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THE HIDDEN YEARS
Written by John Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1404686
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 14 colour plates. Stories of Jesus. A little bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing throughout mostly to margins, including plate margins. Brown mark to top of pages 240/241 where possibly something has been pressed. Contents otherwise generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some small tears. Wrapper is grubby and foxed.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S FOX-HUNT
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1315017
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, oblong format. Glorious, humorous colour pictures. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light scuffing to covers. Light browning to endpapers, some light fingering to page margins. There is a strong smell to the contents of the book (not sure what it is). Overall this is a very nice copy of a very politically-incorrect book! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A MANOR BOOK OF OTTERY SAINT MARY
Written by Catherine Durning Whetham; Margaret Whetham; W.C.D. Whetham.
Stock no. 2116763
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1913. Very good condition.

Red brick cloth with gilt title to spine. Note on the history of the dependent Manor of Cadhay by W.C.D. Whetham. Bumping to corners. A few marks/spotting to covers. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.

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THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1403653
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and illustration to front cover. Black endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. 419 pages. All edges gilt. Spine bumped, browned and a little worn at top. Corners are bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Foxing and some fingering throughout.

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ON HAMPTON STREET
Written by Alice Williams. Illustrated by Anne Vaughan.
Stock no. 1108490
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

American Edition. Blue cloth with dark red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Some damp marks to covers, bumping to corners and spine. Damp marks to bottom page margins of pages (wrinkled). Wrapper is edge-torn and marked, with some loss to base of spine and a few corners.

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THE MAMMALS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by J.G. Millais. Illustrated by J.G. Millais; Archibald Thorburn; G.E. Lodge; Henrik Gronvold.
Stock no. 1706435
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Three volumes. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 14 x 13", large heavy format. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 1025 copies. With 62 photogravures, 62 coloured plates and 149 uncoloured plates. Copy No. 217. Bookplates to front pastedowns. 12cm split to one side of spine from top to volume 1. Spines faded. Corners worn. Occasional foxspot to contents.

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KLOOF AND KARROO
Written by H.A. Bryden.
Stock no. 2107907
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1889. Very good condition.

Sport, Legend, and Natural History in Cape Colony. With a notice of the game birds, and of the present distribution of the antelopes and larger game. Cloth covers with gilt titles and vignettes. Tissue-guarded b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping to top of spine; minimal loss. Spotting to covers. Ink stamp to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. A few marks to some page margins.

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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Written by Alexander Findlay.
Stock no. 1805692
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1944. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition revised and enlarged. An introduction to the study of physical chemistry. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 142 figures in the text. vii and 582 pages including index. Boards a little marked, corners bumped, spine cocked. Numerous names and addresses neatly crossed out to front endpapers. Front hinge pulled between title page and facing page. A few lower corner creases. Contents clean. A good working copy.

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THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE
Written by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated by W.T. Horton; H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 383570
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

A Dream Story. Red cloth, black titles and silhouette illustration to front. 164 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny indentations to cover edges. Spine faded. Covers a bit grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers are lightly browned and there is some light foxing to outer page edges. Otherwise contents are clean.

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NOTES ON THE OLD CROSSES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Charles Pooley.
Stock no. 817875
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1868. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth. Gilt titles. Colour frontis. B/w lithographs and engravings. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Some pencil annotation to index. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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BIRDS OF EASTERN AND NORTH EASTERN AFRICA
Written by C.W. Mackworth-Praed; C.H.B. Grant.
Stock no. 806303
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1952. Good condition.

Two volumes. 96 colour plates plus b/w photos and line drawings. Endpapers browned. A few scattered foxspots to contents. Covers to Volume Two badly dampstained.

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THE HISTORY, PRODUCTS, AND PROCESSES OF THE ALKALI TRADE
Written by Charles Thomas Kingzett.
Stock no. 589741
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1882. Good condition.

Including the most recent improvements. A concise but comprehensive account of the largest (at the time) branch of chemical industry of this country. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams, some fold-out. 247 pages plus publication list to rear of book. Ex-lib; library label to front pastedown and stamps to first few pages. Light page browning else contents clean. One plate detached (but still present). Corners worn. Some light wrinking of cloth to front cover. Publication list to rear is dated 1882.

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