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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. LXIV
Written by Stanley Cramp.
Stock no. 1608529
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd..
1971.
Very good condition.
Brown cloth, gilt titles; Colour and b/w photos. White spotting to covers. Contents excellent.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
THE TROUT (NMN 21)
Written by W.E. Frost; M.E. Brown.
Stock no. 1608267
Published by Collins.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Monograph series. B/w photos. Trout anatomy, physiology, distribution and food, the effects of climate, water chemistry, human and other predators, their growth and weight, how to assess their age and condition. Foxing to textblock. Some foxing / browning to wrapper which has a couple of closed edge tears repaired with tape to verso.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- FISH
- TROUT
ILLUSTRATED INDEX OF BRITISH SHELLS
Written by G.B. Sowerby.
Illustrated by G.B. Sowerby.
Stock no. 1208607
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co..
2nd
1887.
Almost very good condition.
Containing Figures Of All The Recent Species, With Names and Other Information. Habits and localities, range of depth of marine species and comparative abundance. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 26 tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates depicting 668 species. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover, embossed decorative borders to covers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn with small tear in cloth at base of spine. Covers darkened at edges and on spine. Front hinge cracked. Inscription in ink on verso of front endpaper. All plates present. One tissue guard detached. Foxing to tissue guards. Plates clean except for a very few which have minor foxing at the edges. A bright copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- SHELLS
- FRESHWATER LIFE
WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Written by James H. Thomas.
Stock no. 1812292
Published by W.A.N.H.S. Devizes.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Volume of ten essays written to mark the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's 150th anniversary in 2003. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947723099. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WILTSHIRE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EAST OF SCOTLAND UNION OF NATURALISTS' SOCIETIES 1891-95
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208506
Published by General Printing And Binding Works Perth.
1895.
Very good condition.
Grey paperwraps. Articles on ring ouzels, mosses, antiquities of Falkland and more. 88 pages. Ex-lib. Library markings to front cover and label on verso. Front cover soiled with slight loss at edges. Pages dusty at edges. Many pages unopened so contents near fine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- NATURAL HISTORY
FISH AND CHIPS
Written by A.G. Street.
Stock no. 2120916
Published by Robert Hale.
1st
1964.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. A few faint marks to edge of textblock. Wrapper has small closed tear to top of spine and is very slightly faded to spine, lightly browned to rear and slightly creased at top edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- COUNTRYSIDE
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- LITERATURE
WATERBIRDS BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA'S WETLANDS
Written by Warwick Tarboton; Nigel Dennis.
Stock no. 2119861
Published by New Holland.
1st
1993.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Colour photography by Dennis throughout. ISBN: 1853682586. A few small marks to half title page. A little light foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with some scuff marks.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- SOUTH AFRICA
BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 1607801
Published by Collins.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series 93. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201402. Bumping at top of spine. Slight creasing to edge of wrapper. A clean bright copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- MAMMALS
- BATS
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
THE BORDER BEES
Written by Colin Weightman.
Stock no. 2119558
Published by Ramsden Williams Publications.
1st
1961.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Anecdotes and Memoirs of Twenty Years, 1940-1960. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Some light browning and foxing to page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with light edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- BEE KEEPING
- BEES
- FARMING
RARE BIRDS DAY BY DAY
Written by Steve Dudley; Tim Benton; Peter Fraser; John Ryan.
Illustrated by Dave Nurney.
Stock no. 2118567
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1996.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Individual sightings of rare birds in Britain are presented in diary style. for the years between 1958 and 1994. Fascinating reading for bird-lovers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856611026. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
SOUTH CAROLINA BIRD LIFE
Written by Alexander Sprunt; E. Burnham Chamberlain.
Illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques; John Henry Dick; Roger Tory Peterson; et al..
Stock no. 2118321
Published by University of South Carolina Press.
1970.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Cream +cloth boards, gilt titles. Revised edition with a supplement. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0872491234. Tape marks to endpapers. Browning to some pages. Wrapper is unevenly browned/faded with some grubby marks; tear hole to rear panel.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- AMERICA
BUSTARDS, HEMIPODES, AND SANDGROUSE: BIRDS OF DRY PLACES
Written by Paul A. Johnsgard.
Illustrated by Henry Jones.
Stock no. 1607493
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Dark boards with gilt title to spine. Colour plates of paintings by Major Henry Jones, from the collection owned by The Zoological Society of London. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198576986. Spine and corners bumped with some creasing. Top corners of some pages have a little creasing.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY