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THE OLD WILLOW TREE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Carl Ewald. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs; G.E. Lee.
Stock no. 1325897
Published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd.. 1st 1921. Almost very good condition.

Translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos. Blue cloth, blackk titles. Colour onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and worn with a small nick to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby and marked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1325754
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine bumped. A few light marks to covers. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty/foxed else contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed, slightly marked to rear panel and front flap, 1.55 written in black biro to top margin of front flap.

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THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE
Written by Isabel Alexander. Illustrated by Isabel Alexander.
Stock no. 1826106
Published by Penguin Books. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 58. Pictorial paper wraps. colour and b/w illustrations. Spine lightly rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Name in red ink to inside front cover. Staple binding is rusty and rust has bled slightly onto gutter. Contents are very nice.

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THINGS IN THE FOREST - A BOOK FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Kirby; Elizabeth Kirby.
Stock no. 1325342
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1894. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt vignettes to front cover and spine and a gilt title-label to spine. 41 b/w engravings. 144 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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HALF HOURS UNDERGROUND: VOLCANOES, MINES AND CAVES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324656
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. 1900. Very good condition.

The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Readers. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 369 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Prize plate to front pastedown. Floral decorated endpapers. Small mark to lower edge of first few pages.

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TINY TOILERS AND THEIR WORKS
Written by G. Glenwood Clark.
Stock no. 1324654
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow covers with black/brown titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Looks at different little creatures/insects. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light spotting to spines. Pencil scribbles to rear free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some fingermarks to page margins. Red dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly browned.

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OPEN AIR SCRAP-BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1324613
Published by Gramol Publications Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. 143 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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JANE'S COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bernard Bowerman.
Stock no. 1324610
Published by George Newnes. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Orange/brown cloth with cream title to spine and vignette/title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped, a few small, light marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Ex Libris plate to half title-page. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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BIRDS OF THE VILLAGE
Written by James Fisher. Illustrated by P.F. Millard.
Stock no. 1323945
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 20. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Initials in ink to front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxing. Remains of a label to inside of front cover. Small chip to lower edge of front cover and a tiny nick to same area of first page (no loss there). Some light fingering else a clean copy.

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ANIMALS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1323795
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 7. Pictorial cardwraps. Covers edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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A BOOK OF INSECTS
Written by Richard James. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323793
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No.5 Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Paperwraps. Covers grubby and foxed. Inside covers also foxed. Slight pulling at staples.

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POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

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