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CHESTERFIELDS LETTERS
Written by Philip Dormer Stanhope.
Stock no. 656640
Published by J. Dodsley; Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. 1777. Good condition.

8th Edition. Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his son Philip Stanhope. Four volumes in two. Three-quarter black morocco binding, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Leather worn and chipped. Name in ink to first blank page, pencil shorthand to frontis and title page of vol 1 & 2. Faded writing to title page and ink smudge to first chapter of vol 3 & 4. Else content clean and tight for a book of its age.

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HISTORIC WORCESTERSHIRE (12 PARTS)
Written by W. Salt Brassington.
Stock no. 657670
Published by Midland Educational Co. Ltd.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

12 parts. Paper wraps. B/w photos. Contains 6 etchings: Old Guildhouse, New Street, Cathedral all by F.S.Bayley; Halesowen, Dudley Priory by H. Pope; and a further etching artist and location unknown. One part has paper wraps faded and edge-torn, the rest in nice condition. REDUCED FROM £200.

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LITTLE BEAR AND THE FAIRY CHILD
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 660969
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1922. Fair condition.

Small square format. Cream and brown pictorial boards. Brown and black illustrations with verses below. 72 pages. The second Rupert book ever. Rebacked with brown cloth. Vertical crease to front and rear board. Boards worn at corners and a little grubby. Colouring to some pictures. Foxing and some marks to margins. An exceptionally scarce Rupert book. Reduced from £480.

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BUTTERFLIES OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION
Written by Bernard D'Abrera.
Stock no. 663808
Published by Lansdowne. 1977. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Very large format. Revised edition of the original classic. Packed with colour photos. Second Edition ISBN: 0701810033. Top edge slightly spotted. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OFFA'S DYKE A FIELD SURVEY (EXTRACTS FROM ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS)
Written by Cyril Fox.
Stock no. 667009
Published by Archaeologia Cambrensis. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Bound in three-quarter brown calf. Gilt titles to spine. Folding maps, b/w photos. Vol LXXXI 1926 pages 133-179; Vol LXXXII 1927 pages 232-268; Vol LXXXIII 1928 pages 33-110; Vol LXXXIV 1929 pages 1-60; Vol LXXXV 1930 pages 1-73; Vol LXXXVI 1931 pages 1-74. The author over 5 years excavated and investigated several sections of the Dyke starting in North Wales in Flintshire and ending in Gloucestershire in the South. Corners rubbed. Front cover scuffed. All first issues as per dates.

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A CLOUD OF WITNESSES
Written by J.H. Thompson.
Stock no. 671299
Published by J. Boyle. 1778. Poor condition.

Full brown leather binding. 381 pages plus index. Full title: A Cloud of Witnesses for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ or the Last Speeches and Testimonies of Those who have Suffered for the Truth in Scotland Since the Year 1680. Spine cracked. Boards worn. Stain to top edge of most pages. Front endpaper missing.

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THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF DEE
Written by George Sim.
Stock no. 672196
Published by D. Wyllie & Son. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge gilt. The Ichthyological portion includes the fishes of the East Coast. Corners and edges rubbed. Name in ink to half-title. Very slight page-edge browning. Rear cover dampmarked. A few hinges pulled. A few pencil annotations to margins. REDUCED FROM £190.

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MARGOT THE MIDGET AND LITTLE BEAR'S CHRISTMAS
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 672659
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

The third Rupert book ever! Small format, cream pictorial boards. Brown and white captioned pictures to every page. Story in verse. REDUCED PRICE. Backstrip missing. Corners worn with crack to top corner and margin of front cover. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. A couple of small margin tears and finger marks. Generally contents bright and clean.

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THE POTTERY & PORCELAIN OF SWANSEA & NANTGARW
Written by E. Morton Nance.
Stock no. 675042
Published by C.I. Thomas. 1st thus 1985. Nearly fine condition in a good dustwrapper.

579 pages. B/w illustrations. A limited edition of 500 facsimile copies of the 1942 edition. Wrapper torn and creased. Copy no. 451.

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THE SURREY DOMESDAY (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 676297
Published by Alecto Historical Editions. 1st 1989. Fine condition.

Very large format. Three volumes. Cream cloth spines, brown boards. Introduction And Translation; Studies; and a volume containing a facsimile of the actual Domesday Book and maps. Limited to 1,000 copies. ISBN: 094845945x. In near fine slipcase. A beautiful set. Map present. This copy would make a wonderful gift.Copy no. 339. Reduced from £140.

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ENGLISH BOTANY OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS VOLUME XVI
Written by James Edward Smith; et al. Illustrated by James Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 677822
1849. Fair condition.

Three-quarter black leather binding. 94 hand-coloured plates.The Descriptions, Synonyms and places of growth. Volume XVI. Front board detached. Two thrids of backstrip missing, corners worn. Pencil annotation througout. Rear board almost detached. Some damp cricking of pages and a couple of light damp marks to pages. All plates present. REDUCED FROM £420.

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JESUS OF THE EMERALD
Written by Gene Stratton-Porter. Illustrated by Edward Everett Winchell.
Stock no. 681607
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream decorated boards, green titles. Tissue-guarded colour frontis. Illustrations to every page surrounding the verses. Includes afterword at rear of book. Very faint foxing to covers. Light foxing to prelims and a few other pages. Centre hinge slightly pulled. Glassine wrapper is edge-chipped and damaged to spine. A beautiful bright copy of this scarce Stratton-Porter title.

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