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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 2139675
Published by Oxford University Press. 1940. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown/orange boards with dark brown titles and decorations. Colour frontis + 6 b/w plates. 1" thick, with 2 ** to half-title page. Reprint. Spine and edges are faded. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some page margins marks. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; damp stained to spine; a few small bits of loss; some grubby marks.

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A ROMP WITH CARP
Written by Albert Romp.
Stock no. 2139671
Published by Rompford Publications. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of experiences carp fishing. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951988700. Small knocks to base of spine and a few corners. Page edge browning. Front endpaper and some prelim pages are edge-creased. Uneven browning to wrapper.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHETLAND (NN 64)
Written by R.J. Berry; J.L. Johnston.
Stock no. 2139669
Published by Collins. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of Shetland's plants and animals. Colour and b/w photos. New Naturalist No. 64. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0002190419. A few pale foxspots to endpapers and outer page edges; browned. Wrapper has light edge-creasing; rear flap is creased.

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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE GRAYLING
Written by Ronald Broughton.
Stock no. 2139667
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour photos to front. Revised and expanded edition. Originally published in 1989 as Grayling: the Fourth Game Fish. ISBN: 0709064233. Some light bumping/wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; some fading to spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2139664
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1994. Nearly fine condition.

A limited and numbered collectors edition of the 1942 Rupert book - the most scarce of all the Rupert annuals due to wartime paper shortages. Colour pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 1874507252. Spine is faded with tiny nicks to top and tail. Contents are fine. Slip case is near fine. Copy No. 3108.

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LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 2139663
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The fifth book in the Lone Pine series. This is Jenny's Harman's story. Her desire to possess an old spoon which she found on a junk-tray in Bishop Castle's market laid the foundation of another great adventure for the Lone Piners. Beige cloth, red titles and pine tree vignette. Endpaper maps. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Bumping and mark to base of spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper with some transfer across to half-title page. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and some chips; a little loss; tape repair to base of spine; some marks.

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ADVANCES IN ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY
Written by David J. Hunt; Khuong B. Nguyen.
Stock no. 1323007
Published by Brill. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 12. Glazed boards. xv + 438 pages. B/w photos, tables and diagrams. ISBN: 9789004285330. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fingermarks to textblock else contents fine.

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BRAZILIAN SAND FLIES
Written by Elizabeth F. Rangel; Jeffrey J. Shaw.
Stock no. 1323004
Published by Springer. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

Biology, Taxonomy, Medical Importance and Control. The first english-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. xviii + 494 pages. B/w diagrams, some colour photos. Green glazed boards. ISBN: 9783319755434. Some slight bumping and wear to corners. Contents fine.

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BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION USING UMBRELLA SPECIES
Written by Futoshi Nakamura.
Stock no. 1323003
Published by Springer. Nearly fine condition.

Blakiston's Fish Owl and the Red-crowned crane. Ecological Research Monographs series, edited by Nakamura. Glazed boards. ISBN: 9789811072024. Corners bumped else fine, still in original shrinkwrap.

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ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BATS IN VILLAGES AND TOWNS
Written by Matthias Simon; Sandra Huttenbugel; Janna Smit-Viergutz; Peter Boye.
Stock no. 1323002
Published by Bundesamt Fur Naturschutz. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

A report of the results of research around the town of Marburg. Pink cardwraps. 263 pages plus xvi. Charts, diagrams, tables and some colour photographs throughout. ISBN: 3784336191. Covers are slightly edge rubbed and grubby with some fading. Some page corner tips creased. Contents otherwise fine.

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THE NATURE OF BARBEL
Written by Nick Giles; Chris Yates.
Stock no. 1323001
Published by Perca Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cardwraps. Foreword by Chris Yates. Colour photos and some b/w illustrations. 176 pages. Helping us to more clearly appreciate and understand the fish. ISBN: 0954323904. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. A few slightly sticky marks to rear cover.

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HERMY - THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1322998
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Peach coloured cloth with gilt titles. Plain endpapers. B/w illustrations. 248 pages plus 32 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and covers edge rubbed. Some slight fading to cover edges. Name in ink to half title-page. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Some grubby fingermarks and light foxing but contents generally clean.

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