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PLANT GALLS (NN 117)
Written by Margaret Redfern.
Stock no. 1824772
Published by Collins. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 117 in New Naturalist Series. Much needed insight into the variety of galls of different types caused by a wide range of organisms including fungi, insects and mites. Green cloth gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780002201438. Light bump to top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a little grubby to rear panel.

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TAKE JENNINGS FOR INSTANCE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1324537
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Jennings joins the Natural History club. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. Red boards, black title to spine. 256 pages, top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Slight dent to top edge of front cover. Some light damp(?) staining to front endpapers and a some light fingermarks to title-page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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JENNINGS' LITTLE HUT
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1324526
Published by Collins. 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black lettering. Top edge red. Colour frontis. 255 pages. Jennings and Darbishire are now in their third term at Linbury Court School and are occupying their leisure time in hut-building... Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page browning throughout. Top corner tips lightly creased. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with only slight loss and browned on verso.

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TYPICALLY JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1324524
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hair-raising happenings for which Jennings is mainly responsible. Typical! Green mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis by Biro. 159 pages. ISBN: 0001621610. Book leans to one side a little. Small white address label to front pastedown and name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper (the address has been crossed out). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned to spine and edges.

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MAID OF THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324516
Published by Collins. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library. Blue boards, and top edge blue. 220 pages. 7.5 x 5". Tiny bit of fading to base of spine. Name in ink and inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (both neat). Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tape repairs on verso (which have browned with age and this can been seen on front panel). A few tiny, light marks to rear panel.

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JANDY MAC COMES BACK
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324511
Published by Collins. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library. Blue boards. 256 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny spot to lower edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tears, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1324227
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 315 pages. Depicting colour illustrations of plants of specific interest. A most attractive and informative book. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and front cover edges. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel, slightly browned to spine with 0.5" loss at top.

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HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1324218
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Very slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. A nice copy of the first edition.

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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL AFRICAN HIPPOPOTAMUS RACE
Written by Morris Lurie. Illustrated by Richard Sawers.
Stock no. 1824383
Published by Collins. 1st UK 1969. Almost very good condition.

Eight year old Edward Day, the hippo, trains for the greatest river race of them all - the annual African hippopotamus race. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-library with usual library marks. Spine browned, boards a little discoloured. A few grubby marks to contents.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT MAKES LACE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1323835
Published by Collins. 4th 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. 93 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped, light rubbing to cover edges. Endpapers partly browned. Some light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso, is slightly edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel.

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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1323733
Published by Collins. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A New Naturalist publication. Green cloth. 27 text figures. 31 tables. 28 b/w plates. A new study of British woodlands, coniferous, broadleaves, natural and planted and the varied bird life each support. The author includes a valuable species-by-species account, with information on status and habitats. An important work considering the place of birds in modern forestry. ISBN: 002132591. Spine bumped. Dent to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased, slightly browned to spine and removal of a label to rear panel has caused surface paper damage.

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MOVING PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323645
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Moving pictures, action surprises, hidden images. A reproduction of an antique book originally published by Ernest Nister. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001384147. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Pictures and tabs in good condition.

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