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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1708152
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1ST 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. New endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has 1/2" loss to top of spine and chipping to base, also grubby.

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THE SCHOOL IN THE WOODS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by G.M. Anson.
Stock no. 1309768
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Gold cloth, red title and vignette to spine and red vignette to front cover. Colour frontis plate plus 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Light foxing else contents clean. Later dustwrapper (lists a Dimsie book published in 1942 and is a few mm too short for the book!) is price-cut with a few small tears at edges, minimal loss to base of spine. Wrapper is also just a little grubby.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1309762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Fair condition.

Pretty pictorial boards with wraparound picture by Sybil Tawse. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 8.25 x 6.25". Spine worn with old tape marks to spine and also to edges of covers. Corners worn. Covers scuffed, small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Small splash marks to margins of pages 90 & 91, contents are well fingered with light foxing. A decent copy of a very early reprint.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309636
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

Orange cloth, black title to spine and embossed title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some splash marks to edge of front cover and a couple of light marks to rear cover. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown, prize-plate to front endpaper. Pencil scribbles to front endpapers (mainly erased). Foxing to contents and a few marks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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RAILROADS TRIUMPHANT
Written by Albro Martin.
Stock no. 1604583
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The growth, rejection and rebirth of a vital American force. 428 pages. ISBN: 0195038533. Spine and corners bumped. Contents near fine. Price-cut wrapper.

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CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC FLORA
Written by Nicholas Polunin.
Stock no. 1206974
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. xxviii + 514 pages. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib but with very few stamps and marks to prelims. Name stamp to foredge, rear joint cracked. Library number to spine. Overall a nice bright copy.

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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 26 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: LILIIDAE: LILIALES AND ORCHIDALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206585
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0195152085. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 23 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: COMMELINIDAE (IN PART): CYPERACEAE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206582
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0195152077. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 19 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: ASTERIDAE (IN PART): ASTERACEAE, PART 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206579
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. ISBN: 9780195305647. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 5 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: CARYOPHYLLIDAE, PART 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206575
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0195222113. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 4 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: CARYOPHYLLIDAE, PART 1
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206574
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0195173899. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge. Front cover very slightly bowed.

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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 3 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: MAGNOLIIDAE AND HAMAMELIDAE
Written by Nancy R. Morin.
Stock no. 1206573
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Edited by Morin. A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. ISBN: 0195112466. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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