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RIVERMOUTH
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1711670
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Detailed studies of estuary birds. B/w illustrations. Green boards, black title to spine. Endpapers browned. Wrapper edge-chipped and unevenly browned.

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AUNT JUDY'S MAGAZINE - THE CHRISTMAS VOLUME 1869
Written by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Illustrated by F.W. Keyl; F. Gilbert; A.W. Cooper; R. Newcombe; A.W. Bayes; et al..
Stock no. 1313272
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1869. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with bevelled edges, embossed titles and decorations to front and rear covers, gilt title labels and decoration to spine. 380 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly scuffed. Foxing and light musty smell to contents. Rear joint is cracked.

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FARTHINGS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 1313271
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1893. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with bevelled edges and with orange titles and farthing vignettes. B/w illustrations throughout. 249 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Large but neat prize inscription in ink to front endpaper. Biro and crayon scribbles to both pastedowns, some crayon numbers written to rear pastedown. Top corner of page 5/6 has been torn off (only affecting blank margin, not text). Some light foxing/fingering to contents and light browning to endpapers else contents clean.

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WHITE TURRETS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1313270
Published by W. & R. Chambers. circa 1897. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates. 230 pages plus 32 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and front cover edges slightly darkened. A few light scuff marks to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown, name and date in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing and fingering to contents else clean.

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JOHANN THE WOODCARVER
Written by Gilmore Wood. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1313264
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

White and blue pictorial boards with red titles. 6 delightful colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Nos 1-4 written in ink to prelims. A couple of light fingermarks to margins otherwise contents clean.

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A FLORA OF THE NORTH-EAST OF IRELAND
Written by Samuel Alexander Stewart; Thomas Hughes Corry; Robert Lloyd Praeger; William Rutledge Megaw.
Stock no. 1809283
Published by Quota Press, Belfast. 2nd 1938. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Flowering Plants, Vascular Cryptogams and Charophytes by Praeger; Mosses and Liverworts by Megaw. lix and 472 pages including index. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block else contents clean.

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FLORA OF CYPRUS VOLUME ONE
Written by R.D. Meikle.
Stock no. 1711653
Published by The Bentham-Moxon Trust. 1977. Nearly fine condition.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 832 pages. Volume 1 ONLY (of two originally).

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THE FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND
Written by W. Martin.
Stock no. 1809278
Published by Whitcombe and Tombs. Circa 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Third revised and enlarged edition of The New Zealand Nature Book Vol. II. Green cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. xiii and 266 pages including index. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at corners with loss especially to top of spine, grubby.

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THE DEVIL DRIVES AND OTHER TRUE STORIES
Written by Jasper De Beijer. Illustrated by Jasper De Beijer.
Stock no. 1711647
Published by Nai Publishers. 2006. Very good condition.

Dual language; English and Dutch. The first book to offer an overview of the remarkable work of the promising young artist Jasper de Beiger (1973). Colour photos. Large format. Card wraps. ISBN: 9789056625122.

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JOHNNIE VENTURE
Written by C.E.W..
Stock no. 1313237
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1887. Almost very good condition.

A story of an exciting journey. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 128 pages. 7 b/w plates plus vignette to title-page. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers a bit grubby, darkened to spine. Endpapers browned, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby fingermarks otherwise contents clean.

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THE SPOOKY TAIL OF PREWITT PEACOCK
Written by Bill Peet. Illustrated by Bill Peet.
Stock no. 1711642
Published by Andre Deutsch. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

American Edition. Yellow covers with black title to spine and picture to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0395154944. Wrapper has small nick to top of spine. 22nd impression. Copyright date is 1973 this edition undated but probably 1980s

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WESTWARD HO!
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1711619
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 16 colour plates. 633 pages. Top edge burgundy. Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight of Burrough In the County of Devon In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. All plates present. Book plate to front pastedown (prize). Corners bumped.

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