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MAN'S IMPACT ON VEGETATION
Written by W. Holzner; M.J.A. Werger; et al.
Stock no. 1708644
Published by Dr. W. Junk. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Geobotany 5. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. 370 Pages. ISBN: 9061936853. Covers unevenly faded.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL 1903
Written by George Manville Fenn; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1401705
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1903. Good condition.

Volume 25 Saturday 4th October 1902-Saturday 26th September 1903. Large format. Red pictorial cloth with gilt title and date to spine. Pictorial endpapers depicting events in the reigns of the Edwards of England. 12 colour plates. B/w illustrations including Louis Wain cats. Corners and some board edges bumped and rubbed. Top and bottom of spine are bumped. Cloth split to front of top of spine with small tear to top of word 'annual'. Some cloth missing to top and bottom of spine which is browned. Front joint is cracked. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers. Three tissue guards are missing from colour plates. Some page browning and foxing to contents which are generally clean.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310567
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. A nice copy.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Esther Branthwaite; Duncan McLaren; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310566
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows young boy sailor with a small girl on his shoulder. First story is "Molly's Decision" (this is a long story serialised throughout the annual) by Branthwaite. Colour plates mounted on green paper plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and faded with small dark mark to centre. Covers edge rubbed. Endpapers browned, small piece chipped from lower edge of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges. One plate has slight damage to edges, one mount has very slight paper damage to verso.

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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1916
Written by Elsie Blomfield; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; N. Buchanan; et al..
Stock no. 1310493
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1916. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows girl in red cape carrying holly and ivy followed by elves. Maroon cloth spine. 191 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations throughout, many Wain cats. Covers are edge worn and grubby to rear. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Pencil writing (name and date) to title-page. Contents clean.

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CHILD VERSES FROM 'PUNCH'
Written by George Greenland; Eleanor Farjeon; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Phyllis Chase.
Stock no. 1501308
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Slight fading to top and bottom of spine. Small white mark to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Name and date to front endpaper. Small red stain to top corner of a few pages. Some foxing and marks to contents. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine and corners. Spine is a little faded and marked. Crease to front flap.

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LITTLE FOLKS
Written by Ethel Talbot; C. Chandler; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1708198
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1915. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows boy and girl in barrel boat with dog. Edges very worn, rear cover has some scuffing.

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HAPPY PLAYHOURS
Written by L. Haskell; Helen J. Wood; et al. Illustrated by W. Rainey; et al..
Stock no. 1309802
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1902. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two children on a sledge. Blue floral patterned endpapers. Chromolithograph frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners worn. Some light scuffing/marks to rear cover and a small piece of surface paper damage to top edge of rear cover. A few tiny dents to cover edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents browned and fingered, some hinges cracked.

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LITTLE FOLKS 1918
Written by Anne Dickson; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Ernest A. Aris; Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 2109574
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1918. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. First story 'In sound of the Guns by Anne Dicks' Endpapers creased. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Covers mottled and scuffed.

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THE GRACIE FIELDS' GAY STREET BOOK
Written by Gracie Fields; Enid Blyton; Gunby Hadath; Robert Harding; et al.
Stock no. 1309400
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w photo frontis of Gracie Fields and children having a sing-song. 3 colour plates. Two-tone text illustrations. 124 pages. Spine and cover edges slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, name in ink to top edge of rear flap.

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THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA FLOWERING PLANTS VOLUME II
Written by James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey; et al.
Stock no. 1207199
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 2011. Fine condition.

Casuarinaceae to Cruciferae. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. xix + 642 pages. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780521761512. Book mint except for namestamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA FLOWERING PLANTS VOLUME I
Written by James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey; et al.
Stock no. 1207197
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 2011. Fine condition.

Alismataceae to Orchidaceae. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. xix + 665 pages. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780521761475. Book mint except for namestamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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