green/brown decorations to front. With 48 coloured and tinted illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front endpaper is browned, with tear to bottom of page next to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Margin marks and a little foxing.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 2114719
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing to corners. Chipping to cloth at top and tail of spine. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby margin marks throughout. Stitching is pulled in a few places.

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PUMPKIN PALACE
Written by Evelyn Powell-Price. Illustrated by Cicely Steed.
Stock no. 2114718
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards, with cloth spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Some colour. 75 pages. 10 x 7.5". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby, with tape repairs to edges (some to verso) and a few small nicks of loss.

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WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 2114707
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some foxing to pages internally. Name in ink to front endpaper. All plates present.

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THE ADVENTURES OF JACK
Written by Frances Brundage. Illustrated by Frances Brundage.
Stock no. 2114699
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. Fair condition.

Large format (tall). Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers are foxed and grubby, with chips and tears to corners. Some creasing to covers. Contents are detached from covers. Small inscription in ink to first page. Grubby margin marks.

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THREE-POINTED STAR: THE STORY OF MERCEDES-BENZ CARS AND THEIR RACING SUCCESSES
Written by David Scott-Moncrieff; St. John C. Nixon; Clarence Paget.
Stock no. 1711495
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the rise of Mercedes-Benz begins in the middle of the 19th century with the early years of two great motoring pioneers, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 360 pages including index. Spine and corners lightly shelf-worn. Foxing mainly to text block, prelims and endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge-creased, spine faded and rear panel a little grubby.

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PLIMPLOMPLIMPS THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JACK-IN-THE-BOX
Written by Julius Berstl; Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by Wilgart Hofheinz.
Stock no. 1711471
Published by The Bodley Head. Circa 1938. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Scissor-cut b/w illustrations. Foreword by Mackenzie. Covers and edges worn. A few marks to covers. Ink inscription and marks to front endpaper.

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THE ROCKS OF WORCESTERSHIRE: THEIR MINERAL CHARACTER AND FOSSIL CONTENTS
Written by George E. Roberts.
Stock no. 1809249
Published by Joseph Masters. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out map of Bird's Eye View of Worcestershire and fold-out plan of descending order of sedimentary rocks. 247 pages including index plus 36 page publisher adverts to rear. Spine slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Bookplate and inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some pencil annotation present. Map and plan lightly foxed and damp stained with a small closed tear but complete and very good. A few margin marks.

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THE BOTANICAL LOOKER-OUT AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Edwin Lees.
Stock no. 1809235
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 2nd 1851. Almost very good condition.

At All Seasons, and in the Most Interesting Localities. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 6 b/w engravings. xvi and 564 pages. Spine browned and worn at top and tail. Boards a little scuffed and browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and verso of frontis. Joints starting to crack. Scattered foxing throughout especially to plates which are all present.

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