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THE OPEN SEA: ITS NATURAL HISTORY PART II: FISH AND FISHERIES (NN 37)
Written by Alister Hardy. Illustrated by Alister Hardy.
Stock no. 1815209
Published by Collins. 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 37. Green cloth, gilt titles. Watercolour and line drawings by the author. 68 b/w photos with diagrams and maps. ISBN: 000213165X. Fourth Impression. A few marks to boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with slight wear to top of spine.

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SCHOOLGIRL JEN AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1814760
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers, dark green titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 256 pages. 7.5 x 5". Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and a little grubby.

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THE HOUSE OF THE PALADIN
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1208840
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The tale of a lovely medieval castle and its chatelaine. Yellow cloth, blue titles to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents very good indeed. Price-cut wrapper is browned to spine, rubbed at folds and has slight loss at top and tail of spine and corners and a couple of old tape marks to front panel.

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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1814687
Published by Collins. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Pink cloth covers, blue titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, slightly faded to spine, foxed to verso.

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PROMISE AND THE MONSTER
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 1814589
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1988. Fine condition.

When Fergus McHeap's monster is stolen by a travelling circus, Promise the pony devises a cunning plot to save him. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations cartoon strip style. ISBN: 0001840347.

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THE MYSTERY THAT NEVER WAS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 2123329
Published by Collins. 1967. Very good condition in a 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. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips; a bit faded so spine.

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MOWGLI'S BROTHERS
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Christopher Wormell.
Stock no. 1507557
Published by Collins. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The first story of the Jungle Books illustrated with evocative woodcuts. Large format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0001938398. Spine bumped. Faint mottling to covers, light fading to top edges, small white spots to bottom edges of covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few chips and tears, spine browned, folds foxed. Panels grubby with two patches of label residue to front panel. Blue stain from cover at bottom of front panel, more visible on verso.

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THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS (NN 54)
Written by Michael Proctor; Peter Yeo.
Stock no. 1609579
Published by Collins. 1979. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. ISBN: 0002195046. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine; contained in laminate sleeve which is attached at verso.

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A PIXIE A.B.C
No author listed. Illustrated by Kris.
Stock no. 1609536
Published by Collins. Very good condition.

A Pixie Book. Very small format. Pictorial boards. Colour text illustrations. Board edges scuffed and worn. Initials in ink to front pastedown.

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THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1316588
Published by Collins. 3rd 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some erased pencil marks to front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped.

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald; Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1406743
Published by Collins. circa 1944. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth, Gilt titles and decoration to front cover. 4 tipped-in colour plates. Pictorial title page. Decorative orange border to each page. 94 pages. 11 x 7.75". Bumping to spine, corners and top and bottom edge of rear board. Spine and part of rear board faded and a little foxed. Boards are mottled, faint damp stains to lower edges. Bookplate to front pastedown and inscription plus '198' written on front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Inner bottom corner of all plates a little creased.

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PIG TALES
Written by Miriam Dixon. Illustrated by Miriam Dixon.
Stock no. 1507100
Published by Collins. Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 4 x 4". Top staple holding contents to covers is almost detached from covers, bottom staple is slightly pulled. A little foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is chipped and very slightly edge worn. Fox spots to top edge of rear flap.

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