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SONGBIRD STORY
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jill Dow.
Stock no. 1329012
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two songbirds soar among the leaves and branches, filling the woods with their singing. Then along comes the birdcatcher with his traps.... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0711207186. Spine is faded else a fine copy.

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HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUNG BIRDS
Written by Eric Pochin. Illustrated by Eric Pochin.
Stock no. 1328780
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. Beige boards with brown title and vignette to front. 124 delightful colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped, very slightly grubby with a few spots to front panel.

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THE BIRDS WHO FLEW BEYOND TIME
Written by Anne Baring. Illustrated by Thetis Blacker.
Stock no. 1328651
Published by Barefoot Books Ltd.. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A magical retelling of the classic 12th century allegory "The Conference of The Birds". Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 40 pages. Fabulous colour illustrations. ISBN: 189800000X. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit rubbed at corners and spine ends.

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THE BOOK OF BABY BIRDS
Written by W. Gilhespy. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1328417
Published by T. Nelson & Sons; T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1st 1933. Good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth. 16 beautiful colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some light foxing.

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THE BIRD BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Roland Green.
Stock no. 1328329
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1929. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. 4 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. An informative bird book for children. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Slight loss of surface paper damage to top spine corner of rear board. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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KIOU THE OWL
Written by Vassilissa. Illustrated by Romain Simon.
Stock no. 1324305
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st UK 1982. Very good condition.

Pere Castor Books. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0233975055. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A-/ written in biro to front pastedown. A few light marks to rear endpapers. Contents clean.

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CUCKOO
Written by Lida; Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Rojan.
Stock no. 1324304
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Good condition.

Pere Castor's Wild Animal Books no. 8. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour lithographs. Text by Lida, translated by Fyleman. Fifth impression. Name and address in pencil inside front cover. Foxing to contents. Page corner tips creased. Covers edge worn and grubby. Both flaps are torn at folds to lower 2"

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BIRDS OF THE VILLAGE
Written by James Fisher. Illustrated by P.F. Millard.
Stock no. 1323945
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 20. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Initials in ink to front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxing. Remains of a label to inside of front cover. Small chip to lower edge of front cover and a tiny nick to same area of first page (no loss there). Some light fingering else a clean copy.

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THE TALE OF THE FAITHFUL DOVE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323617
Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Inc.. 1st USA 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Beige cloth with blue titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. A few small damp(?) spots to top edge of rear cover. Front endpapers are browned. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with minimal loss at spine and corners. Wrapper is brpwned, particularly to spine. A nice copy of the first edition, first issue, USA edition.

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THE PIGEON ACE
Written by Enid Marx. Illustrated by Enid Marx.
Stock no. 1323524
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to covers. Foxing to contents. One page has a large tear and crease, two others have small tears. Still a nice copy of a scarce book.

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PENDENNIS THE PELICAN
Written by Eric Joysmith. Illustrated by Eric Joysmith.
Stock no. 1323477
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red cloth, cream title and illustration to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers partly browned. Child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Front joint is partly cracked at top and bottom. Some hinges cracked.

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