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THE FLORA OF ANGUS (FORFAR, V.C. 90)
Written by Ruth Ingram; Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1828953
Published by Dundee Museum & Art Gallery. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis. 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0900344458. Spine & top rear edge lightly browned, front cover has a few minor foxspots, spine is lightly creased from reading wear. Lower front corner bumped, giving rise to lightly creased lower corner of contents. Contents clean.

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ANIMALS WE USE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1328636
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worna nd grubby, spine faded. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown.

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MY BIRTHDAY PARTY
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by F.G. Lewin.
Stock no. 1328635
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers held together at spine with clear tape. Covers chipped at edges with loss to top corner of rear cover. Covers slightly grubby and first page grubby to top margin. Centre pages detached from staples. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

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TOM RABBIT
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1328634
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

One afternoon Sammy takes Tom Rabbit out to the back field to see the real rabbbits... Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744567718. Some light browning to spine else a fine copy.

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THE STUDENT'S HANDBOOK OF BRITISH MOSSES
Written by H.N. Dixon. Illustrated by H.G. Jameson.
Stock no. 1828951
Published by Wheldon & Wesley. 1st thus 1970. Almost very good condition.

Facsimile of the 3rd Edition published by V.V. Sumfield 1924. A practical handbook with an index of black and white plates. Dark green cloth boards; gilt lettering to spine. xlviii and 582 pages including index plus b/w plates to rear. Light marks/stains to boards. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Contents otherwise clean.

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IT'S QUACKING TIME!
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Jill Barton.
Stock no. 1328633
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story that will be enjoyed by any family expecting a new arrival! Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1844280098. Light foxing to top edge of textblock else a fine copy.

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BAGGY BROWN
Written by Mick Inkpen. Illustrated by Mick Inkpen.
Stock no. 1328632
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

No.1 bear is priceless, the first of a thousand special bears made to celebrate the first birthday of the daughter of the King and Queen of Thingland, and the only bear to be presented to the Princess. But when the big red teddy bear machine at Better Bears Ltd chews him up and spits him out he takes a very different route to the Palace, and along the way finds his real name. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780340932308.

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BEES, WASPS, ANTS & ALLIED INSECTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1828950
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Wayside & Woodland Series. Brown cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette of bee with open wings to front. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. 238 pages including index. Lower edges of boards lightly rubbed. A few light marks to boards else clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Name in ink to title page. Else contents clean.

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THE RABBITS' WEDDING
Written by Garth Williams. Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Stock no. 1328631
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth spine, pictorial boards. Beautiful soft pastel illustrations. Light foxing to covers, endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed.

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Richard South.
Stock no. 1828949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1945. Very good condition.

Wayside and Woodland Series. New Edition. With accurately coloured figures of every species and many varieties, also drawings of Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Food-plant and including the new generic names. Green cloth, gilt decorations, colour and b/w plates. Blue speckled text block. Pictorial endpapers. 212 pages including index. Reprint.Boards lightly rubbed /worn at edges. A few marks to boards. A few foxspots to prelims else contents clean.

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NOAH'S ARK
Written by Tim Wood; Jenny Wood. Illustrated by Fran Thatcher; Katy Rhodes.
Stock no. 1328630
Published by Oyster Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

The book that becomes a boat! Simply unfold the pages of the book, complete with press-out animals and a miniature picture book telling the story of Noah and the flood. Designed by Rhodes, story retold by Wood. ISBN: 0948240032. Book itself is fine and the die-cut figures are present and unused. Slipcase is edge worn.

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