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THE AVENUE OF FLUTES
Written by Henry Bentinck. Illustrated by Maurice Bartlett.
Stock no. 1108495
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 8 x 5.5". 135 pages. Bumping to corners and along a couple of cover edges. Wrapper is unevenly faded, with some grubby marks and a few nicks.

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WATERLOG A SWIMMER'S JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN
Written by Roger Deakin.
Stock no. 2111631
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water. B/w chapter headings. ISBN: 0701166525. SIGNED by author, with dedication to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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ARMS AND STABILITY IN EUROPE
Written by Alastair Buchan; Philip Windsor.
Stock no. 1604802
Published by Chatto & Windus; Institute For Strategic Studies. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Studies in International Security 6. A British-French-German enquiry. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE SECURITY OF SOUTHERN ASIA
Written by D.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1604801
Published by Chatto & Windus; Institute For Strategic Studies. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Studies in International Security 8. 308 pages. Spine bumped. Wrapper is a little scuffed and edge rubbed.

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THE TALE OF TINY TUTAK
Written by Hanna Wiig. Illustrated by Sven Skauge.
Stock no. 1310148
Published by Chatto & Windus. circa 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tiny Tutak is an Eskimo boy living far away near the North Pole. He sets off with his tiny bow and his tiny spear to hunt for food. Small format. Red paper boards, white titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers browned, foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, browned on verso with some foxing showing through to front panel.

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SOLDIERS
Written by Philip Ziegler.
Stock no. 1207281
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Fighting Men's Lives 1901-2001. 352 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0701169540. Light page-edge browning.

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WORKERS IN BRITAIN
Written by A. Gibson. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton.
Stock no. 1308385
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1963. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Young Learner Books series edited by J.C.Gagg, Social Studies. Pictorial boards. 30 pages. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Appears to be a little grubby on verso of title-page and to contents page opposite (suspect it was produced like this). Dustwrapper is price-cut and ever so slightly grubby on rear panel from scuffing.

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BRITISH ANIMALS
Written by Mary Vanstone. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 1308384
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1963. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Young Learner Books series edited by J.C.Gagg, Nature Study. Pictorial boards. 30 pages. Colour illustrations. Very minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut and ever so slightly grubby on rear panel from scuffing.

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GREAT EXPLORERS
Written by A.A. Bass. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton.
Stock no. 1308383
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1965. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Young Learner Books series edited by J.C.Gagg, History. Pictorial boards. 30 pages. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Rear panel of wrapper is just a little grubby from scuffing.

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THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
Written by Bret Harte. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2106919
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1886. Good condition.

Cream cloth covers, colour vignettes to front and rear, black titles to spine. Full-page colour frontis illustration, colour text illustrations throughout. 58 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Covers are heavily worn with some bumping, fading and marks. Front joint is cracked; half-title page is nearly detached. Contents are generally very good, but pages do have some grubby margin marks.

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WATER LILIES AND WATER PLANTS
Written by A. Niklitschek.
Stock no. 1802307
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth boards, white title to spine. Five original drawings by the author and 14 b/w plates. 135 pages including index. Corners worn, 0.5" loss to base of spine, slight loss to top of spine. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean.

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THE ROSE AND THE LILY
Written by Mrs. Octavian Blewitt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1201458
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1877. Almost very good condition.

Pink cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. B/w frontis by Cruikshank. Believed to be the last book illustrated by him. The Rose And The Lily, How They Became the Emblems of England and France. A Fairy Tale. 62 pages + 36 page booklist dated October 1876. Top of spine chipped with loss. Spine browned and bumped and base. Small mark to front cover. Some page edges ragged from uneven opening.

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