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TEENY-WEENY AND BABY BUNNY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1329060
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A Teeny Weeny Book. Very small format. approx " 2.75 x 3.5". Green paper boards with red spine and yellow titles. Teeny-Weeny is a little girl. B/w text illustrations. Spine is faded and worn with some loss of surface paper at top of spine. Foxing to textblock. Name in ink to top margin of free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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A BAD LITTLE BEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1329059
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Small format (9.5x12cm). Grey boards with pictorial onlay and gold title to front cover. 12 colour plates some small b/w illustrations to margins. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated 1918). Endpapers browned. Foxing and fingering to contents.

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A GUIDE TO FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS
Written by T.T. Macan.
Stock no. 1829262
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine, blind title to front. B/w illustrations. x and 118 pages including index. Spine browned. Edges of boards lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper 'presented to the Conservation Corps by the Publishers Oct '60'. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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A BAR OF SHADOW
Written by Laurens Van Der Post.
Stock no. 1829261
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of Hara, a Japanese sergeant in command of a prisoner-of-war camp. A penetrating and enthralling study of the Japanese mentality, the Japanese myth, as personified by this demonic, naive, brutal, weirdly idealistic sergeant. Small format. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Blue and white design paper boards. 58 pages. Reprint in the first year of publication. Boards lightly browned. Minor foxing present mainly to text block. Contents generally clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and rear panel, foxing to rear panel, corners lightly worn with minor chipping.

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WINTER
Written by C.J. Kaberry. Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329058
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.

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SUMMER
Written by C.J. Kaberry. Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329057
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.

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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1329056
Published by A.R.Mowbray & Co. Ltd. Circa 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of The Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches and the form and manner of making ordaining and consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons". Mowbray's Edition. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 12 colour plates. 244 pages. All edges blue. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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TOURIST'S GUIDE TO GLOUCESTERSHIRE: HILL, VALE, AND FOREST
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 1829260
Published by Edward Stanford. 1896. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Fold-out map to front. 127 pages including index plus local advertisements to rear. 1888 to title page but adverts to rear are dated 1896-97. Boards lightly rubbed at edges. Text block browned. Light browning to contents and a few minor foxspots present.

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BRITISH PLANT NAMES AND THEIR DERIVATIONS
Written by R.J. Harvey-Gibson.
Stock no. 1829258
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

The meaning of plant names. Intended for students' use and not to be regarded as a reference book for experts. Limp boards, grey cloth, black titles. 50 pages. Boards marked and worn at corners. Previous owner names in ink to front endpapers. Rear pastedown beginning to come unstuck from board (edge). Endpapers heavily browned and foxed. Text block browned. Contents generally clean.

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PLAIN JANE
Written by Barbara Softly. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1329055
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Set in the time of the civil war between Charles I and Parliment. Jane and her twin brother find themselves unavoidable drawn into a struggle while helping their father, who is a leading Royalist. Red boards with black titles and vignette to front cover. 256 pages. Some b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped, browned/spotted to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE PHANTOM FISHERBOY
Written by Ruth Ainsworth. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1329054
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1974. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tales of Mystery and Magic. Dark blue boards, metallic pink title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0233965696. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and prelims. Dustwrapper is very browned to rear panel, with small damp stain to top edge and small chip (with loss) to top of spine.

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MARKO'S WEDDING
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 1329053
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Re-tellings of heroic folk poetry from Serbia and of old ballads and a folk tale from England and Scotland. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 111 pages. ISBN: 0233961054. Spine bumped. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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