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BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms.
Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1328592
Published by Collins.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Spine and corners bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine, closed tear to lower edge of rear panel which is slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- NEW NATURALIST
GOWER (NN 99)
Written by Jonathan Mullard.
Stock no. 1328591
Published by Collins.
Circa
2006.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 99. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780007160679. Still in original shrinkwrap so cannot identify the edition.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- GOWER
HYBRIDIZATION AND THE FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by C.A. Stace.
Stock no. 1828889
Published by Academic Press.
1st
1975.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
975 hybrids recorded from the British Isles are represented here. An authoritative source of information for field botanists who wish to discover hybrids in the wild, and for professional botanists who wish to use hybrids for both research and teaching purposes. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 626 pages including index. ISBN: 0126616507. SIGNED and dated by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Base of spine shelf-worn. Top front board corner lightly knocked. Text block lightly browned. Small black inked rubber stamp to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily rubbed at edges with some wear, rear panel is grubby, front panel scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- UK (GENERAL)
ILLUSTRATIONS OF ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; D.P.J. Smith; I.R. Thirlwell.
Stock no. 1828888
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
A broad miscellany of line drawings of mostly unusual alien (non-native) plants that occur in the wild in the British Isles and for which diagnostic, botanical drawings are difficult to find in the literature available in a typical small botanical library. Purple pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 466 pages. ISBN: 0901158321. Book has been read and spine condition is evidence of this in that it has become concave. Spine is faded as are cover edges. Contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; M.C. Foster.
Stock no. 1828886
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles.
1st
1994.
Very good condition.
A provisional catalogue of vascular plants (excluding grasses). Red cardwraps with white floral illustration. xviii and 590 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158232. Spine faded to pink with vertical crease through use. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Some creasing to covers. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
FLOWERS OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Oleg Polunin.
Illustrated by Oleg Polunin; et al..
Stock no. 1828884
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Almost 3000 species of flowering plants named or described, and keyed. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. xv and 592 pages plus colour plates to rear. ISBN: 0192176269. Vertical crease to spine - reading wear. Base of spine lightly worn with a tiny piece of fraying. Text block browned. Ownership inscription in ink to top of title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- GREECE
- BALKANS
- YUGOSLAVIA
- BULGARIA
A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLORA
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CYPRUS
Written by D.E. Viney.
Stock no. 1828879
Published by Koeltz Scientific Books.
1st
1994.
Almost very good condition.
A comprehensive and fully illustrated Flora (grasses and sedges excepted). Cardwraps. Colour frontis and b/w line drawings. xxix and 697 pages. ISBN: 3874293645. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to title page. Pictorial cardwraps are a little creased and scuffed. Text block is browned. Joints are pulled but glued spine is tight. Inside front cover has ink scuffing from printing, small mark to frontis. Top corner of contents lightly creased else contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- CYPRUS
- TURKEY
A FLORA OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS
Written by Sylvia M. Haslam; Peter D. Sell; Patricia A. Wolseley.
Stock no. 1828878
Published by Malta University Press.
1st
1977.
Good condition.
Blue & white cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. lxxi and 560 pages including index. Coers are edge-rubbed, creased and scuffed. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Hinge is split between pages 194 and 195, page 193/194 detached as a result. Contents are a little grubby to prelims and last few pages otherwise clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- MALTA
- ISLANDS
- FLORA
GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS AND COCKROACHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by David R. Ragge.
Illustrated by H.D. Swain.
Stock no. 1828874
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Burgundy imitation leather boards with gilt titles, gilt vignette to front. 22 colour plates and 130 text figures. Top edge red. Larger format for this series... 8.75" x 6". Includes a companion vinyl record "Songs of the British Grasshoppers & Crickets". Top front corner of board lightly bent. Rubber stamped black symbol to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. One or two light margin marks else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with loss - large piece of loss to top front panel affects the title. Companion record is NOT included (is MISSING).
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES
THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES SERIES II (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Richard South; H.M. Edelsten; D.S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1828873
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Blue textured boards with gilt titles and vignette. Plain endpapers. Colour and b/w plates. Blue mottling to text block. 379 pages including index. ISBN: 0723200025. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Large black felt-tip label with symbol to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. A few minor foxspots mainly to top margins. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn with a few small chips, foxing to wrapper flaps.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- MOTHS
- INSECT
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES
A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.