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THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES
Written by Jean M. Auel.
Stock no. 1809787
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

6th book in the Earth's Children Series. ISBN: 9780340824252. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE GIANT, THE DWARF AND THE WHISTLING BIRD
No author listed. Illustrated by V. Edgecombe Jenkins.
Stock no. 1809779
Published by The Featherstone Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small, slim format (5.5 x 4.25"). Pictorial paperwraps. Full-page colour illustrations. Contains a short story told in verse and other childrens verse. Covers lightly creased and scuffed. Staples rusty. Front hinge pulled but binding still tight. Generally a clean copy.

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MASTERS OF THE SEA
Written by Roger Quarm; Scott Wilcox.
Stock no. 1809761
Published by Phaidon Press. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A survey of the marine watercolour, from its origins in the seventeenth century to the fresh and fluent seascapes of the early twentieth century. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0714824909. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON
Written by J. Ewing Ritchie.
Stock no. 1712933
Published by Tinsley Brothers. 1869. Very good condition.

Gilt title to spine, vignette and border to front cover. Covers scuffed. A little foxing.

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JOHN O'LONDON'S CHILDREN'S LIBRARY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1313914
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Four volumes: Tales From the Arabian Nights; The Knights of the Round Table; Tales of Ancient Greece; Tales of Robin Hood. Each edited by Enid Blyton. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Those in "Knights" illustrated by Robinson. Each volume has red covers with black titles. Slight bumping to spine and a little rubbing to cover edges. Colouring to the b/w illustrations. Dustwrappers are edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine of "Knights", tears to "Arabian Nights" but generally bright and clean. Contained in a slipcase (custom made?) which is slightly worn.

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WASSILI UND HANS LUCKHARDT BAUTEN UND ENTWURFE
Written by Udo Kultermann.
Stock no. 2114991
Published by Ernst Wasmuth. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos, also b/w diagrams of the architects' Wassili and Hans Luckhardt work. 'Wrapper' is wrapped around and stuck as part of main book. Some scuffing and edge chipping. Page edge browning.

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BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES A CRITICAL STUDY
Written by J.H. Woodger.
Stock no. 2114984
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth; gilt title to spine. A few light marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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FLORA DE MALLORA (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Francesc Bonafe Barcelo.
Stock no. 2114978
Published by Editorial Moll. 1977. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown leatherette; gilt titles to spines, vignettes to front. Numerous b/w photos throughout. Text in SPANISH! Split to side of spine on Volume I. Grubby marks and some foxing to covers and pages of some volumes.

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NOTITIA VENATICA A TREATISE ON FOX-HUNTING
Written by Robert T. Vyner; William C.A. Blew. Illustrated by Henry Aiken; et al..
Stock no. 2114975
Published by John C. Nimmo. 1892. Fair condition.

Embracing the General Management of Hounds. A New Edition Revised, Corrected and Enlarged by William C.A. Blew. With 12 hand coloured plates. Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles. There is a library label to the front cover, no other library marks. Spine is worn and faded. Some scuffing to covers. Bumping and wear to edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Hand coloured plates - 1 is MISSING and 4 are detached, but still present. Foxing throughout. Some weakness to binding/stitching (including cracked joints). A working copy.

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WIND IN THE REEDS
Written by Philip Wayre.
Stock no. 1712918
Published by Collins. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Everything from herons to otters. B/w photos. SIGNED by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Wrapper grubby.

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THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS
Written by Marie G. Lukens; Ernest J. Grube.
Stock no. 2114965
Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Pale damp marking to edges of some pages.

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THE ARCHITECTURAL OUTSIDERS
Written by Kerry Downes; Roderick Brown.
Stock no. 2114924
Published by Waterstone. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A collection of ten studies of architects whose talent has been eclipsed by figures such as Wren and Lutyens, but whose magnificent buildings for a vital part of our architectural heritage. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0947752048. Bumping and small mark to top of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased, with nick to top of spine and fading to spine.

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