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THE WEATHERCOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1501939
Published by University of London Press. 1946. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 12 stories. 128 pages Corners bumped. A little fading to some cover edges and top and bottom of spine. A couple of small marks to covers. Some foxing to endpapers, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine. Rear panel is very grubby, spine is darkened. Clear cover has been taped to inside of dustwrapper.

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SEA & COAST FISHING
Written by F.G. Aflalo.
Stock no. 1808197
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black title and illustration to front. Top edge gilt. 228 pages including index plus adverts to rear. Spine browned, a few marks to boards. Front hinge split but binding tight. A few hinges pulled. A few grubby marks to contents. Overall a good working copy.

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SKETCHES OF BRITISH SPORTING FISHES
Written by John Watson.
Stock no. 1808195
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1890. Good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 143 pages. Front board badly dampstained. Front endpaper missing. Name & address to endpapers. A few grubby marks to contents. One or two hinges pulled. A good working copy.

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BIRDS OF DERBYSHIRE
Written by R.A. Frost.
Stock no. 1808187
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive book on Derbyshire's birds. Blue & white mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 182 pages including index. ISBN: 090348546X. Corners lightly worn. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper lightly browned.

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THE BIRDS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Austen Dobbs.
Stock no. 1808181
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Austen Dobbs for the Trent Valley Bird Watchers. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 226 pages including index. ISBN: 0071536870. Small mark to bottom edge of rear board. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE
Written by M.C. Radford.
Stock no. 1808180
Published by Longmans. 1st 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, dark blue title block with silver title to spine. B/w photos. 212 pages including index. Price-cut wrapper is browned, grubby and slightly faded at spine with a little edge-wear.

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OLD CRUMLIN TO PONTYMISTER IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Brian Collins; Terry Powell.
Stock no. 2112229
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807474. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is unevenly browned and edge-creased, with a few small nicks.

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WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA, AND AFTER PRETORIA: THE GUERILLA WAR (4 VOLUME SET)
Written by H.W. Wilson.
Stock no. 2112218
Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited. Circa 1901. Good condition.

A History of the Boer War 1899-1900. Very large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations. This set comprises of the 2 copies of With the Flat and the 2 supplement volumes of After Pretoria; all uniform to each other. Heavy! All spines are faded and browned, with some wear. Differing amounts of damp staining to covers and pages internally. Still a good working set.

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OUT OF THE ARK BOOKS
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 2112212
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Boxed set of 6 think cardwrap books. Colour & b/w illustrations. Titles are: Teddy's New Job; Wally the Kangaroo; Grunty the Pig; Jenny the Giraffe; Ham and the Egg; Jimmy The Baby Elephant. Some wear to cover edges and spines. A few grubby marks. Contents have kept very nicely - protected by box. Nice and bright. Box is in fair-good condition - has been heavily repaired to edges with magic tape; Large tear to one edge of top of box. Still a cute set of Hulme Beaman illustrated books.

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SACRED HISTORY IN FAMILIAR DIALOGUES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by H. Neale.
Stock no. 2112209
4th 1817. Almost very good condition.

For the instruction of youth: with maps. To which is added, the history of the Jews, from the time of Nehemiah to the destruction of Jerusalem. Fourth Edition. Brown leather with small raised bands to spine. Gilt decorations and borders. Scuffing to covers, with some wear to edges; couple of splits to spines. A few ink stamps to prelims. Page browning and some foxing. There are some red ink annotations to two of the maps and a light red stain to map of The Travels of the Apostle Paul. Still a very good set for its age.

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30 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN PASSENGER ROAD TRANSPORT
Written by Walter Dowding.
Stock no. 2112203
Published by Red & White. 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Red & White Group of Omnibus companies 1919-1949. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w photos. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a couple of small edge-tears - browning to couple of edges.

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A CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA
Written by Emil K. Urban; Leslie H. Brown.
Stock no. 2112201
Published by Haile Sellassie I University. 1971. Very good condition.

Limited to 2000 copies. Cardwraps. 143 pages including index. Creasing to cover edges and corners. Some browning.

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