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STEED OF THE GODS
Written by Anna Fjola Gisladottir. Illustrated by Anna Fjola Gisladottir.
Stock no. 1824745
Published by Skrudda Ehf.. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Photographs of the Icelandic Horse. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Packed full of colour photos. ISBN: 9979772700. Rear board a little scuffed and previous bookseller's label to lower spine corner. Contents clean.

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WHITEHAWK HILL: WHERE THE TURF MEETS THE SURF
Written by David Bangs.
Stock no. 1824741
Published by David Bangs. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A landscape history and natural history of Brighton's most remarkable Downland survival. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations, colour illustrations to centre. ISBN: 0954863801. Light rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine. Sticky ISBN label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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STEED OF THE GODS
Written by Anna Fjola Gisladottir. Illustrated by Anna Fjola Gisladottir.
Stock no. 1324273
Published by Skrudda Ehf.. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Photographs of the Icelandic Horse. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Packed full of colour photos. ISBN: 9979772700. Spine bumped with a light patch of wear at top. Corners slightly rubbed and a small nick to edge of front cover. Contents fine. Barcode label to rear cover.

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THE CHINESE ALLIGATOR ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, CONSERVATION, AND CULTURE
Written by John Thorbjarnarson; Xiaoming Wang.
Stock no. 1324125
Published by The John Hopkins University Press. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprehensive details about the biology, behavior, history, and cultural and conservation significance of the animal thought to be the basis of the Chinese dragon legend. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 265 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780801893483. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly creased at edges and has a neat barcode label to rear panel.

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CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE
Written by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Lalla Ward.
Stock no. 1824403
Published by Viking. 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The combination of perfection and improbablity that is epitomised in the seemingly designed perfection living things. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0670850187. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. B/w plates were stuck together and now prised apart giving surface paper damage and also imprinting of the facing page. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MEET US IN THE GARDEN
Written by Frances Pitt. Illustrated by Stanley Herbert.
Stock no. 1323770
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black and white scraperboard illustrations. Green cloth. Small birds and animals that can be seen in gardens. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some neat ink writing to front pastedown and some light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed and a bit grubby, spine is browned.

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ENIGMAS OF NATURAL HISTORY
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by Barbara Greg.
Stock no. 1323679
Published by The Cresset Press. Circa 1936. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 24 essays of curious facts such as the Australian toad that fills itself with water and then burries itself during the dry season. Fascinating! Spine bumped. Covers discoloured. Foxing to endpapers and some pages. Crease to top corner of front free-endpaper. Yellow dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, browned to spine and worn at top and tail of spine.

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MERESIDE CHRONICLE: WITH A SHORT INTERLUDE OF LOCHS AND LOCHANS
Written by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1824196
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In his search for and study of bireds, the meres, pools and reservoirs of east and mid-Cheshire have been favourite hunting grounds for Tunnicliffe. A year of making notes and sketches. Brick red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Some minor mottlng to boards, light browning to top of spine. Gilt titles bright. Browning to endpapers. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

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SWANSEA BAY'S GREEN MANTLE
Written by Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1824161
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wildlife On An Industrial Coast. B/w sketches, colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0905928180. Boards clean and bright. Light pencil erasure marks to verso of free front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges.

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A HAND-BOOK TO THE CARNIVORA PART I CATS, CIVETS AND MUNGOOSES
Written by Richard Lydekker.
Stock no. 1323566
Published by Edward Lloyd Limited. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Lloyd's Natural History series. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. 32 colour plates, tissue guard to frontis. 312 pages. Spine bumped and very browned. Endpapers and tissue-guard browned. Textblock is a bit dusty and foxed. Contents clean.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 2140931
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title. Front cover is green with black/gilt drawings. The text of this edition is taken from the 1789 edition and includes the first part only, with minor emendations. The additional two letters 'Timothy the Tortoise to Miss Hecky Mulso' and 'On the Sense of Hearing in Fishes', were first published in the 1877 edition of 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne', edited by Thomas Bell, 2 vols, published by John Van Voorst. Exquisite full page colour illustrations. A beautiful edition! One small spot to outer page edges. Slip case is a bit better than very good - a few light marks and scuffs.

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DERMATOLOGY FOR THE EQUINE PRACTITIONER
Written by Ralf S. Mueller.
Stock no. 2140399
Published by Teton Newmedia. 1st USA 2005. Very good condition.

Made Easy Series. Card wraps. Spiral bound. Colour photos. ISBN: 1591610230. Some cover and page corner creasing.

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