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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF OBSERVER'S BOOKS
Written by Peter Marren; John Carter.
Stock no. 1831379
Published by Peregrine Books. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observers Series No. 99. Revised edition. Glazed pictorial boards. 9 colour plates nad 80 half-tones. 202 pages. ISBN: 0952026856. Boards bright and clean, red title to spine is faded to pink. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF KITCHEN ANTIQUES
Written by John Woodforde. Illustrated by Trevor Aldous.
Stock no. 1831378
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observer book No. 97. Laminate boards. Illustrating and describing of 230 household objects from the 17th century to the 20th century. ISBN: 0723216371. Boards clean, spine very slightly browned with very slight sunning of red title. Publisher's price sticker to rear board. Pale browning to endpapers else contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF OPERA
Written by Elizabeth Forbes.
Stock no. 1831377
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observer book no. 98 Laminate boards. With 27 b/w photographs. ISBN: 072321638X. Spine heavily browned and red title to spine very faded. Else a lovely copy, contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CANALS
Written by John Gagg. Illustrated by Robert Wilson.
Stock no. 1831376
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Observers Series No. 95. Laminate boards. With photographs and drawings. ISBN: 0723216258. Boards browned. Slight lean to spine. Red title to spine slightly faded and small rubbing mark to title. Contents are clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SEA FISHING
Written by Peter Wheat; Ray Forsberg. Illustrated by Baz East.
Stock no. 1331237
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observers series no. 82. Laminate boards. Small format. With 8 colour plates, 14 b/w photographs and numerous diagrams in text. ISBN: 0723216002. Spine and cover edges sunned (yellowed). Contents fine.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331233
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book No. 7. With an introduction by A. Bruce Jackson. Describing 100 species with 104 illustrations, 50 of which are in full colour. Small format. Green cloth. Some slight fading to cover edges. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF DOGS
Written by Clifford L.B. Hubbard.
Stock no. 1331232
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 8 Describing 300 breeds and varieties with 148 illustrations. Dark green cloth, small format. Reprint of the second edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Some hinges pulled causing contents to be slightly loose - but still tightly bound. Light foxing/fingering to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FRESHWATER FISHES
Written by T.B. Bagenal.
Stock no. 1331228
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers series No. 6. Revised Edition. Describing 50 species with 32 colour plates. Light green boards with dark titles. ISBN: 0723200890. Spine slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price sticker above).

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POND LIFE
Written by John Clegg. Illustrated by Ernest C. Mansell.
Stock no. 1831350
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 2nd 1967. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book no. 24. 2nd edition. 32 colour plates and 16 monochrome plates by Ernest C. Mansell and 42 photographs by the author. Light blue cloth boards, blue titles. ISBN: 0723200661. Light browning to very tip of horizontal board edges. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly edge-rubbed, lightly browned to spine.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CATS
Written by Grace Pond.
Stock no. 1831349
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 2nd 1975. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer No. 30. Second revised edition. Burgundy boards, green titles. 32 colour photos and 25 b/w photos and numerous line drawings. ISBN: 0723215483. Surface paper damage to diagram on front endpaper (not immediately obvious). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, red title to spine very slightly faded.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SHIPS
Written by Frank E. Dodman.
Stock no. 1831347
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st thus 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observers book no. 15. Describing 100 types with 96 text figures, 16 colour plates and 16 Plates of photographs. Revised Edition. Blue cloth boards, blue titles. ISBN: 0723200858. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Couple of minor marks to rear endpaper. Diagonal crease to top margin of page 47 and a few corner tip creases. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a few small tears at corners, rear panel is grubby and has a blue ink blot.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
Written by Mary Payton; Geoffrey Payton.
Stock no. 1831346
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer book 51. Small format. Blue boards, blue titles. Illustrated in line and half-tone with eight pages of colour plates. ISBN: 0723215189. Light vertical reading wear crease to spine. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned (as is usual) and red title to spine has faded to orange (again, a common problem).