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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135368
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. SIGNED by The Duchess of Rutland to title page. Couple of knocks along cover edges. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF VENEZUELA: PART 1
Written by Andrew F.E. Neild; et al. Illustrated by Bernard D'Abrera.
Stock no. 2135365
Published by Meridian Publications. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. Nymphalidae I (Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae) A Comprehensive guide to the identification of adult Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, and Pieridae. ISBN: 0952765705. Bumping and some scuffing to cover edges/corners. Pale page edge browning. Contents are still excellent!

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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135362
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. SIGNED by The Duchess of Rutland to title page. Wear to cover edges. Indentation marks to covers. Contents are still excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with some fading to couple of edges; large closed tear to top of spine on rear panel.

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THE CRUSTACEA
Written by J.C. Von Vaupel Klein; M. Charmantier-Daures; F.R. Schram; et al.
Stock no. 2135359
Published by Brill. Circa 2014. Almost very good condition.

Revised and updated, as well as extended from the Traite de Zoologie Volume 4 Part B. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9789004264922. Heavy bump with some chipping/nicks to base of spine. Wear to other corners. A few marks to outer page edges, but book still very good.

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THE COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACROLEPIDOPTERA)
Written by Jim Porter.
Stock no. 2135356
Published by Viking. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photographs. ISBN: 0670875090. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to title page. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper has some fading to spine, with grubby marks in places.

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COMMERCIAL ORCHIDS
Written by Lakshman Chandra De; Promila Pathak; A.N. Rao; P.K. Rajeevan; et al.
Stock no. 2135354
Published by De Gruyter Open Ltd. 1ST 2014. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9783110426380. Some knocks along cover edges; corners are bumped. Sticky label to rear cover. Contents are still excellent!

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THE PINEAPPLE: BOTANY, PRODUCTION AND USES
Written by Garth M. Sanewski; Duane P. Bartholonew; Robert E. Paull.
Stock no. 2135352
Published by Cabi. 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9781786393302. A few small slight knocks along cover edges. Contents are still excellent!

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THE HERPETOCULTURE OF LEOPARD GECKOS: TWENTY-SEVEN GENERATIONS OF LIVING ART
Written by Philippe De Vosjoli; Ron Tremper; Roger Klingenberg.
Stock no. 2135348
Published by Advanced Visions Inc.. 2005. Very good condition.

Information on husbandry, veterinary medicine, breeding and vivarium design. Card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0974297127. Some fading to spine. Old price stickers to rear cover.

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THE PAPER DOLL'S HOUSE OF MISS SARAH ELIZABETH BIRDSALL OTIS, AGED TWELVE
Written by Eric Boman.
Stock no. 1822329
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

In 1884 the remarkable Miss Birdie Otis, aged twelve, made an extraordinary paper doll's house in the form of a book. This book replicates that and is presented with press-out dolls and costumes as per the original collection and showcases an astonishingly daring, innate artistry, and is guaranteed to appeal to adults and children alike. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 6 press-out cards presented in back pocket. ISBN: 9780500650417. Rear board slightly grubby, small tear to lower edge of rear board. Contents fine.

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GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Written by Geraldine J. Casper.
Stock no. 1822328
Published by The Art Institue Of Chicago. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Since their invention in the last century, spherical glass paperweights have fascinated viewer and collector alike. This book is an introduction to the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, which includes over fourteen hundred paperweights in the Arthur Rubloff Collection, on of the finest in the world. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0810933632. Small bump to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and lightly edge-creased across top.

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MANCHESTER: MAPPING THE CITY
Written by Terry Wyke; Brian Robson; Martin Dodge.
Stock no. 1822304
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2018. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Manchester is one of the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can also claim to be the first post-industrial city. The historic maps and unpublished plans in this book chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester and its conurbation. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w maps throughout. ISBN: 9781780275307. A fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and very slightly grubby.

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LONDON TRANSPORT SINCE 1963
Written by Michael H.C. Baker.
Stock no. 1822295
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711024812. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of tiny closed tears to lower edge.

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