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My Christmas Treasury Picture Book
Brown Watson Hard Cover Very Good
Hard Cover. Contains: The Night before Christmas Jingle Bells The Story of Christmas Santa's Sleigh The Christmas Party Poor Old Santa A White Christmas Seven bedtime stories with a seasonal theme. Br own Watson Hardback. Large format picture book with beautiful illustrations . Some cover dings otherwise very good condition, no names etc inside. AS
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3.51 GBP
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Baby's Blue Picture Book
Loughborough Ladybird Books 1988 0721410898 Hardcover Very Good-; Corners bumped and rubbed, some cover dings (teeth marks? ) , small open corner tear on front endpaper, some spills inside. Illustrated by Dillow, John
Gloss pictorial boards. ; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; A delightful picture book for young children illustrating everyday objects. Each illustration contains something blue.
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1.32 GBP
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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Annual
Grandreams Hard Cover Very Good
Hard Cover. Authorised edition. Stories and puzzles about the green hardbacked heros. Still confuses me as to why four Italian Renaisance Painters are reincarnated as Turtles though? ? ? Grandreams 1991 , not price clipped, one puzzle done in yellow felt tip pen, otherwise very good condition, corners slightly bumped. AN
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3.89 GBP
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Blue Jeans Annual 1980
D C Thompson 1979 Hard Cover Very Good
Hard Cover. Photo stories and knitting patterns! Nice clean condition, no names even the puzzles are not done. AS
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6.24 GBP
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Jubilee 1952-1977
IPC Magazines 1977 Paperback Near Fine
Paperback. A celebration of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, of interest in this the year of her 50th Jubilee! Near fine condition, one very light small crease on cover and corners just rubbed slightly. Not price clipped. AY
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7.79 GBP
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The Pictorial Life Story of Our Young Queen
Pitkins 1952 Card Good; Light creases and rubbed on spine, lower half of spine has closed tear. Tape mark down spine shows previous repair
B&W Photographs; 28 pages; Formerly titled "HRH Princess Elizabeth Silver Souvenir" 79 Photographs from Birth to Accession.
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5.44 GBP
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Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbinders in Suspense
London Lions 1974 000670798X Reprint; First Printing Paperback Very Good-; Light reading creases small burn to top corner of front cover, small penetrating puncture hole (non text) to rear cover and later pages.
Mass Market PB; 221 pages; A collection of gripping, chilling stories by du Maurier, Wallace, Christie and Dahl.
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2.67 GBP
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An Ideal Book for Boys
Dean 1972 Hard Cover Very Good
Hard Cover. Ideal for boys that called each other 'old chap' that is! Surely this was out of date in the seventies! Dean annual, 1972, some ink names inside and puzzles done, one page has closed tear. Corners bumped, otherwise in v good condition. AJ
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6.24 GBP
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The New Look In China's Rural Areas
Beijing Great Wall Books 1983 First Edition Paperback Very Good; Light wear to cover, small crack on spine, old ink price to front endpaper.
B&W Photographs; 110 pages; The Cultural revolution promotes it's work with the peasents of China. Also has interested articles on biogas and solar projects.
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5.35 GBP
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Pocket Treasury of Great Quotations
Readers Digest Paperback Very Good
To desire to have many books, and never use them, is like the child that will have a candle burning by him while he is asleep Henry Peacham. Quotes for all occasions, from Advice through to Zeal. A super and useful collection. Very good condition. AA
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2.33 GBP
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The Revelations of St John with Engravings by Jean Duvet
Paddington Press 1976 First Edition Paperback Very Good
Duvet, goldsmith to Francois 1, undertook this series of 23 engravings with 'death oppressing me and my hands trembling. ' Today he is often cited as a unique predecessor of Blake. This edition comes with the complete text of the revelation of St John. 11" x 8" paperback small ink mark on ffep, very light shelf wear. AK
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14.80 GBP
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Cookery for all Occasions
Treasure Press 0907407730 Hard Cover with DJ Very Good
300 recipes for family and festive occasions, from the Good Housekeeping kitchens. Large hardback, over 100 colour illustrations. DJ in protective cover. Good clean copy. BO
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8.90 GBP
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Y Beibl
Llundain 1960 Hard Cover Good
Full welsh text old and new testament bible. Red cloth boards, faded and worn on spine, text very good. Front and back hinges loose. BG
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10.38 GBP
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Llyfr Y Psalmau
London Eyre And Spottiswoode Soft Cover Very Good
A small pocket book of 150 psalms in Welsh, red cloth soft cover, light wear, with ink mark on back cover. 2.75 inches by 4.5 inches. No date AA
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7.79 GBP
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Crowning the King
Allied Newspapers Hard Cover Good
No date. Published for the coronation of George the sixth. Cover has rubs, some crayoning to endpapers, front hinge starting. Good reading copy. Full of stories about coronations and kings through history. BT
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8.89 GBP
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Oor Wullie
D C Thompson 2000 0851167217 Card Covers Fine
Torn breeks? Needle and thread! Tired wee laddie? Early Bed! Sunday morning? Eggs and toast, Oor Wullie and the Sunday Post! AL
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6.24 GBP
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The Broons
London D C Thompson 1997 0851166504 Paperback Very Good; Some shelf wear, large crease to rear cover. Illustrated by Harrison, Ken H
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Trade PB; Cartoons; Unpaginated pages; More adventures of Scotland's favourite family.
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3.51 GBP
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Yr Apocrypha
SPCK Hard Cover Good
Welsh Text. No Date. The non canonical books of the bible.228 pages. Dark Brown cloth with some water staining which has lifted an area of cloth on front. Rubbed on corners. Neat ink name inside. AG
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11.68 GBP
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2000 Ad1983
IPC Magazines Hard Cover Good
Strontium Dog, Nemesis, Rogue Trooper, Harlem Heroes, Judge Dredd, and the Ace Trucking Co. Cover Sunned, and Cocked. AR
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3.51 GBP
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Home-Made for the Home
London ITV Books 1978 0900727667 Paperback Very Good+; Minor shelf wear.
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 112 pages; Briefly covers a number of crafts from uphoststery to corn-dolly making.
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2.67 GBP
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The Sleeping Beauty
A Brown And Sons Paper Good
From the Browns' Y. A. Readers New series. Distinctive blue and green cover. Paperbound and sewn, 16 pages, split at top of spine. AA
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3.89 GBP
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The Queen: A Penguin Special
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books 1977 0140044906 First Edition; First Printing Paperback Very Good+; Very light edge wear.
Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. ; Mass Market PB; B&W Photographs; 186 pages; Collection of articles about the Queen from various contributors from both side of the Monarchy debate including William Hamilton and Peregrine Worsthorne.
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4.01 GBP
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In The Cockpit : Flying The World's Great Aircraft
London Orbis Publishing 1979 0856132462 Hardcover Fair; Missing contents page, bumped spine corners, small closed tear at top of DJ spine.
Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, lots of photographs. Introduction by Jeffrey Quill.; Color Photographs; 304 pages; Large and heavy book with details of over fifty aircraft from the pilot's point of view. From early pioneering wood and string bi-planes, to the modern jet fighters of today.
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22.25 GBP
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Alfred Hitchcock's Sinister Spies
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Puffin Books 1975 0140304819 Reprint; Fifth Printing Paperback Very Good-; Slightly thumbed, some shelf wear, publishers sticker on rear cover.
No names or marks inside. Cover design by Barry Wilkinson. ; Mass Market PB; 222 pages; Anthology of spy stories chosen by Alfred Hichcock. Includes work by Lord Dunsany, W Somerset Maugham, Edgar Wallace, Eric Ambler, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Robert Sheckley.
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4.01 GBP
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First Pictures Book 1
Manchester Egmont Children's Books 1992 0749806621 Reprint Board book Very Good; Corners slightly bumped. Illustrated by Lockett, Mark
Shaped board book, no names or marks inside. ; Color Illustrations; 8 pages; A first picture board book for young children.
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2.12 GBP
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Anthology Of Russian Short Stories From Classical to Modern Volume One
Moscow Raduga Publishers 1985 5050000092 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+; Minor edge wear and tear and some scuffing to unclipped DJ, small sticker ghost on front cover.
Grey cloth boards with red and gold lettering to cover and spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Forward by Nikolai Yakushin. ; 539 pages; Collection of twenty-five stories including tales by Chekov, Gorky, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky.
