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PARROTS OF THE WORLD
Written by Joseph M. Forshaw. Illustrated by William T. Cooper.
Stock no. 1826749
Published by Blandford Press. 3rd 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Third edition, fully revised. 672 pages. All species of parrots are described and illustrated. Definitive reference work on parrots, including a newly discovered species. Almost 500 birds are magnificently illustrated in colour by Cooper. New plates depict what are now known to be differences between plumage of young and old birds, various colour phases of birds and new groupings. ISBN: 0713721340. Top & tail of spine and lower edges of boards rubbed. Lower corner of boards lightly bumped. Text block a little grubby, small mark to index page 670. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has remains of a label to lower front corner and is a little grubby. Slight cigarette odour present.

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PARROTS OF THE WORLD
Written by Joseph M. Forshaw. Illustrated by William T. Cooper.
Stock no. 1826630
Published by Blandford Press. 3rd 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Third edition, fully revised. 672 pages. All species of parrots are described and illustrated. Definitive reference work on parrots, including a newly discovered species. Almost 500 birds are magnificently illustrated in colour by Cooper. New plates depict what are now known to be differences between plumage of young and old birds, various colour phases of birds and new groupings. ISBN: 0713721340. Top & tail of spine and lower edge of boards rubbed. Text block a little grubby. Damp stain (coffee?) to lower vertical edge of contents (mostly affecting margins and not the illustrations, some crinkling as a result. Dustwrapper a little grubby.

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BRITISH BIRDS OF THE WILD PLACES
Written by J. Wentworth Day. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 2140553
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, dark blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Illustrated with 49 colour illustrations and 18 b/w by Tunnicliffe. 88 pages. A few marks to cover edges. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and nicks; some grubby marks; a little fading.

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THE MORGAN 75 YEARS ON THE ROAD
Written by Ken Hill.
Stock no. 2140282
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713713704. Wrapper is price-cut with some fading to spine.

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HOW BIRDS WORK
Written by Ron Freethy.
Stock no. 2139127
Published by Blandford Press. 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Guide to Bird Biology. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour plates. ISBN: 0713711566. Wrapper has 1" closed tear to one edge and creasing.

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HOW FLOWERS WORK: A GUIDE TO PLANT BIOLOGY
Written by Bob Gibbons. Illustrated by Vanessa Luff.
Stock no. 2139125
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0713712783. Wrapper has 1" closed tear to base of spine.

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LEXICON OF SUCCULENT PLANTS
Written by Hermann Jacobsen.
Stock no. 1823714
Published by Blandford Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Short descriptions, habitats and synonymy of succulent plants other than Cactaceae. First English Edition. Mushroom coloured cloth boards, red and black titles. B/w photos. 664 pages including index. ISBN: 071370652X. Lower edge of boards grubby as is the lower text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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THE UNITED STATES CAVALRY: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Gregory J.W. Urwin. Illustrated by Ernest Lisle Reedstrom.
Stock no. 1820881
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713712198. Endpapers lightly browned. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is neatly covered with clear laminate.

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UNIFORMS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS 1789-1802
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Christopher Warner.
Stock no. 1819675
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes a historical introduction describing the campaigns and causes of the Revolutionary Wars, including Bonaparte's expedition to the Orient... Colour illustrations. 147 pages. ISBN: 0713709367. Book clean but accompanied by a musty odour. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned with a small closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge.

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CELTIC WARRIORS 400BC - 1600AD
Written by Tim Newark. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1818411
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The heroic story of two thousand years of Celtic warfare from four centuries before Christ to the 16th Century. Colour illlustrations. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0713716908.

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TRAMS IN COLOUR SINCE 1945
Written by J. Joyce.
Stock no. 2129069
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tramcars in the British Ilses in the period since the end of the Second World War. Small format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0713705299. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a few small chips along edges.

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THE INDIAN ARMY
Written by Boris Mollo.
Stock no. 1605311
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the Indian army. Colour & b/w illustrations of the more significant uniforms. ISBN: 0713710748. Spine and corners bumped with small split at base of spine. Endpapers browned. Wrapper edge creased and scuffed.

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