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DEER OF THE WORLD
Written by Valerius Geist.
Stock no. 1327043
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Their Evolution, Behaviour and Ecology. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 421 pages. ISBN: 1840370947. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small mark to front pastedown. Some faint foxing to endpapers and light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges and lightly faded to spine.

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COLLECTING AND BREEDING BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS
Written by Brian Worthington-Stuart.
Stock no. 1827625
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Wayside and Woodland series. Glue to front board holding down cloth is starting to dry out (cloth moves slightly). Spine is lightly sunned. Text block lightly browned. A few minor foxspots and some light browning to prelims. Blue dustwrapper with pictorial onlay to front is creased, a couple of small closed tears to lower edge (no loss) and a little marked.

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BEES, WASPS, ANTS & ALLIED INSECTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1827624
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette of bee with open wings to front. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. Wayside & Woodland Series. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards bright. Text block lightly browned. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light browning and foxing to endpapers. Foxing to text block else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper with pictorial onlay to front is a little grubby, browned to spine, worn at corners with slight loss.

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Richard South.
Stock no. 1827623
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1941. Very good condition.

Wayside and Woodland Series. A Pocket Guide with Descriptive Text. With accurately coloured figures of every species and many varieties, also drawings of Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Food-plant. Blue cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette to front, colour and b/w plates. New edition. Cloth to rear board is 'bubbled', corners worn. Titles are bright. Text block lightly browned. Some foxing present. Contents generally clean.

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WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND FERNS
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1827622
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A pocket guide to the British ferns, horsetails and club-mosses. Small format. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Coloured illustrations. B/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to half-title page. A few foxspots present, mainly to prelims and last couple of pages. Contents generally clean. Green dustwrapper has a pictorial onlay to front, is heavily browned, worn at corners with a little loss.

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BUTTERFLIES AMD MOTHS OF THE WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1827621
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Wayside and Woodland series. Blue cloth boards, black titles and vignette to front board lower corner. Colour plates. Boards a little spotted and browned. Base of spine shelf-worn. Name & address in ink and bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and text block. Contents are generally clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few small chips, a bit grubby.

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IRISES: A GARDENER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA
Written by Claire Austin; James W. Waddick.
Stock no. 1327027
Published by Timber Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Purple boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photography throughout. 339 pages including glossary and index. Foreword by Waddick. ISBN: 0881927309. Spine bumped. Some slight fading to base of spine and a light damp stain to spine edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge of front panel. Some wear to top edge of front panel.

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE LAND SNAILS OF BRITAIN AND NORTH-WEST EUROPE
Written by M.P. Kerney; R.A.D. Cameron. Illustrated by Gordon Riley.
Stock no. 1827600
Published by Collins. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Describes and illustrates nearly 300 species found in the area bounded by the Arctic in the North, the Alps and Pyrenees in the South and the Carpathians in the East. White matt pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 000219676X. Boards grubby, spine faded. Text block browned. Outer edges of pastedowns on boards are grubby. Name & address in green ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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A MANUAL OF FALCONRY
Written by Michael Woodford.
Stock no. 1827590
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Covering every aspect of falconry from choosing a hawk for training; individual species used in falconry; game hawking; rook hawking and a bibliography. Early reprint. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned with some foxing. Front endpapers browned. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slihgtly faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners, a little browned and scuffed.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY (NN 70)
Written by R.J. Berry.
Stock no. 1827538
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

New Naturalist No. 70. Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. In his tracing of the island's evolution from its geological creation to the effects of oil technology; in the detailed, yet fascinating exploration of the plants and animals (and where best to see them), Professor Berry's expertise and enthusiasm is backed by that of local specialists, and Orkney's long tradition of natural history study. Appendices include definitive lists of all the species of flora and fauna on record and an extensive bibliography. ISBN: 0002194066. Spine lightly creased through reading wear. Covers lightly browned. Contents clean.

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CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE
Written by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Lalla Ward.
Stock no. 1827513
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth with elaborate design to front, gilt title to spine. Colour photo plates and b/w illustrations. A lovely copy BUT bound upside down. Contained in publisher's slipcase with a few light scuffs.

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BREEDING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
Written by Ekkehard Friedrich; A. Maitland Emmet.
Stock no. 1827497
Published by Harley Books. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

A Practical Handbook for British and European Species. Translated from the German by Steven Whitebread. English Edition with additional material edited by A. Maitland Emmet. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0946589119. Covers browned and a little grubby. Foxing to top edge of text block, rest of text block just slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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