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10.59 GBP
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Penguin Passnotes: Wuthering Heights
Penguin Books N.D. 0140770011 Paperback Fair; Missing front endpapers, hence undated, black marker pen initials inside front cover, some cover creasing.
Good reading copy. ; Trade PB; 88 pages; Complementing a close study of the text, this exam aid will help you analyse the plot, character and style in a simple logical way. Suitable for revision for GCSE level.
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2.12 GBP
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Laughing Matter
Great Missenden, Bucks Topaz Records 1976 0905553004 First Edition Thus Softcover Very Good; Some shelf and edge wear.
Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. ; Cartoons; Unpaginated pages; The best of British Humour with contributions from Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Spike Milligan, Frank Muir, David Niven, Dennis Norden, Michael Parkinson and Harry Secombe. Also excerpts from Morecambe and Wise, Porridge, Are You Being Served, Alf Garnett, The Two Ronnies, The Goons and many more.
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7.06 GBP
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Pan-cooked Chicken Dishes
IMP Ltd. N.D. First Edition (?) Hardcover Very Good+; Corners lightly bumped.
Gloss pictorial boards, green endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Recipes from around the World; Vol. 10; Color Photographs; 64 pages; A selection of tasty recipes from all around the world for chicken dishes that can be cooked easily in a pan on top of the stove.
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3.21 GBP
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39 |
The Official Thunderbirds Annual
London Grand Dreams Ltd 1993 1858300568 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside.; Color Illustrations; Wonderful cut away plans of all five Thunderbirds as well as stories and other information about the International Rescue Team. Why didn't International Rescue get set up by the United Nations?
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3.21 GBP
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The Ace Book Of Comics
London Odhams Press N.D. B0000CHYYY First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Small split at top of spine, some toning to last page.
Red cloth boards. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 188 pages; Collection of stories and comic strips probably dating to the early 1950"s. Includes a Biggles story, The New Aerofoil, by Captain W E Johns and a pirate story, The Sea Wolf's Treasure, illustrated by Eagle comics illustrator Frank Humphris.
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15.29 GBP
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Old Time Fairy Tales
London Dean & Son Ltd 1969 First Edition (?) Hardcover Very Good; Spine corners lightly bumped, small split at top of spine. Illustrated by Smith, Joyce
Gloss pictorial boards, nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Colour Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; Aladin, Sleeping Beauty and other traditional fairy tales beautifully illustrated in colour throughout.
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6.42 GBP
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Fifty Amazing Stories Of The Great War
London Odhams Press 1936 First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Cover gilt faded, minor shelf wear, slight staining to front cover.
Black leatherette boards with gilt decoration to cover and spine, grey pictorial endpapers. Nice tight copy no names or marks inside. Issued November 1936.; B&W Illustrations; 767 pages; Fifty accounts that paint a pitiful picture of the real horror and the true gallantry of the 'War to end all Wars'.
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12.85 GBP
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Nicholson's Favourite Song Book Containing 144 Popular Songs
London W. Nicholson & Sons c1900 B0000D0F75 First Edition Thus Hardcover Very Good; Some shelf wear, small split at base of spine, corners bumped and rubbed, paper toned.
Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and black decoration to front cover. ; 360 pages; Complete volume of 144 popular songs from the Victorian Music Halls originally issued in fifteen monthly instalments commencing November 1898.
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45.86 GBP
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The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns
London Frederick Warne & Co. 1898 Reprint Hardcover Very Good+; Spine sunned, edges slightly rubbed, pencil name to front endpaper, half title and last leaf foxed and toned, title and frontis foxed, some pencil anotation inside.
Red full leather binding with gilt lettering to front cover and spine, maroon endpapers, all edges gilt, rounded cut pages with red border lines. Several wood engravings by various artists inside.; B&W Illustration s; 614 pages; Reprinted from the best editions with explanitory glossary, notes, memoir, etc.
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36.70 GBP
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The Broons
London D C Thompson 1997 0851166504 Paperback Very Good+; Minor cover creases. Illustrated by Harrison, Ken H
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Trade PB; Cartoons; Unpaginated pages; More adventures of Scotland's favourite family.
