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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING
Written by E.B. Wedmore.
Stock no. 1827988
Published by Bee Books New & Old. 2nd 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

For English-Speaking Bee-Keepers. 2nd edition, revised. This encyclopaedic work provides a comprehensive survey of beekeeping methods in all departments of the science. B/w photos. Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0905652010. Top & tail of spine lightly creased. Corners bumped. Foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is grubby, slightly faded and stained to spine, tiny chip to top of spine.

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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by S.C. Holland.
Stock no. 1827987
Published by Grenfell Publications. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations and distribution maps. 196 pages includes index. ISBN: 0948715006. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge.

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THE INSECT LEGION
Written by Malcolm Burr.
Stock no. 1827986
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

At the time of writing, insects were the cause of half the world's mortality, each year they destroyed enough food to supply 200 million people. In this book, Dr. Malcolm Burr tells the story of The Insect Legion with scientific authority and in a most attractive style. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Boards clean. Spine slightly cocked. Text block, endpapers and plate margins browned. Small name in ink to front pastedown. Some foxspots present else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few chips and edge-tears, grubby.

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HOOFED MAMMALS OF THE WORLD
Written by T. Donald Carter. Illustrated by Ugo Mochi.
Stock no. 1827981
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three hundred species and subspecies of hoofed mammals are vividly portrayed and expertly described in this unique natural history. Attractive silhouette illustrations. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0718820886. Boards lightly rubbed at horizontal edges. Text block browned. A few foxspots present and light page browning. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly creased at top edges.

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LICHENS OF IRELAND
Written by Paul Whelan.
Stock no. 1327670
Published by The Collins Press. 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introduction to over 250 species. Limp, pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781848891371. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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ZOO QUEST TO GUIANA
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1327665
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of the highly successful B.B.C. - London Zoo expedition to British Guiana, that went to film in the wild, and bring back alive, "some of the strangest, some of the loveliest, and some of the most horrifying animals in the world". Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour. Second impression published in same year/month as first impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine and rear edge of spine is heavily spotted. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, scratch and a grubby mark to front panel. Overall a decent copy.

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BIRDS OF ANGLESEY ADAR MON
Written by Peter Hope Jones; Paul Whalley.
Stock no. 1327637
Published by Menter Mon. 1st 2004. Good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Text in England AND Welsh. ISBN: 0954735811. Creasing to covers and pages, small tear to base of spine. Some grubby marks to rear cover (from removal of small labels).

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JEBEL HAFIT, A NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Simon Aspinall; Peter Hellyer.
Stock no. 1327625
Published by Emirates Natural History Group. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9948031431. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some lifting of laminate to spine edges. Preliminary pages are slightly creased at edges with some slight grubbiness. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly dusty.

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THE BLIND WATCHMAKER
Written by Richard Dawkins.
Stock no. 1327594
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Makes the case that evolution by natural selection is a big enough theory to answer the biggest question of all - why do we exist? Black cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette of DNA strand to front. Colour illustrations. Book itself is fine. Faint mark to one panel of the slipcase.

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LIFE
Written by Richard Fortey.
Stock no. 1827928
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition.

An Unauthorised Biography. A Natural History of the First Four Thousand Million Years of Life on Earth. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt & peach floral design to front. Colour endpapers showing fish fossils. Colour photos throughout. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a couple of minor grubby marks and light fading to edges (VG+).

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UNDERDOGS: THE FIGHT TO SAVE SOUTH AFRICA'S WILD DOGS
Written by Neil Aldridge.
Stock no. 1827841
Published by Pisces Publications. 1st 2011. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

African wild dogs carry the unenviable title of Africa's second-most endangered carnivore. Neil Aldridge celebrates what is special about the African wild dog and explores the efforts being made to secure its future in South Africa and beyond. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781874357490. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Boards clean and bright. Front endpaper has a large tear of surface paper loss (see photo). Otherwise, contents are fine. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is creased and has a 2" closed tear (no loss) between edge of rear panel and rear flap.

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SEASHELLS OF EASTERN ARABIA
Written by Donald Bosch; S. Peter Dance; Robert G. Moolenbeek; P. Graham Oliver.
Stock no. 1827839
Published by Motivate Publishing. 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The seashells of Oman and the Arabian Gulf. More than a thousand species described in non-technical language and illustrated by original colour photographs, scanning-electron-microscope images and line drawings. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781873544648. Reprint. Top & tail of spine lightly bent (shelf wear). Corners of boards bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and a little grubby with a small mark left by a label that has been removed to rear panel.

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