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TRAVEL DIARIES OF A NATURALIST (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329190
Published by Collins. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Miranda Weston-Smith. Each volume covering different regions. Blue boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. Each volume is a first edition, published 1983, 1985 and 1987 respectively. Spines slightly bumped. Dustwrapper spines are sunned and edges are slightly rubbed.

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HOW TO SEE INSECTS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329189
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. Black titles and small vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and cover edges browned. Lower front corner bumped. Top 2" of front free-endpaper has been neatly cut out. Some light foxing to contents. Remains of dustwrapper is tucked into the back of the book (the wrapper is in two pieces and the spine is missing).

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GOOD COMRADES
Written by Felix Salten. Illustrated by Bob Kuhn.
Stock no. 1329185
Published by Transatlantic Arts Limited. 1944. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Translated by Paul R. Milton. Grey cloth, black titles. B/w text illustrtations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fading to cover edges and some slight damp(?) staining to top corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with slight loss and grubby to rear panel.

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BENJAMIN BOUNCES BACK
Written by Alan Baker. Illustrated by Alan Baker.
Stock no. 1329184
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Benjamin might have saved himself a lot of trouble if he'd got his glasses changed when he realised that he couldn't read the sign on the door (which said No Entry). Pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Oblong format. ISBN: 0233969977. Slight wear to cover edges. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and has a light stain to top edge of rear panel.

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NATURE ABOUNDING
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1329183
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New Edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 384 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is heavily foxed with slight edge chipping. Tiny hold to spine which is also browned.

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THE WILD SWANS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1329181
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Fairy Tale Gems Series. 2 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Other Stories are: The Storks; The Daisy and The Little Match Girl. Spine and corners bumped. Spine darkened, slight marking to cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed and now joint is cracked. Foxing to textblock and endpapers.

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HENRY TREECE C.S. LEWIS BEATRIX POTTER
Written by Margery Fisher; Roger Lancelyn Green; Marcus Crouch.
Stock no. 1329179
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd. 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Bodley Head Monographs. Revised and re-set. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. ISBN: 0370007980. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby, foxing on verso of wrapper.

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LEWIS CARROLL E. NESBIT HOWARD PYLE
Written by Roger Lancelyn Green; Anthea Bell; Elizabeth Nesbitt.
Stock no. 1329178
Published by The Bodley Head. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Bodley Head Monographs. Revised and re-set. Purple boards, gilt title to spine. 219 pages. ISBN: 0370008855. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF WOODLE BEAR
Written by G.E. Breary. Illustrated by G.E. Breary.
Stock no. 1329177
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Woodle was a Fairy King Bear and goes to the Toyshop where he once lived to take back a Girl Bear to Fairyland... Grey cloth with dark red titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some staining to lower edges of covers. Child's inscription in crayon to front pastedown (dated 1946). Light foxing to endpapers. Some light fingering to page margins and a couple of other marks also. Dustwrapper is worn and creased, grubby to rear panel and chipped with slight loss to spine and corners.

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VILLAGE PEOPLE
Written by Paula Yates. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1829382
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A typical year in the country, season by season - from rearing sheep to joining the Women's Institute, from entertaining house guests to a burgeoning relationship with the local vicar. A refreshingly witty view of the eccentrics and eccentricities of English country life. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 230 pages. ISBN: 0316905895. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Couple of minor marks to front board. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and is creased.

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THE SAXON CONQUEST OF SOMERSET AND DEVON
Written by H.M. Porter.
Stock no. 1829381
Published by James Brodie Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's attempt to solve the many obscure problems surrounding the origins of Somerset and Devon. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 87 pages including index. Includes 2 page letter from the author to the recipient. Fading to rear board. Foxing and browning to text block. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears, is a little scuffed and is grubby to rear panel.

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JAN STEWER: A WESTCOUNTRY BIOGRAPHY
Written by Douglas J. Cock.
Stock no. 1829380
Published by Moonraker Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of two people who were almost indivisibly one: A.J. Coles, the creator, and Jan Stewer, the creation. The whole of the west country knew Jan Stewer who was 'one of the most relishing dialect humorists the regions of Britain have ever produced.' This book is both a period piece and an evocative account of a character who was the authentic popular voice of a region. Mustard brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. 103 pages including index. ISBN: 0239001923. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Yellow dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

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