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TELLING ON THE TROUT
Written by Edward Ringwood Hewitt.
Stock no. 1329303
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1st 1926. Fair condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. viii and 166 pages. Covers are badly damp stained. Spine and corners bumped. Page browning to endpapers, foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, browned to spine and lower half of spine is missing.

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AN ANGLER'S ENTOMOLOGY
Written by J.R. Harris.
Stock no. 1329302
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. New Naturalist reprint series. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1870630499. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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PRACTICAL FLY-TYING
Written by T.R. Henn. Illustrated by T.R. Henn.
Stock no. 1329300
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Practical hints, recipes and dressings. Green cloth, silver title to spine. 127 pages. 3 b/w photos, 137 b/w drawings. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge worn and browned to spine.

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FLY-FISHING: SOME NEW ARTS AND MYSTERIES
Written by J.C. Mottram.
Stock no. 1329299
Published by The Derrydale Press. Circa 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Limited Edition facsimile of 2500 copies. Fly Fisherman's Gold series (volume XXI). B/w drawings and diagrams. Adverts to front and rear. 272 pages (all edges gilt). 9.25 x 6.25". Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

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DIGGING FOR HITLER: THE NAZI ARCHAEOLOGISTS SEARCH FOR AN ARYAN PAST
Written by David Barrowclough.
Stock no. 1829538
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A deep evaluation of the practices and beliefs of the SS-Ahnenerbe and similar Nazi groups, revealing the myriad frauds committed by individuals seeking a moral justification for categorically indefensible acts. A gripping journey into the warped minds within the Third Reich, stratching from the mythical lost world of Atlantis to the mountains of Tibet. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781555002. A lovely copy.

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A SUMMER ON THE TEST
Written by John Waller Hills. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings.
Stock no. 1329298
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 3rd 1941. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth. B/w illustrations. 3rd edition. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and spine browned. "Royal Naval War Libraries" ink stamp to front pastedown. Some small marks to textblock and page browning throughout.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329296
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert & chums watching large ball coming down from the sky. The last Rupert annual to include Magic Paintings. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover very slightly warped. No names or inscriptions. Price cut. Magic paintings done, two paintings partially touched and one untouched. Some foxing to textblock.

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MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley; Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1329294
Published by Collins. Circa 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Still in original shrinkwrap (which is split in places). Top corners are bumped.

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THE ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA AT CASTLE COPSE, GREAT BEDWYN
Written by Eric Hostetter; Thomas Noble Howe; et al.
Stock no. 1829536
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume presents the results of a systematic study of the ruins of the large Roman courtyard villa at Castle Copse, located near the village of Great Bedwyn, in southwest England. Edited by Hostetter and Howe with contributions by many others. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxiv and 550 pages including index. ISBN: 0253328020. Spine is slightly concave. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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MARK GERTLER
Written by Sarah Macdougall. Illustrated by Mark Gertler.
Stock no. 1829534
Published by John Murray (publishers) Ltd.. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biogaphy of the Jewish artist Mark Gertler. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations & b/w photos. xv and 398 pages including index. ISBN: 0719557992. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn and corresponding wear to dustwrapper spine. Minor dint to lower edge of a few page margins. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is also scuffed to rear panel.

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JON EKEROLD: THE PRIVATEER
Written by Jon Ekerold.
Stock no. 1829533
Published by Text & Technik Verlag. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

This is the story of one man's struggle to reach the pinnacle of his sport of motorcycle racing. Besides his own personal tale, he also provides a fascinating insight into an era that was probably the most dangerous period in the sport. Limited numbered edition of 4000 copies. Pictorial glazedd boards. Colour & b/w photos. 190 pages. ISBN: 3932563212. SIGNED by the author and motorcycle racer (with personalised dedication) to front endpaper. Copy 518 of 4000. A very nice copy.

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THE WORLD HITLER NEVER MADE: ALTERNATE HISTORY AND THE MEMORY OF NAZISM
Written by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld.
Stock no. 1829528
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of alternative histories. What if the Nazis had triumphed in World War II? What if Hitler had escaped Berlin for the Jungles of Latin America in 1945? What if Hitler had become a successful artist instead of a politician? This pioneering study explores why such counterfactual questions on the subject of Nazism have proliferated in recent years within Western popular culture. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii and 524 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521847063. Light wear to spine. Text block and endpapers a little grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, has the remains of a label to base of spine and another label to lower end of rear panel.

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