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R. Kearton
£25.00

Wild Life at Home: How to Study and Photograph It

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCassell and Company, Limited.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with green lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn commensurate with age, scuffing around edges, corners bumped and a little fraying at top of spine. Front hinge is split and weakened, but binding feels reasonably secure. Some browning and faint...

J.A. Baker
£30.00

The Peregrine

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGWoven green / blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn, scuffed and slightly faded at edges. Hinges are weakened but binding feels secure. A little browning and faint foxing, but text remains clear and little marked. A previous owner has pasted several magazine clippings and falcon...

D.A. Webb
£30.00

An Irish Flora

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERDundalgan Press Ltd. Dundalk, Ireland.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have a little general shelf wear at edges. Slight browning to outer leaves, but text and images remain clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETIn stiff buff paper, a few small marks, slight wear to edges. Preserved in...

Thomas Laslett
£30.00

Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign

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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. London.
BINDINGDark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition commensurate with age. Boards are quite scuffed, corners bumped. Hinges are weakened with splitting, but binding still feels secure. Some browning and foxing throughout. 
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1875.
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Henry Irving
£45.00

How to Know the Trees

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCassell and Company Ltd.
BINDINGDecorated blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and dark green design.
BOOK CONDITIONGood for age, the boards have general wear at edges and around spine, slight fading. Browning and some foxing affecting mainly the block edges and page margins. Text and images are largely...

E.R. Cochrane
£55.00

The Milch Cow in Britain: a Plea for Constructive Breeding

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PUBLISHERFaber & Faber Ltd.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have general wear to edges and corners. Quite faded, especially around spine. Browning and foxing mainly affecting block edges and outer leaves, although printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Produced to war economy standards.
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G.C. Shortridge
£100.00

The Mammals of South-West Africa (two volumes)

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PUBLISHERWilliam Heinemann Ltd. London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have some general shelf wear to edges, a few small marks, spines faded. Foxing and browning affecting mostly block edges and some margins of printed pages. Text and images...

Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton
£65.00

Among the Elephants

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCollins and Harvill Press, London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a few signs of wear to edges of boards. Some browning to block edges, text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. Small previous owner's inscription on half title page.
DUST JACKETWorn...

D.H. Robinson
£50.00

The Wandering Worfe

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERWaine Research Publications.
BINDINGBrick red cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards have some general shelf wear, with small patches of scuffing and discolouration. Text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETIn stiff paper, with a little wear and slight fading around edges. Preserved in removable...

C.F. Farrar
£28.00

"Ouse's Silent Tide"

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PUBLISHERThe Sidney Press, Bedford.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn, with extensive fading. Scuffing and some fraying around edges, corners bumped. The spine is in poor condition, very faded and creased with damage to ends. The volume has an old binding repair between the...

Lionel Gossman
£18.00

Basel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable Ideas

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PUBLISHERThe University of Chicago Press.
BINDINGCream cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear to edges of boards and a few small marks on block edges. Text and images remain clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSome shelf wear  and slight creasing to edges. a few faint scratches,...

L.S. Levin
£28.00

Central African Airways Guide to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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PUBLISHERA.J. Levin. Salisbury, London, Cape Town.
BINDINGPaper covered boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are very faded from the original green colour, especially spine. Worn around edges, corners and ends of spine are bumped. Some browning and a little foxing throughout, although most printed pages and images remain clear and little...

Ian Barnes
£20.00

Restless Empire: A Historical Atlas of Russia

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PUBLISHERThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight wear to edges of boards. Text and images are clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little shelf wear to edges, a few faint scuff marks. Preserved in removable book wrap.
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Field-Marshall Earl Roberts
£35.00

Forty-One Years in India

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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. Limited, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with embossed lettering and border on front.
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition, with scuffing and some marks, bumped corners and faded spine. Hinges split and weakened and but binding still feels secure. Browning and foxing mostly affecting block edges and...

Hsaio Ch'ien
£60.00

The Spinners of Silk and Etching of a Tormented Age (signed copies)

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PUBLISHERGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. (both books)
BINDINGSpinners of Silk: red cloth boards.
Etching of a Tormented Age: pictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSpinners: boards are quite worn at edged, with bumped corners and some fading. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Text is little marked....

Hsaio Ch'ien
£150.00

A Harp With a Thousand Strings (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERPilot Press Ltd, London.
BINDINGLight blue cloth boards. Produced to war economy standards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at the edges, spine faded. A little browning and foxing mostly affecting outer leaves. Text remains largely clear and little marked. The fold out time line is intact but tattered at...

Ernest Cole
£95.00

House of Bondage

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PUBLISHERRidge Press, Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just a little wear to edges of boards. Text and images remain clear with very few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETIn good condition, slight wear to edges and some fading to spine. Preserved in...

Harding McGregor Dunnett
£50.00

Shackleton's Boat: The Story of the James Caird

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PUBLISHERNeville & Harding, Kent.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text and images are clear with barely any noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETGood, a little shelf to very edges. 
EDITION1996.
DESCRIPTIONThe fascinating story of the open boat in which Shackleton and...

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