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4.28 GBP
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Rene Cloke's Bedtime Book Of Fairy Tales And Rhymes
London Award Publications Limited 1979 Third Printing Hardcover Good+; Corners bumped and rubbed, splits to base of spine with slight spine cover lift, Christmas gift message inside front cover. Extensive previous owner details to inside front cover, front endpaper and title. Some scribble to title. Illustrated by Cloke, Rene
Gloss pictorial boards, good reading copy, main text clean and bright. ; Color Illustrations; 74 pages; A collection of traditional fairy tales & rhymes beautifully illustarted throughout in full colour.
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6.42 GBP
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The Birth Of Jesus
London Folding Books Ltd. c1950 First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Corners lightly rubbed, some shelf wear and cover scuffing, original pencil price to front board, missing original blue tie ribbon. Illustrated by Cowern, R T
Matt paper covered boards with blue cloth spine, nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Undated but probably c1950 from dates of patents applied for listed on rear cover. ; Color Illustrations; A Peepshow carousel-style folding book consisting of six three-dimensional, four level paper dioramas that can be either viewed individually or fanned out into a full circle, which would originally have been tied with a blue ribbon (now missing).
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26.81 GBP
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Christmas
London William Heinemann 1984 043495649X First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+; Small ink gift message to dedication. Illustrated by Pienkowski, Jan
Gloss pictorial and gilded boards, blue endpapers speckled with gold stars. Nice tight copy. Colour illustrations and silhouettes throughout text with gilding evoking the style of medieval manuscripts. ; Color Illustrations with silhouettes; Unpaginated pages; The King James version of the Christmas story illustrated by Jan Pienkowski in his own inimitable style.
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12.33 GBP
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A Second Caldecott Collection
London Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1986 0723234337 First Edition Thus; First Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; DJ protected by clear outer sleeve and has original price sticker on front fly. Illustrated by Caldecott, Randolph
Gloss pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Warne Classics Series; B&W and Color Illustrations ; 64 pages; Two traditional nursery rhymes illustrated by Reginald Caldecott: Sing a Song For Sixpence, and The Three Jovial Huntsmen. Produced in the centenary year of the death of Reginald Caldecott, proving that as an illustrator of children's books his work remains a constant pleasure.
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5.90 GBP
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A Third Caldecott Collection
London Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1986 0723234345 First Edition Thus; First Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; DJ protected by clear outer sleeve and has original price sticker on front fly. Illustrated by Caldecott, Randolph
Gloss pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Warne Classics Series; B&W and Color Illustrations ; 64 pages; Two traditional nursery rhymes illustrated by Reginald Caldecott: The Queen of Hearts, and The Farmer's Boy. Produced in the centenary year of the death of Reginald Caldecott, proving that as an illustrator of children's books his work remains a constant pleasure.
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5.90 GBP
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The Flintstones On The Rocks Comic Album
Manchester World Distributors (Manchester) Limited 1961 First Edition (?) Softcover Very Good-; Some spine splits, open corner tear to front cover, one open corner tear inside not effecting text, some crayon colouration to cartoons and some scribble inside.
Cartoons; Unpaginated pages; Over ninety pages of fun from the town of Bedrock.
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8.58 GBP
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The Champions Annual For Boys 1954
London The Amalgamated Press Ltd. 1954 First Edition Hardcover Very Good-; Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear to boards, endpapers lightly foxed, gift message to front endpaper.
Nice tight copy, lots of B&W illustrations plus colour frontis. ; B&W Illustrations; 191 pages; Wonderful collection of ripping yarns, my favourite must be "Fatty gets the runs"! Contributors include Edward R Home-Gall, Vernon Crick, John Marshall, Richard Birnham, Edwin Dale, Frank Winsor, Rupert Hall, Donald Dane, and Hal Wilton.
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6.42 GBP
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Stingray Annual
London City Magazines Ltd. 1966 First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Corners lightly bumped, some puzzles etc completed inside.
Gloss pictorial boards with photo endpapers from the Gerry Anderson TV series. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 101 pages; Wonderful collection of written and picture stories complete with puzzles and quizes. Details of Marineville and it's defenses, cut away drawing of a Terror Fish.
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10.19 GBP
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Dean's Premier Book For Boys
London Dean & Son Ltd 1961 Not First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Corners lightly bumped, small splits to top of spine.
Gloss pictorial boards. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 189 pages; Wonderful collection of ripping yarns. Contributors include Edward R Home-Gall, Robert Reeves, Arthur Groom, and Arthur Waterhouse.
