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RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONGSHORE GUNNER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1810153
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. 86 pages. ISBN: 0851150675. Edges lightly rubbed. Foxing to page edges and a few margin marks otherwise contents clean. Browning to dustwrapper edges and flaps, fading to rear wrapper vertical edge, some damp staining to inside of wrapper.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1503102
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Bumping to base of spine and top corners. Small dent to rear cover. Spine a little faded. A few light fox spots to text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge worn with a couple of ripples to laminate on rear panel.

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RED VAGABOND
Written by G.D. Adams. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1312992
Published by The Batchworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A vividly told tale of a fox set against the background of wild life on the Welsh border. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Superb b/w wood engravings. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with loss at top and bottom, slightly edge chipped with minimal further loss. Price not cut.

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THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2113782
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a 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". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; fading to base of spine and bottom corner of front cover; (possibly a little damp). Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine and edges; some edge-creasing and a few nicks.

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THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311585
Published by John Harris. circa 1840. Good condition.

Small format, burgundy mottled boards. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents are worn and a bit grubby/foxed with paper repairs. Stitching is pulled causing contents to be loose but binding still holding.

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A HOUSE FOR A MOUSE
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1502014
Published by John Murray. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

James and Jemima (harvest mice) look for a house of their own. Yellow pictorial paperboards. B/w woodcuts throughout. Small format 7 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned and covers a little grubby. Small bookseller's sticker to bottom corner of front endpaper. Some foxing.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1501276
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Very little bumping to spine and corners. Hinge starting to crack between pages 182 and 183. One or two fox spots. Dustwrapper has a little edge creasing and a small mark to rear flap crease.

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HUNTERS OF LONGTREE
Written by David Walker. Illustrated by David Walker.
Stock no. 2105047
Published by Orpheus Press. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Cotswold Tale. Written in the great and much loved tradition of Gilbert white, Hunters of Longtree can be described as a real-life drama of survival in the natural world. ISBN: 0954036603. Light wear to wrapper edges.

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WANDERING WIND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1204662
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Hamish Hamilton Reindeer Book. Yellow boards, blue titles. Blue reindeer vignette to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 121 pages. New endpapers. Tapemarks to board edges. Wrapper edge-torn with loss, reinforced at edge and stained.

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VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by J. Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid De Fonvielle; Gaston Tissandier. Illustrated by Eugene Ciceri; Adrien Marie; Albert Tissandier.
Stock no. 818588
Published by Librairie De L. Hachette Et Cie.. 1st 1870. Almost very good condition.

Hot air balloon voyages. Half-leather binding. Black cloth boards, Dark green leather spine with raised bands, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges gilt. 6 tissue-guarded chromoliths. 117 b/w wood engravings plus 15 diagrams or charts. 612 pages. Text in French. Leather spine is nice and bright with small spot of damage to lower half. Covers a little scuffed. Binding is tight. Original paperwraps bound in. Scattered foxing throughout. Pages 277-382 have a light damp stain to lower margin inside edge. Text block gilt lovely and bright. Reduced from £200.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 327642
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Contents a little foxed. Otherwise a delightful copy. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn. SPine of dustwrapper browned and chipped.

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WILHELM BUSCH
Written by Friedrich Bohne. Illustrated by Wilhelm Busch.
Stock no. 683878
Published by Emil Vollmer. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four volumes. Colour frontis to each. Humourous b/w illustrations. German text. Wrappers have slightly faded spines and rubbed corners.

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