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THE FIRELIGHT BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1312639
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Fairy tales for Little Folk. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Full page colour and b/w text illustrations. First story is Puss in Boots. Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents bright and clean.

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ICE SHEETS AND LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Written by Martin J. Siegert.
Stock no. 1710875
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

A detailed account of the temporal and spatial distribution of ice sheets during the last ice age, and how these ice masses interacted with the environment. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w diagrams. xi and 231 pages including index. ISBN: 0471985708. Old price label on rear cover. Small initials in ink to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean.

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GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS
Written by R.P. Goldthwait; C.L. Matsch.
Stock no. 1710874
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial Boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9061916941. Tape marks to endpapers.

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COLD CLIMATE RESEARCH IN FINLAND
Written by Jarmo Heinonen; et al.
Stock no. 1710871
Published by Ministry Of Trade And Industry. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cold climate research has long traditions in Finland. The Polar Commission of Finland decided to epitomize this in a single book. Notable Finnish specialists in different fields of science and technology were asked to describe cold climate research and its development, each from their own particular point of view. Edited by Jarmo Heinonen, various contributors. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 162 pages. ISBN: 9514727789. Corners lightly bumped. Light page edge browning else contents clean.

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THE CHURCH PLATE OF GOWERLAND
Written by John Thomas Evans.
Stock no. 2114654
Published by James H. Alden. 1921. Very good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth with gilt titles. With an exhaustive summary of the church plate in the diocese of St. Davids. Some bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing.

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CANDYFLOSS
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 1312632
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A moving and brilliantly entertaining story of family life. Yellow boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 345 pages plus publisher adverts. Pink endpapers. ISBN: 0385608373. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Comes with wraparound band stating "signed by the author at Maher The Bookseller".

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2114652
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine is bumped, with splitting and damage to top and tail. Corners are bumped and worn. Front joint appears to have been repaired. Grubby marks to belongs to box page. NOT price-cut. Crossword puzzle has been done. Painting contest is clean.

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THE SECRET WORLD OF POLLY FLINT
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1312626
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Polly was a girl who saw things other people couldn't see and who saw immediately that there was something magic about the Wellow maypole... Orange boards, gilt titles. B/w drawings, some double-page spreads. 176 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571119395. SIGNED by means of an inscription in ink by author to front endpaper. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is just a little sunned to spine.

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THE NIGHT OF THE UNICORN
Written by Jenny Nimmo. Illustrated by Terry Milne.
Stock no. 1312625
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A strange white horse appears in the animal sanctuary... Square format. Colour pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0744590728. SIGNED by the author to title-page.

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THE RHINE FROM ROTTERDAM TO CONSTANCE
Written by Karl Baedeker.
Stock no. 2114634
Published by Karl Baedeker. 7th 1880. Good condition.

Seventh Remodelled Edition. With 23 Maps and 19 Plans. Baedeker Guide, Handbook for Travellers. Red cloth, gilt titles. Marbled text block. Splitting to spine; some fraying of cloth. Marks to coves. Corners are bumped. Bookplate partially removed from front pastedown. Inscription in ink to prelims. Maps and plans have not been collated but appear to be complete. If on receipt it is found to have any missing parts, please contact us. 1st map is detached, but loosely inserted.

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HEALTHCARE IN WALES: AN HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Written by Colin Baber; John Lancaster; et al.
Stock no. 2114604
Published by The Newport Printing Co.. 2000. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of papers in celebration of the National Health Service in the new millennium. ISBN: 0907143229. Wrapper is uneven fading to spine and a couple of edges; couple of nicks to corners.

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TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS
Written by J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson.
Stock no. 1710858
Published by Croom Helm. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

A book which covers the zoogeography and ecology of the main terrestrial environments of the world, including fresh water habitats, with emphasis on their fauna. Climate and vegetation are outlined briefly in so far as they affect animal life. Green & blue cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 253 pages including index. ISBN: 0856641804. Spine faded. Light creasing to covers. Text block lightly browned. Else contents clean.

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