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THE SKY TRACKERS
Written by John E. Gurdon. Illustrated by S. Drigin.
Stock no. 1325229
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

Warne's Adventure Library. Cream boards with blue titles and colour vignettes. 156 pages. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine very slightly grubby. Fore-edge of front cover is worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Some foxing to contents.

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THE TALE OF TUPPENNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Marie Angel.
Stock no. 1324631
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations of Tuppenny the guinea-pig. Originally published as Chapter 1 of The Fairy Caravan, this is the later book form. ISBN: 0723217246. Foxing to cover edges. Spine cocked. Foxing to endpapers. Some light fingering to page margins. Price-cut wrapper is a little browned to spine and a little edge rubbed.

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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1824561
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. A few brown marks to rear board (rust?). Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and is marked to rear panel (rust spots?).

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1324244
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1930. Good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. 310 pages. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Covers discoloured. Endpapers lightly browned, some foxing to contents.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD ANIMALS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 1323652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer book No. 5. Revised editon. In rare advertising wrapper. Endpapers very slightly browned. A bright copy.

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ALMANACK FOR 1928
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323504
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1928. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very small, slime format. Peach and cream pictorial boards, brown cloth spine. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing at corners. Endpapers have been professionally replaced (I think). Contents fine. Tissue-paper dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped. Very scarce in wrapper.

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ALMANACK FOR 1926
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323503
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1926. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very small format. Black cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pretty colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine. Tissue-paper wrapper is very slightly edge chipped and creased. Scarce in wrapper.

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ALMANACK FOR 1925
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323502
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

Very small oblong format. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations (originally appearing in the 1887 Almanack). Some slight browning/discolouration to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Some small marks to page margins but generally contents clean.

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THE TALE OF THE FAITHFUL DOVE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Marie Angel.
Stock no. 1323464
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beatrix Potter wrote this tale in 1907, basing it on a true story. She never did illustrate it and the manuscript did not come to light until after her death, when a small edition was published. Now re-issued with beautiful colour illustrations by the noted artist Marie Angel whose work has been favourably compared to Potter. White pictorial boards. 47pp. 6.5 x 5". A charming little book. ISBN: 0723213364. Small indentation to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers are partly browned. Dustwrapper is lightly browned with a couple of small foxspots.

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ALMANACK FOR 1927
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323442
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1927. Very good condition.

'The coloured illustrations are the actual first printing of the 1891 Almanack, the text for the year 1927 is now inserted'. Very small format. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pretty colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper.

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BRITISH PYRALID AND PLUME MOTHS
Written by Bryan P. Beirne. Illustrated by S.N.A. Jacobs.
Stock no. 1824127
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Wayside and Woodland series. 216 colour specimens, 16 plates. 207 pages. Boards clean and bright. Scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and endpapers. Text block browned. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, scuffed, closed tear to top rear edge of spine.

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FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1824126
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and fly vignette to front. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 383 pages including index. A few small marks to boards. Gilt is still bright. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots to contents and a few grubby marks e.g. page 15 (see photo). Contents generally very nice. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, lightly faded to spine, lightly scuffed, front flap has had tape on it at some point which has stained the flap vertically with some loss of surface paper.

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