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NATURE & THE DESIGNER
Written by T.J. Corbin.
Stock no. 1328696
Published by Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A practical study of the use of natural objects in the design of fabrics, embroidery, wood engraving and other crafts. Pink boards with red title, dark pink cloth spine with silver title. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations and photos throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some light fading to cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is grubby, foxed and edge chipped with slight loss.

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THE ISLAND
Written by Ronald M. Lockley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1828963
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Life on the island that is Skokholm, tiny and remote, off the wild coast of Pembrokeshire. Mottled brown boards, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0233960902. Very slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, a little grubby with a few foxspots to rear panel.

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GEORGE TUTE WOOD ENGRAVER
No author listed. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1328613
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1986. Very good condition.

Grey card wraps. B/w illustrations. Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition held in Bristol. ISBN: 090019930X. Slightly grubby mark to front cover, spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE WIZARD OF BOLAND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1328462
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning at top and tail. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Some light brown stains to margins of a few of the first few pages. Wrapper is price-cut by publisher ('new' price printed above) and edge worn with slight loss.

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WHERE THE GOLDEN EAGLE SOARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Colin Gibson.
Stock no. 1328215
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for lovers of nature about wildlife in the Highlands of Scotland. Green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A couple of small creases in cloth to edge of front cover and some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and margins, slight foxing to prelims. Very light patch of surface paper damage to front pastedown. A couple of pages have small margin tears at lower edge. White dustwrapper is nice and clean with some slight foxing.

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THE MAN WHO DIED
Written by D.H. Lawrence. Illustrated by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 1827693
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A novel. Large, slim format. Beige cloth spine with gilt title. Marbled boards. Pages untrimmed. 10 full page woodcuts. Light bump to top front edge of boards. Scattered foxing throughout. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned , a few minor stains and a crayon mark to front panel.

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GOING FISHING
Written by Negley Farson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1326733
Published by White Lion Publishers. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Tales of fishing between the two world wars. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 143 numbered pages. ISBN: 0856179507. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine (which is also slightly grubby).

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IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826110
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. Boards a little grubby. Spine is a little cocked. Some minor foxing mainly to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners with slight loss, surface paper rubbing to spine.

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THREE CLASSIC NOVELS
Written by Jane Austen. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1325651
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Three volumes. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma. Red cloth. Wood engravings. Eighteenth printing, reset. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly dusty and rubbed at corners.

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THE SPORTSMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1325099
Published by The Country Library. 1940. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The essence of the English countryside captured in text and superb wood-engravings and sepia plates. 7 etchings by BB, 5 drawings by G.D.Armour and chapter tail-pieces by BB. 237 pages. Green cloth, yellow title to spine. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn and marked with damp stains to spine and loss to spine and corners.

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ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323825
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

No. 4 of The Ariel Poems. Pink cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustration. A very slim volume. Covers slightly grubby, mark to front cover. Contents clean.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1323737
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Spine bumped. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Large foxspots to preliminary pages, some smaller foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, spine browned with slight loss at top and bottom and also a small hole to centre.

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