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CORNWALL
Written by G.E. Mitton. Illustrated by G.F. Nicholls.
Stock no. 2137075
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Blue-grey cloth. Dark titles to spine and front cover. 24 colour plates. A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d series. Spine is browned with bumping and wear. Some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper which has small margin tear and creasing to corner. Page edge browning. Margin browning to plate pages. Some fingering to margins.

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POMPEII
Written by W.M. Mackenzie. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 2137054
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and dark yellow title to front cover. 20 colour plates with tissue guards plus a few b/w plates. 179 pages plus fold-out map and publication list to rear. A & C Black 7/6 Series. Reprint. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine. Marks to covers. Top corner tips are creased (where book bumped). Hinge cracked at page 129. Sketch plan a bit foxed. Light foxing in other places.

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KENT
Written by W. Teignmouth Shore. Illustrated by W. Biscombe Gardner.
Stock no. 2136983
Published by A. & C. Black. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. Popular series. 2nd revised edition. Spine is browned. Marks to covers, including damp stain to rear cover. Foxing. Damp stain to first few plates on lower margin. Browning to margins of plates. Grubby mark to plate on page 113.

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TOM, ZACK AND EMMIE IN WINTER
Written by Amy Ehrlich. Illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
Stock no. 2135461
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0713629584. Bumping to corners. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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BONNIE SCOTLAND
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. Illustrated by Sutton Palmer.
Stock no. 2123624
Published by A. & C. Black. 1912. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

An outline of Scotland's salient features with a glimpse at its history, national character and customs. 75 colour plates. Blue decorated cloth; gilt title to spine; brown title to front cover. 254 pages and 8 page booklist to rear. 9 x 6". An A. & C. Black Colour Book in the 20 Shillings Series. Some wear to cover corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. A little foxing; some margin marks. A couple of tissue guards have become loose, but still inserted. Wrapper is very creased and damaged; has been repaired to verso with brown tape; still some pieces of loss.

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GLIDING THE BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION MANUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208189
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Originally aimed at giving gliding instructors a general feel of how gliders work, this book is not a technical manual in the usual sense and veers off into areas not directly relevant to the basic theory. Which makes for interesting reading! Glazed pictorial boards. 308 pages.packed with b/w diagrams. ISBN: 0713659475.

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BIRDS OF SEYCHELLES
Written by Adrian Skerrett; Ian Bullock; Tony Disley. Illustrated by Mark Andrews; Tony Disley.
Stock no. 1811101
Published by Christopher Helm; A. & C. Black. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Helm Field Guides. Cardwraps. A comprehensive guide to all species in Seychelles. 242 species illustrated. Colour and b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0713639733. Crease to rear cover. Contents fine.

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KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1312641
Published by A. & C. Black. 1911. Very good condition.

British Artists series. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work. Green cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial onlay to front. Tipped-in plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing and page browning to text pages. All plates present and in fine condition. Hinge between last page of text and first plate is cracked. This edition "reissued with slight rearrangement of pictures, February 1911".

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THE BOWEN TWINS
Written by Deborah Tyndall. Illustrated by T. Cuneo.
Stock no. 1206326
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Pale green pictorial cloth, black title to spine. 8 colour plates. 247 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxspots to prelims and last few pages. Corners bumped.

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SURREY
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. Illustrated by Sutton Palmer.
Stock no. 815590
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

32 illustrations. Blue cloth. Popular series. Spine browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Frontis is partially detached.

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SURREY
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. Illustrated by Sutton Palmer.
Stock no. 815594
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

32 illustrations. Blue cloth. Popular series. Spine browned. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. all plates present.

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LECTURES ILLUSTREES
Written by E. Magee; M. Anceau.
Stock no. 584475
Published by A. & C. Black. 1916. Slightly better than good condition.

2nd edition. Elements De Grammaire. Red pictorial cloth. 32 colour illustrations and other b/w illustrations. Text in French. Contents very good. Spine browned and split.

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