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THE AQUATIC BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by C.J. Patten.
Stock no. 823781
Published by R.H. Porter. 1906. Very good condition.

61 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. xxix and 590 pages including index. Expertly rebound, new boards and endpapers, green cloth, gilt titles. Inscription in ink to first blank page. A few scattered foxspots else contents clean.

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HAWAIIAN BIRDLIFE
Written by Andrew J. Berger.
Stock no. 823783
Published by University Press Of Hawaii. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Light blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. xiii and 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0824802136. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly scuffed. A nice copy.

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A DISTRIBUTIONAL SURVEY OF THE BIRDS OF HONDURAS
Written by Burt L. Monroe.
Stock no. 823792
Published by The American Ornithologists Union. 1st 1968. Nearly fine condition.

Ornithological Monographs No. 7. Blue cloth boards, black titles. 2 colour plates plus b/w distribution maps. 458 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed, couple of small marks to covers. Contents fine.

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THE RAILWAY ERA
Written by Geoffrey Body.
Stock no. 823795
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1991. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Life and Lines in the Great Age of Railways. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 153 pages not including index. ISBN: 094797167X. A fine copy in a green pictorial wrapper which has a couple of tiny nicks to edge.

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THE WEST COUNTRY BOOK
Written by J.C. Trewin.
Stock no. 823665
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A selection of essays, stories and poems by some of the West Country's authors, past and present. Colour photos. ISBN: 090667123X. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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THE MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
Written by Jean Dorst.
Stock no. 823678
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1962. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and maps. A comprehensive study. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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DEVON IN FIGURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 631551
Published by Devon Books. 1st 1985. Fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Two-tone charts and illustrations. 104 pages of statistics about Devon. ISBN: 0861147529.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 116
Written by Doris Pocock; Alfred Judd; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Harry Rountree; D. Newsome; Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 385985
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1932. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front board (illustration by Lawson Wood) of dog harassing jester. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 476 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers scuffed and a little scratched. First gathering of pages (prelims) detached - held in by small piece of tape. Name in ink to front endpaper. Old glue marks to inner margins of endpapers. Some hinges cracked. Contents are generally clean.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White.
Stock no. 823567
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1833. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Full black leather binding, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. x + 316 pages. Arranged for Young Persons. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Spine and corners worn. 0.5 inch missing from base of spine.

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LIFE AND WORK OF SIR NORMAN LOCKYER
Written by T. Mary Lockyer; Winifred L. Lockyer.
Stock no. 823575
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer (Joseph Norman Lockyer), best known for his work in astronomy and physics. B/w illustrations. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine lightly faded and slightly bumped.

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