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Diversion Rhymed by Ronald Frankau. Pictured by Laurie Tayler.
by TAYLER, LAURIE: FRANKAU, RONALD:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, ca1940. Hardback, approx 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Half bound red/pink cloth to spine and brown paper covered boards with black and pink lettering. Three punched holes with cord binding to spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges, spine a little sunned, else clean and bright. Plates all clean and bright, some slight creasing to mounts of plates (as published), Title lightly tanned, else a very clean and tight copy. Illustrated with a pictorial title page and 12 mounted colour plates. 14 text pages, each with small coloured illustrations to margins.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91108
- Title
- Diversion Rhymed by Ronald Frankau. Pictured by Laurie Tayler.
- Author
- TAYLER, LAURIE: FRANKAU, RONALD:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, ca1940
- Keywords
- Military Subjects TAYLER, LAURIE: FRANKAU, RONALD: Diversion, Rhymed by Ronald Frankau, Pictured by Laurie Tayler, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1940, Illustrated, 12 mounted colour plates, military, wartime, pin-up’s, cartoons, humor, morale, WWII, So
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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