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CUSTER'S LUCK
Written by Edgar I. Stewart.
Stock no. 2126197
Published by University of Oklahoma Press. 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Olive green cloth with maroon/gilt title box to spine. Bumping along cover edges. Foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some small amounts of loss; faded to spine.

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THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
Written by Fred Druce.
Stock no. 2126187
Published by A. Druce. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Country Life around Ross-on-Wye 1870-1940. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950922404. Spine is creased. Couple of corners are creased.

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BRITISH MAMMALS (NN 21)
Written by L. Harrison Matthews.
Stock no. 2126146
Published by Collins. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. 16 colour plates, 48 b/w photos. 92 figures in the text. Green cloth, gilt titles. Spine is bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; some to page margins. Wrapper is covered with clear adhesive film and is browned to spine.

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LOCH LOMONDSIDE (NN 88)
Written by John Mitchell.
Stock no. 2126122
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 88. Colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0002201453. Foxing to top edges of outer page edges. Contents are fine. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2126121
Published by Collins. 2ND 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 0007197160. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges. Some edge creasing to wrapper.

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THE FOCKE-WULF 190 A FAMOUS GERMAN FIGHTER
Written by Heinz J. Nowarra. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 2126116
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Spine is faded. A few spots to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped, with a few tears; minimal loss. Some grubby marks to wrapper.

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VIRGINIA PLANTATION HOMES
Written by David King Gleason.
Stock no. 2126073
Published by Louisiana State University Press. 1st USA 1989. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Colour photos by the author. Wrapper is edge-creased with small edge-tear to bottom of front panel. A little fading to a couple of edges.

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THE FABLES OF AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 2126057
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. 23 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards. Assumed 1st edition. Spotting/browning to spine; some chipping to cloth at top and tail; a little fraying. Wear along cover edges; a few small nicks at corners. Some foxing and browning, mostly to prelims. All plates present. Bottom corner of page 144 has small piece torn off.

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THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2126051
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 84 pages. Early Reprint. Backstrip has been re glued (appears to have at one time been detached). Some chipping. Bumping and wear to corners. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby margin marks and the odd foxspot. Hinges are pulled causing contents to be a little loose but binding still tight.

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BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 1919-59 VOLUME TWO
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 1816309
Published by Putnam. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams throughout. 595 pages plus publisher adverts. Top edge blue. Light tape marks to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed with a few small edge-chips, top & tail of spine have a small grease stain.

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BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1816300
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block but contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has clear laminate attached causing slight bleeding of text and image.

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THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
Written by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 2126036
Published by P.I.C.. 1st AUSTRALIA 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Australian edition. ISBN: 0958784523. Bumping to spine and corners. Uneven mottling to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tear to top of spine; a few grubby marks.

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