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RICHARD AND THE GOLDEN HORSE SHOE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2129405
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and very edges of covers are faded. Brown sticky tape marks to endpapers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased with some closed tears and chips; a little loss.

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WATER-RAT'S PICNIC
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2128472
Published by Collins. 10th 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. 62 pages. Bumping and chipping to one corner. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; a few fade marks; a few edge-tears and chips, but with minimal loss.

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HARE AND THE EASTER EGGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2128467
Published by Collins. 5th 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941178. A few marks to covers. Wear along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with a few chips to e4dges.

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GREY RABBIT FINDS A SHOE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1317517
Published by Collins. 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 63 numbered pages. 7 x 5.5". ISBN: 0001941224. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, cover edges lightly rubbed. Top corner tip of rear free-endpaper torn off else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners.

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THE MYSTERY THAT NEVER WAS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 2127073
Published by Collins. 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Enid Blyton's Junior Story Books. This most peculiar mystery was made up by four children to entertain Uncle Rob. Then the pretend mystery became real! Yellow boards, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and chipping; minimal loss.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN IN BRITAIN (NN 18)
Written by H.J. Fleure. Illustrated by Alison Birch.
Stock no. 2126919
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

New Naturalist series. Conceived as a study of changing relations between Men and the Environments. Green buckram cloth. 38 colour photos, 38 b/w photos, 76 line drawings. Some light wear to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little page browning.

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BRITISH MAMMALS (NN 21)
Written by L. Harrison Matthews.
Stock no. 2126146
Published by Collins. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. 16 colour plates, 48 b/w photos. 92 figures in the text. Green cloth, gilt titles. Spine is bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; some to page margins. Wrapper is covered with clear adhesive film and is browned to spine.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2126121
Published by Collins. 2ND 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 0007197160. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges. Some edge creasing to wrapper.

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BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1816300
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block but contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has clear laminate attached causing slight bleeding of text and image.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 1816266
Published by Collins. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82, 50 years, half-cenenary edition. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library: who the authors were and what they did; how each title was conceived and received; the much admired jackets; and the trials and tribulations and triumphs of what has been described as the most significant and long-running natural history series in the world. With bibliography. Colour and b/w photos. Plain endpapers. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 000219998X. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper with '50 years' celebratory sticker to front panel is slightly faded to spine (as is usual with this series).

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BRITISH WARBLERS (NN 71)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1816243
Published by Collins. 1985. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 71. 2nd state - light green boards, square spine, originally produced as 500 paperback copies and then turned into hardback. One of the scarcer titles in the series. ISBN: 000219810X. Second state. A few small marks to boards. Foxing to text block especially top edge. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine (as is usual with this series).

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A COUNTRY PARISH (NN 9)
Written by A.W. Boyd.
Stock no. 1816242
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series no. 9. Green cloth. An account of the Country Parish of Great Budworth in the County of Cheshire. 34 colour photographs. 48 b/w photographs. 9 text figures. Browning and minor foxing to text block especially the top edge. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. A few small margin marks related to ageing. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is covered with clear plastic film (starting to come loose stickiness and thus beginning to come away), protecting from further damage to small chip at top of spine and 1" closed tear. Dustwrapper spine is browned, as is the rear panel.

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