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THE SYLVAN YEAR
Written by Philip Gilbert Hamerton.
Stock no. 1818309
Published by Seeley & Co.. 4th 1887. Good condition.

Fourth Edition. Leaves from the Note-Book of Raoul Dubois. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and brown borders. 8 b/w etchings including frontispiece. 243 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Deckle-edged. Cloth to top of spine worn and frayed. Spine browned, gilt title faded. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Some margin marks, mainly foxing.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BURREN
Written by Gordon D'Arcy; John Hayward.
Stock no. 1818236
Published by Immel. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

The limestone Karst landscape of the Burren, (Ireland), its Clints and Grykes, home to an enormous variety of plants and animals. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 1898162514. Spine lightly faded.

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FAUNA BRITANNICA
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 1818234
Published by Hamlyn. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A unique celebration of British wildlife and its role in our cultural history. Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 0600598675. A few minor marks to boards. Text block a little grubby. Free front endpaper lightly creased. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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NATURAL SCIENCE BOOKS IN ENGLISH 1600 - 1900
Written by David M. Knight.
Stock no. 1818229
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 262 pages. The collector of scientific books will particularly value the extended bibliographies which follow each chapter. 4 colour and 56 black and white illustrations. Top edge green. ISBN: 071340728X. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. A few minor grubby marks to text block. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, worn at top & tail of spine.

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THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH MAMMALS
Written by Gordon B. Corbet; H.N. Southern.
Stock no. 2130901
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 2nd 1977. Very good condition.

B/w photos and drawings. 2nd edition. ISBN: 0632090804. Spine is faded. Light wrinkling to a few pages.

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BIRDS OF THE WORLD: A CHECKLIST
Written by James F. Clements.
Stock no. 1817600
Published by Pica Press. 5th 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

5th Edition. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. No illustrations present. ISBN: 1873403933. Light rubbing to board and spine edges. Text block grubby & browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

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BIRDS OF KENYA & NORTHERN TANZANIA (HELM FIELD GUIDES)
Written by Dale A. Zimmerman; Donald A. Turner; David J. Pearson.
Stock no. 1817598
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Over 1,100 species covered, 124 colour plates plus line drawings, over 800 distribution maps, comprehensive, succinct and informative text for easy field use. Cardwraps. 576 pages including index. ISBN: 0713650796. Covers browned, text block a little grubby. Rear cover has a light diagonal crease. Contents clean.

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FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 2130650
Published by Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 75 Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 21 colour photos and over 200 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN to verso of title page is 0002193833 but this is incorrect as this ISBN matches NN No.74 (Ferns). ISBN provided is on verso of dustwrapper of this title. ISBN: 0002193795. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges, else fine. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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SKUAS AND JAEGERS
Written by Klaus Malling Olsen; Hans Larsson.
Stock no. 2130565
Published by Pica Press. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Guide to the Skuas and Jaegers of the World. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 1873403461. Light bumping to a couple of corners. Contents are excellent. Wrapper edges are creased, with some browning.

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SHRIKES
Written by Norbert Lefranc; Tim Worfolk.
Stock no. 1817576
Published by Pica Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Guide to the Shrikes of the World. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Pink endpapers. Colour illustrations, b/w distribution maps and line drawings. ISBN: 187340347X. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned.

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LAKES, LOUGHS AND LOCHS (NN 128)
Written by Brian Moss.
Stock no. 1817563
Published by William Collins. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 128. A comprehensive overview of British and Irish lakes. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Orange endpapers with blue New Naturalist logo repeating. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780007511389. Still in original shrinkwrap!

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VEGETATION OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND (NN 122)
Written by Michael Proctor.
Stock no. 1817562
Published by Collins. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 122. The author discusses the development of the landscape of Britain and Ireland from prehistoric times, including the influence of people and their agricultural practices on the vegetation. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Green endpapers with repeating New Naturalist logo. ISBN: 9780002201483. Still in original shrinkwrap which is creased.

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