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SOME BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF SOUTH AMERICA
Written by Sacheverell Sitwell; Carlos Selva Andrade. Illustrated by Axel Amuchastegui.
Stock no. 2111295
Published by The Tryon Gallery; George Rainbird. 1st 1966. Nearly fine condition.

Very large format. Quarter bound in morocco with hand marbled paper. 17 colour plates, using multi-colour lithography. Limited edition (in this format numbers 51 to 300). Plates are tissue-guarded. A beautiful book! Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. This is copy no. 217. SIGNED by artist. A couple of marks to endpapers and a few foxspots to outer page edges. Some tissue-guards have become creased. Illustrations are fine - beautifully bright! Contained in a very good slip case, which is foxed and spotted, with wear.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1309776
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Deluxe, limited to 500 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignettes. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 304. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and slightly grubby. Ties missing. Name plate to front pastedown. There is slight bookworm or silverfish damage to the front endpaper and some slight foxing to contents but generally a very nice copy.

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FAIRINGS
Written by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.
Stock no. 1401438
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth boards. 7.5 x 10". A very appealing book with unusual and interesting colour illustrations. 170pp + ads. Limited to 1000 copies. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped. Boards a little marked. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing, Plates clean and bright.

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RURAL REFLECTIONS A BRIEF HISTORY OF TRAPS, TRAPMAKING AND GAMEKEEPING IN BRITAIN
Written by Stuart Haddon-Riddoch.
Stock no. 1707392
Published by Argyll Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 1000 copies. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 190283125x. Copy NO. 383. Wrapper is grubby with a couple of nicks.

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AN IMPROVED MODE OF RECRUITING, ORGANISING, & MAINTAINING, NATIONAL ARMIES
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 1806874
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 250 copies. First published in 1850. Small card wrap booklet. 8 pages. ISBN: 0906134196. A few grubby marks to covers, contents clean.

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AN IMPROVED MODE OF RECRUITING, ORGANISING, & MAINTAINING, NATIONAL ARMIES
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 1806865
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1983. Nearly fine condition.

Limited edition of 250 copies. First published in 1850. Small card wrap booklet. 8 pages. ISBN: 0906134196.

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MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers. Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1707290
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 200 copies. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134021.

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THE MOSS ROSE PRESS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Linda Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1806809
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 150 copies. A complete list of the Chepstow Society and Moss Rose Press publications from 1948 to 1985. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134331. SIGNED by all four authors and illustrators to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-creased. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TURNPIKE ROADS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2108996
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited to 105 copies. B/w illustrations. Green cloth. The Chepstow and New Passage Turnpike Districts. ISBN: 0906134315.

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CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 2108995
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. A little fading/foxing to wrapper spine with light edge-creasing.

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HOW FAST AN ALLIANCE
No author listed. Illustrated by W.H. Pinyon.
Stock no. 1706733
Published by Smiths Industrial Instruments Ltd.. Very good condition.

Colour illustrations. The collaboration of two enterprises has lead to the introduction of the Heavy Duty Railway Speedometer. Limited edition. Covers grubby.

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