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CURLY COBBLER AND THE ROBINS
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1327430
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Good condition.

Small, square format. Pink cloth spine. Cream pictorial front board. Plain peach board. Green endpapers. 32 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed and grubby. Some slight surface paper loss. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. A few hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. A couple of the illustrations are 'off register'.

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THE MOUSE AND HIS MASTER: THE LIFE AND WORK OF TERENCE CUNEO
Written by Terence Cuneo. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1827732
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Terence Cuneo's life story and a cross-section of his life's work. Cuneo was an artist of many subjects including steam trains, military, industrial. Large oblong format. Cream textured cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. Top edge deep green. ISBN: 0904568083. Cream coloured boards a little grubby, remains of labels to rear. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn and a little grubby.

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THE ART OF THE ENGINEER
Written by Ken Baynes; Francis Pugh.
Stock no. 1827731
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book reproduces and discusses a selection of mechanical engineering drawings made for the transport industries between the late sixteenth century and the 1980s. Large format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour. ISBN: 0718825063. Text block lightly browned, a few minor foxspots to top edge. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed-tears (no loss).

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JOWETT'S RAILWAY ATLAS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FROM PRE-GROUPING TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by Alan Jowett.
Stock no. 1827730
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A complete record of all the railways in existence during the first two decades of the 20th century, together with all subsequent additions up until the mid-1980s. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps throughout. ISBN: 1852600861. Tiny nick to top margin of page 73/74. Else a lovely copy. Green dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR 1846-48
Written by Ron Field. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1827729
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Brassey's History of Uniforms series. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. A thorough analysis of both US and Mexican armies with chapters detailing the range of their uniforms, weapons and equipment. ISBN: 1857532104. A lovely copy. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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DRAGONBY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jeffrey May.
Stock no. 1827728
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oxbow Monograph 61. Report on Excavations at an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in North Lincolnshire. Two Volumes. Large format. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations, maps and plans (some folding), a few colour photos. ISBN: 1900188147. Boards lightly scuffed. Spines lightly browned. Contents clean.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME THREE CENTRAL DORSET (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827727
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 58 parishes in the centre of Dorset, in two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear of part 2. ISBN: 0117011932. A lovely set. Maps present in rear folder. Price-cut pictorial dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners, part 2 has a tiny tear at lower front panel.

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PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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HILL-FORTS OF NORTHERN FRANCE
Written by Mortimer Wheeler; Katherine M. Richardson.
Stock no. 1827725
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XIX. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. Spine slightly faded. Text block lightly browned. A few minor foxspots and light browning to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827724
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 1st 1842. Almost very good condition.

Full title is: Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family. Edited by Dawson Turner. Cloth boards with blind tooling and borders to both sides. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Pedigree of Paston family folds-out to rear. Spine browned, worn & frayed at top & tail. Boards a little marked. Some scattered foxing mainly to margins.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME TWO SOUTH-EAST (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827723
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 53 parishes in the south-eastern part of Dorset, in three seperately bound parts. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. A very heavy set. ISBN: 011700457X. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners.

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ANIMALS AND THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER
Written by Mayumi Itoh.
Stock no. 1327429
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2018. Very good condition.

The Palgrace Macmillan Animal Ethics series. Pictorial boards. 246 pages. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. ISBN: 9783319707563. Covers slightly grubby. Remains of a label to rear cover. Contents fine.

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