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THE SUNBIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by C.J. Skead; Cecily M. Niven; et al. Illustrated by John Perry.
Stock no. 663771
Published by South Africa Bird Book Fund. 1st 1967. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w illustrations. Also the Sugarbirds, the White-Eyes and the Spotted Creeper. A comprehensive monograph. Complete with gramaphone record. Wrapper corners slightly rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear.

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SPORT AND ADVENTURE
Written by Jack Gee; et al.
Stock no. 569224
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Green pictorial boards showing boy with hockey stick. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. First story is "The Sporting Sportsmaster". Very light foxing to endpapers. Wrapper edge-chipped.

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ENGLISH BOTANY OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS VOLUME XVI
Written by James Edward Smith; et al. Illustrated by James Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 677822
1849. Fair condition.

Three-quarter black leather binding. 94 hand-coloured plates.The Descriptions, Synonyms and places of growth. Volume XVI. Front board detached. Two thrids of backstrip missing, corners worn. Pencil annotation througout. Rear board almost detached. Some damp cricking of pages and a couple of light damp marks to pages. All plates present. REDUCED FROM £420.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 28TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 571202
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial front cover showing girl and dog. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is "In Blackberry Time". New cloth spine. Edges worn, rear board grubby, page edges browned. Reduced from £95.

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THE WORLD AT THE CROSSROADS
Written by Philip B. Smith; et al.
Stock no. 558270
Published by Earthscan. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Towards a Sustainable, Equitable and Liveable World. ISBN: 1853832014.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1903
Written by Alfred J. Fuller; et al.
Stock no. 571785
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1903. Good condition.

Brown cloth with pictorial front board. Colour and b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front and rear joint cracked. Hinges pulled. Name in ink to front pastedown. One page and one plate detached. Possibly one plat missing (?). 2" margin tear to one page.

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Anna Sewell; Edward Lear; Hilaire Belloc; et al.
Stock no. 619576
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 696 pages. Spine and corners lightly bumped. A few small light stains to edges of covers. Small mark to rear cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper price-cut, edge-torn and chipped with loss.

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THE CAPTAIN VOL XLIV
Written by Percy F. Westerman; Herbert Strang; L.R. Brightwell; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; H.M. Brock; Chris Heaps; et al..
Stock no. 692245
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. A Magazine for Boys. October 1920-March 1921. Spine browned and bumped. Corners slightly bumped. 2 small dents to top edges of front cover and lower edge of front cover. Rear cover marked. Front endpaper missing. Slight loss to margins of title and following page. Pages lightly browned.

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PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOIL WATER AND SALTS IN ECOSYSTEMS
Written by A. Hadas; D. Swartzendruber; et al.
Stock no. 667294
Published by Chapman & Hall; Springer-Verlag. 1st 1973. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. ISBN: 041212104. Wrapper has one small closed edge-tear.

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UNITE AND LIVE A RECORD OF ENTERTAINMENTS FOR PROMOTING THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING RACES
Written by James White; et al.
Stock no. 988391
1st 1919. Very good condition.

Record Of The Work of the British Committee for Entertaining America Forces. Printed for private circulation. A record of entertainments for promoting the better understanding of the English-speaking races. These were entertainments provided for American troups stationed in Great Britain during World War I and covered everything from boxing, theatre, through other sports and river trips. B/w photos. Large format. Printed on mould-made paper, deckle edges. Original black leather binding with gilt lettering. Contents near fine. Corners rubbed. The personal salutation box is completed to Arthur Cunningham. REDUCED FROM £120.

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REVUE DE METAPHYSIQUE ET DE MORALE
Written by Xavier Leon; et al.
Stock no. 990432
Published by Librairie Hachette. 1894. Very good condition.

Deuxieme Annee 1894. Modern green card wraps. Text in French. Contains: La Logique De Hagel by Noel; La Philosophie Au Lycee by Chabot; Appearance and Reality by MacTaggart; L'Education De La Volonte by Leon; La Divisibilite Dans La Grandeur by Evellin; La Valeur Positive De La Psychologie by Remacle; Dialogue Philosophique Entre Eudoxe et Ariste by Criton; Sur La Reversibilite Du Monde Materiel by Lechalas; A Propos D'un Nouveau Cours De Philosophie by Lalande; Role Des Concepts Dans La Vie Intellectuel et Morale by Delbos; Einleitung In Die Philosophie by Ruyssen; Heteronomie et Autonomie by Hartmann; La Logique De Hegel by Noel; Explications Des Phenomenes Naturels by Bouasse; Le Nombre Entier by Ballue; Les Sciences Sociales En Allemagne by Bougle; Degenerescences by Weber; Nature Du Raisonnement Mathematique by Poincare; Renan: Dieu et La Nature by Seailles; L'Utilitarisme et Ses Nouveaux Critiques by Belot; Sur Le Concept Du TRansfini by Tannery; L'Annee Philosophique 1893 by Brunschvigg; Le Probleme De La Sociologie by Simmel; Sur La Methode Mathematique by Le Roy; L'Acte et Ses Consequences Morales by Weber; Les Characteres Par M. Paulhan by Rauh; La Philosophie Des Sciences by Winter. Small ink stamp to bottom of title page. Most pages unopened.

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