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FLOWERS OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Oleg Polunin. Illustrated by Oleg Polunin; et al..
Stock no. 1828884
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Almost 3000 species of flowering plants named or described, and keyed. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. xv and 592 pages plus colour plates to rear. ISBN: 0192176269. Vertical crease to spine - reading wear. Base of spine lightly worn with a tiny piece of fraying. Text block browned. Ownership inscription in ink to top of title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and scuffed.

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A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.

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AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CYPRUS
Written by D.E. Viney.
Stock no. 1828879
Published by Koeltz Scientific Books. 1st 1994. Almost very good condition.

A comprehensive and fully illustrated Flora (grasses and sedges excepted). Cardwraps. Colour frontis and b/w line drawings. xxix and 697 pages. ISBN: 3874293645. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to title page. Pictorial cardwraps are a little creased and scuffed. Text block is browned. Joints are pulled but glued spine is tight. Inside front cover has ink scuffing from printing, small mark to frontis. Top corner of contents lightly creased else contents are clean.

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A FLORA OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS
Written by Sylvia M. Haslam; Peter D. Sell; Patricia A. Wolseley.
Stock no. 1828878
Published by Malta University Press. 1st 1977. Good condition.

Blue & white cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. lxxi and 560 pages including index. Coers are edge-rubbed, creased and scuffed. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Hinge is split between pages 194 and 195, page 193/194 detached as a result. Contents are a little grubby to prelims and last few pages otherwise clean.

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GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS AND COCKROACHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by David R. Ragge. Illustrated by H.D. Swain.
Stock no. 1828874
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Burgundy imitation leather boards with gilt titles, gilt vignette to front. 22 colour plates and 130 text figures. Top edge red. Larger format for this series... 8.75" x 6". Includes a companion vinyl record "Songs of the British Grasshoppers & Crickets". Top front corner of board lightly bent. Rubber stamped black symbol to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. One or two light margin marks else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with loss - large piece of loss to top front panel affects the title. Companion record is NOT included (is MISSING).

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THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES SERIES II (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Richard South; H.M. Edelsten; D.S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1828873
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Blue textured boards with gilt titles and vignette. Plain endpapers. Colour and b/w plates. Blue mottling to text block. 379 pages including index. ISBN: 0723200025. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Large black felt-tip label with symbol to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. A few minor foxspots mainly to top margins. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn with a few small chips, foxing to wrapper flaps.

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COLLECTED VERSE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828872
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the Chepstow historian. Limited to 100 copies of which 20 were signed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 112 pages. ISBN: 0950007994. SIGNED & dated by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Front endpaper lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean. Plain light grey dustwrapper is slightly grubby, lightly creased across top edge, and browned to spine.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME ONE
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828871
Published by Monnow Press. 2nd 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. From the earliest times to the Civil War. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950661813. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with a few grubby marks.

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POEMS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828868
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 100 copies. Poems 1927-1987 by the Chepstow historian. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 68 pages. ISBN: 0906134382. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is pulled wide but binding is tight (most likely a binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, a few small marks to rear panel.

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THE TALE OF A WYE FISHERMAN
Written by H.A. Gilbert.
Stock no. 1828866
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The history of the River Wye from a fisherman's point of view, from early times until the abolition of fresh-water netting. Light brown cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. vii and 160 pages including index, plus 8 page Methuen's general literature list to rear. Pale fading to lower edge of boards with some rubbing of edges. Text block is browned and heavily foxed. Some scattered foxing to contents, mainly to margins. Blue dustwrapper is very browned (discoloured) and grubby, spine is scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners worn with a chip to top of spine.

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A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.

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SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828855
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Three pale foxspots to top front edge of spine. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly worn at horizontal edges.

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