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HETEROMORPH: THE RAREST FOSSIL AMMONITES; NATURE AT ITS MOST BIZARRE
Written by Wolfgang Grulke.
Stock no. 1830608
Published by At One Communications. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ammonites dominated the sea before and during the time of the dinosaurs. Some ammonites were large predators not unlike today's giant squid; others small and delicate. Three times during their reign of more than 300 million years ammonites experimented with the most bizarre and startling shell shapes. Now, new technology is revealing the full beauty of these 'heteromorph' ammonites and they have become some of the most desirable and passionately collected natural objects. This is their story... and how they are becoming a bivrant part of 21st century lifestyles, art and design. Large oblong format. Matt black pictorial boards. Colour photos and illustrations. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780992974008. SIGNED by the author to half-title page. Black boards are a little scuffed. Contents are fine. A rare and unusual book!

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HUTCHINSON'S POPULAR BOTANY: THE LIVING PLANT FROM SEED TO FRUIT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by A.E. Knight; Edward Step.
Stock no. 1830607
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Very good condition.

The Fascinating Story of the World's Plants Told in a Popular Manner. Three-quarter red leather bindings. Red cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Red speckled text block. Volume I with 351 b/w photos and illustrations plus 9 coloured plates. Volume II with 370 b/w illustrations and photos plus 9 coloured plates. Light rubbing to leather. A few marks to boards. Browning to edges of pastedowns. Small nibble to vertical edge of front endpaper. Hinges pulled with creasing to volume I. A few minor grubby margin marks. Insect damage to rear joint of both volumes. All colour plates present.

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LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (5 VOLUMES)
Written by Carl W. Blegen; Colin F. Macdonald; Joan Oates; Michael Grant; Jane Taylor.
Stock no. 1830606
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Very good condition.

Five volume set: Troy and the Trojans; Knossos; Babylon; Pompeii & Herculaneum Cities of Vesuvius; and Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans. Light brown cloth with printed illustrations in gilt and black. B/w illustrations, colour plates. Second printing. Spines have caught the sun and faded to a brown/green (only noticeable when removed from the slipcase). Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked but not split.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830605
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Seventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light fading to open edges and a little scuffing.

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AN EMBASSY TO CHINA
Written by Lord Macartney; J.L. Cranmer-Byng; Jonathan Spence. Illustrated by William Alexander.
Stock no. 1830604
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being the journal kept by Lord Macartney during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794. Introduced by Jonathan Spence. Edited by J.L. Cranmer-Byng. Cloth spine with gilt title. Green paper boards with white dragon and lion repeating pattern. Light blue endpapers are maps. Colour illustrations. xviii and 314 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE LITTLE GREY MEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330482
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story about the last gnomes in Britain, their exploration of the Folly Brook and their search for Cloudberry, their long-lost brother who went up the Folly and never returned... Grey cloth, red titles. Enchanting b/w wood-engravings. 200 pages. (The true first edition, as this book was later published with colour plates). Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover at top of spine and top front cover. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn with slight loss to top of spine, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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THE FOREST OF BOLAND LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330481
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. One day a mischievous leprechaun leads a band of followers in an attempt to break up the railway... Humour and excitement is captured with ingenious detail in BB's superb b/w illustrations and colour frontis. Blue pictorial boards. 127 pages. Some light browning to spine edges and some light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed to rear panel and lightly browned to spine.

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TALES FROM CATLAND FOR LITTLE KITTENS
Written by Tabitha Grimalkin. Illustrated by Billings.
Stock no. 1330480
Published by Ticknor, Reed, And Fields. 1852. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Embossed red cloth, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates. 114 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Loss to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper dedicated to Poet Longellow's two sons (Charley & Ernest), Ernest has been neatly crossed out. The inscription is dated 1851, the printed date on the title-page is 1852. Some hinges pulled, some page browning.

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THE WOMBLES
Written by Elisabeth Beresford. Illustrated by Barry Leith.
Stock no. 1330477
Published by Ernest Benn. 2nd 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A lively, entertaining and humourous book, stuffed with ingenious ideas and endearing characters. Yellow/green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Cute b/w illustrations drawn from Ivor Wood's original film puppets. Originally published in 1968 with drawings by Margaret Gordon, this is the second edition. 189 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". ISBN: 0510096824. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and has a small mark to front panel where a label has been removed.

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DUCK ON A POND
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Mary Rose Hardy.
Stock no. 1330476
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tim and Janie rescue a duck from the common pond. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Vignette to front cover. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light stain to base of spine (affecting spine edges of covers). Endpapers partly browned. Small mark to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso.

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TORTY OF WOODEND
Written by Fred J. Speakman. Illustrated by Jill Gaze.
Stock no. 1330475
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Brown mottled boards, silver titles. 93 pages. Story about a very old and wise tortoise. A few b/w drawings to text. ISBN: 0071351731. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to front free-endpaper and some light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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THE FESTIVAL OF CATVILLE
Written by Charles Griffiths.
Stock no. 1330474
Published by Collins. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards, silver title to spine and seagull vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Mr. Marmalade, one of the cleverest cats in Catville and owner of the Marmalade Milk Bar, organises a festival. Spine bumped. Child's name in green felt-tip pen and red ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned and foxed throughout. Price-cut wrapper is a little edge worn.

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