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A Year on the Salt Marsh

Twelve walks, one for each month, with tide tables and a bird list for every season. Hardback, 240 pages, posted the day you order.

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  • Ledgerbook Home Accounts 3.0 Keeps a household's books and prints the forms at the end of the year. Software, CD-ROM. $39.00. Ships in 24 hours.
  • Songs from the Lower Deck Twenty shanties recorded on a working ferry, with the words in the booklet. Music, compact disc. $11.50. Ships in 2 to 3 days.
  • The Allotment Almanac What to sow and when, month by month, for a plot of any size. Books, paperback. $8.95. Ships in 24 hours.

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Key: IN STOCK leaves today ON ORDER two weeks OUT OF PRINT we will search for a copy NEW added this month Prices are in US dollars and do not include postage. Postage rates | Sort by author
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The Allotment Almanac NEW R. Okafor. What to sow and when, month by month. Paperback IN STOCK 8.95 1.00
Roses for Cold Gardens M. Lindqvist. Sixty hardy kinds, with pruning charts. Hardback IN STOCK 19.50 3.45
The Small Greenhouse P. Arden. Building, heating and filling one. Paperback ON ORDER 12.00 2.00
Hedges and Their Keeping T. Marsh. The 1974 handbook, long sought after. Hardback OUT OF PRINT 24.00 0.00
A Year on the Salt Marsh J. Whitlow. Twelve walks, with a bird list for every season. Hardback IN STOCK 14.95 2.55
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  • Hedges and Their Keeping The 1974 handbook, in its dust jacket, from a dealer in Port Alder. Hardback, good. $24.00. Found in 3 weeks.
  • Knots for Small Boats A school prize copy with the owner's notes in pencil. Paperback, fair. $6.50. Found in 5 weeks.

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  • The Allotment Almanac What to sow and when, month by month, for a plot of any size. Books, paperback. $8.95. Ships in 24 hours.
  • Songs from the Lower Deck Twenty shanties recorded on a working ferry, with the words in the booklet. Music, compact disc. $11.50. Ships in 2 to 3 days.

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