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THE ART OF FALCONRY
Written by Frederick Ii Of Hohenstaufen; Casey A. Wood; F. Marjorie Fyfe.
Stock no. 1827708
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Art of Falconry Being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen translated and edited by Wood and Fyfe. De Arte Venandi cum Avibus was originally written shortly before the year 1250. This is a reissue of the 1943 edition. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title and tooling to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. cx + 637 pages. Boards clean. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Gift inscription in ink to first blank page else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some foxing, loss to spine (affecting title) and rear panel flap edge caused by insect/snail damage. Edges slightly worn. Overall, a decent copy.

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HETEROPTERA: THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE OTHER, OR IMAGES OF A MUTATING WORLD
Written by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger.
Stock no. 1327294
Published by Scalo Zurich. 1st UK 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 3908247314. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Contents fine.

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BUTTERFLIES (NN 1)
Written by E.B. Ford.
Stock no. 1827690
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth covers. 368 pages. 56 colour photos, 24 black and white plates, 32 distribution maps, and 9 other diagrams. A fascinating volume. Boards clean. Text block browned and a little grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown is mostly hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, a little rubbed at spine edges, tiny chip and minor creasing to top of spine, spine is very lightly faded, couple of tiny closed tears to lower edge of rear panel. Overall a very nice example.

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PRINTING WILDLIFE: APPROACHES TO WILDLIFE PRINTMAKING
Written by Lisa Hooper.
Stock no. 1327292
Published by Langford Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Wildlife Art Techniques 2. Cardwraps. 135 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781904078692. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed otherwise a fine copy.

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GOOSE POPULATIONS OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC: A REVIEW OF STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION
Written by Jesper Majbom Madsen; Gill Cracknell; Tony Fox.
Stock no. 1327289
Published by National Environmental Research Institute. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 343 pages. B/w photos, diagrams and maps throughout. ISBN: 8777724372. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WALES (NN 66)
Written by William M. Condry.
Stock no. 1327221
Published by Collins. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 66. Corries, crags and summits, moorlands, mires and conifers, rivers, lakes and marshes, native woodlands, limestone flora, farmlands, villages and estates, the industrial scene and the coast. B/w photos. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0002195682. EX-LIB with old tape marks to covers and pastedowns, ink stamps to textblock and colophon page, removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a small piece torn from lower corner of front flap.

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ENWAU CYMRAEG AR BLANHIGION WELSH NAMES OF PLANTS
Written by Dafydd Davies; Arthur Jones.
Stock no. 1327217
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Green cardwraps. 186 pages. English (and Latin) plant names along with the Welsh translations. ISBN: 0720004187. Light creases to corners and a bump to the top of the spine. Contents fine.

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THE ORCHIDS OF RHODES AND KARPATHOS DIE ORCHIDEEN VON RHODOS UND KARPATHOS
Written by C.A.J. Kreutz.
Stock no. 1327215
Published by Seckel & Kreutz Publishers. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Description, Pattern of Life, Distribution, Threat, Conservation and Iconography. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 320 pages. Packed full of colour photos. Text in both English and German. ISBN: 9080514926. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and faded to spine.

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THE BOTANICAL GARDEN VOLUME II
Written by Roger Phillips; Martyn Rix.
Stock no. 1327176
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Perennials and Annuals. Large format. Green boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0333748905. Spine and corners bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover. Splash mark to textblock and to front free-endpaper. Dustwrpper is just a little grubby, damp stain on rear panel and edge creased.

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MARINE INTERSTITIAL POECILOSTOMATOIDA AND CYCLOPOIDA (COPEPODA) OF AUSTRALIA
Written by Tomislav Karanovic.
Stock no. 1327152
Published by Koninklijke Brill Nv. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Data about the cyclopoid and poecilostomatoid copepods from the Australian marine instertitial. Red boards. 331 pages. B/w diagrams, some colour photos. ISBN: 9789004164598. Minimal rubbing to corners else a fine copy.

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ZOO QUEST TO GUIANA
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827666
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1956. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The full story of the highly successful B.B.C. - London Zoo expedition to British Guiana, that went to film in the wild, and bring back alive, "some of the strangest, some of the loveliest, and some of the most horrifying animals in the world". Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour. Second impression in the same year and month as the first impression. Spine is heavily spotted, front board has a couple of marks. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, scratch and a grubby mark to front panel. Overall a decent copy.

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ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827665
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The full account of David Attenborough's expedition ot the islands of Indonesia inj search of the Komodo dragon. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and 3 colour. Shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Rear hinge pulled. Contents clean.Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-chipped with a few closed tears repaired with tape, rear panel is a little grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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