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FRIDAY'S TUNNEL
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328815
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. 320 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is a little worn at corners and is grubby to rear panel.

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FEBRUARY'S ROAD
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328812
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Bright pink cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, slightly grubby to rear panel and front flap is creased.

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ISMO
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328811
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Partly a straight adventure story, partly a study of adolescent psychology and partly a fable of our time. Red/orange mottled boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' (80p) price printed alongside. Wrapper is well worn, rubbed and creased with tears at top of spine.

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DARTMOOR: A STATEMENT OF ITS TIME (NN 111)
Written by Ian Mercer.
Stock no. 1829039
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

New Naturalist series 111. This is the cardwraps edition. The extensive history and physical landscape of Dartmoor, also its cultural place within Great Britian. A look at the wild and rugged landscape that has inspired so many poets, painters and musicians over countless centuries. Colour photos. xiv and 402 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007185009. Spine slightly faded and has a vertical crease (from page turning). Rear cover a little scuffed. Old price label to rear cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 1829038
Published by Collins. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the natural history these fascinating animals. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour plates. 218 pages including index. ISBN: 000220147X. Vertical crease to spine. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Text block a little grubby. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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SQUIRRELS (NMN 12)
Written by Monica Shorten.
Stock no. 1829029
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph No. 12. Green buckram cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Based on a finely and detailed study in geographical distribution of the squirrel, investigating every aspect of the lives of squirrels, economics, food, life-history, and ecology. xii and 212 pages including index. A few tiny marks to boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pale grubby mark to pages viii and ix. Contents lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, has some foxing, wear to top & tail of spine with slight loss, rear panel grubby.

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MORNING IS A LITTLE CHILD
Written by Joan Walsh Anglund. Illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund.
Stock no. 1328720
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink boards with black title to spine and vignette to front. Delightful colour pictures every page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed.

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THE ITALIAN SPRING
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328713
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maria Henniker-Hadden's (the delightful heroine of The Warden's Niece) adventures in Italy spring of 1877. Blue mottle boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name, date and old price in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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JAMES WITHOUT THOMAS
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328712
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Without the influence of his eldest brother, Thomas, James comes into his own as the hero of the Christmas holidays. Purple cloth, silver title to spine. 255 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel and has tears to rear spine edge and to top corner of rear panel.

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THE ELEPHANT WAR
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328710
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The fourth story of the Smith family, beginning with a misunderstanding (like many wars before and since). Red boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light tape mark to front cover. Name in ink and also evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped with slight loss, a bit grubby to rear panel and has a large tear across front panel which has been tape repaired on verso and is not very noticeable to front.

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THE RABBITS' WEDDING
Written by Garth Williams. Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Stock no. 1328631
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth spine, pictorial boards. Beautiful soft pastel illustrations. Light foxing to covers, endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed.

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BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1328592
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a 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. Spine and corners bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine, closed tear to lower edge of rear panel which is slightly grubby.

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