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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1828556
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Collins New Naturalist series. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxii and 391 pages. ISBN: 187063019X. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine.

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SCHOOLDAYS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328337
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver titles and vignette. 272 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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JEN OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328336
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 311 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. A couple of small brown marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge worn with slight loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328334
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library edition. Blue boards. Silver title. 288 pages. Top edge blue. Slight bumping and browning to top and tail of spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge worn/torn with small piece of loss to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE LONG WEEKEND: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN 1918-1939
Written by Robert Graves; Alan Hodge; Juliet Gardner.
Stock no. 1828554
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Very good condition.

Introduced by Juliet Gardner. Colour photographic pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Minor marks to text block, tiny nick to vertical edge of page 359/360 else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase in VG, being a little scuffed.

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JEN OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328333
Published by Collins. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 311 pages. Top edge blue. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and slightly edge worn.

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STOWAWAYS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328332
Published by Collins. 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards. 256 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Browning to cover edges. Faint booksellers ink stamp to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss.

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THE SPANISH INQUISITION: A HISTORICAL REVISION
Written by Henry Kamen.
Stock no. 1828553
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

A Historical Revision. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, dramatic gilt and red decoration to front. Brown endpapers show districts of the Spanish Inquisition. Colour plates. Contents are bound UPSIDE-DOWN and back to front. Else a lovely copy contained in VG publisher's slipcase which has some surface paper loss to lower spine and is a little scuffed.

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BETJEMAN'S BRITAIN
Written by John Betjeman; Candida Lycett Green.
Stock no. 1828552
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine, front board has five images in b/w imprinted. B/w photographic endpapers. Full of b/w photos. A lovely copy in a VG publisher's slipcase which is rubbed & worn at edges.

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A BOOK OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD AND OTHER WRITINGS
Written by Elizabeth David; Julian Barnes. Illustrated by John Minton; Sophie Maccarthy.
Stock no. 1828551
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Preface by Julian Barnes. Green cloth spine with gilt title. Vivid olive motif patterned boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy but slipcase is MISSING.

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WHAT ARE THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD?
Written by Peter D'Epiro; Mary Desmond Pinkowish. Illustrated by Richard Beards.
Stock no. 1828550
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Very good condition.

And 60 Other Great Cultural Questions. Black cloth spine with gilt title, colourful pictorial paper boards. Brown endpapers. B/w illustrations. Sixth printing. Page 23/24 has vertical margin crease else a lovely copy in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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URBAN WALLS: A GENERATION OF COLLAGE IN EUROPE & AMERICA
Written by Brandon Taylor. Illustrated by Burhan Dogancay; et al..
Stock no. 1828547
Published by Hudson Hills Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An extensive look at the history of Collage and its dialogue with the art of decollage, this book examines the movement through the work of some of its pivotal participants, artists such as Robert Rauchenberg, Mimmo Rotella, Wolf Vostell, Jacques Villegle and within this context is able to frame the work of New York-based, Turkish-born artist, Burhan Dogancay. Large format. Red title to spine, blind title to front board. Colour illustrations. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 9781555952884. A lovely copy.

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