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THE TALKING PARCEL
Written by Gerald Durrell.
Stock no. 1330702
Published by Collins. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful, fast-moving fantasty which is a delicioous blend of adventure and lovely Durrell humour. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. ISBN: 0001848283. Spine and corners bumped. Pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears at top edges.

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HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1330691
Published by Book Club Associates. Circa 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price and no 'Collins' at base of spine of dustwrapper. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine (as normal with these NN books) and has a light crease in the laminate on front panel.

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INDEX TESTACEOLOGICUS, AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHELLS
Written by W Wood; Sylvanus Hanley. Illustrated by W. Wood.
Stock no. 1209003
Published by Willis And Sotheran. 1st thus 1856. Almost very good condition.

Containing about 2800 figures accurately coloured after nature. A New and Entirely revised edition with ancient and modern appellations, synonyms, localities, etc, etc. Three-quarter green leather binding with marbled paper boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt title and decorative tooling. 46 exquisite handcoloured plates. Top edge gilt. Ex-library with usual stamps. Leather spine & corners rubbed and worn with some removal of surface leather. Couple of patches of loss of leather to base of spine. Small patch of surface paper loss to front board and front pastedown. Front joint split, rear joint starting to crack but binding is tight. Some joints pulled. A few scattered foxspots to contents. All plates present, plate 35 has small closed tear (no loss) to top margin. Overall, a nice copy.

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A DISSERTATION ON THE UNIVERSE IN GENERAL AND ON THE PROCESSION OF THE ELEMENTS IN PARTICULAR
Written by Richard Saumarez.
Stock no. 1209002
Published by T. Egerton; C. Dilly, In The Poultry. Circa 1830. Very good condition.

The author was a surgeon and member of the Company of Surgeons. Includes Annual Oration to the council and fellows of the Medical Society of London dated 1813; and A Letter on the Evil Effects of Abesenteeism; being an answer to Hastings Elwin Esq dated 1829. A Dissertation on the Universe in General is dated 1795. Green leather spine and corners, gilt title to spine. Marbled paper sides and red speckled text block. Not illustrated. Edges of boards rubbed, leather spine & corners rubbed. Top half of marbled front board faded. Free endpapers heavily browned. One or two foxspots and some pencil annotation else remarkably clean for it's age. 'A Letter...' has top diagonal corner torn away from title page (not affecting text) and page behind the loss is browned in the same area.

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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SEA-ANEMONES AND CORALS
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208998
Published by Van Voorst. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

With coloured figures of the species and principal varieties. Green cloth with gilt title decorations. 12 colour plates. xl and 362 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Boards are damp stained, worn/rubbed at corners. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Slight lean to contents. Joints cracked, thus frontispiece, half-title and free front endpaper detached. One or two foxspots to contents but generally clean. All plates present. Overall, pretty good for a book almost 200 years old!

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PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1330672
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front (also cream/gilt illustration 'He told me his dreams'). Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Illustrated pastedowns. Spine and corners bumped. Spine very slightly darkened. Light stain to rear cover. Endpapers and textblock slightly browned. Some light foxing to contents. Scarce original wrapper is slightly edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and darkened to spine.

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JEEVES & WOOSTER (6 VOLUMES)
Written by P.G. Wodehouse. Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 1208983
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Very good condition.

Titles are: Ring For Jeeves; The Mating Season; Joy In The Morning; The Code Of The Woosters; Thank You Jeeves; Right Ho, Jeeves. Attractive pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf scuffed and has foxing to top end.

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR (6 VOLUMES)
Written by Winston S. Churchill.
Stock no. 1208980
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

6 Volume set. Starting with The Gathering Storm and ending with Triumph and Tragedy. Cloth spines, pictorial front boards. A lovely set contained in 2 slipcases produced by the publisher. Slipcases are shelf-scuffed, quite heavily on the bottoms, 1" split to top edge of slipcase containing volumes 1-3, tiny piece of surface paper lifting to rear of second slipcase.

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DE LA PASSION A LA PERFECTION
Written by Richard Adatto.
Stock no. 1330648
Published by Editions SPE-Barthelemy. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

L'histoire du style aerodynamique en France 1930-1939. Text in French. Large, heavy format. Black cloth with small silver vignette to front cover. Packed full with colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 291283824X. Book itself looks unread. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small tears at corners and some slight scuffing. A nice copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FUNNYBONES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330647
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925039. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few light scoremarks to covers. Contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330617
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Indentation to top edge of rear cover. Some light/faint scoremarks to covers. Foxing throughout. A couple of hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1330587
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. There is some very slight fraying of cloth to spine edges. There are a couple of tiny nicks to top edge of front cover. Discolouration to the rear cover (see picture). Foxing to page margins and textblock. Some hinges slightly cracked but binding still nice and tight. Plates all present and in fine condition.

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