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THE ENID BLYTON NATURE READERS NO. 26
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2116940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Contains "Freckles The Thrush" and "The Little Ploughman". Pictorial card wraps. Two-tone text illustrations. Creasing to cover corners. Some marks to covers.

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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 1606473
Published by Penguin. c. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial paperwraps. Reissue, circa 1944/45. File Copy, with label pasted to inside front cover (obscuring list of titles). Closed tear to lower edge of front cover.

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BY WOOD AND FIELD (DIGGERS AND BUILDERS)
Written by R. Hudson.
Stock no. 2115800
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow covers with dark brown titles. 4 colour plates. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with darkening to spine and edges; couple of closed tears and some edge-creasing.

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BABIES OF THE PONDS AND STREAMS
Written by Marla Tyrrell. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1503563
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format 6 x 4.752, pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping but a little wear to spine and corners. Ink inscription to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. One hinge cracked. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small piece missing from front panel disguised by paper stuck to verso. Small patch of damage to spine and a few fox spots.

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BIRDS OF OUR GARDENS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Roland Green; Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1503507
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt titles. 160 pages. 8 x 5.5 inches. Spine bumped. Erased name to front endpaper and rear pastedown. Contents browned with some light foxing. Tiny hole to rear joint. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears and chips, tear to base of spine repaired on verso with clear tape. Most of surface paper is missing from spine and is also missing from edges of front panel. A couple of small holes to grubby rear panel.

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WHEN THE GULLS CAME TO TOWN
Written by Helena Wakefield. Illustrated by Helena Wakefield.
Stock no. 1311544
Published by Newman Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Summing up the main message regarding caring for the environment in some well chosen words and delightful pictures. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955579301. SIGNED by author to dedication page (to Archie with best wishes...). Slight wear to corners.

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THE BUTTERFLY
Written by Maria M. Mudd. Illustrated by Wendy Smith-Griswold.
Stock no. 1401124
Published by Stewart Tabori & Chang. 2nd Slightly better than very good condition.

Dimensional Nature Portfolio Series. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Several small pop-ups and one giant Monarch butterfly as superb centre spread. ISBN: 1556702191. Price sticker to rear board. Edges of pages are slightly browned. Tips or large pop-up butterfly are creased.

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THE WHITE ADMIRAL
Written by H.E. Bates. Illustrated by Peggy Chapman.
Stock no. 1103199
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1968. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. The White Admiral used to visit the butterflies every year for his holidays! Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0234779543. Wrapper is price-cut.

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BIRD PICTURES
Written by Alice Whitby. Illustrated by Sara W.M. Fallon.
Stock no. 445324
Published by George Allen. 1st 1901. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, black titles. Pictorial front cover. Three colour illustrations. Covers are very worn, with chipping to edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. Binding weak - stitching is starting to come loose. Grubby marks to some pages.

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THOSE OTHER ANIMALS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
Stock no. 440808
Published by Henry And Co.. 1st 1891. Fair condition.

Part of 'The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour' series. Green boards with gilt titles and white vignette to front cover. 217 pages + adverts to rear. Corners and spine bumped. Covers marked. Half-title page missing. A few pages have closed tears; some repaired with tape.

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UNDERWATER MISSION
No author listed. Illustrated by Terry Pastor.
Stock no. 991910
Published by Methuen Walker Books. 1st 1982. Fine condition.

A unique blend of scientific accuracy and 3-dimensional mechanics. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416062504. All pop-ups in excellent working order. One pop-up slightly creased.

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STRANGE SCAVENGING CREATURES
Written by Ken Hoy. Illustrated by Isabel Bowring.
Stock no. 591671
Published by Brown Wells & Jacobs Ltd.. 1994. Very good condition.

Dare to Find Out About series... Glazed pictorial boards. A nature pop-up book. Realistic illustrations combine with an informative, and sometimes surprising, text to bring these creatures to life as never before. ISBN: 1873829582. Bumping to a couple of corners. One leg broken on the Cockroach pop-up. Light foxing throughout.

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