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GOOD WORK SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Bruno Kay.
Stock no. 1328744
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red and yellow boards showing children holding hands. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 124 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some fading to top and tail of spine. Foxed/marked to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is in two pieces (torn at front spine edge) with large sections missing to front panel and spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby with some slight loss to top corner.

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SECRET SEVEN ON THE TRAIL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by George Brook.
Stock no. 1328743
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The Secret Seven Society's fourth adventure. Orange and grey boards showing Secret Seven holding hands. Plain endpapers. B/w and two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Heavy foxing to endpapers, textblock and some page margins. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped, torn and creased, grubby to rear panel and has a large tear across front panel.

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SECRET SEVEN WIN THROUGH
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Bruno Kay.
Stock no. 1328742
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with dark blue 'SS' symbols. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340038187. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and slightly foxed on verso.

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SQUIRRELS (NMN 12)
Written by Monica Shorten.
Stock no. 1829029
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph No. 12. Green buckram cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Based on a finely and detailed study in geographical distribution of the squirrel, investigating every aspect of the lives of squirrels, economics, food, life-history, and ecology. xii and 212 pages including index. A few tiny marks to boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pale grubby mark to pages viii and ix. Contents lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, has some foxing, wear to top & tail of spine with slight loss, rear panel grubby.

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THE ENTITY: FIVE CENTURIES OF SECRET VATICAN ESPIONAGE
Written by Eric Frattini.
Stock no. 1829028
Published by Jr Books. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Holy Alliance, later 'The Entity', a secret spy service, has been used by the Vatican for over five centuries to execute its will. Forty popes have relied on it to carry out their policies. This is the tale of this sacred secret service and its involvement in the killings of monarchs, poisonings of diplomats, financing of South American dictators, protection of war criminals, laundering of mafia money, manipulation of financial markets, provocation of bank failures, and financing arms sales to combatants even as their wars were condemned, all in the name of God. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 431 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906217884. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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40 YEARS OF EVOLUTION: DARWIN'S FINCHES ON DAPHNE MAJOR ISLAND
Written by Peter R. Grant; B. Rosemary Grant.
Stock no. 1829027
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2014. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, the authors uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Beige speckled endpapers. Colour photos and graphs. xxxii and 400 pages including index. ISBN: 9780691160467. Light scuffing to boards. A few small foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with black titles. Plain endpapers. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. The Famous Five's first adventure featuring a ruined castle, a wreck and buried treasure. 5th impression. Spine slightly bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is chipped to spine and corners with slight loss and is grubby to rear panel and spine. Foxing on verso of wrapper spine.

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THE RAVEN
Written by Derek Ratcliffe. Illustrated by Chris Rose.
Stock no. 1829026
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Natural History in Britain and Ireland. A thorough summary of our knowledge of the Raven's natural history, emphasizing the long association of the bird with humankind. Green boards, gilt title & vignette to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xxii and 326 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610909. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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FIVE GO TO SMUGGLER'S TOP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328738
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy textured boards. Gilt titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 2nd impression. Spine and corners bumped. Dent to lower edge of front cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with some slight loss and slightly grubby to rear panel and spine.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328737
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Burgundy textured boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Blue, white and black pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 2nd impression. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Spine slightly faded with faint 'enid blyton' transferred from dustwrapper. Foxing to contents and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge chipped with slight loss to spine and rear panel and spine grubby.

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FIVE ON A HIKE TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328736
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Orange and black pictorial endpapers. B/w & two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Very light browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Half title-page has been removed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped but only very minimal loss, tiny hole to front edge of spine.

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HEDGEHOGS
Written by Nigel Reeve. Illustrated by Ruth Lindsay.
Stock no. 1829025
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wealth of information for wildlife enthusiasts and non-specialist academics. Brown cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w illustrations and graphs, a few colour photos. xi and 313 pages including index. ISBN: 085661081X. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine, faint scuff mark crossing the width of the front board. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks, is lightly faded to spine (usual for this series of books) and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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