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HETEROPTERA: THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE OTHER, OR IMAGES OF A MUTATING WORLD
Written by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger.
Stock no. 1327294
Published by Scalo Zurich. 1st UK 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 3908247314. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Contents fine.

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THE LEEK & MANIFOLD VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by Robert Gratton.
Stock no. 1827695
Published by Rcl Publications. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The railway ran for just over eight miles through one of the most beautiful valleys in Staffordshire. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0953876373. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, half-title page and last page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and has some foxing to verso (not visible to front).

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THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by Robert Gratton; Stuart R. Band.
Stock no. 1827694
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of this idyllic Derbyshire narrow gauge railway, a two foot gauge line just over seven miles long, which used to run from Clay Cross to the nearby village of Ashover. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 090686772X. Base of spine has shelf wear. Boards a little dusty. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and half-title page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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DHOWS TO DELTAS
Written by Renato 'Sonny' Levi; Erroll Bruce; et al.
Stock no. 1327293
Published by Nautical Publishing Company. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Written by on e of the most stimulating personalities in high speed boat design, this book is part autobiography, partly an intriguing account of the author's design experience, and finally a section dealing iwith the theoretical and practical considerations underlying the design of fast craft, leading to imaginative thinking about speed and the future. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0245599568. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light scratch mark to front cover. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners and slightly browned to spine.

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THE MAN WHO DIED
Written by D.H. Lawrence. Illustrated by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 1827693
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A novel. Large, slim format. Beige cloth spine with gilt title. Marbled boards. Pages untrimmed. 10 full page woodcuts. Light bump to top front edge of boards. Scattered foxing throughout. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned , a few minor stains and a crayon mark to front panel.

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THE ARCTIC WHALERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827692
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 483 pages. The amazing life of the whale hunters. ISBN: 085174107x. Top & tail of spine and corners of boards lightly rubbed. Coffee (?) stain to top edge of text block (not awful). Some pencil annotation to margins (a line highlighting a paragraph), Rear pastedown map has pencil writing in margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couplle of small edge-chips and is grubby, rear panel is creased, small tear to top edge.

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THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827691
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

TNew Edition. The Emigrant Ships, The Wool Clippers, The Iron Clippers and The New Zealand Trade. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations and plans. 384 pages includes index. Boards clean and bright. Text block just slightly browned & grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and has a few closed edge-tears (no loss).

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BUTTERFLIES (NN 1)
Written by E.B. Ford.
Stock no. 1827690
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth covers. 368 pages. 56 colour photos, 24 black and white plates, 32 distribution maps, and 9 other diagrams. A fascinating volume. Boards clean. Text block browned and a little grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown is mostly hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, a little rubbed at spine edges, tiny chip and minor creasing to top of spine, spine is very lightly faded, couple of tiny closed tears to lower edge of rear panel. Overall a very nice example.

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PRINTING WILDLIFE: APPROACHES TO WILDLIFE PRINTMAKING
Written by Lisa Hooper.
Stock no. 1327292
Published by Langford Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Wildlife Art Techniques 2. Cardwraps. 135 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781904078692. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed otherwise a fine copy.

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ERIC THE WILD CAR
Written by John Sheridan. Illustrated by Malcolm Livingstone.
Stock no. 1327291
Published by Marshall Cavendish Children's Books Limited. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to every page with text below. ISBN: 0856855138. Spine and corners bumped. Remains of a small label to rear cover, also a few small marks to front cover. Foxing to first few and last few pages, musty smell to contents.

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THE MASTER BLADESMITH: ADVANCED STUDIES IN STEEL
Written by Jim Hrisoulas.
Stock no. 1327290
Published by Paladin Press. 2010. Very good condition.

An advanced study on steel for experienced bladesmiths anxious to perfect their forging skills and knowledge. Cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781581605433. Covers slightly edge rubbed, crease to lower corner of front cover.

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GOOSE POPULATIONS OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC: A REVIEW OF STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION
Written by Jesper Majbom Madsen; Gill Cracknell; Tony Fox.
Stock no. 1327289
Published by National Environmental Research Institute. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 343 pages. B/w photos, diagrams and maps throughout. ISBN: 8777724372. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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