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DORSET SPORTING RUNS
Written by Rodney Legg; Chris Copson.
Stock no. 1826060
Published by Halsgrove. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Huntsmen writing on hunting through the best of hunting country. Drawing on original and exhilarating accounts, the author presents a fascinating panorama of a Dorset which remained largely unaltered well into the twentieth century. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1841140821. Front joint between board and contents not glued down meaning front board can pull out of place but binding is still tight. Top edge of text block grubby. Corner crease to one or two pages. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly rubbed at corners and lightly creased across top edge.

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LITTLE WHITE HEN
Written by Hajime Kijima. Illustrated by Setsuko Hane.
Stock no. 1325614
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a little white hen who outwits the fox and his cunning tricks. Colourful pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0356025039. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a tiny patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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HUNTING
Written by Duke Of Beaufort; Mowbray Morris. Illustrated by John Sturgess; J. Charlton; G.D. Giles; A.C. Sealy.
Stock no. 1824955
Published by Ashford Press Publishing. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

Badminton Library. Facsimile of the seventh edition with an introductory note by the Eleventh Duke of Beaufort. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0907069169. A few marks and score marks to boards. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1824561
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. A few brown marks to rear board (rust?). Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and is marked to rear panel (rust spots?).

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THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323628
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. A few foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and foxed, chipped to lower front corner with small tear to top front spine edge and name in ink to front panel.

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A HOUSE IN TOWN
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies.
Stock no. 2140272
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1ST 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744507278. Bumping to corners. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE FOX AND THE STAR
Written by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Stock no. 2138835
Published by Particular Books. 1st 2015. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with white titles and decoration. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781846148507. Some wear along spine; title partially worn off.

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THE FOX AND THE STAR
Written by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Stock no. 1322359
Published by Particular Books. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Blue cloth with white titles and decoration. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781846148507. 8th printing. Top edge of covers very slightly dusty.

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THE FOX
Written by Thomas F. Dale; Alfred E.T. Watson. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; G.D. Giles.
Stock no. 2136032
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1906. Very good condition.

Fur, Feather and Fin Series. Pictorial cloth with red titles. 8 b/w plates. A few marks to covers; some bumping to spine. Some foxing and browning.

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SCARLET BLUE AND GREEN
Written by Duncan Fife. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133289
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of sporting verse. Red cloth, gilt titles and fox vignette. 4 colour plates and 25 monochrome illustrations. Cover edges are unevenly faded. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has been 'repaired' with some white pieces added for strength. Marks and browning/fading; some pieces of loss.

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WHITE-EAR AND PETER
Written by Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133287
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier. Sixteen colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges red. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuffs and marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. A few margin marks. One plate is detached.

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THE TALE OF MR. TOD
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2129991
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with green title and pictorial onlay. Colour plates, b/w text illustrations throughout. 93 pages. 5.5 x 4.25". ISBN: 0723206058. Browning to cover edges. Couple of corners are bumped. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine with edge-creasing and some foxing.

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