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A BOOK OF BIRDS
Written by Mary Priestley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1323728
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

82 wood-engravings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine 384 pages. A scarce Tunnicliffe item. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to cover edges. Endpapers foxed. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, grubby, foxed and browned to spine. Crease to front flap.

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THE LIFE STORY OF BIRDS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1323717
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very pale green cloth with black titles and illustration to front. 236 numbered pages plus index. 20 b/w wood engravings. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrpaper is browned, particularly to spine (with a couple of small damp spots), slight wear and loss to top of spine.

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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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BRENDON CHASE
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323518
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Wonderful b/w illustrations. 235 pages. Fourth impression. Top and tail of spine bumped and faded. Damp stain to edge of front cover and prelims. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss to spine and edges. Wrapper is foxed and lightly damp stained.

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SELF TO SELF
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323473
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

No. 11 of The Ariel Poems. Large-paper edition, limited to 500 copies. Light grey boards with gilt title to front. Small b/w illustration to half title-page and one full-page illustration. SIGNED by the author to limitation page, this is copy no. 187. A few very small, light marks to covers. Contents bright and clean.

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ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323472
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

No 4 of The Ariel Poems. White boards with black title and illustration to front. Colour frontis. Limited to 350 copies. This is copy no. 118. Covers and contents clean. Original tissue-paper dustwrapper is browned and edge chipped with quite a bit of loss.

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ENGRAVING ON WOOD
Written by John Farleigh. Illustrated by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 1323273
Published by The Dryad Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Decorated boards. 50 pages. B/w illustrations. Slight wear to cover edges and some slight fading to spine. Endpapers browned. Name in ink and has been blotted out on front free-endpaper. Some foxing to last few pages.

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IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140732
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. 3rd printing. Spotting and some damp marking to covers. Front cover also has a school library gilt stamp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks; nicks and chips at edges.

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A SUMMER ON THE NENE
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2139837
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB forsakes his familiar caravan and Landrover and embarks on the motor cruiser Jolly Enterprise on the quiet byway of the River Nene in Northamptonshire. Green mottled boards, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Colour frontispiece. 158 pages. 10 x 6 inches. ISBN: 0718207513. Bumping to base of spine. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and prelim pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips.

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STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 1322977
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers with white titles and scenes. B/w wood-engravings. 397 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge worn/torn, there are repairs on the verso.

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OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford; Ronald Blythe. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 2138119
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Ronald Blythe. A selection of stories from the original five-volume edition. Blue cloth spine with green title label and gilt title. Marbled boards. B/w wood engravings. Top edge green. Slip case is very good - a few white marks.

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THE WIZARD OF BOLAND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2137495
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Blue boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine is bumped and very browned. Some brown spotting and slight fade marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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