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JELLYFISH: A NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Lisa-Ann Gershwin.
Stock no. 2139747
Published by Ivy Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Packed with stunning photographs, this book examines the anatomy, taxonomy, behaviour, ecology and lifecycles of these incredible creatures and profiles fifty of the most notable and intriguing - from the tiny Immortal Jellyfish to the enormous Nomura's Giant Jellyfish. ISBN: 9781782403227. Small knocks to top and tail of spine and corners. Contents are still fine!

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH WILD FLOWERS
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 2139674
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book no. 2. Describing 200 British species with 220 illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Browning to spine and edges. Damp staining to base of spine and to side of corresponding edges and pages internally. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with heavy browning/fading to covers; edge-tears with chips and small pieces of loss; some marks; creased.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2139664
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1994. Nearly fine condition.

A limited and numbered collectors edition of the 1942 Rupert book - the most scarce of all the Rupert annuals due to wartime paper shortages. Colour pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 1874507252. Spine is faded with tiny nicks to top and tail. Contents are fine. Slip case is near fine. Copy No. 3108.

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ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BATS IN VILLAGES AND TOWNS
Written by Matthias Simon; Sandra Huttenbugel; Janna Smit-Viergutz; Peter Boye.
Stock no. 1323002
Published by Bundesamt Fur Naturschutz. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

A report of the results of research around the town of Marburg. Pink cardwraps. 263 pages plus xvi. Charts, diagrams, tables and some colour photographs throughout. ISBN: 3784336191. Covers are slightly edge rubbed and grubby with some fading. Some page corner tips creased. Contents otherwise fine.

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THE NAMELESS BOAT
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322970
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mary Gray and the Barnard boys are off for a caravanning holiday on the west coast of Scotland - and to another adventure! Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal chipping at top and tail of spine and some rubbing of surface paper too.

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MANUAL OF SALMONID FARMING
Written by Stephen Willoughby.
Stock no. 2139607
Published by Fishing News (Books) Ltd.; Blackwell Science. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. B/w diagrams. This practical text is designed as a benchmark reference to the many technical aspects of salmon and trout farming, the varied issues of growth and development, operational and administrative concerns, environmental requirements and consequences, nutrition and feeding, disease prevention and control, harvesting and fish quality, genetics and breeding technology, and marketing. ISBN: 0852382456. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks to covers. Light page edge browning, with a few foxspots to outer page edges.

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AN OBSESSION WITH CARP
Written by Dave Lane.
Stock no. 2139606
Published by Laneman Publishing. 1st 1998. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. Limited edition. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1901717038. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little damp marking along bottom edges of covers. Foxing and marks to outer page edges, which are also a bit browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with some marks and a little damp to verso.

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FLY FISHING: THE NORTH COUNTRY TRADITION
Written by Leslie Magee.
Stock no. 2139602
Published by Smith Settle Ltd.. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Fold-out map to centre. 218 pages, including bibliography and index. ISBN: 1858250250. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Bumping to spine and corners. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine and some marks.

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TWA: AN AIRLINE AND ITS AIRCRAFT
Written by R.E.G. Davies. Illustrated by Mike Machat.
Stock no. 2139593
Published by Paladwr Press. 1st USA 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

75 Years of Pioneering Progress. Oblong format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 188896216X. Some light browning to wrapper.

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THE LORD FISH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 2139508
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains: The Lord Fish, A Penny A Day, The Jacket, Dick and the Beanstalk, Hodmadod, The old Lion, Sambo and the Snow Mountains. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Limited edition of 68 Signed and Numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper. SIGNED by author to prelim page, this is Copy No. 59. Some light wear and fading to covers. There are some page edges which are ragged, with grubby marks and a few nicks/chips, where page edges were not fully cut. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some marks and nicks and chips; grubby/marked to spine.

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THE CACTI OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Written by Lyman Benson. Illustrated by Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton.
Stock no. 2139157
Published by Stanford University Press. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with black title block, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Some diagrams. ISBN: 0804708630. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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THE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS WHO PAINTED MALTA
Written by Nicholas De Piro.
Stock no. 2139073
Published by Said Internationa Ltd. 1st MALTA 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt titles to spine and front cover. The author gathers together nearly 600 artists who painted Malta together all in one volume, with colour and b/w copies of their works. ISBN: 1871684005. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Page edges/margins are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning to spine and edges.

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