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ROMANY WOOD
Written by Beshlie; David Walser. Illustrated by Beshlie.
Stock no. 1328644
Published by Hart-Davis Educational Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beshlie lives the life of a gypsy, roaming the countryside in a caravan and studying nature at first hand. She transfers her observations into pictures which are an absolute delight. Pale green boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7.5 ins. ISBN: 029812047X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale browning to page edges. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE LONELY TEDDY
Written by Barbara Jo Sullivan Holst. Illustrated by Diane Elson.
Stock no. 1328643
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437513157. Some light browning to spine and spine edges. Light foxing to endpapers.

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IN SEARCH OF UNICORNS
Written by Susannah York. Illustrated by Wendy Hall.
Stock no. 1328641
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340179333. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light vertical marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and top edge of textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and discoloured to rear panel.

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SIMPSON'S FLORA OF SUFFOLK
Written by Francis W. Simpson.
Stock no. 1828956
Published by Suffolk Naturalists' society. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. xiv and 537 pages including index. ISBN: 0950815403. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with very slight fading to spine (hardly noticeable).

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EVIE AND THE MAN WHO HELPED GOD
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1328640
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 184270219X.

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IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328639
Published by Viking. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tale full of action and absurdity, pirates, parrots and chocolate cake... Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670846201. Base of spine very slightly bumped.

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THE LIFE OF BIRDS
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328638
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wonderfully acute observations of how birds behave become a commentary - kindly, but penetrating - on human nature. The pictures in this book are bigger, broader, and more sombre, but no less lively than Blake's much-loved and hugely admired children's book illustrations. Oblong format. Lilac cloth, black title to spine. 59 pages. ISBN: 038560985X. Small mark to top corner of front panel of wrapper.

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DISTRIBUTION OF BRYOPHYTES IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by M.F.V. Corley; M.O. Hill.
Stock no. 1828954
Published by British Bryological Society. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

A census catalogue of their occurrence in Vice-Counties. Brown card wraps. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 095076390X. Light creasing to front cover. Contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF ANGUS (FORFAR, V.C. 90)
Written by Ruth Ingram; Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1828953
Published by Dundee Museum & Art Gallery. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis. 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0900344458. Spine & top rear edge lightly browned, front cover has a few minor foxspots, spine is lightly creased from reading wear. Lower front corner bumped, giving rise to lightly creased lower corner of contents. Contents clean.

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ANIMALS WE USE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1328636
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worna nd grubby, spine faded. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown.

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MY BIRTHDAY PARTY
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by F.G. Lewin.
Stock no. 1328635
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers held together at spine with clear tape. Covers chipped at edges with loss to top corner of rear cover. Covers slightly grubby and first page grubby to top margin. Centre pages detached from staples. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

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