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7.50 GBP
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Chats With The Animals
London Seeley, Jackson And Halliday N.D. First Edition (?) Hardcover Poor with no dust jacket; Many pages are torn but all present, but only a few of the prints are torn, suitable for breaking for the sake of the remaining prints.
Green rexine boards with gilt lettering to spine. Undated but probably late Victorian period. Good reading copy only. ; B&W Illustrations; 160 pages; With one hundred delightful engravings. Short dialogues with various animals, to entertain children.
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10.73 GBP
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The War In Pictures
London Odhams Press 1949 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket; Minor shelf wear to boards.
Red rexine boards with blind embossed decorations to front boards and gilt lettering to spines, photographic endpapers. All nice tight copies with no names or marks inside. ; B&W Photographs; Complete in six volumes, one for each year of the war, a pictorial record of the Second World War filled with a multitude of interesting photographs.
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53.62 GBP
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The World's Best Photographs : Third Series
London Odhams Press 1947 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket; Corners lightly bumped, ink name and date to front endpaper.
Red rexine boards with blind embossed decorations to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy. ; B&W Photographs; 192 pages; Selection of photographs, mostly full page, chosen for technical and pictorial quality. Grouped by Action, Expression, Landscape, Children, Animals, Design and Pattern.
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8.03 GBP
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Alfred Hitchcock's Solve Them Yourself Mysteries
London Max Reinhardt 1978 0370009851 Second Edition; Second Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks inside. DJ protected in clear library sleave attached to boards with clear tape, tape shadows to endpapers.
Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. ; Ex-Library; 174 pages; Five mysteries from the Master of Suspense. Do you have what it takes to unravel the clues and become a great detective?
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6.69 GBP
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Schooling To Win 30 Essential Exercises
London Kandour Ltd 2004 1904756255 First Edition; First Printing Paperback Near Fine
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; Mass Market PB; B&W Illustrations and Photographs; 64 pages; Nice little booklet containing ten flat work fixes, ten tips for success in cross-count ry, and ten steps to unbeatable show jumping. Basically everything you need to be a top class three day eventer short of a horse.
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6.69 GBP
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Dandy And Beano The Golden Years Volume II
London D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1989 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, minor shelf wear to boards.
Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front cover. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Cartoons; Unpaginated pages; More classic stories from Britain's two best loved weekly comics.
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7.03 GBP
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My First Fairy Tales
Bridlington Peter Haddock N.D. 0710503695 First Edition (?) Hardcover Good+; Some edge and shelf wear, sticker ghost to front board, spine cover lifting at top of spine, staples pulling at top of binding so somewhat shakey. Illustrated by Boswell, Hilda
Gloss pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Good reading copy, no names or marks inside. ; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; Three beautifully illustrated fairy tales comprising: The Babes in the Wood; The Sleeping Beauty; Hansel and Gretel.
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5.69 GBP
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The Ace Book Of Comics
London Odhams Press B0000CHYYY First Edition Hardcover Very Good-; Corners slightly bumped, previous owner details inside front cover, some foxing to edges of reading block and to a few pages inside, pencil rectangles drawn around page numbers almost throughout.
Red rexine boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed pattern to front cover. Nice tight copy. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 188 pages; Collection of stories and comic strips probably dating to the early 1950"s. Includes a Biggles story, The New Aerofoil, by Captain W E Johns and a pirate story, The Sea Wolf's Treasure, illustrated by Eagle comics illustrator Frank Humphris.
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12.39 GBP
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Read With Me Picture Dictionary
Loughborough Ladybird Books Ltd. 1991 0721414168 Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Corners lightly bumped, a few small indents to boards. Illustrated by Matthews, Anne
Gloss pictorial boards, nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; One hundred key words, illustrated in colour throughout.
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3.01 GBP
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Toy Story 2
London Ladybird Books Ltd. N.D. 0721479227 Second Printing Hardcover Very Good+; Corners slightly bumped, a few small indents to boards. Illustrated by Matthews, Anne
Gloss pictorial boards, nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; The toys are back in town! Woody, Buzz and the rest of the toys return in their second adventure.
