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PARABLES FROM NATURE
Written by Margaret Gatty; Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by P.H. Calderon; W. Holman Hunt; Otto Speckter; Edward Burne-Jones; John Tenniel; Lorenz Frohlich; Harrison Weir; et al..
Stock no. 1829429
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1899. Very good condition.

With a memoir of the author by her daughter Juliana Horatia Ewing. Green cloth boards with dark green floral pattern, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. xxviii and 492 pages. All edges gilt. Slight lean to spine. Edge of boards rubbed. Spine lightly browned. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown and verso of front endpaper. Front joint between front endpaper and half-title page is pulled. Hinges slightly pulled but binding tight. Large age related brown stain to contents page and facing page. Else contents generally clean.

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MY YEAR
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1329194
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Roald Dahl's diary in the last year of his life. A month-by-month countryside journal. ISBN: 0224036475. Spine of wrapper is faded and corners are very slightly worn.

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HOW TO SEE INSECTS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329189
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. Black titles and small vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and cover edges browned. Lower front corner bumped. Top 2" of front free-endpaper has been neatly cut out. Some light foxing to contents. Remains of dustwrapper is tucked into the back of the book (the wrapper is in two pieces and the spine is missing).

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HOW TO SEE POND LIFE
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329188
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. Black titles and small vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and cover edges browned, slight loss to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper.

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HOW TO SEE FLOWERS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329187
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. 141 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine browned and slight browning to covers. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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AUTUMN IN THE COUNTRY: RAMBLES AMONG THE FLOWERS
Written by T. Carreras. Illustrated by T. Carreras; et al..
Stock no. 1329174
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green decorated cloth with pictorial onlay to front cover. With coloured and other illustrations from drawings and photographs by the author etc. Spine and corners bumped. Light mark to rear cover. Some rubbing to title on front cover. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and textblock. There is a tear to page 4 but no loss of page/text.

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MOTHER NATURE'S QUEER CREATURES
Written by Jane Lucas. Illustrated by Dorothy Fitchew.
Stock no. 1329167
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Mother Nature Books. Cream boards, green titles and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w plates and b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly foxed/browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly foxed on verso.

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FARAWAY LOOK ONE
Written by Peter Scott; Philippa Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329149
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. A natural history book for children. SIGNED by the authors to half title-page. Foxing to contents, heavy foxing to wrapper flaps and verso of wrapper. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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FARAWAY LOOK TWO
Written by Peter Scott; Philippa Scott.
Stock no. 1329148
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book tells of Peter and Philippa's travels and of the animals and birds they met in the British Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Panama and the Galapagos Islands. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photo illus throughout. 120 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to contents and to dustwrapper. Wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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STONY STREAM
Written by Kathleen M. Sully. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1329134
Published by Edmund Ward. Circa 1946. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Truth In A tale series. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. Foxing to covers. Fading to edges. Neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby with slight loss to rear panel and large section of loss to lower edge of front panel.

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BABIES OF THE PONDS AND STREAMS
Written by Marla Tyrrell. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1329088
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. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and very lightly foxed.

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SUMMER
Written by C.J. Kaberry. Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329057
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.

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