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LA PASSION DES OISEAUX
Written by John A. Burton; D.H.S. Risdon.
Stock no. 1204229
Published by Grund. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Text in French. Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 270005007X. Wrapper corners are worn.

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WELLINGTON'S SPECIALIST TROOPS
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Bryan Fosten.
Stock no. 1204228
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Men at Arms Series no. 204. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0850458625.

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CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1204205
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1942. Very good condition.

A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. Light crease to rear cover.

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STORIES FROM ELFLAND: GOBLIN GREY
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson. Illustrated by L.A. Govry.
Stock no. 1204200
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Covers are browned with corner crease. School stamp to inside front cover.

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THE LAKE OF LUCERNE AND THE FOREST CANTONS
Written by J.C. Heer.
Stock no. 1803903
Published by Th. Shroter. 1900. Very good condition.

Album (edition de luxe) with 800 photographic and woodcut illustrations comprising landscapes, alpine views, architectural pictures, national types and costumes. Translated from the German by John C. Milligan. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. Decorative floral endpapers. Top edge gilt. 331 pages plus additional illustrations to rear. Spine faded, boards unevenly faded. Light stain to spine. A few light scratch marks to rear board and a few indentations to board. Two pinholes to title page which have pierced the prelims else contents very nice.

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BIRDS OF SURINAME
Written by F. Haverschmidt; G.F. Mees. Illustrated by Paul Barruel; Inge Van Noortwijk.
Stock no. 1204194
Published by Vaco. 1st 1994. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark green imitation leather with gilt titles. Colour plates. Includes fold-out sketch map of Suriname to rear. 584 pages. ISBN: 999140029X. Rear joints are just starting to crack. Wrapper a little edge-chipped.

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BABAR KEEPS FIT!
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 1204175
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

The Adventures of Babar on Television. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Base of spine chipped. Laminate chipping to sides of spine.

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AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1204166
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! A story of the Lockett family. Edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Some foxing.

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THE STORY OF A CANDY RABBIT
Written by Laura Lee Hope. Illustrated by Harry L. Smith.
Stock no. 1204165
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1920. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. B/w frontis + 3 other plates. Cover edges are worn. Spine is faded. Hinges are slightly pulled.

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1304589
Published by R.T.S.; Girl's Own Paper. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title and black vignette to spine, black title and decoration to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small split to base of spine. Remains of very small white sticker to front endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, 2" loss to base of spine, tape repair to top of spine on verso and a few tiny holes (caused by scratches) to front panel. Rear panel is a bit grubby. A nice copy in a decent enough dustwrapper.

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FRANCE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 1830-1890
Written by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer.
Stock no. 1803845
Published by A.C. Mcclurg. 1895. Almost very good condition.

Cloth boards, gilt titles and tooling. Tissue guarded b/w plates. 450 pages including index. Corners lightly rubbed. Small ink inscriptions to endpapers and lengthy inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Some scattered foxing, mainly to tissue guards.

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RAILWAYS IN ENGLAND 1826 AND 1827
Written by C. Von Oeynhausen; H. Von Dechen; E.A. Forward.
Stock no. 1803824
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1971. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Concerning Railways in England: Observations Collected During the Years 1826 and 1827 translated from the German text by Forward. Published for the Newcomen Society. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0852700482. Plates at rear of book affected by damp and have been prised apart but still decipherable. Wrapper is affected by damp and as such is stuck to the rear board and is grubby to rear panel. Contents generally clean.

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