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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 2131940
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial paperwraps. Staples have rusted - some brown rust marks to pages next to staples. Small stain to rear cover, which goes through a couple of pages at rear. A bit of page edge creasing. Contents are still very good.

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ENID BLYTON NATURE BOOKS SUMMER TIME
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1318216
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1951. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Round the Year series. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper.

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RED SNOW AND OTHER PARABLES FROM NATURE
Written by Mrs. Alfred Gatty.
Stock no. 1318038
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1862. Good condition.

Third Series. Small format (5 x 3.5"). Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to front cover. 187 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Covers are grubby, worn at spine and corners. Joints cracked. Textblock is a little grubby.

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THE WHITE ADMIRAL
Written by H.E. Bates. Illustrated by Peggy Chapman.
Stock no. 2125231
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. The White Admiral used to visit the butterflies every year for his holidays! Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0234779543. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut and edge-torn with some chipping; minimal loss; foxed.

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UNCLE BEN'S WOODLAND FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317116
Published by Fleetway Publications Ltd.. 1962. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Buff pictorial boards. Similar format to Ladybird books, this is Jack and Jill Book No. 9. Colour pictures. A tiny dint to lower edge of front cover. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners of wrapper.

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THROUGH THE WOOD
Written by Harold Avery. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1505698
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

A picture book. Large format 11.5 x 9.5", cloth spine and pictorial boards show boy watching weasels. 24 colour plates. 50 pages. Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at ends. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby. A few marks/fingermarks to contents. Margin tear to first text page. Light browning and foxing to endpapers. All plates present.

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THE ENID BLYTON NATURE READERS NO. 26
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2116940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Contains "Freckles The Thrush" and "The Little Ploughman". Pictorial card wraps. Two-tone text illustrations. Creasing to cover corners. Some marks to covers.

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BY WOOD AND FIELD (DIGGERS AND BUILDERS)
Written by R. Hudson.
Stock no. 2115800
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow covers with dark brown titles. 4 colour plates. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with darkening to spine and edges; couple of closed tears and some edge-creasing.

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BABIES OF THE PONDS AND STREAMS
Written by Marla Tyrrell. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1503563
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format 6 x 4.75", pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping but a little wear to spine and corners. Ink inscription to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. One hinge cracked. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small piece missing from front panel disguised by paper stuck to verso. Small patch of damage to spine and a few fox spots.

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WHEN THE GULLS CAME TO TOWN
Written by Helena Wakefield. Illustrated by Helena Wakefield.
Stock no. 1311544
Published by Newman Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Summing up the main message regarding caring for the environment in some well chosen words and delightful pictures. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955579301. SIGNED by author to dedication page (to Archie with best wishes...). Slight wear to corners.

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THE WHITE ADMIRAL
Written by H.E. Bates. Illustrated by Peggy Chapman.
Stock no. 1103199
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1968. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. The White Admiral used to visit the butterflies every year for his holidays! Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0234779543. Wrapper is price-cut.

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BIRD PICTURES
Written by Alice Whitby. Illustrated by Sara W.M. Fallon.
Stock no. 445324
Published by George Allen. 1st 1901. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, black titles. Pictorial front cover. Three colour illustrations. Covers are very worn, with chipping to edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. Binding weak - stitching is starting to come loose. Grubby marks to some pages.

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