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THE INSECT LEGION
Written by Malcolm Burr.
Stock no. 1827986
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

At the time of writing, insects were the cause of half the world's mortality, each year they destroyed enough food to supply 200 million people. In this book, Dr. Malcolm Burr tells the story of The Insect Legion with scientific authority and in a most attractive style. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Boards clean. Spine slightly cocked. Text block, endpapers and plate margins browned. Small name in ink to front pastedown. Some foxspots present else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few chips and edge-tears, grubby.

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THE PROWLERS
Written by F. St. Mars. Illustrated by Warwick Reynolds.
Stock no. 1322219
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 tissue-guarded, mounted plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Front joint is starting to crack. Heavy foxing to contents.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK MINGO
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2134776
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 4th Almost very good condition.

Small format (5.25 x 3.5"). Green cloth, red title and black vignette to front cover, black title to spine. 143 pages. Colour illustrations. Printed on one side of the paper only. Spine is browned with spotting. Wear along cover edges. Front joint is a bit cracked. Small repair to tear to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing throughout and to outer page edges. Rear endpaper has torn torn off (with loss).

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THE JANET AND JOHN MANUAL
Written by Rona Munro.
Stock no. 1402802
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A teachers' manual for use with The Janet and John reading course. Cream boards with olive green titles to spine and front board. Colour photos frontis plus 15 pages of b/w photos. 141 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing and a few marks to boards. Remains of label stuck to front pastedown. College library stamp to one page. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page edges. Small piece of label with '25' written to it to top of front endpaper. Pictorial endpaper is edge torn and creased with small areas of loss and some surface paper damage. Small library label to bottom of spine. Foxing and marks (possibly damp). Wrapper is grubby. Small white label stuck to spine on verso.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA
Written by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2113901
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1903. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth with black title to spine and vignette to front cover, with red titles to front cover. 143 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine is browned, with bumping. Some wear to cover edges. Corners are bumped. New endpapers, that have a little foxing. Some grubby margin marks.

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THE STRONG LITTLE BIRD
Written by Philippa Murray; Alison Sinclair. Illustrated by Christopher Sanders.
Stock no. 571730
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072021176X. Covers a little marked.

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