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THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Written by M. Morris. Illustrated by M. Morris.
Stock no. 811768
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1910. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Short and a Merry One! A tale for children about a Persian cat named Mary and a dog named William. Oblong format. Green cloth spine, green paper boards, oblong pictorial onlay to front. 8 full page colour plates plus b/w illustrations. REDUCED FROM £480. Covers lovely and bright. First gathering a little loose and pulled at hinges. A few pale foxspots/marks else contents bright. White pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss and a little grubby. A nice copy of a scarce item.

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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. XLI
Written by Bernard W. Tucker.
Stock no. 875005
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1948. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. LXV
Written by Stanley Cramp.
Stock no. 875029
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1972. Fine condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles; Colour and b/w photos. Volume 65.

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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. LXVII
Written by Stanley Cramp.
Stock no. 875031
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1974. Fine condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles; Colour frontis and b/w photos.

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RUPERT AT PLAY
No author listed.
Stock no. 900219
Published by Purnell. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

A square format board book with red cloth spine. Front shows Rupert and snowman. Colour illustrations. 7.5 x 7". Rear cover marked. Corners slightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 26 - RUPERT AND THE SEASIDE MYSTERY
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 900226
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Seaside Mystery. Also includes Rupert And The Dandelion Clocks. 22pp. 9.5x7". Pictorial card wraps. A few faint marks to rear cover. A nice bright copy.

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NORDISCHER UND VOLKSTUMLICHER ZIERAT
No author listed.
Stock no. 900281
Published by Christian Stoll. Circa 1910. Slightly better than good condition.

The plates are produced on stiff paper. 15.5" square. Blue cloth spine and corners; decorative boards; 18 colour plates loosely inserted; Art Nouveau style. The spine has been repaired with tape, the corners of the board covers are heavily worn with front lower corner loss; and the boards are stained. The plates are chipped with slight loss at the corners; two plates have closed tears; one plate has a small section cut out. REDUCED FROM £300

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COLLECTION D'ESQUISSES POUR DESSINATEURS
No author listed. Illustrated by F. Baenziger.
Stock no. 900282
Circa 1911. Good condition.

very Large format. 22" X 17";Beige decorative boards; 50 b/w plates. Of the 50 3 are titled each in a different language: Plate 1 - Collection D'Esquisses pour Dessinateurs, 50 feuilles composes par F. Baenziger; Plate 2 - Artistic Motives for Designers, 50 plates drawn by F. Banziger (note spelling of Motives maybe Motifs?? and variant spelling of the artits's name); Plate 3 - Federzeichnungen Material fur Zeichner, 50 Blatt entworfen von Ferd. Banziger Leiden Schweiz. Boards heavily worn and browned, spine and corners repaired with blue cloth. Plates slightly edge-chipped; title plates have stamp not affecting illustrations. REDUCED FROM £350.

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TRAINS ILLUSTRATED
No author listed.
Stock no. 900291
Published by Ian Allan. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

13 issues nos:10,17,20-24,26-31, in green binder. Colour and b/w photos. Magazines in excellent condition, binder slightly bowed.

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A PORTFOLIO AND FRAGMENTS AND ANTIQUITIES OF LANCASHIRE
Written by Matthew Gregson.
Stock no. 900316
Published by G.H. Harris's Widow And Brothers. 1824. Very good condition.

The book consists of the book "Fragments" bound with other material in modern brown cloth with black and gilt title label. Consists of: A page of manuscript notes relating to the text. The "Notice of Publication Sheet" for the book dated 1817. Title Page for 1817 edition. Portrait of Matthew Gregson. Title Page for 1824 (second) edition. ix pages including updated subscribers list. Page vii repeated from original edition. Large folding map. 152 pages completes Part I. Part II dated 1817 continues the pagination through to page 302. Part III has cviii pages. One page prospectus for forthcoming fourth part. A coloured page titled "A List of the Sheriffs of Lancashire copied from Gregson's fragments of the History of that County" followed by pages 295 to 302 repeated but with all the heraldic shields hand coloured. A further document title "To the Freemen of Lancaster" seemingly one of 200 printed in 1780. 4 small pages with a review of Gregson's book. Two manuscript pages with notes relating to the book. One printed page which is a a letter from Gregson probably printed in a newspaper Titled "National Education in Drawing" and dated 1813. Numerous black and white illustrations and original card covers bound in. Bookplate to front pastedown. The contents are superb. Reduced from £350.

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