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THE BIRDS OF OMAN
Written by Michael Gallagher. Illustrated by Martin W. Woodcock.
Stock no. 1811190
Published by Quartet Books. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. 120 superb colour plates. 310 pages. ISBN: 0704322161. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE OWLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Alan Kemp. Illustrated by Simon Calburn.
Stock no. 1811188
Published by Struik. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A monograph on the twelve owl species that inhabit the southern African subregion. Standard Edition. Large format. Beige cloth boards, brown title to spine and vignette of owl to front. Beautiful colour plates & b/w text illustrations. 184 pages. ISBN: 0947430032. Contained in the publishers matching slipcase in almost fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OKLAHOMA BIRD LIFE
Written by Frederick M. Baumgartner; A. Marguerite Baumgartner. Illustrated by Wallace Hughes.
Stock no. 1811187
Published by University of Oklahoma Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From water birds to birds of prey to the complex order of perching birds, Oklahoma is remarkable for the variety and extent of its bird life. Large format. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and colour plates. xxxv and 443 pages including index. ISBN: 0806117923. Corners lightly bumped, contents fine. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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LEONARDO DA VINCI AND THE ART OF SCULPTURE
Written by Gary M. Radke; et al.
Stock no. 1607288
Published by High Museum Of Art, Atlanta; Yale University Press. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300154733. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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SPACE & TEXTURE HERTL.ARCHITEKTEN
Written by Matthias Boeckl. Illustrated by Paul Ott.
Stock no. 1607163
Published by Springer. c. 2009. Fine condition.

Large format. Gernot Hertl is one of Austria's most successful young architects. This volume includes a subject overview and documentation that gives the reader an inspiring view of the architect's work. ISBN: 9783211791615. Still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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PLAYFUL ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1314647
Published by B.B. Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 532. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. Featuring Bonzo the dog tucking into a rabbit pie (with a rabbit escaping!). 14 full-page colour illustrations, each with a small paragraph of text, 9 of the illustrations are featuring Bonzo. A scarce item. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FOUR PERSONALITIES FROM THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Ralph Anstis.
Stock no. 1810905
Published by Albion House. 1st 1996. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Biographies of Sir John Wyntour, Catharina Bovey, Timothy Mountjoy and Sir Charles Dilke. ISBN: 0951137131. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE NEW NUMBER ONE
Written by Geoffrey Lewis.
Stock no. 1810904
Published by Sgm Publishing. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

1948: the reality of life on Britain's nationalised waterways is becoming apparent to the families who work the narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal. More change threatens as a post-war world raises new demands for faster, cheaper transport, and old ways become out-moded. The concluding tale of a popular trilogy. Cardwraps. ISBN: 9780954562489. SIGNED by the author with dedication to half-title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TANNHAUSER
Written by Richard Wagner; T.W. Rolleston. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1314507
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. circa 1915. Very good condition.

Publishers full brown calf binding with gilt decorations/titles. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour and b/w mounted plates plus b/w illustrations. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. There is foxing to the contents (which affects the b/w plates but not the colour ones) but otherwise this is a lovely, bright copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TINKER, TAILOR
Written by Edric Vredenburg. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1314506
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown paperboards. Front cover has vignettes of cats with central pictorial onlay of a cat tailor sewing on a patch. 12 wonderful colour plates and numerous b/w drawings - all of cats! 136 pages plus 4 page publication list. Spine and corners bumped and worn with slight loss of paper covering to lower front corner. Some light wrinkling to paper covering on covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and light fingering to contents, light pink stain to inner margin of last plate (affecting the illustration slightly). A very desirable copy of a scarce Wain title. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BURNING RUBBER THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF FORMULA ONE
Written by Charles Jennings.
Stock no. 1810768
Published by Quercus. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The fast and furious tale of motor sport's premier competition, from its earliest roots in the suicidal road raced of the Edwardian age to the brave new world of Hamilton, Button, Massa and Vettel in the 2000s. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour plates. ISBN: 9781849160926. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A GENIUS FOR FAILURE: THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON
Written by Paul O'Keeffe.
Stock no. 1713374
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA. Colour plates. 568 pages. ISBN: 9780224062473. SIGNED by author to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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