THE FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by H. Edward Forrest.
Stock no. 1828991
Published by L. Wilding. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes found in the county of Salop. Photographic plates and portraits. Green cloth, gilt titles. 248 and vi pages. Spine lightly browned, boards have a few minor marks, corners are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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TREASURES OF LAND AND SEA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828976
Good condition.

An album of pressed flowers from the UK. Very large format. Black leather spine & corners, black cloth sides with gilt title and vignette to front. Flowers are pressed and mounted on card with paper guards. 212 specimens, 4 and 6 per page. Hand-written pencil common name to each specimen. List of Contents handwritten to rear. Pages bound in with cloth. Spine & corners rubbed, scratched & lightly worn. Boards scuffed and discoloured. Large bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. Small tear to lower edge of front endpaper. Endpapers are grubby. Specimens are discoloured, some have disintegrated in part. Heavy foxing to paper guards. Browning to card on which specimens are placed. Some card margins are disintegrating, exposing fresh card beneath. All specimens are present if only in part (mostly complete). An unusual item.

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FERNS OF NEW ZEALAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828975
Good condition.

An album of pressed New Zealand fern specimens. Mounted on card which opens concertina style. 8 pages of pressed specimens with tissue guards. Hand-written botanical name to each page. Burgundy cloth spine & corners, brown patterned cloth to sides, gilt title to front board. Spine has disintegrated with much loss. Corners are worn. Foxing to tissue guards and pale foxing to specimen pages. Pressed specimens are discoloured with age but complete. Ribbon closure to vertical edge of boards is missing. An unusual item.

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THE ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BLOW-FLY (MUSCA VOMITORIA LINN) A MONOGRAPH
Written by Benjamin Thompson Lowne.
Stock no. 1828964
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1870. Good condition.

Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Ten hand-coloured plates. vi and 121 pages. Boards a little marked, rear board has a small nibble to lower edge exposing board, rear edge of spine has slight loss of cloth. Stop & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners lightly bumped. Joints starting to crack. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Plate I is detached. All plates are present. Foxing throughout and a few grubby marks. A few annotations.

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MAUD MULLER
Written by John Greenleaf Whittier. Illustrated by George F. Carline.
Stock no. 1828597
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Circa 1885. Fair condition.

A Ballad. Brown cloth boards with bevelled edges, no title to spine, gilt title to front with vignette. Floral endpapers. Colour plates. Corners of boards rubbed and worn, boards browned. Front joint has been amateurishly repaired with glue. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Joints pulled. Foxing and age related marks throughout. Binding is holding but feels fragile to touch.

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THE VICTORIAN ERA
Written by P. Anderson Graham.
Stock no. 1828463
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

1837-1897. Mustard yellow cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt oval crest with blue title to front board. Blue floral decoration surrounding gilt crest. Map of The British Empire in 1937 and another in 1897 to front endpapers. B/w photos and illustrations. 245 pages plus 32 page publisher's advert to rear. All edges gilt. Rear board grubby and marked, spine rubbed and gilt faded. Endpapers browned. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper, a later inscription in ink (1924) to verso of frontis which has bled through the page to the frontis page. One or two minor foxspots to contents but generally clean and tight.

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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
Written by William Robertson.
Stock no. 1828342
Published by Jones & Co. 1829. Good condition.

Red cloth. B/w frontis and title page. 1" cut from top edge of title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks & pale damp marks to contents. Frontis detached. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Large name & date written in colour pencil (lilac) rear endpaper. Covers grubby/scuffed and unevenly faded. Spine browned.

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BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: ORDER PASSERES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Arthur G. Butler. Illustrated by Henrik Gronvold; F.W. Frohawk.
Stock no. 1828250
Published by Brumby & Clarke, Limited. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Large format. Blue/grey cloth spine with gilt title, blue cloth boards. Volume I: 4 color plates of eggs, 56 color plates of birds. Vol II: 4 color plates of eggs, 51 color plates of birds, appendix and index. Colour plates have tissue-guards. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Ex-Lib with bookplate to front pastedown of both volumes and card pocket to rear pastedown. Not dated. A few marks and scuffs to boards, crinkling to cloth on rear board of volume II. Edges are lightly rubbed, corners are bumped. Endpapers & text block browned. Volume I: Egg plates are MISSING, plate 11 is detached but present. All plates otherwise present.

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COLORED PLATES OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST
Written by W.G. Wright.
Stock no. 1828249
Published by W.G. Wright. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Being Actual Photographs, Life-size, and in all Their Natural Colors. The colored plates herein are Sample Copies of the plates which form the illustrations of "The Butterflies of the West Coast," by the same author, and these plates in sets are now offered as an abridgement of that book. Burgundy cloth boards, black title to front board, spine is untitled. 32 colour plates. Spine lightly faded and shelf-worn to top & tail. Boards have some marks, giving a grubby appearance. Endpapers & text block browned. Front joint just starting to crack. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some browning to contents. All plates present.

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FAUNA AND FLORA OF HAILEYBURY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828157
Published by Haileybury Naural Science Society. 3rd 1926. Very good condition.

Third Issue. Grey cloth boards, black title to front. No title to spine. Lists of Fauna and Flora found in Haileybury, Hertfordshire. 62 pages. A little fraying of cloth to board edges. Contents clean.

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AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William Coxe. Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 1327737
Published by T. Cadell. 1801. Good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations and maps, some fold-out. Spines rebacked retaining original title-strips. Covers are very edge-worn and scuffed. New endpapers. Two names in ink to top margins of title-pages of both volumes (one name crossed out in each volume). Heavy foxing to contents and a musty (antiquarian) smell to contents. All plates are present. Fold-out map of Monmouthshire to volume 1 has been neatly repaired on verso with clear tape. Plan of Monmouth in volume 2 (pg292) has been neatly/professionally repaired and plan of Chepstow in volume 2 (pg357) has a small hole to it (not affecting any text or the illustration).

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GUIDE TO THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AND MISSAL PAINTING
Written by W. Audsley; G. Audsley.
Stock no. 1827144
Published by George Rowney And Co.. 12th 1868. Good condition.

Blue textured cloth boards with embossed pattern and gilt title to front. 8 lithographic plates. All edges gilt. 72 pages plus 40 page publisher adverts to rear. Boards browned and marked, rubbed at edges, corners lightly worn. Front joint starting to crack. Front hinge pulled but binding is tight. Prelims and endpapers are grubby. Damp stain to verso of frontis, small damp stain to top margin of plates. Contents are a little grubby. If frontis is plate 4, all plates are present else plate 4 is missing.

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