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Vintage Craft Books

Make it Yourself! Handicraft for Boys and Girls by Bernice Wells Carlson (1950)
Make it Yourself! Handicraft for Boys and Girls
by Bernice Wells Carlson (1950)
838 Ways to Amuse a Child by June Johnson (1960)
838 Ways to Amuse a Child
by June Johnson (1960)
Coloured Paper Craft for Schools by Frederick T. Day (1956)
Coloured Paper Craft for Schools
by Frederick T. Day (1956)
Pottery Made Easy by John Wolfe Dougherty (1939)
Pottery Made Easy
by John Wolfe Dougherty (1939)
Appliqué Design and Method by Kathleen Mann (1941)
Appliqué Design and Method
by Kathleen Mann (1937)
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Rare Entomology Books

A treatise on some insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris
A Treatise on Some Insects Injurious to Vegetation
by Thaddeus William Harris
Grasshoppers & Crickets of Great Britain and Northern Europe by Heiko Bellman
Grasshoppers & Crickets of Great Britain and Northern Europe
by Heiko Bellman
Dragon-Flies vs. Mosquitoes. Can the Mosquito Pest be Mitigated? By Robert H. Lamborn
Dragon-Flies vs. Mosquitoes. Can the Mosquito Pest be Mitigated?
by Robert H. Lamborn
European Butterflies and Moths by W.F. Kirby
European Butterflies and Moths
by W.F. Kirby
A Natural History of British Moths by Francis Morris
A Natural History of British Moths
by Francis Morris
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Rare Mountaineering Books

Scrambles Amongst The Alps in the Years 1860-1869 by Edward Whymper
Scrambles Amongst The Alps in the Years 1860-1869
by Edward Whymper
Everest: Kangshung Face by Stephen Venables (1989)
Everest: Kangshung Face
by Stephen Venables (1989)
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage by Hermann Buhl
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage
by Hermann Buhl
I'll Climb Mount Everest Alone by Dennis Roberts
I'll Climb Mount Everest Alone
by Dennis Roberts
On The Heights by Walter Bonatti
On The Heights
by Walter Bonatti
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Vintage Travel Posters

Vintage travel posters of Holland and the Netherlands
Vintage travel posters of Holland and the Netherlands
Vintage travel posters of Argentina
Vintage travel posters of Argentina
Vintage travel posters of Jordan
Vintage travel posters of Jordan
Vintage travel posters of Germany
Vintage travel posters of Germany
Vintage travel posters of Portugal
Vintage travel posters of Portugal
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Limited Editions Club

The Book of Job illustrated by Arthur Szyk
The Book of Job
illustrated by Arthur Szyk
The Circus of Dr Lao by Charles G. Finney & illustrated by Claire Van Vliet
The Circus of Dr Lao
by Charles G. Finney & illustrated by Claire Van Vliet
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen & Illustrated by Per Krohg
Peer Gynt
by Henrik Ibsen & Illustrated by Per Krohg
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad & illustrated by Lynd Ward
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad & illustrated by Lynd Ward
The Golden Cockerel by Alexander Pushkin & illustrated by Edmund Dulac
The Golden Cockerel
by Alexander Pushkin & illustrated by Edmund Dulac
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