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Manka The Sky Gipsy: The Story of a Wild Goose
'BB' [Denys Watkins-Pitchford] Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1951 Hardcover Good Fair Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. 2nd edition. Blue cloth; a small mark on the rear board and faded patch on the front board which corresponds to loss to the dust jacket. Gift inscription inside, plus another previous owner's signature. Some foxing to the f.e.p. and to the dust jacket. The dust jacket has marks, rubs to all edges, a couple of short tears and significant loss to the top edge of the front cover. Price clipped. The dust jacket is now supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it serves to the protect the jacket from further wear. Denys Watkins-Pitchford: Born Lamport, Northants, 1905. He wrote and illustrated a number of books, including Carnegie Medal winner, The Little Grey Men, and numerous natural history and country sports titles as well. Particularly well-known for his scraperboard illustrations, although he also produced a number of pen and ink drawings for his books and books by other authors. Died 1990. 102624
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32.00 GBP
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Our Village
Mitford, Mary Russell ; with wood-engravings by Joan Hassall George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1947 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Blue cloth boards, slightly discoloured. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some foxing to the outer closed textblock edges. Pages clean. The dust jacket is just about good - it has several c. one inch pieces of loss at the base of the spine and to the back cover; further smaller chips and a few tears. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 228pp. Refers to the village of Three Mile Cross in Berkshire. 304120
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15.00 GBP
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Ramblings of a Sportsman-Naturalist
BB (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) Michael Joseph London 1979 0718118154 / 9780718118150 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Watkins-Pitchford, D. J.
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Original black boards. The boards are a little bruised at the spine ends. A gift inscription written in biro on the front endpaper. Dust jacket a little bruised at the edges. Front flap of the dust jacket price clipped. pp. 176. 106943
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16.00 GBP
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The Season of the Year: Some Country Contentments
Moore, John Collins London 1954 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Original red boards. Lightly bruised spine ends and corners. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages are clean except for a little foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns. Bottom textblock edge untrimmed. The dust jacket has some quite heavy foxing, some rubs and short nicks / tears to edges. Front flap not price clipped. A slight forwards lean to the spine. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 106968
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12.00 GBP
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The Green Bond
Bell, Adrian The Boydell Press Ipswich 1976 0851150667 / 9780851150666 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. The binding is firm and pages clean. In very good, clean condition. pp. 124. Light rubs to the edges of the dust jacket. Front flap not price clipped. 107040
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10.00 GBP
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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village
Moss, Stephen Square Peg 2011 0224086723 / 9780224086721 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. The binding is firm. Pages are clean but age-toned / tanned, particularly at edges. A small very pale (barely visible) mark on the title page. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. xiv, 305. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 107029
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7.50 GBP
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English Villages (Britain in Pictures)
Blunden, Edmund William Collins London 1942 Hardcover Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Second edition. Illustrated, with 12 colour plates and 25 black and white illustrations. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. The boards are clean but there is a bend in the boards towards the bottom of the spine. Lightly rubbed edges, spine ends and corners. The binding is firm, no previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some noticeable foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns and some light occasional foxing to outer closed textblock edges and to pages. 48pp. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the edges and has some foxing to the back cover. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105098
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4.00 GBP
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Rivers Run: An Angler's Journey from Source to Sea
Parr, Kevin Rider | Ebury Publishing 2016 184604491X / 9781846044915 First Edition Hardcover New New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
