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ROUGH THE TERRIER: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
Written by Emily Brodie. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 738344
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1880. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. 95 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some marking to covers. Name in ink to rear pastedown. 1 page corner tip creased. Fingering to contents but generally clean.

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LASSES AND LADS
Written by Theo Gift. Illustrated by Edith Berkeley.
Stock no. 738345
Published by Griffith Farran & Co.. 1888. Good condition.

St. Pauls Series. Monotint Books. Pictorial cardwraps. All edges gilt. Two-tone illustrations to text. Covers grubby, rear cover discoloured with stain to lower corner, lower corner of rear cover and last 15 pages nibbled off. A good reading copy.

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CARDIFF
Written by Herbert M. Thompson.
Stock no. 589413
Published by William Lewis. 1936. Slightly better than very good condition.

From the coming of the Romans to the dominance of Cromwell, with a supplementary chapter on the transition which took place in the 19th century when Cardiff ceased to be a small country town. Dark beige cloth. Numerous b/w photos. Folding genealogical charts. 213pp includes index. 8.5 x 5.5".

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COMITE INTERNATIONAL DAY SCIENCES HISTORIQUES RAPPORTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 589425
Published by Ferdinand Berger & Sohne. 1965. Very good condition.

Four volumes. Beige paperwraps. Vol I: Grands Themes; Vol II: Histoire Des Continents; Vol III: Commissions; Vol IV: Methodologie et Histoire Contemporaine. Text in English, French and German. Contents fine, spines lightly stained.

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THE CRY OF THE ICEMARK
Written by Stuart Hill.
Stock no. 738308
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A glorious story of how 14 year old Thirrin becomes queen of the Icemark and finds some extraordinary allies. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 1904442560. SIGNED by the author on title-page. A super copy.

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LITTLE BLUE HOOD
Written by Thomas Miller.
Stock no. 738342
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Co.. 1st 1863. Almost very good condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt title label to spine. Colour frontis (printed by Edmund Evans). 132 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. A couple of white spots to rear cover. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top and tail of spine. Covers lightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Foxing to margins of frontis plate. Some light fingermarks to page margins. Contents generally clean.

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THE CAPTAIN VOL XXIX
Written by P.G. Wodehouse; Percy F. Westerman; et al.
Stock no. 589323
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1913. Good condition.

April to September 1913. A magazine for boys and "old boys". Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations plus colour folding plate. "Aldershot, 1913" by P.G.Wodehouse. Spine split and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Page-edge browning.

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WHERE THE BRIGHT WATERS MEET
Written by H. Plunket Greene.
Stock no. 589334
Published by Christophers. 1946. Very good condition.

Revised and enlarged edition. Dark blue cloth, silver title. B/w photos. Book: name in ink to front endpaper, spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to endpapers.

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THE CAPTAIN VOL XXI
Written by The Old Fag. Illustrated by George Soper; et al..
Stock no. 589287
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1909. Good condition.

April 1909 to September 1909. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 576 pages. Top and bottom of spine worn. Spine darkened. Page-edge browning. Two pages loose.

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CAMBRIDGE BRIEF HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES
Written by John Willis Clark.
Stock no. 589195
Published by Seeley and Co. Limited. 1890. Slightly better than very good condition.

Full red leather binding, Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. B/w illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. School name in gilt to front cover. Rear board sligtly marked. Contents fine. A handsome copy.

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TALES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 738248
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brick red cloth with blue titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 158 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby with a mark to front edge. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light fingermark to title-page. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn with a few very small closed tears and slight loss to top of spine.

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CAESAR THE LIFE STORY OF A PANDA LEOPARD
Written by Richard Patrick Russ; Patrick O'Brian. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 589147
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is Patrick O'Brian's first book, written when he was still in school, under his real name 'Patrick Russ'. Red cloth with green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Caesar is a cub in the Tibetan forests; it follows his early wild life, how he became an orphan and also tells of his capture and taming. REDUCED PRICE. Spine and cover edges are faded, with some more fading starting to affect front and back covers. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. In 2ND issue dustwrapper with colour pictorial onlay to front. The wrapper is showing browning, to same parts that are faded undernath. A few light marks but complete with no tears or chips.

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