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ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION
Written by Charles Darwin; Richard Keynes.
Stock no. 1322551
Published by Folio Society. Fine condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour illustrations. xxxi + 415 pages. With an introduction by Keynes. Printing unknown as still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OCEANS OF KANSAS: A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEA
Written by Michael J. Everhart.
Stock no. 2136662
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st USA 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine; silver title; lighter blue boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0253345472. Some browning and wear along front cover edge. Contents are still excellent!

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FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
Written by Charlie Elder.
Stock no. 1322291
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

On the trail of Britain's rarest animals. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781472905185. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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NATURALIZED ANIMALS: THE ECOLOGY OF SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED SPECIES
Written by Christopher Lever. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 2136324
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1ST 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poyser Natural History Series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610879. Small knocks along cover edges, with some uneven fading to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and marks.

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BOOKS AND NATURALISTS (NN 112)
Written by David Elliston Allen.
Stock no. 2135913
Published by Collins. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly 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. Limited edition to 75 copies. Leather binding with gilt titles and all edges gilt. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780007240845. This is Copy No. 34, SIGNED by author on a bookplate to front endpaper. A few small marks to gilt to outer page edges. Original slip case is still in excellent condition - light wear at edges.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Thomas Brown.
Stock no. 2135882
Published by Thomas Tegg & Son. 1835. Fair condition.

Brown cloth spine and corners. With Observations on Various Parts of Nature, and The Naturalist's Calendar. Edited by Captain Thomas Brown. 5th edition. Top half of spine is MISSING. Cloth corners have all come off - bumping and wear. Marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and page browning. Contents are generally good.

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RED KITE COUNTRY A CELEBRATION OF THE WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPE OF MID WALES
Written by Lolo Williams. Illustrated by Colin Woolf; Mike Read.
Stock no. 2135818
Published by Wildearth. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Foreword by Williams. Watercolours & sketches by Woolf. Photographic images by Read. ISBN: 1903657091. Some spotting to covers. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing; couple of chips to top of spine.

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THE ORANGUTAN'S WORLD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC CELEBRATION OF BORNEAN WILDLIFE
Written by Chris Packham.
Stock no. 2135533
Published by Banyan Books. 1st 2017. Very good condition.

Square format. Card wraps. Colour photos. Foreword by Packham. ISBN: 9780950640273. White sticky label to half-title page.

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HANDBOOK OF AUDUBON PRINTS
Written by Lois Elmer Bannon; Taylor Clark.
Stock no. 2135513
Published by Pelican Publishing. 1991. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0882898620. A few marks to covers. Wrapper is faded to spine and edge; some edge-creasing and chipping.

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SYSTEMATICS OF THE SHEATH NEMATODES OF THE SUPERFAMILY HEMICYCLIOPHOROIDEA
Written by John J. Chitambar; Sergei A. Subbotin; et al.
Stock no. 2135420
Published by Brill. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nematology Monographs and Perspectives No. 10. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 9789004184657. Still in original shrink wrap that is a bit torn in places. Some bumping to corners.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 1822656
Published by Folio Society. Circa 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! Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little scuffed and has a tiny hole to one corner. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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SNAKES OF ARABIA: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND ITS SHORES
Written by Damien Egan. Illustrated by Damien Egan.
Stock no. 2135329
Published by Motivate Publishing. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Arabian Heritage Guides. An indispensable snake field guide. Card wraps. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781860632396. Some light creasing to cover corners/edges.

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