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A WEEK'S HOLIDAY IN THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by John Bellows; Ian Standing.
Stock no. 1327848
Published by Holborn House. 1st 2013. Fine condition.

A replica of the first edition with an introduction and printing history by Ian Standing. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos.

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THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR VOLUME I TRIAL BY BATTLE
Written by Jonathan Sumption.
Stock no. 1828163
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

Softback Preview Edition. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1928, following up the war to the surrender of Calais in 1347. Pictorial cardwraps. xi and 659 pages including index. ISBN: 0571166970. Corenrs lightly creased. Edges rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Cotnents clean.

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FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF BIRDS
Written by Alastair N. Worden.
Stock no. 1828161
Published by Cage Birds. 1st Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The aim of this book is to provide an illustrated account of the anatomy or structure of birds. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Publication is undated. Spine faded. Foxing to top edge of text block. Endpapers browned. Faint pencil crayon marking to front pastedown. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small chips and tears, circular chip missing to lower spine.

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THE MALTA RAILWAY
Written by Joseph Bonnici; Michael Cassar.
Stock no. 1327846
Published by Joseph Bonnici. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 192 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with a couple of creases in the laminate at rear spine edge.

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ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: A FIELD AND SITE GUIDE
Written by Anne Harrap; Siman Harrap.
Stock no. 1828160
Published by A. & C. Black. 2nd 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Complete coverage of all 56 species of wild orchid found in Britain and Ireland. Colour photos throughout. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781408105719. A lovely copy.

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THE KNIGHTS OF ISLAM: THE WARS OF THE MAMLUKS
Written by James Waterson.
Stock no. 1828159
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book sheds light on the deadly conflict between Christendom and Islam; analyses the Mamluk-Mongol War and the reasons for the Mamluks' eventual victory; explores the distinctive military society of the Mamluks. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781853677342. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a crease to lower front edge, has teh remains of a price-label to rear panel and is scuffed.

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A BOY IN TETBURY
Written by Frank Peters.
Stock no. 1327843
Published by John Peters, The Woodcock Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A Cotswold boyhood. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 218 pages. ISBN: 0954233409.

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH NATIVE PONIES: FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by Anthony A. Dent; Daphne Machin Goodall.
Stock no. 1828158
Published by J.A. Allen. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published under the title The Foals of Epona in 1962. Reproduced from the original by J.A. Allen. A scholarly history of British Native ponies starting from the Iron Age, when the cult of the celtic goddess Epona, patroness of horse-breeders was widely diffussed in north-west Europe and was spread still wider by the Roman Empire. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. ISBN: 0851314368. Pale foxing to boards. Text block browned. A few foxspots to contents, mainly to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper has the remains of a label to front panel and is grubby to rear panel.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE EDUCATION: 1889 - 1974
Written by Trevor Morgan.
Stock no. 1327842
Published by Cwmbran Community Press Ltd.. 1988. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Light spotting and creasing to spine. Textblock slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE 'AZARDS O' CHIMUCK SZWIPPIN
Written by Keith Morgan. Illustrated by Doug Eaton.
Stock no. 1327841
Published by The Forest Bookshop. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green card wraps. B/w illustrations. The humourous and romantic character of the Forester. Poems mainly in the Forest of Dean dialect. ISBN: 0950592625. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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FAUNA AND FLORA OF HAILEYBURY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828157
Published by Haileybury Naural Science Society. 3rd 1926. Very good condition.

Third Issue. Grey cloth boards, black title to front. No title to spine. Lists of Fauna and Flora found in Haileybury, Hertfordshire. 62 pages. A little fraying of cloth to board edges. Contents clean.

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CHEPSTOW TOWN GATE
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1327840
Published by Chepstow Town Council. 1986. Very good condition.

Card wrap booklet. ISBN: 0951125508. Spotting to spine edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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