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ENIGMAS OF NATURAL HISTORY
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by Barbara Greg.
Stock no. 1323679
Published by The Cresset Press. Circa 1936. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 24 essays of curious facts such as the Australian toad that fills itself with water and then burries itself during the dry season. Fascinating! Spine bumped. Covers discoloured. Foxing to endpapers and some pages. Crease to top corner of front free-endpaper. Yellow dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, browned to spine and worn at top and tail of spine.

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MERESIDE CHRONICLE: WITH A SHORT INTERLUDE OF LOCHS AND LOCHANS
Written by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1824196
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In his search for and study of bireds, the meres, pools and reservoirs of east and mid-Cheshire have been favourite hunting grounds for Tunnicliffe. A year of making notes and sketches. Brick red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Some minor mottlng to boards, light browning to top of spine. Gilt titles bright. Browning to endpapers. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

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SWANSEA BAY'S GREEN MANTLE
Written by Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1824161
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wildlife On An Industrial Coast. B/w sketches, colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0905928180. Boards clean and bright. Light pencil erasure marks to verso of free front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges.

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A HAND-BOOK TO THE CARNIVORA PART I CATS, CIVETS AND MUNGOOSES
Written by Richard Lydekker.
Stock no. 1323566
Published by Edward Lloyd Limited. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Lloyd's Natural History series. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. 32 colour plates, tissue guard to frontis. 312 pages. Spine bumped and very browned. Endpapers and tissue-guard browned. Textblock is a bit dusty and foxed. Contents clean.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 2140931
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title. Front cover is green with black/gilt drawings. The text of this edition is taken from the 1789 edition and includes the first part only, with minor emendations. The additional two letters 'Timothy the Tortoise to Miss Hecky Mulso' and 'On the Sense of Hearing in Fishes', were first published in the 1877 edition of 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne', edited by Thomas Bell, 2 vols, published by John Van Voorst. Exquisite full page colour illustrations. A beautiful edition! One small spot to outer page edges. Slip case is a bit better than very good - a few light marks and scuffs.

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DERMATOLOGY FOR THE EQUINE PRACTITIONER
Written by Ralf S. Mueller.
Stock no. 2140399
Published by Teton Newmedia. 1st USA 2005. Very good condition.

Made Easy Series. Card wraps. Spiral bound. Colour photos. ISBN: 1591610230. Some cover and page corner creasing.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY BIOLOGY OF THE NAKED MOLE-RAT
Written by Rochelle Buffenstein; Thomas J. Park; Melissa M. Holmes.
Stock no. 2140381
Published by Springer. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series. ISBN: 9783030659424. Still in original shrink-wrap - UNOPENED! Couple of corners are lightly bumped.

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DEER WATCH: A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Richard Prior.
Stock no. 2140236
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

New Revised Edition. The origin of our deer, the history of medieval and later deer parks and the introduction of species like the muntjac. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781846890130. Some fading to spine.

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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VETERINARY MEDICINE
Written by Mel Roth.
Stock no. 2140224
Published by Syrawood Publishing House. 1st USA 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781682865774. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrinkling to pages.

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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VETERINARY MEDICINE
Written by Mel Roth.
Stock no. 2140152
Published by Syrawood Publishing House. 1st USA 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781682865774. Bumping and wear to spine and corners.

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BRAZILIAN SAND FLIES
Written by Elizabeth F. Rangel; Jeffrey J. Shaw.
Stock no. 2140150
Published by Springer. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Biology, Taxonomy, Medical Importance and Control. The first english-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. xviii + 494 pages. B/w diagrams, some colour photos. Green glazed boards. ISBN: 9783319755434. A few small marks to outer page edges.

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A HANDBOOK OF LIVING PRIMATES
Written by J.R. Napier; P.H. Napier.
Stock no. 2140092
Published by Academic Press. 1976. Very good condition.

Morphology, Ecology and Behaviour of Nonhuman Primates. B/w photos. ISBN: 0125138504. Some knocks to top and tail of spine. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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