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Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e\n❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52453819220258,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/art-for-children-series-set-3-books-picture-study-books-9387022.jpg?v=1791807493"},{"product_id":"drawing-birds-joy-postle-1963","title":"Drawing Birds, Joy Postle, How to Book, 1963","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: Drawing Birds is a 1963 title by Joy Postle, published by Grosset and Dunlap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it's about: The book teaches young artists to draw birds through simple line drawings, covering habits and habitats along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Paperback with corner creasing and a small closed tear at the upper left corner of the front cover. 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Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e\n❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52557052707106,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/IMG_2666.jpg?v=1789570586"},{"product_id":"seven-seas-clemons-1971","title":"The Seven Seas, Elizabeth Clemons, 1971","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Seven Seas, written by Elizabeth Clemons, published by Alfred A. Knopf as a Borzoi Book in 1971, a children's nonfiction introduction to oceanography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn accessible overview of ocean science for young readers, formerly part of a school library collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCloth hardcover, ex library, no dust jacket, light wear consistent with school use. 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Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52557062668578,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/IMG_3168.jpg?v=1789571296"},{"product_id":"field-guide-to-upland-birds-and-waterfowl","title":"Field Guide to Upland Birds and Waterfowl, Christopher S. Smith, 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eField Guide to Upland Birds and Waterfowl, Christopher S. Smith, 2000\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: Field Guide to Upland Birds and Waterfowl is written and illustrated by Christopher S. 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Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e\n❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622893449506,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/field-guide-to-upland-birds-and-waterfowl-christopher-s-smith-2000-1787207.jpg?v=1791806950"},{"product_id":"one-mans-island","title":"One Man's Island: A Naturalist's Year, Keith Brockie, 1984","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne Man's Island: A Naturalist's Year, Keith Brockie, 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: One Man's Island: A Naturalist's Year is by the Scottish wildlife artist Keith Brockie, first published by Harper \u0026amp; Row in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it's about: Brockie spent a year on the Isle of May documenting the seabirds, seals, and shoreline through his own field sketches and watercolors, and the book reproduces his working notebook nearly page for page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Hardcover with its original illustrated dust jacket, clean and in good bright condition. Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e\n❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622893482274,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/one-mans-island-a-naturalists-year-keith-brockie-1984-6181792.jpg?v=1791806949"},{"product_id":"art-and-reality","title":"Art and Reality: Ways of the Creative Process, Joyce Cary, 1958","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt and Reality: Ways of the Creative Process, Joyce Cary, 1958\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: Art and Reality: Ways of the Creative Process is by the novelist Joyce Cary, volume twenty of the World Perspectives series edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen, published by Harper \u0026amp; Brothers in 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it's about: In this extended essay, drawn from his Clark Lectures at Cambridge, Cary considers what artists actually do when they create, drawing on Hardy, Lawrence, Tolstoy, and Zola to make his case. 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Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e\n❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622893613346,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/IMG_3732.jpg?v=1790278153"},{"product_id":"making-dolls-and-doll-clothes","title":"The Real Book About Making Dolls and Doll Clothes, Catherine Roberts, 1951","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Real Book About Making Dolls and Doll Clothes, Catherine Roberts, 1951\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: The Real Book About Making Dolls and Doll Clothes is written and illustrated by Catherine Roberts, part of the Real Books series edited by Helen Hoke, published by Garden City Books in 1951.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it's about: The book walks young readers through making rag dolls and their wardrobes step by step, starting with a simple cloth doll named Prudence, with patterns and instructions throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Cloth spine with patterned paper covered boards, in good condition with light shelf wear. Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e\n❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622893678882,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/the-real-book-about-making-dolls-and-doll-clothes-catherine-roberts-1951-5921470.jpg?v=1791806958"},{"product_id":"how-to-read-heads-and-faces","title":"How to Read Heads and Faces, James Coates","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to Read Heads and Faces, James Coates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: How to Read Heads and Faces is a concise study of phrenology and physiognomy by James Coates, Ph.D., F.A.S., in this revised edition published by David McKay Company of Philadelphia. 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