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1.67 GBP
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The Mafia Just Moved In Next Door And They're Dropping in for Dinner Cookbook
London Lagoon Books 2000 1902813154 Reprint Hardcover Near Fine with no dust jacket
Red satin finish boards with white lettering to cover and spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 64 pages; Easy italian recipes for when it's important to get it right. Recipes by Helen Tracey and Linda Kaplan with extra waffle by Ross Renwick. Full of meaningless and quite charming illustrations.
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The Ladybird First Book Of Hymns And Songs
Loughborough Ladybird Books N.D. 0721405223 Revised Edition Hardcover Fair; Corners lightly bumped, remains of sticker inside front cover, missing front endpaer, hence undated. Illustrated by Palmer, David
Gloss pictorial boards, original cover price 75p. Last title in series listed on rear cover. Nice tight flat copy, inside clean and bright. ; Ladybird Series 612; Vol. 3; Color Illustrations; 52 pages; Collection of twenty-four hymns, carols and songs suitable for young children and school assemblies.
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'BB' (Watkins-Pitchford, D J) The Wizard Of Boland
London Edmund Ward Ltd. 1959 B0000CKALB First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good- with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, corners bumbed and rubbed, some water staining to front board, some foxing to endpapers, large pencil name to front endpaper, some illustrations carefully hand coloured inside. Illustrated by Watkins-Pitchford, Denys
Pale blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Numerous line illustrations and colour frontis by author inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 128 pages; A delightful tale of wizards, gnomes, dragons and perhaps the occasional wombat.
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Ab Hugh, Dafydd The Final Fury
New York Pocket Books 1996 0671541811 First Edition; First Printing Paperback Near Fine
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; Star Trek Invasion! ; Mass Market PB; Vol. 4; 308 pages; Captain Janeway and the crew of USS Voyager pick up a Starfleet distress call, something they'd never expected to hear again. It leads them to the source of an invasion of the entire Alpha Quadrant and, therefore, a possible route home.
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Abbey, Ruth The Sound of the Sea
Hale 1978 0709169825 Hard Cover with DJ Very Good
Ex-Library usual sta; A romance, as a mysterious man wishes to marrry Elizabeth, even though she seems to be the double of his late wife. AJ
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Abel, Alan Don't Get Mad - Get Even
London Sidgwick & Jackson 1983 028399018X First British Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+; Illustrated by Bond, Simon
Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Illustrated by Simon Bond, author of 101 Uses for a Dead Cat. ; B&W Illustrations; 122 pages; A manual for retaliation by the master provacateur. Deals with over 100 familiar aggravations including being billed for a debt already paid, stood up on a date, crowded out of line, baggage lost by an airline, apartment or house vandalized, ripped off by an auto mechanic, landlord harassment, and being short-changed in a store.
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Abraham, Cyril The Iron Ships
London Tandem 1974 0426132661 Reprint; First Printing Paperback Very Good; Light reading creases to slightly sunned spine.
Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. ; The Onedin Line; Mass Market PB; Vol. 2; 264 pages; James Onedin is now safely established as a ship owner in Victorian Liverpool and can, with the help of Albert Fraser, work on his plan to increase his fortunes with a great iron steam ship.
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Abraham, Cyril The Iron Ships
London Tandem 1974 0426132661 Reprint; First Printing Paperback Very Good-; Some heavy cover creases, sunned spine.
Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. ; The Onedin Line; Mass Market PB; Vol. 2; 264 pages; James Onedin is now safely established as a ship owner in Victorian Liverpool and can, with the help of Albert Fraser, work on his plan to increase his fortunes with a great iron steam ship.
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Abrahams, Peter A Perfect Crime
London Penguin Books 2000 0140282009 First British Edition; First Printing Paperback Very Good+; Light reading creases.
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Mass Market PB; 367 pages; Against the frozen backdrop of an East Coast winter, a perfect murder is planned by a warped and twisted jealous mind.
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Ackerman, Roy The Chef's Apprentice
London Headline 1988 074720084X N Hardcover Signed Christmas message plate to front endpaper from the Pub Food magazine staff.
Cream cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy. ; Color Photographs; 138 pages; Twenty centuries of culinary history, concentrating on the Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, the time of the Sun King, the Regency and the Belle Epoque. Each has a history followed by recipes suitable to be used today, but which capture the flavour of the time. A fascinating read, based on the television series in which Ackerman explored these themes with the help of various famous chefs.
