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THE JOURNALS OF GILBERT WHITE 1751-1773 VOLUME ONE
Written by Gilbert White; Francesca Greenoak; Richard Mabey.
Illustrated by Clare Roberts.
Stock no. 1829021
Published by Century Hutchinson Ltd..
1st
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Francesca Greenoak and Richard Mabey. This volume contains White's Garden Kalendar for 1751-67, a fascinating record of his often innovative horticultural efforts, the 1766 Flora Selborniensis, a catalogue of the wild plants he observed around Selborne, and his Naturalist's Journal for 1768-73. Light grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine and title onlay to front. B/w illustrations. 531 pages. ISBN: 0712612947. Text block has a few foxspots. Contents are clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby/scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HAMPSHIRE
- BIOGRAPHY
THE ATLAS OF EUROPEAN MAMMALS
Written by A.J. Mitchell-Jones; G. Amori; et al.
Stock no. 1829007
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Distribution maps. xi and 484 pages including index. ISBN: 0856611301. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, a little grubby, top edge has small tear to rear panel, 1.5" closed tear (no loss) to lower front corner.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
- EUROPE
BUTTERFLIES ON MY MIND
Written by Dulcie Gray.
Illustrated by Brian Hargreaves.
Stock no. 1328724
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd..
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Touching on just about every aspect of the butterfly's life cycle, habitat, feeding and breeding habits. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0207958041. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly grubby and slightly worn at corners. Gold sticker to rear of wrapper stating "educational supplement information book award".
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- BUTTERFLIES
- INSECT
THE FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by H. Edward Forrest.
Stock no. 1828991
Published by L. Wilding.
1st
1899.
Very good condition.
Being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes found in the county of Salop. Photographic plates and portraits. Green cloth, gilt titles. 248 and vi pages. Spine lightly browned, boards have a few minor marks, corners are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
- ORNITHOLOGY
- REPTILE
- FISH
- SHROPSHIRE
- ANTIQUARIAN
TREASURES OF LAND AND SEA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828976
Good condition.
An album of pressed flowers from the UK. Very large format. Black leather spine & corners, black cloth sides with gilt title and vignette to front. Flowers are pressed and mounted on card with paper guards. 212 specimens, 4 and 6 per page. Hand-written pencil common name to each specimen. List of Contents handwritten to rear. Pages bound in with cloth. Spine & corners rubbed, scratched & lightly worn. Boards scuffed and discoloured. Large bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. Small tear to lower edge of front endpaper. Endpapers are grubby. Specimens are discoloured, some have disintegrated in part. Heavy foxing to paper guards. Browning to card on which specimens are placed. Some card margins are disintegrating, exposing fresh card beneath. All specimens are present if only in part (mostly complete). An unusual item.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
FERNS OF NEW ZEALAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828975
Good condition.
An album of pressed New Zealand fern specimens. Mounted on card which opens concertina style. 8 pages of pressed specimens with tissue guards. Hand-written botanical name to each page. Burgundy cloth spine & corners, brown patterned cloth to sides, gilt title to front board. Spine has disintegrated with much loss. Corners are worn. Foxing to tissue guards and pale foxing to specimen pages. Pressed specimens are discoloured with age but complete. Ribbon closure to vertical edge of boards is missing. An unusual item.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FERNS
- FLORA
- ANTIQUARIAN
ATLAS OF THE BRITISH FLORA
Written by F.H. Perring; S.M. Walters.
Stock no. 1828973
Published by EP Publishing Limited.
2nd
1976.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
2nd edition. Large format. Orange cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps. xxvi and 432 pages including index. ISBN: 0715811991. 7 acetate overlays included. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss, large tear across rear panel means lower 1/3 of dustwrapper is detached (but present).
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- FLOWERS
- FLORA
ATLAS OF THE DEVON FLORA
Written by R.B. Ivimey-Cook.
Stock no. 1828971
Published by The Devonshire Association.
1st
1984.
Very good condition.
Flowering plants and ferns. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. xviii and 258 pages including index. Distribution maps. ISBN: 0852140479. Spine faded from green to almost white - title to spine is obscurred. Light rubbing to board edges. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- FLOWERS
- FERNS
- ATLAS
- COUNTY FLORA
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DEVON
THE ATLAS FLORA OF SOMERSET
Written by Paul R. Green; Ian P. Green; Geraldine A. Crouch.
Stock no. 1828970
Published by Paul R. Green, Ian P. Green And Geraldine A. Crouch.
1st
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Some colour photos. B/w distribution diagrams. xxiv and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 0953132404. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- SOMERSET
- WILD FLOWERS
- FLOWERS
- FLORA
SUSSEX PLANT ATLAS
Written by P.C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828969
Published by Booth Museum Of Natural History.
1st
1980.
Very good condition.
An atlas of the distribution of wild plants in sussex. Compiled from records collected by the Sussex Flora Society 1966-78. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w distribution maps. 179 pages including index. ISBN: 0950237264. Boards ligthly scuffed. Endpapers and text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- SOUTH EAST UK
- SUSSEX
- ATLAS
- COUNTY FLORA
BRITISH RED DATA BOOKS: 1. VASCULAR PLANTS
Written by M.J. Wigginton.
Stock no. 1828967
Published by Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
3rd Edition. Britain's most endangered species. Compiled and edited by M.J. Wigginton. Large format. Red glazed boards. B/w distribution maps. 468 pages. ISBN: 1861074514. Reprint. Spine lightly faded to pink. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CONSERVATION
THE BOTANIST. THE BOTANICAL DIARY OF ELEANOR VACHELL (1879-1948)
Written by Eleanor Vachell; Michelle Forty; Tim Rich.
Stock no. 1828966
Published by National Museum of Wales.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
Eleanor Vachell was an outstanding amateur botanist of independent private means. This diary predominantly tells the story fo her botanical adventures with her friends during her quest to paint every British plant in the wild. Transcribed and edited from the original diary by Michelle Forty and Tim Rich. Large format. Cardwraps. 227 pages including index. ISBN: 0720005655. Laminate starting to peel back from vertical edge of front cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Covers and contetns lightly bowed. Contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- DIARY