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A WEEK AT THE LIZARD
Written by Rev C.A. Johns.
Stock no. 1202186
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1848. Good condition.

Gilt title to spine. B/w engravings. 322 pages. Small format. Spine is browned, split and frayed with chipping. Covers are warped and marked. Inscription in ink to title page. Hinges pulled. Some page marks.

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HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1202149
Published by Book Club Associates. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price and no 'Collins' at base of spine of dustwrapper. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. Foxing to endpapers. Free front endpaper has pencil erasure marks and top corner is creased. Text block is slightly grubby otherwise contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine (normal for this series).

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SHARING THE EARTH
Written by J.M. Fladmark.
Stock no. 1801834
Published by Donhead. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Local Identity in Global Culture. Papers presented at the Robert Gordon University Heritage Convention 1995 and edited by Fladmark. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. xviii and 381 pages. ISBN: 1873394195. A fine copy in a matching pictorial wrapper which is lightly creased at corners.

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WILDFOWL IN GREAT BRITAIN
Written by G.L. Atkinson-Willes. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1801251
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Survey of the winter distribution of the Anatidae and their conservation in England, Scotland and Wales. Prepared by The Wildfowl Trust. Monograph Number Three of The Nature Conservancy. 11 x 7.5 ins. Orange cloth. A complete survey of the distribution & habitats of wild ducks, geese and swans. The scientific study contained in this Monograph presents a provisional scientific basis for a National Policy for Wildfowl Conservation. Orange cloth boards, burgundy title block to spine with gilt title. Colour illustrations, line drawings, b/w ph, diagrams & maps. Second impression of the first edition. Light fading to top of spine. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby, worn at corners and has 1.5" loss to top of spine.

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THE GUINNESS BOOK OF MAMMALS
Written by John A. Burton. Illustrated by Jean Vaughan.
Stock no. 1201427
Published by Guinness Superlatives Ltd.. 1st 1982. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 0851123058.

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A BOOK OF KING PENGUINS
Written by T.H. Gillespie. Illustrated by M.E. Gillespie.
Stock no. 1201395
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Green cloth, black titles. B/w photos by M.E. Gillespie of these beautiful birds in the zoological park at Edinburgh. Spine browned. Some foxing to contents.

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AMERICAN BIRDS 88TH CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1201253
Published by The National Audubon Society. 1988. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Book fine except for small tear to top of spine.

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AMERICAN BIRDS 87TH CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1201231
Published by The National Audubon Society. 1987. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos.

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BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S DEEP CANYON
Written by Wesley W. Weathers.
Stock no. 823906
Published by University of California Press. 1st 1982. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Habitats, breeding and ecology of 112 species. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0520047540.

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A WEALTH OF WILDFOWL
Written by Jeffery Harrison.
Stock no. 823907
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Wrapper has a faded spine and a few small edge-tears.

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PROCEEDINGS XIII INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS
No author listed.
Stock no. 823809
Published by The American Ornithologists Union. 1963. Fine condition.

Two volumes. Grey cloth. Colour frontis to Vol I. B/w photos.

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THE AQUATIC BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by C.J. Patten.
Stock no. 823781
Published by R.H. Porter. 1906. Very good condition.

61 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. xxix and 590 pages including index. Expertly rebound, new boards and endpapers, green cloth, gilt titles. Inscription in ink to first blank page. A few scattered foxspots else contents clean.

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