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Acland, Richard We Teach Them Wrong: Religion And The Young
London Victor Gollancz Ltd 1963 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket; Some foxing, previous owner details to front endpaper.
Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. ; 191 pages; Teacher and MP for many years, Acland pleads for a child centered religious education for British schools.
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Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
London: Guild Publishing 1987 Hard Cover Very Good
Book Club Edition; Sherlock Holmes once observed that once you've eliminated the impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Dirk Gently is a detective that doesn't eliminate the impossible, hence his investigations often lead to very startling results. As in the Case of the Missing Cat.. Guild publishing hardback with DJ 1987, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, slight scuff to DJ at base of spine, nice crisp tight copy, no names or marks inside. AV
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Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless
London William Heinemann 1992 0434009261 Tenth Printing Hardcover Very Good+; Slight edge wear to DJ, bumped and lightly sunned spine corners.
Grey cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine, nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; Vol. 5; 219 pages; Arthur Dent has a Random meeting, Random being a daughter he didn't even know he had.
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Adams, Richard The Iron Wolf & Other Stories
London Allen Lane 1980 071391341X First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Light shelf wear to price clipped DJ, endpapers slightly grimed. Illustrated by Gilbert, Yvonne; Campbell, Jennifer
Brown cloth boards with brown lettering to spine. Nice tight copy with superbly illustrated by colour paintings by Yvonne Gilbert and with drawings by Jennifer Campbell. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; 142 pages; A wonderful collection for folk stories retold by the master storyteller, full of surprises and marvels, very witty, neat and adroit. The illustrations are simply fabulous.
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Adams, Richard Tales From Watership Down
London Hutchinson 1996 0091801664 Second Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ. Illustrated by Lawrence, John
Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 198 pages; The long awaited successor to Watership Down filled with tales known by all rabbits and further stories of Hazel, Bigwig, Fiver and their companions.
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Adams, Scott The Dilbert Principle
London Boxtree 2000 0752272209 Reprint; Third Printing Paperback Very Good+; Light reading creases.
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Mass Market PB; Cartoons; 336 pages; A cubicle's eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads, and other workplaces afflictions.
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Adams, Scott The Dilbert Future Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century
London Boxtree 2000 0752272217 Reprint; Second Printing Paperback Very Good+; Minor reading creases. Illustrated by Adams, Scott
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Mass Market PB; Cartoons; 258 pages; Predictions on business, technology, society and government and how human greed, stupidity and horniness will continue to shape our future.
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Adamson, Jean and Gareth Topsy And Tim Go To Hospital
London Puffin Books 1996 0140559264 1st British Edition (?); First Printing Stapled wraps Very Good-; Some cover creasing, spine extremities rubbed, slightly thumbed.
No names or marks inside. ; The Topsy and Tim Series; Vol. 2; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; Tim has to go to hospital after falling out of a tree.
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Adamson, Joy Forever Free Elsa's Pride
London Collins & Harvill Press 1962 B0000CLKW5 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket; Some wear and tear at top edges of unclipped DJ, small sticker tear to front fly, some rubbing to front endpaper, gutter cracked at title.
Pictorial boards with map endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; Photographs; 192 pages; The story of Elsa's cubs.
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Adamson, Joy Forever Free Elsa's Pride
London Collins & Harvill Press 1962 B0000CLKW5 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Some wear and tear with small sticker tear to spine of price clipped DJ, original gift message to front endpaper.
Pictorial boards with map endpapers. Nice tight copy. ; Photographs; 192 pages; The story of Elsa's cubs.
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Adkins, Patrick H Lord of the Crooked Paths
London Orbit 1990 0708883222 First British Edition; First Printing Paperback Very Good+; Small sticker tear to front cover.
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Wrap around cover artwork by Jan Miller. ; Mass Market PB; 216 pages; Before the Age of Zeus, Mount Olympus was created by Kronos, Lord of the Titans. He ruled the gods with an iron hand and a bloody sword. Only Proteus the shapechange r defied his rule. Of them this story tells. And of an amusing new creation, shaped like a god in miniature that goes by the name of man.
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Ahern, Jerry The Web
London New English Library 1987 0450058115 Reprint; Fifth Printing Paperback Very Good+; Light edge and shelf wear, small ink name to front endpaper.
