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MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES (VOLUME ONE)
Written by A.S. Hitchcock; Agnes Chase.
Stock no. 1828927
Published by Dover Publications Inc.. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition.

In two volumes, of which this is volume one only. A definitive encyclopedia of United States grass life. This Dover Edition is an unabridged republication of the second revised edition, as published by the United States Government Printing Office in 1950 as U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Brown cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 569 pages. ISBN: 0486227170. Spine faded to lilac. Cover edges lightly rubbed, covers a little creased. Contents clean.

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SWANSEA BAY'S GREEN MANTLE
Written by Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1828926
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wildlife On An Industrial Coast. B/w sketches, colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0905928180. Text block slightly grubby and a few foxspots. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine and lightly edge-creased.

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ATLAS OF BRITISH AND IRISH BRAMBLES
Written by A. Newton; R.D. Randall.
Stock no. 1828925
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A phytogeographical analysis of microspecies of Rubus sect. Rubus & sect. Corylifolii. Pink pictorial cardwraps. B/w distribution maps throughout. xxx and 98 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158313. Spine lightly faded. Lower front corner of cover lightly creased. Contents clean.

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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF WILTSHIRE
Written by L.F. Stearn.
Stock no. 1828924
Published by Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A complete list of county botanical records since Grose's Flora of Wiltshire was published in 1957 up to and including 1972. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis plate and a few illustrations. xvi and 150 pages including index. ISBN: 0950196525. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Rear corners bumped, vertical edge of rear board has a small knock. Contents are clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears and small chips, unevenly faded.

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A CONTRIBUTION TO A FLORA OF MERIONETH
Written by Peter Benoit; Mary Richards.
Stock no. 1828923
Published by The West Wales Naturalists' Trust. 2nd 1963. Very good condition.

Second Edition (revised). Cardwraps. Staple-binding. A list of species. 69 pages. Covers a little grubby and lightly rubbed at corners. 'Merioneth' written in biro to spine. Staples starting to rust and thus bleeding to spine and contents. Else contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by S. Hamilton.
Stock no. 1828922
Published by John E. Southall. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Being a Catalogue of all the Flowering Plants known to be native to the County; and a guide to localities, together with a List of Ferns. Slim volume. 81 & xi pages including index. Boards browned, and a little marked. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges a little pulled but binding tight. A few light creased corners. Ink blot to vertical margin of pages 50-66. Else contents clean.

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FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS
Written by William A. Clarke.
Stock no. 1828921
Published by Trollius Publications. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The text of this reprinted edition of William Clarke's invaluable reference work is taken from the second edition, originally published in 1900. To this has been added the supplement which appeared in Journal of Botany 1909. Green cardwraps. xvi and 194 pages. ISBN: 095397183X. Edges lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ELEMENTARY MICROTECHNIQUE
Written by H. Alan Peacock.
Stock no. 1828920
Published by Edward Arnold (publishers) Ltd.. 3rd 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Third Edition. Includes new material and techniques that have been perfected since the second edition, including the Feulgen cytological techniques and notes on embedding by the colloidon, freezing, gelatin and resin methods. A concise and handy reference work. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 545 pages including index. Ex-library with one school library stamp to front endpaper. Boards clean. Annotation in pencil to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Grey & purple dustwrapper is edge-worn and rubbed with a few closed-tears, scuffed to rear panel.

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TEXANS AND HARVARDS IN LATIN AMERICA
Written by Dan Hagedorn.
Stock no. 1828919
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

This book, writtten by a respected researcher, historian and author, examines in detail the incredible panoply of the NA-16, AT-6, SNJ and Harvard series in all of Latin America. Large format. Blue pictorial boards. B/w photos, a few colour photos and illustrations. 352 pages. ISBN: 9780851303123. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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UNTITLED (THE BEE BOOK)
Written by Kit Williams. Illustrated by Kit Williams.
Stock no. 1328611
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1984. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Object of this puzzle book is to guess the title! Actual title is The Bee On The Comb. ISBN: 0224019066. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to edges of rear cover. A couple of tiny dents to lower edges of covers.

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THE ILLUSION OF LIFE: DISNEY ANIMATION
Written by Walt Disney; Ollie Johnston; Frank Thomas. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1328610
Published by Disney Editions. Circa 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The definitive volume on the work and achievement of one of America's best-known and most widely loved cultural institutions. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 575 pages. 489 plates in full-colour and thousands of b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0786860707. 9th printing. Dustwrapper has small nicks at top corners of spine.

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MOSQUITO FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN FOCUS
Written by Philip Birtles.
Stock no. 1828918
Published by Red Kite. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A photographic album of the fighter and fighter/bomber squadrons that operated the De Havilland Mosquito. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0954620135. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean.

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