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CHILTERN SCHOOL
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1404200
Published by The Bemrose Press Limited. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Grey cardwraps with b/w illustration and black titles to front cover. 177 pages. SIGNED with inscription to inside of front cover. Corners a little bumped. Contents clean.

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TOP SECRET
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1404196
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

From the Chudleigh Hold Series. Hawk Chudleigh goes to work in Queensland bearing papers about a new secret weapon. He and his chum, Walter Urquhart escape to an island owned by the Penrose family who fall into enemy hands. Pale blue boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spine bumped. Boards a little foxed. Name and address to edge of front pastedown. Front joint beginning to crack. Pages browned. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn and chipped. Foxing to front and verso.

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THE BRIDGE
Written by Christian Barman. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn.
Stock no. 1504503
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Chapter in the History of Building. Green cloth covers with blind title to front cover, gilt to spine. 10.25 x 8". Top edge of text block green, others uncut. 24 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 249 pages. Spine bumped, a little wear to corners. Some blotches and uneven fading to spine and covers. Foxing, mainly to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light browning to half-title page. Contents very good, just an odd mark mark. All plates present, one has creasing to margin. Dustwrapper has a few areas of loss along edges. Also grubby with some browning.

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BIRDS OF SEYCHELLES
Written by Adrian Skerrett; Ian Bullock; Tony Disley. Illustrated by Mark Andrews; Tony Disley.
Stock no. 1811101
Published by Christopher Helm; A. & C. Black. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Helm Field Guides. Cardwraps. A comprehensive guide to all species in Seychelles. 242 species illustrated. Colour and b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0713639733. Crease to rear cover. Contents fine.

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KENTUCKY BIRDS A FINDING GUIDE
Written by Roger W. Barbour; Clell T. Peterson; Delbert Rust; Herbert E. Shadowden; A.L. Whitt.
Stock no. 1811083
Published by University Press of Kentucky. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete guide to Kentucky birds containing a description of every species - 321 in all - that has been reliably recorded within the state. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0813112818. Browning to endpapers. Light browning to top edge of text block. Else contents fine. White dustwrapper is faded at spine (title has faded from green to blue) and is a little scuffed.

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ELIZABETH THE GALLANT
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1404171
Published by Thornton Butterworth. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Elizabeth Felthwaite longs to take part in the struggle against the Roundheads. She is sent to take despatches to the King at Oxford and then onto London where she is caught and imprisoned. Pale green boards with black titles to spine. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Uneven fading to covers. Couple of small marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Small erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Pages browned. Foxing mostly to endpapers and page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean. Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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COMMON MALAYAN BIRDS
Written by M.W.F. Tweedie. Illustrated by A. Fraser-Brunner.
Stock no. 1811063
Published by Longmans. 1965. Very good condition.

Malayan Nature Handbooks. 20 colour plates plus b/w text figures. Laminate to boards is bubbled. Tape marks to endpapers. Contents clean.

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BIRDS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Written by K.H. Voous.
Stock no. 1811057
Published by De Walburg Pers. 1st thus 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Completely rewritten English version of 'De Vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen' published in 1955. Blue boards, gilt titles. Maps to endpapers. Colour plates. Tape marks to front endpaper and page 326 of index else a fine, clean copy.

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A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF MALTA A COMPREHENSIVE CHECKLIST
Written by Joe Sultana; Charles Gauci; Mark Beaman. Illustrated by Rodney Ingram.
Stock no. 1811056
Published by Malta Ornithological Society. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown imitation leather cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates and line drawings. Dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE BIRDS OF NORTH AFRICA FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS TO THE RED SEA
Written by R.D. Etchecopar; Francois Hue. Illustrated by Paul Barruel.
Stock no. 1811050
Published by Oliver & Boyd. 1st thus 1967. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised version of the French edition. First English edition, translated by P.A.D. Hollom. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. B/w drawings. xx + 612 pages. Tape marks to endpapers else fine. Dustwrapper very slightly faded to spine.

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RAILS OF THE WORLD
Written by S. Dillon Ripley; Storrs L. Olson. Illustrated by J. Fenwick Lansdowne.
Stock no. 1811048
Published by M.F. Feheley. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A monograph of the family Rallidai with a chapter on fossil species by Olson. Very large format. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt title and vignette, beige cloth boards. Coloured frontis and 41 superb colour plates together with 17 distribution maps. xx + 406 pages. ISBN: 087923198X. A book in almost fine condition with faint tape marks to endpapers in a dustwrapper which is slightly faded at spine and lightly creased at edges, small amount of loss to top of spine. Contained in original slipcase which has been covered with green cloth which is now coming unstuck at ends and is bubbled.

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AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF POLISH APPLIED ART
Written by Zdzislaw Zygulski.
Stock no. 2117073
Published by Interpress Publishers. 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 8322320574. Some marks to cloth. Damp marking to very bottom of cover edges. Some foxing and page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks.

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