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BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1324227
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 315 pages. Depicting colour illustrations of plants of specific interest. A most attractive and informative book. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and front cover edges. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel, slightly browned to spine with 0.5" loss at top.

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THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF BRITISH WILD FLOWERS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder; Edith Hilder.
Stock no. 1323139
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at spine and corners, is slightly grubby to rear panel and last title listed on rear flap is The Ladybird book of British Wild Animals.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2139679
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 11,000 copies. Reproduction of the 1955 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. This is Copy No. 10959 and still includes original certificate of authenticity. Slip case is near fine - a few light marks/scuffs.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH WILD FLOWERS
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 2139674
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book no. 2. Describing 200 British species with 220 illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Browning to spine and edges. Damp staining to base of spine and to side of corresponding edges and pages internally. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with heavy browning/fading to covers; edge-tears with chips and small pieces of loss; some marks; creased.

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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime. Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2136930
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Small knocks to base of spine. Browning to half-title page and outer page edges, which are also foxed. Wrapper is browned to spine and has closed tear to top; with a few small chips and nicks along edges.

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THE FLORA OF DERBYSHIRE
Written by Alan Willmot; Nick Moyes.
Stock no. 2136676
Published by Pisces Publications. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour maps and photos. ISBN: 9781874357650.

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WILD FLOWERS (NN 5)
Written by John Gilmour; Max Walters.
Stock no. 1823042
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 5. Green cloth, gilt titles. 45 colour photos, 27 b/w photos and 3 line drawings. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, tape mark to top of rear panel, spine & front cover (one mark), top of spine chipped obliterating '5' of the title, and tiny chip to top front edge.

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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime. Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2134984
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Pale foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine with a few foxspots; closed tear to one corner.

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CASSELL'S WILD FLOWERS OF BRITAIN & NORTHERN EUROPE
Written by Christopher Grey-Wilson. Illustrated by Marjorie Blamey.
Stock no. 2134319
Published by Cassell. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Over 2400 wild flowering plants. Colour illustrations. 544 pages. ISBN: 030436214X. Old gold name and address label with a few ink numbers to front endpaper. Contents are excellent! Wrapper is browned to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1319407
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Limited edition of 11,000 copies. Reproduction of the 1955 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly faded. Contained in original slipcase.

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THE FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by A.E. Wade.
Stock no. 1818277
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 2 folding b/w maps. 1174 species listed. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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FLORA OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Written by G.A. Swan.
Stock no. 2128159
Published by The Natural History Society Of Northumbria. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and attractive gilt illustration to front cover. 351 pages. B/w distribution maps. ISBN: 0952078201. SIGNED by author to title page. All 8 overlays are present in rear pocket of book. Wrapper is edge-creased with some fading/browning to spine; a few indentations to rear panel.

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