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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 9TH YEAR
Written by Nancy M. Hayes; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Eleanor Helme; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial front board showing a young lady sat on a fence. First story 'That ordinary girl'. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly edge rubbed. Heavy foxing. Old price to front free-endpaper (blotted out with pencil). Scarce dustwrapper is grubby, foxed, worn and torn with tape repairs on verso. Small section of loss to lower edge of rear cover has been patched with paper of similar colour.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Natalie Joan; Evelyn Smith; Angela Brazil; Alice Parry Gunn; Joyce M. Westrup; Lilian Holmes; Lady Middleton; et al. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles; P.B. Hickling; C.E. Brock; Radcliffe Wilson; et al..
Stock no. 1324963
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

White cloth spine, with red title. Pictorial front cover shows a girl in a sunhat picking flowers. First story is 'Two Cats-and One Other'. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. White spine is slightly grubby. Some scuff marks to front cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Small ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Some red biro annotations/markings to the play in one act - "Unbleached Calico". Some hinges pulled. Foxing, mainly to textblock.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Margaret Middleton; Florence Harrison; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston; C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1324962
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine with blue title. Pictorial front board shows girl with tennis racquet. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "One Crowded Hour" by Margaret Middleton. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Title page is slightly torn at inner margin. Foxing to contents, mainly textblock.

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SEAWEED BIOLOGY NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO ECOPHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND UTILIZATION
Written by Christian Wiencke; Kai Bischof.
Stock no. 1324959
Published by Springer. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ecological Studies 219. Green boards. ISBN: 9783642284502. Minimal bumping to spine. Still in original shrinkwrap, although there are a few small tears to this.

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ANAPHORA IN CELTIC AND UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
Written by Randall Hendrick.
Stock no. 1324956
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

This book examines the major syntactic structures of two Celtic langues, Welsh and Breton, emphasizing their significance for current views of Universal Grammar. Cream boards. 284 pages. ISBN: 1556080662. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small dent to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Pencil annotations to some pages.

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DOUBLE HAPLOID TECHNOLOGY VOLUME 2: HOT TOPICS, APIACEAE, BRASSICACEAE, SOLANACEAE
Written by Jose M. Segui-Simarro.
Stock no. 1324953
Published by Humana Press; Springer. 1st PB 2021. Very good condition.

Methods in Molecular Biology no. 2288. Green cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w diagrams. ISBN: 9781071613375. Covers are edge rubbed, a couple of small marks to front cover. Some slight creasing to corner tips of prelims.

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PALM OIL DIASPORA: AFRO-BRAZILIAN LANDSCAPES AND ECONOMIES ON BAHIA'S DENDE COAST
Written by Case Watkins.
Stock no. 1324951
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2021. Very good condition.

A comprehensive account of palm oil's ecology, economy, and culture in Brazil. Green boards. 347 pages. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 9781108478823. Spine and corners bumped. Dent top top edge of rear cover. Slightly sticky mark to rear cover from removal of a label.

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WOMEN AND THE RAILWAY, 1850-1915
Written by Anna Despotopoulou.
Stock no. 1324948
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 202 pages. ISBN: 9780748676941. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed/creased.

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THE ROLE OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Written by Angel Acros-Vargas.
Stock no. 1324939
Published by Springer. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Explains the technological and social developments leading to the wide-scale use of electric vehicles, addresses the environmental and economic impacts of the transition to electric vehicles and combines contributions from experts in various disciplines to present a comprehensive overview. Glazed boards. ISBN: 9783030506322. Lower corners bumped else a fine copy still in shrinkwrap.

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EARLY RAILWAYS: A SELECTION OF PAPERS FROM THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EARLY RAILWAYS CONFERENCE
Written by Andy Guy; Jim Rees.
Stock no. 1324938
Published by The Newcomen Society. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Twenty two important and previously unpublished papers examining aspects of the railway, from 600 BC to 1840 AD. Glazed pictorial boards. 360 pages. B/w diagrams, photos and illustrations. ISBN: 090468508X. Spine and corners bumped. Lower page corner tips of first 20 pages slightly creased. Top edge of textblock slightly dusty else contents fine.

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ON FARMLAND VOLUME 2 CONFLICT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by David W. Macdonald; Ruth E. Feber.
Stock no. 1324936
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Focusing on the tensions that arise between people and wildlife on agricultural land. Glazed pictorial boards. 324 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780198745501. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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LIVING WITH DEERHOUNDS
Written by Kay Barret.
Stock no. 1324935
Published by Kay Barret. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Essentially a collection of information that the author has gleaned during her years of living with Deerhounds, from a variety of sources, and from many people. Pictorial cardwraps.B/w photos. ISBN: 0953392309. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean.

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