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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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JUMPING MOUSE
Written by Brian Patten. Illustrated by Mary Moore.
Stock no. 1807542
Published by The Hawthorn Press. 2nd 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. A folk-tale. Purple pictorial boards and endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781903458990.

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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1916
Written by Elsie Blomfield; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; N. Buchanan; et al..
Stock no. 1310493
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1916. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows girl in red cape carrying holly and ivy followed by elves. Maroon cloth spine. 191 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations throughout, many Wain cats. Covers are edge worn and grubby to rear. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Pencil writing (name and date) to title-page. Contents clean.

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NO LONGER AN ISLAND
Written by Alfred Gollin.
Stock no. 1605024
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Britain and the Wright Brothers 1902-1909. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 478 pages (including index). ISBN: 0434299022. Spine bumped. Top edges dusty. Wrapper edge creased and slightly faded.

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THE COTSWOLDS
Written by Anthea Jones.
Stock no. 2111288
Published by Phillimore. 1997. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Photographs by Glyn Jones. Colour and b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0850338832. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MARY CONTRAIRY
Written by Ethel Talbot.
Stock no. 1401672
Published by Lutterworth Press. Almost very good condition.

Miss Mary Contrairy's house blows away because she does not look after it. This is the story of how she gets it back. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Backstrip is missing. Corners bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is grubby and marked. Bump to bottom of rear edge. Some hinges cracked. Foxing to contents.

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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1401671
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Corners bumped. Spine bumped and rubbed with small split at top. Bottom 2cm of backstrip missing. Covers are grubby with marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink plus small crossing out in ink to front endpaper. Some browning mainly to endpapers. A few foxspots.

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CANADA'S WORLD WAR II ACES
Written by Larry Gray.
Stock no. 2111239
Published by Folklore Publishing. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Heroic Pilots & Gunners of the Wartime Skies. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781894864589. Light wear to cover edges.

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THE ROSEBUD ANNUAL 1917
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; E. Blomfield; G Sidney; et al..
Stock no. 1501369
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1917. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine. Front board shows 2 children on ice-skates, carrying a large kite! With about 200 illustrations, including a few Louis Wain cat illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges rubbed and worn. Rear cover slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Odd margin mark/grubby fingermark. Light browning to pages 148/149. Contents otherwise very good. A nice copy.

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THE ENTERPRISING MR STUBBS
No author listed. Illustrated by George Stubbs.
Stock no. 2111209
Published by Arthur Ackermann. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. A Collection of Engravings for 'The Turf Review' and Other Subjects. B/w and colour illustrations. Some browning.

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THE MARINE AND ESTUARINE FISHES OF SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Written by Barry Hutchins; Martin Thompson.
Stock no. 2111187
Published by Western Australian Museum. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour illustrations. A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. ISBN: 0724497587. Light wear to cover edges.

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CLOUDS OF FEAR
Written by Roger Hall.
Stock no. 1604995
Published by Bailey Brothers and Swinfen Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Containing some of the most vivid descriptions of aerial combat ever written. ISBN: 0561002150. Spine and corners bumped. pale marks to endpapers. Wrapper covered with laminate and reinforced to edges with tape.

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