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Trevor Beebee and Richard Griffiths
£38.00

Amphibians and Reptiles: A Natural History of the British Herpetofauna

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERHarper Collins.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text and images are clear with no noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETVery good, just a little creasing mainly on rear bottom edge.
EDITIONNumber 87 of The New Naturalist Library series. A Survey of British Natural...

Arthur Cadman
£25.00

Dawn, Dusk and Deer

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCountry Life Limited, London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, Boards have a little shelf wear and slight fading at edges. Printed pages and images remain clear with very few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETWear, creasing and a few small tears at edges. Faint scratching and a few small...

Neil G. Treseder
£40.00

Magnolias

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERFaber & Faber, with The Royal Horticultural Society.
BINDINGDark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little shelf wear to very edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with no noticeable marks. Small previous owner's name on flyleaf.
DUST JACKETSome...

Russell Grimwade
£30.00

An Anthography of the Eucalypts

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PUBLISHERAngus & Robertson Ltd. Sydney Australia.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with embossed leaf design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear. Small frayed tear at bottom of spine. Light foxing affecting outer leaves, but text and plates are largely clear and little marked. 
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EDITION1930.
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J.H. Simmonds
£60.00

Trees From Other Lands in New Zealand: Eucalypts

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PUBLISHERThe Brett Printing and Publishing Company; Auckland, New Zealand.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear and scuffing, especially at edges and spine. Corners bumped. Hinges a little weak but binding secure. Some faint foxing and browning to block edges and outer leaves,...

Virginia Woolf
£50.00

The Years

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PUBLISHERLeonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London.
BINDINGAlthough the boards now appear cream with a blue / green tinge, they are believed to have originally been green.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn and very faded. Hinges weakened, but binding feels secure. The first few pages are quite...

Boris Pasternak
£30.00

Safe Conduct: An Early Autobiography and Other Works

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PUBLISHERElek Books, London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards are just a little worn at edges. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Some browning mostly affecting outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Ink inscription on flyleaf. 
DUST JACKETIntact, but worn at...

D.V Cowen
£21.00

Flowering Trees and Shrubs in India

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PUBLISHERThacker & Co. Ltd. Bombay.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn with scuffed patches and some fraying to edges. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Browning and foxing affecting endpapers and outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marks....

W.J. Loftie
£25.00

Kensington: Picturesque & Historical

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PUBLISHERField and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, London.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorative borders on the overlap inside the covers.
BOOK CONDITIONGood for age, boards have some general shelf wear and bumped corners. Some foxing and browning affecting the outer leaves, but printed pages, images...

The Religious Tract Society
£30.00

Flowers from Many Lands

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PUBLISHERThe Religious Tract Society, London.
BINDINGRed leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration and embossed design. Gilt block edges.
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition, with scuffing to boards, bumped corners and several marks. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Browning mostly affecting outer leaves, printed pages...

Gertrude Bone, Illustrated by Stephen Bone
£35.00

Mr. Paul (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERJonathan Cape, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with paper title patch on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Corners bumped. Title patch very faded and discoloured. Opened page edges are uneven and browned. Foxing and browning mostly affecting endpapers, outer leaves and very edges....

Jane Austen
£60.00

Sense and Sensibility

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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. London.
BINDINGNavy blue leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, and embossed borders. Mauve ribbon marker. With a cloth covered card slipcase. 
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are fairly well preserved, with some mostly faint scratches and dents. Some browning and a couple of small stains...

William Blasius
£24.00

Storms: Their Classification, Nature and Laws

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PUBLISHERPorter & Coates, Philadelphia.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn with scuffing at edges, corners bumped. Several fairly faint marks and a small tear to the cloth on front. The endpapers and the back of the frontispiece fold out...

Justin H. Smith, Editor
£28.00

The Historie Booke: A Tale of Two Worlds and Five Centuries, 1537, 1638, 1903

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PUBLISHERThe Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (privately printed)
BINDINGRoyal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Gilt block edges. Endpapers have a pattern of crests. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition commensurate with age. Scuffing around edges, corners bumped and some fraying at ends of spine....

John Pope-Hennessy
£15.00

Sassetta

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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound tan paper covered boards with blue cloth over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONA little general wear and scuffing to edges of boards. Slight foxing and browning to block edges and outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
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Bettina Ehrlich
£70.00

Cocolo

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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards with red lettering and donkey design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edged and generally faded and discoloured. Foxing marks, as well as some in pencil and paint. Binding feels secure. Front endpapers have further marks in what looks like brown paint...

Phil Strong, Kurt Weise
£18.00

Honk the Moose

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PUBLISHERGeorge G. Harrap & Co.
BINDINGIllustrated boards with cloth tape over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, commensurate with age. Some scratches and marks, ends of spine a little frayed. Colours remain bright. Slight browning, but printed pages and images are largely clear with few noticeable...

Anne Michaels, John Berger
£15.00

Railtracks

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PUBLISHERGo Together Press
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight wear to very edges of covers, a couple of small marks on back. Printed pages and images are clear and unmarked. Little handled. 
DUST JACKETPreserved in clear archival pouch.
EDITION2011.
DESCRIPTIONTakes the form of a...

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