New hardback, in excellent fine condition. First impression. RRP £9.99. Rivers Run is a love letter to Britain's rivers and waterways by well-known angler and naturalist Kevin Parr. On a journey around his favourite watery hideaways - such as the River Stour in Dorset, the Exe in Devon, the Avon in the Midlands and Parrs Pool in Shropshire - the author shares the thoughts and insights that bubble up while sitting peacefully by the riverside, watching the world go by and waiting for the fish to bite. Each river that he visits has played a central part in his own development as both an angler and a person, and reflects the ways in which landscape, wildlife and plants mirror the themes that flow through all our lives. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 305657
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8.49 GBP
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Country Holiday (A Puffin Picture Book, No. 33)
Brown, Margaret Scott ; Dowd, Leo P. Puffin | Penguin Books [c. 1945] 1945 Soft cover Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Date of publication not stated but this is the third edition of c. April 1945; first published in April 1944. 31pp. Slim stapled booklet. In very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. A very small flattened crease to the bottom corner of the front cover. Clean and tight. Price of one shilling inside the front cover and titles listed from no. 4 to no. 58. Girl on the front cover has a plain yellow dress with orange collar. Staples at centrefold have slightly rusted but no marks or corrosion to surrounding paper. A super copy. 105775
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12.00 GBP
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Country Talk
Peel, J. H. B. ; illustrated by B. S. Biro Robert Hale London 1971 0709117701 / 9780709117704 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. 2nd impression. Black cloth. Top edge tinted blie (faded). Previous owner's address stamp neatly on the front pastedown (under the front dust jacket flap). Some flattened creases to the front flap of the dust jacket and two tears to the top edge. Not price clipped, the DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 221pp. 302013
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8.00 GBP
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Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village
Chamberlain, Mary Virago in association with Quartet Books 1975 0704328003 / 9780704328006 First Edition Hardcover Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original purple boards, a little bruised at spine ends. There is a large pale brown stain to the top outer closed textblock edge with a couple of smaller marks to the other edges. Dust jacket flaps are browned. Binding firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Front flap price clipped. 186pp. A good reading copy. 105319
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18.50 GBP
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Country Talk
Peel, J. H. B. ; illustrated by B. S. Biro Robert Hale London 1970 0709117701 / 9780709117704 First Edition Hardcover Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. 1st edition. Black cloth. Top edge tinted blue(slightly faded). Foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges and to the dust jacket flaps, with some light foxing to prelims. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Indentations from old pencil price mark on the front endpaper. pp. 221. Light rubs and some tiny chips to the dust jacket edges. A near very good copy. 309367
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8.00 GBP
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The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge the Changes of the Weather, Ground on Forty Years Experience [Second edition, corrected].
Claridge, John Printed for T. Waller Fleet Street, London 1748 Leather Bound Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Bound in full tan calf, sympathetically re-backed with a matching tan calf spine. Spine is flat ruled, no titles. The boards are diced calf with gilt ruled borders. Light rubs to the boards and a small chip to the bottom corner of the front board. A lovely, firmly bound and clean copy. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, for Alfred Woodward, who was a well-known book collector in this area. Pages have browned and a couple of pages have a pinkish hue. There is a name written neatly in old ink on the reverse of the title page. Pages 18 and 19 have been trimmed quite close at the top margin - the text is unaffected but the page numbers and book's title have been trimmed in the top margin. First published in 1744 this is the second edition of 1748, with corrections. There was a third edition in 1781. A delightful little book of observations on the English weather in the eighteenth century. pp. x, 54. 19cm. 308998
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150.00 GBP
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The Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd
Rebanks, James Particular Books 2015 1846148901 / 9781846148903 First Edition Hardcover Fine No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback. No dust jacket, as published. A second hand copy in excellent, fine condition. Clean, tight and appears unread. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 176. 308390
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7.00 GBP
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The Seasons and The Farmer, A Book for Children
Darling, F. Fraser ; illustrated with drawings by C. F. Tunnicliffe Cambridge University Press 1939 First Edition Hardcover Good Fair Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Tunnicliffe, Charles F.
