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Mike Leadbitter, Editor
£25.00

Nothing But The Blues

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHER-Hanover Books, London.
BINDING-Mid blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITION-Some scuffing to edges of boards, corners slightly bumped. Printed pages and images remain clear with...

A.A. Milne
£220.00

Now We are Six (first edition)

Children
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PUBLISHERMethuen & Co. Ltd, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. 
BOOK CONDITIONSome general wear and scuffing to edges of boards, corners and ends of spine are bumped.  Discolouration and a few marks. Hinges are a little weakened, but binding remains secure. Browning affecting outer leaves....

Sir Fisher Dilke
£110.00

Observer on Ranger: During the Races for the America's Cup 1937

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERHerbert Jenkins Limited, London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Maps on endpapers. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and quite faded at edges, a few marks. Binding secure. Printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETIn worn condition with tearing and creasing at...

Elizabeth Jane Howard
£22.00

Odd Girl Out

Fiction
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PUBLISHERJonathan Cape, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear and slight fading to edges of boards. Text remains clear with no noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETSpine a little faded, price clipped. preserved in removable book wrap.
EDITIONFirst edition 1972.
DESCRIPTIONA well preserved copy of...

R.B. Robertson
£20.00

Of Whales and Men

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERAlfred A. Knopf, New York.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONSome general shelf wear to edges of boards. Slight fading to spine and a few marks. Printed pages and images remain clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETIn worn condition, with tearing and creasing...

D. Brian Plummer
£40.00

Off The Beaten Track

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERHuddlesford Publications, Cambridge.
BINDINGGrey cloth boards. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, some shelf wear to edges of boards, corners slightly bumped. A little discolouration to block edge and outer leaves, but text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETWear and slight creasing to edges, a little fading...

Sacheverell Sitwell
£20.00

Old Fashioned Flowers

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCountry Life Limited, London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn at edges and faded. Binding secure. Foxing and browning mostly  affecting block edges and outer leaves. Printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1939. 
DESCRIPTIONA history of flowers...

William Morris
£18.00

Old French Romances

Fiction
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PUBLISHERGeorge Allen, London.
BINDINGBurgundy cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, scuffed at edges, corners bumped. Some marking. Hinges weak with a few splits, but...

T.S. Eliot
£80.00

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Poetry
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PUBLISHERFaber and Faber Limited.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards with red lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some wear at edges, with a little discolouration and a few marks. Yellow remains bright. Hinges weakened but binding secure. Uneven opened page edges. The text is largely clear with few noticeable marks....

Tom Ryder
£20.00

On the Box Seat: A Manual of Driving

Non-Fiction
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A practical guide to driving light horses as practiced around the world.

Harold S. Vanderbilt
£120.00

On the Wind's Highway: Ranger, Rainbow and Racing

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCharles Scribner's Sons, New York and London.
BINDINGIllustrated cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONProtected by it's slipcase, this book remains in good condition for age. Some wear, slight discolouration and a mark on spine. Binding secure. A little browning / foxing to block edges and outer leaves. Otherwise printed pages...

Stephen and Margaret Ionides
£25.00

One Day Telleth Another

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHEREdward Arnold & Co. London.
BINDINGRoyal blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally shelf worn, with a few white marks and some scratching. A little...

Sydney D. Waters
£18.00

Ordeal by Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company in the Second World War 1939-1945

Non-Fiction
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The story of the role the New Zealand Shipping Company's merchant vessels played during the six years of WWII, the largest maritime war the world had ever seen.

John Lubbock
£55.00

Origin and Metamorphosis of Insects

Non-Fiction
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A Victorian scholarly guide to many common insects and their stages of life. 

Kevin O'Brien
£20.00

Oscar Wilde in Canada: An Apostle for the Arts

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERPersonal Library, Toronto.
BINDINGCream cloth boards with pink over spine, gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONJust a little wear to ends of spine and corners. Printed pages remain clear with very few noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETWorn at edges with a few scuff marks and a tiny tears. Spine faded....

Captain S. Eardley-Wilmot
£15.00

Our Fleet Today, and It's Development During the Last Half-Century

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERSeeley and Co. Limited, London.
BINDINGRusset cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have general wear and a few marks commensurate with age. Front hinge partially split, but binding feels secure. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Otherwise printed pages and images remain largely...

T.H. Gillespie
£18.00

Our Friends the Spiders

Non-Fiction
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One of a series of nature study books for young readers, written and illustrated by experts. By the author of the Zoo Man series.

S. Reynolds Hole
£25.00

Our Gardens

Non-Fiction
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One of the "Haddon Hall Library" series. A charming guide to gardening,  with practical advice mingled with history and poetry,

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