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THE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer; Percy Mackaye. Illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.
Stock no. 2130745
Published by E. Grant Richards. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Dark red cloth with gilt titles. Small pictorial onlay to top of front cover. A Modern Rendering into Prose of The Prologue and Ten Tales. 6 colour plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading, with some marks to spine and rear cover. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present.

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NEW PICTURES IN OLD FRAMES
Written by Gertrude M. Bradley; Amy Mark. Illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley.
Stock no. 2130744
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Mark + Moody Limited. 1894. Good condition.

Large format. Blue boards with gold titles and decorations. Being a Book of Verse for Girls & Boys. Written in Old French Forms. B/w illustrations. Uneven browning/fading to covers. 1.5" loss to paper cover at base of spine; 1" loss to top. Bumping and wear, with some chipping to corners and cover edges. Foxing is heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges and last few pages. 2" closed tear to half-title page.

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BIRDS OF THE WORLD: A CHECKLIST
Written by James F. Clements.
Stock no. 1817600
Published by Pica Press. 5th 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

5th Edition. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. No illustrations present. ISBN: 1873403933. Light rubbing to board and spine edges. Text block grubby & browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

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BIRDS OF KENYA & NORTHERN TANZANIA (HELM FIELD GUIDES)
Written by Dale A. Zimmerman; Donald A. Turner; David J. Pearson.
Stock no. 1817598
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Over 1,100 species covered, 124 colour plates plus line drawings, over 800 distribution maps, comprehensive, succinct and informative text for easy field use. Cardwraps. 576 pages including index. ISBN: 0713650796. Covers browned, text block a little grubby. Rear cover has a light diagonal crease. Contents clean.

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LYNN CHADWICK
Written by William Packer. Illustrated by Lynn Chadwick.
Stock no. 1817594
Published by Gallery Pangolin. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Large format, cardwraps. Exhibition catalogue 7 May to 29 October 2004. Covers a little grubby and bumped to lower front edge.

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FAIRFIELD: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A COMMUNITY 1639-1989
Written by Thomas J. Farnham.
Stock no. 1817587
Published by Phoenix Publishing. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An American history of one of New England's oldest towns in Connecticut. Grey cloth spine with gilt title, dark grey sides with gilt title and blocked design to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 0914659375. Text block a little grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few small closed tears, minor surface paper loss to spine.

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ADVENTURES IN MAGIC LAND AND OTHER TALES
Written by Dorothy Black. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1817583
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine. Red pictorial front board. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Cloth spine faded and marked. Boards rubbed at edges and grubby. Frontis glue to front pastedown. Some neat colouring. Contents browned and a few foxspots present.

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FURTHER TALES OF MR PENGACHOOSA
Written by Caroline Rush. Illustrated by Peter Rush; Caroline Rush.
Stock no. 1817581
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The redoubtable Mr Pengachoosa finds himself in fanciful situations quite unsuited to hamsters in general, but than, of course, he isn't a 'general' sort of hamster at all... Each story is founded in the real world of a girl and her pet hamster and each returns to it after considerable flights of fancy... Pink boards, gilt title to spine and vignette of hamster to front board. B/w illustrations. A little loss to margin of gutter edge of front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown hidden by the front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and yellowing tape to verso at edges.

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THE MITTEN
Written by Jan Brett. Illustrated by Jan Brett.
Stock no. 2130734
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Ukranian Folktale adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 039921920X. Reprint. American edition.

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NOAH AND THE DEVIL
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130732
Published by Clarion Books. 1st USA 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Legend of Noah's Ark from Romania. ISBN: 0618117547. Wrapper has small nicks to a couple of corners.

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STEAM ON THE WESTERN REGION 1971 TO 2005
Written by Roger Siviter.
Stock no. 2130728
Published by Great Bear Publishing. 1st 2006. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0954115066. Some bumping and light scuffing to covers.

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BR STEAM IN ACTION
Written by Roger Siviter.
Stock no. 2130727
Published by Great Bear Publishing. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780954115081.

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