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. The book is in good condition but with foxing to the first and last few pages and to the outer closed textblock page edges. A gift inscription (dated 1944) written in ink on the front pastedown. Dust jacket has heavy foxing (more visible to the underside than to the outside). Rubs to the DJ edges, with a few tears, greyish marks, loss to the bottom edge of the front cover, and a mark to the top edge of the front cover from an old price sticker. Front flap not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 106852
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8.00 GBP
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Country Scrap-Book for Boys and Girls
Saville, Malcolm Gramol Publications, Ltd London and Chesham 1945 Hardcover Very Good Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Lightly bumped at the edges. Previous owner's name and date on the reverse of the front endpaper. First published in 1944, this is the second (enlarged) edition of 1945. Foxing to outer closed textblock page edges. The dust jacket is generally greyed / lightly marked and has some tears and some loss at the spine ends and corners. DJ unclipped. 144pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 304346
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6.00 GBP
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Log Hut
Firbank, Thomas George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1954 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Original red boards; small faded patch at the top of the spine. The binding is firm, inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 200. The front cover of the dust jacket is bright and clean but there are some small marks to the spine and the back cover. Dust jacket is slightly faded at the spine, with a couple of short tears to the top edge and approx. 2cm of loss at the top of the spine. Front flap not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. (Book photographed without the protective cover, to avoid reflections). 107117
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15.00 GBP
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Rural Life, Described and Illustrated. In the Management of Horses, Dogs, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poulty &c.; Their Treatment in Health and Disease; with authentic information on all that relates to Modern Farming, Gardening, Shooting, Angling, &c., &c. and a Complete System of Modern Veterinary Practice. Illustrated with upwards of 100 steel engravings. [Complete 12 Divisions in One Volume, with Index]
Sherer, John The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited [c.1868-1870] London and New York 1870 Half Leather Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Date of publication is not stated but is c. 1868-1870 [ref. British Library]. A sturdy half-calf binding with red spine label and black cloth boards. Presents nicely though there are rubs, bumps and marks to the binding and some tiny paint speckles to the boards. Faded ring marks to the front board. Faults need to be noted but this copy is better than it sounds. Joints are strong. Spine in 5 compartments with imitation bands. Original blue marbled endpapers. All edges marbled though dulled. Some foxing throughout. Some stains to the edges of a few plates, particularly the ones towards the front and back of the book. Surface cracks to inner hinges but binding firm. No names or inscriptions. pp. xvi, 1016. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK mainland as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. Small surcharge may apply to UK highlands and islands and N. Ireland; larger surcharge for overseas destinations. NO additional charges for sending within the UK mainland. 306109
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105.00 GBP
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Afoot in England
Hudson, W. H. ; with wood engravings by Eric Fitch Daglish J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd 1936 Hardcover Good Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Daglish, Eric Fitch
Hardback with dust jacket. 1936 reprint. The Open-Air Library edition. Original green boards. Previous owner's name in pencil on the front pastedown and front endpaper. The binding is firm. Heavy foxing to the dust jacket and to outer closed textblock page edges. Minor rubs to the edges of the dust jacket. Front flap not price clipped. pp. xiv, [1], 239. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to minimise reflection). 309444
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12.00 GBP
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Memories of a Country Girlhood [Signed copy]
Smith, Ellen Mrs Ellen Smith Wymeswold, Leics 1983 0950909203 / 9780950909202 Soft cover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Paperback. Minor bumps to cover edges and light reading creases to the spine. A short tear to the cover at the top of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The first part of the author's life story, in the rural community of Wymeswold in Leicestershire. pp. 128. 308074
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5.00 GBP
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Jefferies' England: Nature Essays
Jefferies, Richard ; edited with an introduction and notes by Samuel J. Looker Constable London 1945 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Illustrated with 23 photographs by Will F. Taylor. Reprint. Original green boards. Some minor rubs to the surface of the boards, spine dulled and a small section of cloth has frayed at the head of the spine. Lacks dust jacket. The binding is firm and sound. Interior in very good condition - clean and unmarked. No names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. xxv, 274. 305125
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4.00 GBP
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Seven Pennies in My Hand
Smith, Ellen Mrs Ellen Smith Wymeswold, Leics 1984 0950909211 / 9780950909219 Soft cover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Paperback. Minor bumps to cover edges and light reading creases to the spine. No names or inscriptions. The second part of the author's life story, in the rural community of Wymeswold in Leicestershire. pp. 108. 308069