Nice tight flat copy. ; The Survivalist Series; Mass Market PB; Vol. 5; 222 pages; In post apocalypse America, John Rourke, CIA trained weapons and survival expert, finds something unexpected. A valley apparently untouched by the devastation, small town America as it used to be. Is it real, or is it a trap?
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Ahlberg, Allan Heard It In The Playground
London Puffin Books 1991 0140328246 Reprint; Twenty-Second Printing Paperback Very Good; Slight cover corner creases, small ink name and date inside front cover. Illustrated by Wegner, Fritz
Nice tight flat copy. ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 107 pages; Anyone who has ever experienced life in a British primary classroom will relish these touching and funny verses - The Guardian.
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Ahlberg, Allan The Giant Baby
London Viking 1994 0670848646 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ. Illustrated by Wegner, Fritz
Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, decorated blue endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 156 pages; Alice Hicks wants a baby brother, although a sister would do. When a giant baby is left one night on the Hicks's doorstep, Alice is delighted - but her parents are horrified. How will they cope?
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Ahlberg, Janet and Allan Jeremiah In The Dark Woods
London Puffin Books 1989 0140328114 Reprint; First Printing Softcover Very Good+; Very light shelf wear.
Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; 0.17 x 8.65 x 7.11; 48 pages; A story of three bears, seven dwarfs, five gorillas, a frog prince, some sleeping beauties, a wolf, a dinosaur, a Mad Hatter, a steamboat, four firemen on a fire-engine, a crocodile with a clock in it, a large number of beanstalks, a little boy and his grandma's jam tarts.
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Aiken, Joan The Shadow Guests
London Red Fox 1993 0099888203 Reprint; Third Printing Paperback Very Good+; Minor shelf wear, one small corner crease to rear cover.
Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Mark Robertson. ; Mass Market PB; 192 pages; After the mysterious deaths of his brother and mother, Cosmo is sent back to his ancestrial home, where he learns about the family curse and meets shadowy figures from the past, each with their own problems!
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Aiken, Joan The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
London Puffin Books 1968 0140303103 Reprint; Seventeenth Printing Paperback Very Good; Several small indentations to rear cover. Illustrated by Marriot, Pat
Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Jeremy Ford. ; Mass Market PB; B&W Illustrations; 159 pages; The action of this book takes place at a time that never happened, shortly after the accession to the throne of Good King James III, in 1832. At this time, the Channel Tunnel from Dover has been completed, and a great many wolves have migrated from Europe and Russia to the British Isles!
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Aiken, Joan The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
London Red Fox 2001 0099411865 Reprint; Sixth Printing Paperback Very Good+; Minor reading creases. Illustrated by Marriot, Pat
Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. ; Trade PB; B&W Illustratio ns; 192 pages; The action of this book takes place at a time that never happened, shortly after the accession to the throne of Good King James III, in 1832. At this time, the Channel Tunnel from Dover has been completed, and a great many wolves have migrated from Europe and Russia to the British Isles!
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Ainsworth, Alison Thumbelina
Loughborough Ladybird Books 1985 0721408575 Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good Illustrated by Davis, Jon
Gloss pictorial boards, states first edition inside, slightly bumped spine corners, a few cover indents, one small ink scribble inside rear cover otherwise no names or marks inside. ; Ladybird Series 777; Color Illustrations; 52 pages; Ladybird Read It Yourself retold in easy to read simple language at reading level 3 by Alison Ainsworth beautifully illustrated by Jon Davis.
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Ainsworth, Alison Klaus And The Vampires
Loughborough Ladybird Books Ltd. 1990 072141334X Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good+; Corners lightly bumped. Illustrated by Howarth, Walter
Gloss pictorial boards. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; An evil vampire is terrorising the gnomes in Transylvania. But Judge Klaus doesn't believe in vampires and is determined to discover what is going on.
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Aitken, Jean Cox's Manual Of Gelatine Cookery
Edinburgh J & G Cox Ltd. 1939 Eighth Edition Stapled wraps Very Good-; Cover loose where slightly rusted staples have pulled through. Some red ink of illustrations has bled and stained text, but quite readable.
Cover has illustration of Edinburgh Castle on front. ; Color Illustrations; 91 pages; 200 recipes using Gelatine, from salads to puddings.
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