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The Observer's Book of Commercial Vehicles. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Warne,, [1974]. 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Observer 40. Printing code: 1338. 1073. Marren & Carter, p.166.
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The Medieval Foundation [with] Protestant Island. ['English Social History' complete]. FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Collins,, 1966-67. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (green/brown respectively), gilt backs, coloured tops, coloured endpapers, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's decorative slip-case, the case very lightly age-soiled. Publisher's boxed set of Bryant's splendid two-part survey of English social history. SCARCE.
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The Observer's Book of Pond Life. Illustrated by E.C. Mansell. EARLY ISSUE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Frederick Warne,, [1956]. Sm. 8vo., with 32 coloured plates and 16 plates in monochrome by Mansell, 16 photographs by the author, numerous illustrations in the text and endpaper charts; original pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker blue, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Observer 24. Print code 934.156. 'A classic, perhaps the most successful natural history title after Birds, it was first devised as a companion to the author's Freshwater Life of the British Isles' (Marren & Carter). Marren & Carter p.160.
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The Observer's Book of Geology. Foreword by Professor H. L. Hawkins. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Warne,, [1960]. Sm. 8vo., with 12 coloured plates and 170 illustrations in monochrome; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. Observer 10. First published in 1949 and reissued with colour plates in 1952. Code: 719.15. Marren & Carter, p.152-3.
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The Observer's Book of Aircraft. With Silhouettes by Dennis Punnett. 1968 Edition. [Seventeenth Edition]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Warne,, [1968]. Sm. 8vo., Seventeenth Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in navy blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at front fold-in and with one or two scuffs on front panel. Observer 11. Printing code 722.1167. Marren & Carter, p.153.
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The Observer's Book of Dogs. Describing Three Hundred Breeds and Varieties. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Frederick Warne,, [1946]. Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with 148 photographs in the text, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, very lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. Observer 8. Code 204.1045; jacket 8.1 with ('Canis'). Early issues are very scarce in this condition. Marren & Carter, p.151.
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The Observer's Book of Garden Flowers. Compiled by Arthur King from the larger Work ;The Book of Garden Flowers' by G. .R. Philips. With Illustrations by Joan Lupton. FIRST EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Frederick Warne,, [1957]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 100 plates in colour and 100 illustrations in monochrome in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soile and with with small label scar on front wrapper. Observer 25. Code 532.856. Marren & Carter, p.160.
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The Observer's Book of Automobiles. With a Foreword by Stirling Moss. FIRST EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Warne,, [1955]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 260 photographs, 53 illustrations of badges and 90 illustrations in the text; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in maroon, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled, with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and short closed tear on rear panel. Observer 21. Print code 732.455. Well-above average copy of the scarce original edition, albeit in worn wrapper. VERY SCARCE IN DUSTWRAPPER. Marren & Carter, p.158-9.
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The Observer's Book of Glass. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Warne,, [1976]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 19 coloured plates on 8 and 95 monochrome photographs in the text; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. Observer 62. Code 608.1175; jacket 62. Marren & Carter, p.173.
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The Observer's Book of Cacti and other Succulents. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Frederick Warne,, [1958]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates and 66 photographs in monochrome; original series binding of beige cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped without material loss at head and lightly browned at backstrip. Observer 27. Code 680.1057; jacket 27.1 matt. 'Perhaps the first title aimed at the adult collector' (Marren & Carter). Marren & Carter, p.161.
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The Observer's Book of Cricket. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Warne,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates (8 in colour) and endpaper charts; original series binding of black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. OB49; printing code: 1186.1172. Marren & Carter, p.169.
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The Observer's Book of European Costume. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Warne,, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous tinted illustrations in the text; original series binding of grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. OB54; printing code: 129.1174. Marren & Carter, p.171.
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The Observer's Book of Horses and Ponies.
Frederick Warne,, [1957]. Sm. 8vo., with very numerous photographs in the text, and endpaper diagrams; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. Observer 9. First published in 1949 [title versos read 1948]. Code: 702.1157. Above-average copy. Marren & Carter, p.152.
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The Observer's Book of Horses and Ponies. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Frederick Warne,, [1948; actually 1949]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, and endpaper diagrams; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Observer 9. First published in 1949 [title verso reads 1948]. Code: 702.1157. Marren & Carter, p.152.
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The Observer's Book of House Plants. Describing 150 Types illustrated in colour [by Joan Lupton]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Frederick Warne,, [1972]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 150 coloured illustrations in the text; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Observer 46. Code 1040.572. Marren & Carter, p.168-9.
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