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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FIREARMS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Nicholas Du Quesne-Bird.
Stock no. 2119472
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book No. 75. With 119 Black and white photographs and 9 line drawings. ISBN: 0723215715. Light wear to top and tail of spine. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine and edges with a little edge-creasing.

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FARMING AND BIRDS
Written by Raymond J. O'Connor; Michael Shrubb. Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 2117643
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

The book reviews the effects of agricultural development on bird populations in Britain. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and illustrations. 290 pages. ISBN: 0521324475. Spine slightly bumped and sunned, corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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DEAN'S LITTLE FOLK'S LIBRARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314447
Published by Dean & Son. circa 1880. Good condition.

Contents: A, Apple Pie; Jane and Her Brother; Pretty Puss and Little Dog; My Picture Book. Small format. Green cloth with gilt title labels to front and oval pictorial onlay of a bird. Yellow endpapers. Chromo illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly discoloured, spine browned. Small pink mark to lower edge of front cover. Joints cracked, front joint possible repaired. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some light foxing to contents. Top corner tips lightly creased.

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THE SCISSORBILL BIRD
Written by Louise Selworthy.
Stock no. 1502240
Published by The Dryad Press. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

A book featuring the craft of Cut-Out Coloured Paper. Basic instructions, a story and 19 colour plates of pictures to make. Pictorial front cover with green and blue titles. 48 pages. Covers grubby and marked. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Some loss of surface paper on spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Many of the colour plates have tracing lines on them and the colour has transferred to other pages. Foxing to endpapers and adjoining pages. Marks to contents.

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ANDY PANDY'S JUMP-UP BOOK
Written by Maria Bird. Illustrated by Matvyn Wright.
Stock no. 2112969
Published by Purnell. Almost very good condition.

From the television Watch With Mother programme. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 5 pop-up scenes, colour illustrations. Large format. 2-3" split, with some chipping to top of spine. Corners are bumped. First pop-up has some creasing, rest are in excellent working order.

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THE BIRD TREE
Written by Frans Van Anrooy. Illustrated by Jaap Tol.
Stock no. 822057
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Christmas for Mark at Grandma's house was going to be a drab affair with no money to decorate the Christmas Tree until the birds came to help. A picture book for children. Large format. White cloth spine with no title, white pictorial paper boards with black title to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Minimal text. Covers clean and bright as are the contents. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn and grubby.

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PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLAND
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 384313
Published by Gay and Bird. 1st thus 1900. Very good condition.

'Being extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton'. Beautiful gilt decorated green cloth covers. Dark green endpapers. B/w full-page and text illustrations. 301 pages and 16 pages of adverts to rear, all edges gilt. 7.5 x 5 inches. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Joints just starting to crack. Some light foxing to contents else clean. Musty smell to contents.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 597353
Published by J. And F. Rivington. 1774. Good condition.

A Description of Three Hundred Animals viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects With a Particular Account of The Manner of Their Catching of Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Use of All Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Whereon is Curiously Engraven Every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent and Insect Described in the Whole Book. The Eleventh Edition Carefully Corrected and Amended. Small format. 7 x 4". Full brown leather binding. B/w frontis. Title page in red and black. 212 pages. Numerous b/w illustrations including one large folding plate. Contents very good. Front board almost detached. Boards very worn. A fascinating early natural history book.

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THE SUNBIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by C.J. Skead; Cecily M. Niven; et al. Illustrated by John Perry.
Stock no. 663771
Published by South Africa Bird Book Fund. 1st 1967. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w illustrations. Also the Sugarbirds, the White-Eyes and the Spotted Creeper. A comprehensive monograph. Complete with gramaphone record. Wrapper corners slightly rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear.

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