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THE PLANT-LIFE OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA A PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDY
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1809254
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
1st
1929.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Oxford Memoirs on Plant Geography. A monograph. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 11 maps & 10 plates. 490 pages including index. Slight mottling to rear board else boards nice and clean. SIGNED by the author to title page. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Price-cut, plain wrapper with blue titles is slightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- EUROPE
- BALKANS
HIMALAYAN PLANTS VOLUME 1
Written by Hideaki Ohba; Samal B. Malla.
Stock no. 1809058
Published by University Of Tokyo.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A comprehensive guide to the plants of the Himalayas based on extensive field research carried out in 1983 and 1985 by a University of Tokyo botanical research project team. This is the first volume of five. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates, b/w text figures. x and 386 pages including index. ISBN: 060084272. Corners lightly bumped. Text block a little dusty. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- NEPAL
- CHINA
- PAKISTAN
- TIBET
- BHUTAN
GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS
Written by R.P. Goldthwait; C.L. Matsch.
Stock no. 1710874
Published by A.A. Balkema.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial Boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9061916941. Tape marks to endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- GEOLOGY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- POLAR
- GENETICS
THE GREENSHANK (NMN 5)
Written by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson.
Stock no. 1808720
Published by Collins.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New Naturalist Monograph no. 5. Boards nice and clean, gilt title to spine has faded. Browning to endpapers and text block. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is NOT price-cut, is lightly edge-worn, has a 2" closed tear to top front edge, browned to spine and minor foxing to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ORNITHOLOGY
LADYBIRDS (NN 81)
Written by Michael E.N. Majerus.
Stock no. 1709260
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
1994.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 81. 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 369 pages including index. ISBN: 0002199343. Dustwrapper spine faded.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- NEW NATURALIST
WATERLOG A SWIMMER'S JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN
Written by Roger Deakin.
Stock no. 2111631
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1999.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water. B/w chapter headings. ISBN: 0701166525. SIGNED by author, with dedication to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- TRAVEL
- NATURAL HISTORY
- SWIMMING
- BIOGRAPHY
GERANIACEAE THE NATURAL ORDER OF GERANIA (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Robert Sweet.
Stock no. 2111584
Published by James Ridgway.
Very good condition.
This is Volumes 1 & 2 ONLY (of a 5 volume set). More modern binding of plain green covers. 192 beautiful hand coloured engraved plates. Comprising the numerous and beautiful mule-varieties cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with directions for their treatment. Plain covers are very marked, with uneven browning. Corners are bumped and worn. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Page browning and some foxing. A few margin marks. Some tissue-guards are worn and creased, but all present, as are all hand coloured plates.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
- HAND COLOURED
- ANTIQUARIAN
SOME BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF SOUTH AMERICA
Written by Sacheverell Sitwell; Carlos Selva Andrade.
Illustrated by Axel Amuchastegui.
Stock no. 2111295
Published by The Tryon Gallery; George Rainbird.
1st
1966.
Nearly fine condition.
Very large format. Quarter bound in morocco with hand marbled paper. 17 colour plates, using multi-colour lithography. Limited edition (in this format numbers 51 to 300). Plates are tissue-guarded. A beautiful book! Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. This is copy no. 217. SIGNED by artist. A couple of marks to endpapers and a few foxspots to outer page edges. Some tissue-guards have become creased. Illustrations are fine - beautifully bright! Contained in a very good slip case, which is foxed and spotted, with wear.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- MAMMALS
- SOUTH AMERICA
- LIMITED EDITION
BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 2110323
Published by Collins.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series 93. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201402.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- MAMMALS
- BATS
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
MOLLUSQUES TERRESTRES ET FLUVIATILES DE SYRIE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Louis German.
Stock no. 1708157
Published by J. - B. Balliere Et Fils.
1921.
Very good condition.
Two volumes. Card wraps. Text in French. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Volume 2 is published in 1922. Spines browned. Some foxing. Some pages edges un-cut.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- MOLLUSCS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL
Written by Beverley R. Morris.
Stock no. 2109803
Published by Groombridge & Sons.
1st
1855.
Very good condition.
Large format. Red leather spine and corners. Raised bands and gilt title to spine. Green decorated cloth with gilt vignettes. 60 hand-coloured engraved plates. Wear to cover edges; some darkening marks to edges of leather. Front joint is cracked, with some chipping. Some foxing and grubby marks to pages internally, but illustrations are exquisite!
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- GAME BIRDS
- WILDFOWL
- HAND COLOURED
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA FLOWERING PLANTS VOLUME II
Written by James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey; et al.
Stock no. 1207199
Published by Cambridge University Press.
2nd
2011.
Fine condition.
Casuarinaceae to Cruciferae. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. xix + 642 pages. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780521761512. Book mint except for namestamp to front endpaper and foredge.
- Categorised in:
- GARDENING
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
- GARDEN FLOWERS
- FLORA