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CREATURES OF THE DESERT WORLD
No author listed. Illustrated by Barbara Gibson.
Stock no. 2140893
Published by National Geographic Society. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

A National Geographic Action Book. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 6 stunning pop-ups. Paper Engineering by John Strejan and James Roger Diaz. ISBN: 0870446878. Bumping along cover edges and to corners. Pop-ups are generally very good; piece MISSING to roadrunner scene; tabs worn, but working.

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GIANT CREATURES PAST & PRESENT
Written by Clare Watson. Illustrated by Robert Cremins.
Stock no. 2140847
Published by Hamlyn. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

A pop-up book. Imagine a dinosaur so big that it eats 500kg of food every day. Or an insect that flies 80 kilometres per hour. Or a mammal that has babies 7 metres long... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0600570320. Browning to spine. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

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ENID BLYTON'S NATURE LESSONS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2139788
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

25 chapters, each on a different aspect of nature with questions to answer and things to do. B/w drawings and diagrams. Blue cloth. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 187 pages plus booklist. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some fading to spine. Name in pencil crayon to front pastedown. Light foxing to outer page edges endpapers.

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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. 1322142
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Price cut wrapper is just a little edge rubbed, last title listed on rear flap is "What to Look For in Winter".

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THROUGH THE WOOD
Written by Harold Avery. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1321692
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

A picture book. Large format 11.5 x 9.5", cloth spine and pictorial boards show boy watching weasels. 24 colour plates. 50 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front endpapers have been neatly replaced. Foxing to rear endpapers. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Light musty smell to contents.

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WOOD FOLK AT SCHOOL
Written by William J. Long. Illustrated by Charles Copeland.
Stock no. 2134727
Published by Ginn and Company. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Wood Folk Series Book Four. Yellow cloth with black titles and vignettes. B/w plates. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown.

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A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1319310
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1856. Good condition.

Embossed blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages, all edges gilt. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and stain to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny binders sticker to rear pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean.

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ROUND THE YEAR WITH ENID BLYTON - SUMMER BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1318796
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1934. Very good condition.

Beige card wraps with b/w illustration to front. (Manilla edition). 96 pages. B/w photos. Some neat blue crayon writing to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318701
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1853. Good condition.

Embossed brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spinea nd corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Cloth scuffed. Tiny binder's (S.Curtis) sticker to front pastedown. Foxing and fingering to textblock and page margins.

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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 2131940
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial paperwraps. Staples have rusted - some brown rust marks to pages next to staples. Small stain to rear cover, which goes through a couple of pages at rear. A bit of page edge creasing. Contents are still very good.

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ENID BLYTON NATURE BOOKS SUMMER TIME
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1318216
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1951. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Round the Year series. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper.

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RED SNOW AND OTHER PARABLES FROM NATURE
Written by Mrs. Alfred Gatty.
Stock no. 1318038
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1862. Good condition.

Third Series. Small format (5 x 3.5"). Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to front cover. 187 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Covers are grubby, worn at spine and corners. Joints cracked. Textblock is a little grubby.

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