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SEVEN YEARS AND A DAY
Written by Colette O'Hare. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1321588
Published by Collins. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

10.75" X 8.5". Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful story of a 'lucky' six toed cat. Illustrated by the distinguished painter, Beryl Cook, who has illustrated a book for first time. ISBN: 0001957457. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges, tiny white scratch mark to rear panel.

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MOLDY WARP THE MOLE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2135088
Published by Collins. 1st 1940. Fair condition.

Grey boards with circular pictorial onlay. Grey and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 87 pages. Spine has splitting and chipping all way up both sides; bottom part of backstrip is just about hanging on. Bumping to corners. Scuffing and wear to covers. Pencil scribble to rear pastedown and endpaper. Foxing and margin marks throughout book; a few small margin tears.

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GREY RABBIT'S MAY DAY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2135086
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Colour illustrated boards. Blue pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour illus throughout. 64 numbered pages. 7 x 5.5". Some wear to cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning and foxing; stain to spine; pencil writing and scribble to rear panel.

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HARE AND THE EASTER EGGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2135085
Published by Collins. Circa 1952. Almost very good condition.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Pale green pictorial boards. Charming colour pictures throughout. 79 pages. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. Browning and some other marks to covers. Page edge browning; some foxing; contents are generally still very good.

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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime. Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2134984
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Pale foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine with a few foxspots; closed tear to one corner.

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THE GREENSHANK (NMN 5)
Written by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson.
Stock no. 1822109
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New Naturalist Monograph no. 5. A few pale marks to boards, gilt title is dull. Front pastedown has evidence of a damp stain (spillage?). Text block browned. Contents crinkled as if from damp but no staining except the front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened to verso with brown paper at folds, a few grubby marks especially to rear panel, spine is browned and repaired to top where a small piece of loss has occurred.

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BIRD MIGRATION (NN 113)
Written by Ian Newton.
Stock no. 1821658
Published by Collins. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 113. An in-depth study of the different types of bird movements along with their main migration patterns. Green cloth boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007307319. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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GRASSHOPPERS & CRICKETS (NN 120)
Written by Ted Benton.
Stock no. 1821646
Published by Collins. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

No. 120 in New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the appearance, variations, behaviour, habitat, life-cycles and distribution of all the native British species of bush-crickets, groundhoppers and grasshoppers. Green cloth gilt title to spine. Colour photos. DVD to rear featuring many aspects of the behaviour of nearly all British species, including song, conflict, courtship behaviour, sex-role reversal and egg-laying. Dark green endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 9780007277230. Minor creasing to dustwrapper at base of spine.

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THE MOLE (NMN 22)
Written by Kenneth Mellanby.
Stock no. 1320817
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series. Perhaps the most engaging of all our wild animals, an account of the mole's natural history written with charm and clarity. Green cloth. 18 b/w photos and 35 text figures. 159 pages includes index. ISBN: 0002131455. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Evidence of removal of a small label to front pastedown (glue residue?). Small/light crease to top corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and worn with some slight foxing on verso.

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THE RUBADUB MYSTERY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320754
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Good condition.

A seaside holiday at a queer old inn with strange and unusual guests... Another exciting mystery-adventure book. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Textblock grubby and foxed. Joints cracked.

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MY FIRST BOOK OF FABLES
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Mansbridge.
Stock no. 2134473
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations througout. Light foxing to outer page edges and endpapers. Front pastedown starting to lift from the front board. Wrapper is torn to top of spine, with a bit of loss; grubby marks to rear panel.

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LISA GOES TO RUSSIA
Written by Noel Streatfeild. Illustrated by Geraldine Spence.
Stock no. 1320382
Published by Collins. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A delightful picture of life for ordinary Russian people. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. F'cap 4to. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription at top margin of frontis. Spine bumped. Light foxing, mainly at textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, creased and torn.

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