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THE BIRDS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND AND THE GULF OF ADEN VOLUME III
Written by Geoffrey Archer; Eva M. Godman. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Henrik Gronvold.
Stock no. 1811162
Published by Oliver & Boyd. 1st 1961. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 7 superb colour plates and folding map to rear. 1042 pages. Deckle-edged. Light marks to endpapers (minor). Contents clean. Front flap of dustwrapper sports '1965' in blue ink to top. Dustwrapper slightly faded at spine and slightly scuffed to side of onlay.

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WOODPECKERS OF THE WORLD
Written by Lester L. Short. Illustrated by George Sandstrom.
Stock no. 1811159
Published by Delaware Museum Of Natural History. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition.

Monograph Series Number 4. Imitation wood cloth boards with gilt titles. 101 colour plates. ISBN: 0913176052. Tape marks to endpapers else contents fine.

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AMELIARANNE CINEMA STAR
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1504663
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Spine bumped with 0.75" split to top front edge, nick towards base of spine. Small piece of surface paper damage to onlay. One hinge cracked. Endpapers browned. Just a few small marks to contents. Browning to some pages alongside stitching.

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RUPERT THE KNIGHT AND THE LADY
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1404305
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The second (and last) in the Rupert's Famous Yellow Library series. Yellow and black Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. 24 pages Spine and corners a little rubbed. Covers grubby. Staples are rusty. Top corner of one page torn off. Occasional foxspot otherwise contents are clean.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1314808
Published by George Allen. 1st thus 1885. Very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Dark green cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts in b/w taken from the hand coloured edition of 1823, 4 of the illustrations are by Kate Greenaway. 20 pages. Plain endpapers. Spine and corners bumped, small splash mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingermarks to contents but generally they are clean. Joints are cracked but binding still tight.

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PIGEON POST
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1404304
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2nd 1936. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers of the Hill Country. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and a little faded. Slight bumping to corners. Small mark to rear board. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Enapapers lightly browned and foxed. Some foxing and marks to contents but many pages are clean.

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PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM UP THE POLE
Written by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1314805
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The 4th book about Professor Branestawm. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 130 pages. ISBN: 0370012429. Spine slightly bumped. Light brown spot to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (ink very slightly smudged). A few light foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears but only minimal loss and is grubby to rear panel.

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KATIE KITTEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Violet M. Williams.
Stock no. 1314800
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Father Tuck Little Book No. 31. Small format (4.25 x 4"). Pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Dustwrapper is lightly browned, grubby and edge worn.

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A VISIT TO THE TREE-TOPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314799
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25 inches). Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly browned, light rubbing to cover edges. Contents lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is faded/browned to spine and front panel with light damp stains at edges, wrapper edges are rubbed.

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THE STRANGE TALE OF EBB AND FLO
Written by Christine Rennie. Illustrated by Bunty Crombie.
Stock no. 1404298
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. circa 1942. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth spine. Red boards. Colour illustrations. Spine is bumped and little browned. Corners are bumped and worn. Edges of rear cover browned. Front cover a little grubby with rubbed edges. Name in ink to belongs to box with inscription in ink underneath. Couple of hinges cracked. Faint tracing of 'Flo' to top of one page. Light marks to a few pages otherwise contents are generally clean.

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TEAPOTS AND QUAILS AND OTHER NEW NONSENSES
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1314793
Published by John Murray. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited and introduced by Angus Davidson and Philip Hofer. Previously unpublished verses found 65 years after Lear's death. Brown pictorial boards. B/w drawings to text. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers slightly foxed. A few light fingermarks to pages else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge chipped with minimal loss and tape repairs on verso.

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HOW FUNNY YOU ARE NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1314787
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Enid Blyton's Colour Strip Book to front cover. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations in the style of Beek. Front cover shows Noddy painting Mr. Plod's helmet with invisible paint. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers and foxing to textblock. A few light fingermarks to page margins.

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