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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Written by L.A. Manwaring.
Stock no. 1329810
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 40. Describing 86 makes with 344 half-tone photos. Small, light mark to spine edge of rear cover. Contents are bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and a little grubby to rear panel, top corner of front flap neatly cut off.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AUTOMOBILES
Written by L.A. Manwaring.
Stock no. 1329809
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 7th 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Observers No. 21. 7th edition. Edited by Manwaring, foreword by Stirling Moss. Describing 97 makes with over 340 half-tone photographs and numerous line drawings. Blue boards with dark titles. Light damp stain to rear edge of spine. Some light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little faded and edge rubbed with a damp stain affecting the spine and the spine edge of rear panel.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE
Written by John Penoyre; Michael Ryan. Illustrated by John Penoyre; Michael Ryan.
Stock no. 1329805
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 13. Over 250 coloured & b/w illustrations. Revised edition. Small format. Brown boards with black titles. Old tape marks to endpapers. Dustwrapper is bright, just a little edge rubbed.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD FLOWERS
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1329803
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1959. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Observers book No. 2. Small format. Green boards with dark green titles. Describing 200 british species with 220 illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Printer's code is 614.659. Damp staining to edges of wrapper (front and rear and also affecting inside flaps) and also to page edges throughout.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF GARDEN FLOWERS
Written by Arthur King. Illustrated by Joan Lupton.
Stock no. 1329802
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 25. From the larger work The Book of Garden Flowers by G.A.R. Phillips. Small format. Green boards, dark green titles. With 100 colour and 100 half-tone illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Textblock is just a little grubby. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD ANIMALS
Written by Maurice Burton; W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1329798
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book No. 5. Compiled by Stokoe, revised by Burton. Describing 64 species with 72 illustrations, 46 of which are in full colour. Brown boards with dark titles. Minimal bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn, small spot to rear panel.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 2
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329741
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Containing: The Three Jovial Huntsment; Sing a Song For Sixpence; The Queen of Hearts; The Farmer's Boy. Beige pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. Page edges red. 9.5 x 8.25". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small stains to lower edge of front cover. Rear cover is faded. Corners are slightly worn. Page 25/6 of Sing a Song for Sixpence is repaired with tape. Light creasing to front free-endpaper. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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MOTHER NATURE'S QUEER CREATURES
Written by Jane Lucas. Illustrated by Dorothy Fitchew.
Stock no. 1329167
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Mother Nature Books. Cream boards, green titles and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w plates and b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly foxed/browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly foxed on verso.

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WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND BLOSSOMS (3 VOLS)
Written by Edward Step; R.A. Blakelock.
Stock no. 1829276
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Colour plates. B/w photos. B/w text illustrations. New Edition revised by Blakelock. Small format. Series I is bound in lighter green cloth than series II & III. Series I is lightly faded at horizontal edges and is lightly bumped to base of spine. Minor foxing/browning to text blocks. Contents clean. Series I dustwrapper is affected by damp (crinkled and stained to verso). Edges of price-cut dustwrappers lightly worn with minor closed tears, Series II has a small chip to lower edge of front panel, tape repairs to verso.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1329046
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small square format. Pale green cloth with green borders and red titles. Full-page colour pictures, b/w text illustrions. Verses for each day of the year and spaces to write in names. Unused. Some light foxing throughout. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Dustwrapper has had something spilt on the rear panel (covering 99% of the panel) which has gone through to the rear cover and spine of the book.

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ADVENTURES OF A BEAGLE
Written by T.L. McCready. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Stock no. 1329020
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Blue boards. Pictorial colour endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Price cut wrapper is lightly browned on verso and slightly edge rubbed.

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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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