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A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SEASHORE (NN 94)
Written by Peter J. Hayward.
Stock no. 1829999
Published by Collins. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Exploring the fascinating biology, ecology and dynamic interactions of seashore communities. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 16 colour plates and over 60 b/w line drawings. Plain endpapers. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0002200309. A lovely copy! Dustwrapper spine is NOT faded (as is often the case).

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WYE VALLEY (NN 105)
Written by George Peterken.
Stock no. 1829998
Published by Collins. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New naturalist No. 105. The diverse ecology, natural history, landscape and past of a district which has mainly been defined by the extraordinary evolution of the River Wye. Green cloth covers, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Yellow endpapers with repeating NN logo. xii and 466 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007160686. A lovely copy! Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly grubby/scuffed at edges of rear panel and is NOT faded to spine (as is often the case).

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LAKELAND: THE WILDLIFE OF CUMBRIA (NN 92)
Written by Derek Ratcliffe.
Stock no. 1829996
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series no. 92. The story of the whole region of Cumbria from the perspective of its natural history, and from the personal view point of the author. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 384 pages including index. ISBN: 000711303X. A lovely copy, looks and feels unread! Very light scuffing to dustwrapper. Spine is NOT faded (as is often the case).

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 1829995
Published by Collins. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82, 50 years, half-cenenary edition. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library: who the authors were and what they did; how each title was conceived and received; the much admired jackets; and the trials and tribulations and triumphs of what has been described as the most significant and long-running natural history series in the world. With bibliography. Colour and b/w photos. Plain endpapers. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 000219998X. SIGNED by the author with personal dedication to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed to rear panel and very slightly faded to spine. Overall, a lovely copy!

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BOOKS AND NATURALISTS (NN 112)
Written by David Elliston Allen.
Stock no. 1829991
Published by Collins. Circa 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 112. The author explores the often complicated ways in which books on the flora and fauna of these islands have been published through the years, from the earliest days of printing through to the era of the computerised distribution atlas and the giant multinational compendium. Green cloth boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780007240845. Still in original shrinkwrap!

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THE SHELL NATURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Edith Hilder; Rowland Hilder; S.R. Badmin.
Stock no. 1329815
Published by Phoenix House. 1st thus 1964. Very good condition.

Containing: Flowers of the Countryside; Trees and Shrubs; Birds and Beasts; Fossils, Insects and Reptiles; Wild Life. Large format. Colour illustrations. Pictorial boards. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Slight musty smell to contents.

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THE TWILIGHT OF INDIA'S WILD LIFE
Written by Balakrishna Seshadri.
Stock no. 1829581
Published by John Baker. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The wild life panorama in India in the years after WWII has changed so drastically as to become unrecognisable. Gone are the vast, unbroken stretches of forest and tropical jungle, and with them the teeming animals. Only a fraction of both remains. The author gives a personal perceptive account of the background to this change, traces its disastrous course, and describes the perilous state that has been reached. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos. 212 pages including index. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Front boards is slightly bowed. Contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, edge-rubbed and scuffed.

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AN ANGLER'S ENTOMOLOGY
Written by J.R. Harris.
Stock no. 1329302
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. New Naturalist reprint series. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1870630499. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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SALAR THE SALMON
Written by Henry Williamson.
Stock no. 1329242
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a five-year-old salmon and his friends, beginning when they come into the estuary in early spring, a crescendo of adventures, excitements and endurances. Brown cloth with gilt title and small vignette to spine. Blue maps for endpapers. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Pale page browning to endpapers. Top edge of textblock (which is dyed pink) has partially faded. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips and a larger tear to lower edge of rear panel. Verso of wrapper is lightly browned/foxed.

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TRAVEL DIARIES OF A NATURALIST (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329190
Published by Collins. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Miranda Weston-Smith. Each volume covering different regions. Blue boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. Each volume is a first edition, published 1983, 1985 and 1987 respectively. Spines slightly bumped. Dustwrapper spines are sunned and edges are slightly rubbed.

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HOW TO SEE INSECTS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329189
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. Black titles and small vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and cover edges browned. Lower front corner bumped. Top 2" of front free-endpaper has been neatly cut out. Some light foxing to contents. Remains of dustwrapper is tucked into the back of the book (the wrapper is in two pieces and the spine is missing).

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HOW TO SEE POND LIFE
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329188
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. Black titles and small vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and cover edges browned, slight loss to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper.

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