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All the external links are to commercial websites of book dealers. Should they be in Wikipedia? Unless anyone has any objection, I propose deleting them as per WP:LINKSTOAVOID. Tony Holkham (talk) 14:41, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Let's do it at once. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:46, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What a waste of good editors' time.SovalValtos (talk) 16:46, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The following is personal observation, so not reliably sourced, but may prompt research from someone better placed.

Having an interest in Nature since childhood, I acquired a number of Observers Books, and subsequently other publications including a number published by Frederick Warne & Co. I have noticed that the Observer's Books volumes on a given nature topic are usually abridgements of more comprehensive volumes previously published by Warne in their 'Wayside and Woodland' series, with greatly edited-down texts and of illustrations extensively drawn from the 'parent' W&W titles. The latter were evidently aimed at an adult-level readership and some were originally published, by Warne or other publishers, as early as the 1890s. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.200.40.9 (talk) 11:27, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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	Having an interest in Nature since childhood, I acquired a number of Observers Books, and subsequently other publications including a number published by Frederick Warne & Co. I have noticed that the Observer's Books volumes on a given nature topic are usually abridgements of more comprehensive volumes previously published by Warne in their 'Wayside and Woodland' series, with greatly edited-down texts and of illustrations extensively drawn from the 'parent' W&W titles. The latter were evidently aimed at an adult-level readership and some were originally published, by Warne or other publishers, as early as the 1890s. [[Special:Contributions/90.200.40.9\|90.200.40.9]] ([[User talk:90.200.40.9\|talk]]) 11:27, 4 February 2021 (UTC)		Having an interest in Nature since childhood, I acquired a number of Observers Books, and subsequently other publications including a number published by Frederick Warne & Co. I have noticed that the Observer's Books volumes on a given nature topic are usually abridgements of more comprehensive volumes previously published by Warne in their 'Wayside and Woodland' series, with greatly edited-down texts and of illustrations extensively drawn from the 'parent' W&W titles. The latter were evidently aimed at an adult-level readership and some were originally published, by Warne or other publishers, as early as the 1890s. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/90.200.40.9\|90.200.40.9]] ([[User talk:90.200.40.9\|talk]]) 11:27, 4 February 2021 (UTC)