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Woodland Birds

By: Barclay-Smith, Phyllis

Price: £8.50

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books: 1955

Seller ID: 009495

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Small slim 12mo, pp 32, with 16 colour plates by Peter Shepheard, pages very clean, pictorial boards (by the same artist) in very good condition, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is showing only the slightest signs of wear. Postage will be reduced.
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Early British Railways

By: Barman, Christian

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, King Penguin: 1950

Seller ID: 009586

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with 16 plates, small slim 12mo, pp 40, slight foxing to the endpapers (and very slightly to the first few pages), a neat inscription on the front endpaper, pictorial boards with slightly bruised lower corners, showing only very slight signs of wear, in a dustwrapper which is price-clipped and just a little worn, spine slightly browned. Postage will be reduced.
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Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral (Alan Titchmarsh's copy)

By: Cave, C.J.P. (& Nikolaus Pevsner)

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, Penguin Books: 1953

Seller ID: 013931

Condition: Good

First edition. Illustrated with 64 photographic plates, 12mo, pp 44, endpapers and fore-edge a little foxed, otherwise extremely clean and sound internally, pictorial boards in excellent condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is a little foxed on the fold-over flaps, otherwise very good. [Alan Titchmarsh's copy with his bookplate on the front endpaper.]. Postage will be reduced.
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British Shells

By: Duncan, F. Martin

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, Penguin Books: 1943

Seller ID: 011186

Condition: Fair

Illustrated with 16 colour plates, 12mo, pp 32, slight foxing to the title page, very slight foxing to the plates, otherwise clean and sound internally, pictorial boards a little stained along the top margin, a bit marked and rubbed, corners slightly worn, spine fraying but virtually complete (lacking a tiny portion at the head, and a small piece of the lower joint). Postage will be reduced.
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Ballooning

By: Gibbs-Smith, C.H.

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, King Penguin: 1948

Seller ID: 009656

Condition: Very Good

Small slim 12mo, 32 plates, pp 40, very clean internally, pictorial boards showing slight signs of wear, the book has been squashed at some time, so there is bowing to the covers (see illustration), spine a bit faded as usual and slightly worn at the head. Postage will be reduced.
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Wild Flowers of the Chalk

By: Gilmour, John

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London & New York, Penguin Books: 1947

Seller ID: 009490

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Small slim 12mo, pp 30, illus with 16 colour plates by Irene Hawkins, the last plate is slightly age-toned as usual, pictorial boards very slightly bowed but very clean and bright. Postage will be reduced.
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Fishes of Britain's Rivers and Lakes

By: Norman, J.R.

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, Penguin Books: 1943

Seller ID: 011177

Condition: Fair

16 colour plates (from Donovan's work of 1802-1808), 12mo, pp 32, hinge slightly cracked before the plates section but still strong, pictorial boards a bit worn, spine lacking tiny portions at head and foot, lower margin of the upper cover shelf-worn, corners a bit worn. Postage will be reduced.
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A Book of Roses

By: Ramsbottom, John

Price: £8.50

Publisher: Harmondsworth, King Penguin: 1941

Seller ID: 009492

Condition: Good

First reprint. Small slim 12mo, illustrated with 16 colour plates by Redoute, pp 30, endpapers a little age-toned, plates and text a little foxed, a name and date on the front endpaper, pictorial boards a little worn foxed and age-toned. SCARCE. Postage will be reduced.
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Edible Fungi

By: Ramsbottom, John

Price: £3.75

Publisher: London, King Penguin: 1943

Seller ID: 012871

Condition: Good

Well illustrated with 16 colour plages by Rose Ellenby, (cover designed by her also), slim 12mo, pp 36, slightly age-toned internally, pictorial boards age-toned, spine a bit darker. [Postage will be reduced]
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Edible Fungi

By: Ramsbottom, John

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, King Penguin: 1943

Seller ID: 015007

Condition: Good

First edition. Well illustrated with 16 colour plates by Rose Ellenby, (cover designed by her also), slim 12mo, pp 36, clean internally, pictorial boards slightly worn, lacking the top 13mm of the spine. [Postage will be reduced]
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A Book of Mosses

By: Richards, Paul

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books: 1950

Seller ID: 009494

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Small slim 12mo, pp 40, with 16 colour plates from Hedwig's "Descriptio...muscorum" of 1787-97, a very good clean copy with pictorial boards designed by Paxton Chadwick, in a dustwrapper which repeats the Chadwick design, slightly faded, slightly worn on the spine, lacking a small piece at the top of the upper cover, very slightly worn at the corners. Postage will be reduced.
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British Reptiles and Amphibia

By: Smith, Malcolm (illus Paxton Chadwick)

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, King Penguin: 1949

Seller ID: 008860

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Illustrated with 16 coloured plates by Paxton Chadwick, slim 12mo, pp 34, rear endpaper very slightly marked, decorated boards (also by Chadwick) slightly rubbed and worn, very slightly bowed. [David McClintock's copy, with his bookplate]. Postage will be much reduced.
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An Atlas of Tudor England and Wales - Forty Plates from John Speed's Pocket Atlas 0f 1627 [Alan Titchmarsh's copy]

By: Taylor E.G.R. (John Speed)

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, Penguin Books: 1951

Seller ID: 011188

Condition: Good

First edition. Well illustrated with 40 plates, 12mo, pp 32, slight age-toning, otherwise very good internally, pictorial boards, lower joint of spine cracking a alittle, otherwise in very good condition. With the bookplate of Alan Titchmarsh on the front endpaper. Postage will be reduced.
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An Atlas of Tudor England and Wales - Forty Plates from John Speed's Pocket Atlas 0f 1627 [Alan Titchmarsh's copy]

By: Taylor E.G.R. (John Speed)

Price: £3.50

Publisher: London, Penguin Books: 1951

Seller ID: 015666

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Well illustrated with 40 plates, 12mo, pp 32, very good and clean internally, pictorial boards in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is only very slightly worn. Postage will be reduced.
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Some British Beetles

By: Taylor, Geoffrey

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, King Penguin: 1948

Seller ID: 008857

Condition: Good

First edition, 24 colour plates by Vere Temple, slim 12mo, pp 32, very slight age-toning, an inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise clean internally, pictorial boards, very slightly rubbed, slight wear at head and tail of the spine. Postage will be much reduced.
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