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5.00 GBP
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Hodge and his Masters - in 2 Volumes [The Fitzroy Edition]
Jefferies, Richard ; with a preface by Raymond Williams MacGibbon and Kee 1966 Hardcover Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Complete in two volumes. Hardbacks with dust jackets. Original cream boards. Imprint to front endpaper of Vol. I of old erased price mark. No names or inscriptions. Both volumes heavy foxing to the top outer closed textblock edge. Other edges lighter foxing. Pages tanned with occasional foxing spot. Bindings are firm. Dust jackets are discoloured and have some rubs to the surface and light rubs and a couple of very short nicks to edges. Not price clipped. pp. xi, [3], 168; 146. The dust jackets are supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105471
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8.00 GBP
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Shotover: The Natural History of a Royal Forest
Steel, David Pisces Publications 1984 0950824518 / 9780950824512 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Second hand paperback in very good condition. 120pp. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. 305158
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5.00 GBP
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Field Paths and Green Lanes in Surrey and Sussex
Jennings, Louis J. John Murray Albermarle Street, London 1884 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
4th edition. Pictorial grey cloth. A small bubble to the cloth to the edge of the rear board. Boards generally a bit dulled and have a few light marks. Spine dulled, with light bruising and minor rubs to spine ends. Light scattered foxing. Deckled / untrimmed textblock foredges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Binding firm. A slight forwards lean to the spine. pp. xvi, 231, 32. 306963
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10.00 GBP
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A Year of My Life
Street, A. G. The Right Book Club Charing Cross Road, London 1940 Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback without dust jacket. Original blue boards There are some marks to the boards, fading around the spine and heavily rubbed patch at the edge of the rear board, exposing the board. Some foxing to prelims and to outer closed textblock edges. There are some minor grubby handling to outer closed textblock edge / edge of page margins. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A good reading copy. pp. vii, 240. 306822
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5.00 GBP
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The Lost Words (special edition with limited edition print)
Macfarlane, Robert ; Morris, Jackie Hamish Hamilton 2017 1472625137 / 9781472625137 Hard Cover New No jacket Book Folio - over 12
New hardback. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language - and its scope' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian; 'The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I've read this year' Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Observer; 'My top book of the year' Susan Hill, Spectator. From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist & author Jackie Morris - all over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world - Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane and hand-painted illustration by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages. 'Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Alex Preston, Observer. Special edition with a limited edition Goldfinch print at the back of the book. A HEAVY book - a POSTAGE surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. BK0021
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20.00 GBP
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Alread Walks To-Morrow
Street, A. G. Faber and Faber Ltd Russell Square, London 1948 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback without dust jacket. In fair to good condition. Original blue boards, significantly faded at the spine and edges. Significant foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges and to the first and last few pages, including endpapers and pastedowns. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 4th impression. A good reading copy. 431pp. 306759
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6.00 GBP
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Hannaboys Farm
Mack, Marjorie Faber and Faber London 1942 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
2nd impression. Publisher's original brown cloth boards. Lacks dust jacket and f.e.p. Opens onto half-title page. Some light foxing. War economy standard production. 183pp. 21cm. 101558
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8.00 GBP
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Harvest by Lamplight
Street, A. G. Faber & Faber Limited Russell Square, London 1941 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
First edition, 1941. Publisher's original orange cloth. The boards are marked and grubby-looking. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name and date written neatly at the top edge of the front endpaper. Pages are in very good, clean condition but the binding has a couple of slightly weak spots where the book has been opened heavily. Binding holds firm. A just about good copy of this wartime publication. 160pp. 103994
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5.00 GBP
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![Manka The Sky Gipsy: The Story of a Wild Goose, 'BB' [Denys Watkins-Pitchford]](shop_image/product/102624.jpg "Manka The Sky Gipsy: The Story of a Wild Goose, 'BB' [Denys Watkins-Pitchford]")
![The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge the Changes of the Weather, Ground on Forty Years Experience [Second edition, corrected]., Claridge, John](shop_image/product/308998.jpg "The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge the Changes of the Weather, Ground on Forty Years Experience [Second edition, corrected]., Claridge, John")
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