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LOWER CARBONIFEROUS FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS OF THE BORING ORSLEV No. 1, ISLAND OF FALSTER, DENMARK
Written by Olaf Michelsen.
Stock no. 1807792
Published by C.A. Reitzels. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Geological Survey of Denmark II Series No. 98. Text in English and Danish. Green boards. 86 pages + 22 b/w plates. ISBN: 8742106176. SIGNED by author. Corners bumped. Contents fine.

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NO LONGER AN ISLAND
Written by Alfred Gollin.
Stock no. 1605024
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Britain and the Wright Brothers 1902-1909. ISBN: 0434299022. Spine bumped. Top edges dusty. Wrapper edge creased and slightly faded.

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THE FAR ISLAND
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by R. Turvey.
Stock no. 1309281
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1936. Good condition.

Green cloth, brown titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. The authors first book. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small marks to covers. Frontis has been coloured in with felt-tip pens. Heavy foxing throughout. Contained in photocopy wrapper.

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NO LONGER AN ISLAND
Written by Alfred Gollin.
Stock no. 2108896
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Britain and the Wright Brothers 1902-1909. ISBN: 0434299022. Some browning to cover edges. Binding is starting to become a little weak. Wrapper has large closed tear to base of spine; creased with nicks to corners.

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MEMOIRS ON REMAINS OF ANCIENT DWELLINGS, IN HOLYHEAD ISLAND
Written by William Owen Stanley.
Stock no. 2107247
Published by James Bain. 1871. Very good condition.

Mostly of circular form, called Cyttiau'r Gwyddelod, Explored in 1862 and 1868. Green covers, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear to cover edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few grubby margin marks. Foxing.

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HAUNTED ISLAND
Written by Isabel M. Peacocke.
Stock no. 1106718
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Beige decorated cloth. B/w plates. Covers are marked, with some wear. Some foxing. Tear, with a little loss to one page margin.

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DEMON ISLAND
Written by Cecil R. Baldock. Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton.
Stock no. 2105286
Published by George Newnes Limited. 2nd 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Bannister twins know how to look after themselves and they need all their resourcefulness when they are kidnapped and taken to Demon Island . Light brown boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. Tower House Series. 128 pages. Corners are bumped. Some marks to covers. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Some foxing. Wrapper is price-cut, heavily foxed, with edge-tears and chips; a little loss and some creasing.

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WIGWAM ISLAND
Written by Elinore Havers. Illustrated by Phyllis Ladyman.
Stock no. 1804586
Published by Country Life. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Brown boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Covers unevenly faded and grubby. Front joint cracked. Foxing to outer page edges.

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JAPHET & CO. ON ARKUB ISLAND
Written by J.F. Horrabin. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 1704360
Published by News Chronicle. 1931. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial red front board. Colour & b/w illustrations. Edges bumped with some cracking to surface paper. Pages browned. A few pinholes to a couple of pages.

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THE BIRD FAUNAS OF AFRICA AND ITS ISLANDS
Written by R.E. Moreau.
Stock no. 1803547
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and maps. Discussing the ecology and distribution of birds throughout the African continent. Price-cut wrapper is browned, faded at spine and grubby.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CAPE CLEAR ISLAND
Written by J.T.R. Sharrock. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1803389
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1973. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cape Clear Island, the most southerly point of Ireland, apart from the nearby Fastnet Rock, has been the site of a bird obsservatory since 1959. This account of the island, it flora and fauna, its inhabitants and history is weighted in favour of the birds since the island offers much of exceptional ornithological interest. Mottled blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w sketches. 207 pages. ISBN: 085661002X. A fine copy in a blue wrapper which is rubbed at edges and corners, a little scuffed and has a small closed tear to top of front edge of spine.

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GOBLIN ISLAND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 386401
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Red decorated cloth with pictorial onlays to spine and front cover. 5 colour plates (including title-page). 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit grubby and soiled. Front free-endpaper removed. Foxing and some grubby marks to contents but generally clean.

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