SKARA BRAE: A PICTISH VILLAGE IN ORKNEY
Written by V. Gordon Childe.
Stock no. 1831590
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney. The site was discovered following a storm exposing the presence of stone structures within the coastal sand dunes. Childe, who would be the first to admit he was better at writing than digging, which he loathed, excavated carefully, acknowledging the work of every digger involved in the process of carefully examining and cataloguing the site. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. xiii and 208 pages plus plates to rear. Top edge brown. Spine lightly faded to top & tail, a few minor marks to boards. Text block slightly grubby. Foxing present, mainly to text block and prelims. A lovely copy overall.

MARINE SHELLS OF THE SEYCHELLES
Written by Alan G. Jarrett.
Stock no. 1831283
Published by Carole Green Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide for the identification of shells from the Central Indian Ocean. A detailed description of each shell, useful line diagrams and annotated plates together with clear colour photographs of over 600 species. Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. xiv and 149 pages including index. ISBN: 1903479002. Top corner of boards bumped, minor mark to lower edge of front board, else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

JURA: ISLAND OF DEER
Written by Peter Youngson.
Stock no. 1831273
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jura is one of the largest islands of the Inner Hebrides. This is a complete history of the island's history, from the Meolithic period to the present day, also focusing on other aspects such as Jura's natural history and geography. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, b/w drawings. ISBN: 1841581364. Text block very slightly grubby. A few minor creases to vertical edge of pages. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased to lower edge of rear panel, and is lightly scuffed, tiny nick to top of spine.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES - GLYN DAVIES
Written by Glyn Davies. Illustrated by Glyn Davies.
Stock no. 1831167
Published by Glyn Davies Photography. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Glyn Davies is a leading photo-artist in Wales. This is a collection of his favourite personal responses to the landscapes of Anglesey, those that have inspired him the most but also those that have been most admired and collected by customers. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. Text in English and Welsh. 119 pages. ISBN: 9780955700309. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

THE WILD FLOWERS OF THE ISLE OF PURBECK, BROWNSEA AND SANDBANKS
Written by Edward A. Pratt.
Stock no. 1831104
Published by Brambleby Books. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Where to find them and help with identification of species. This book directs you to precise localities where you can see species in public places, including in the recently designated open access areas. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w drawings plus colour photos and maps. 296 pages plus plates and maps at rear. ISBN: 9780955392849. Spine is lightly sunned. Text block ever so slightly grubby. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

ST HELENA BRITANNICA: STUDIES IN SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLAND HISTORY
Written by Trevor W. Hearl; Alexander Hugo Schulenburg.
Stock no. 1830817
Published by Society Of Friends Of St Helena. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

These papers had previously been published only as typescript leaflets and in small specialist journals. The chapters cover aspects of St Helena's history from its discovery in the 1950s, including sixteenth and seventeenth century visitors and surgeons, East Indis shipping, the island's Huguenots and Baptists, telegraphs, and the Napoleonic period, island merchants, horse racing, Darwin and other natural historians, church memorials, photography and publishing, as well as St Helena's role as a whaling port and coaling station. Edited by Alexander Hugo Schulenburg. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xxxiv and 341 pages including index. ISBN: 9780957491809. Couple of tiny foxspots to top edge of text block. Inscription in ink to dedication page. Else a clean copy. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

PORTRAITS OF ISLANDS
Written by Eileen Molony; John Betjeman; Clough Williams-Ellis.
Stock no. 1830815
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Islands around the British coast. Edited by Eileen Molony. Including items by John Betjeman, Clough Williams-Ellis and others. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 147 pages. Spine lightly faded, boards lightly marked/stained. Minor foxing to text block. Name in ink stamped and written in biro to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is browned, foxerd, and edge-worn/rubbed, small closed tear to top front edge with tiny amount of loss.

FISHING SOUTH: THE HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF SOUTH GEORGIA FISHERIES
Written by David J. Agnew.
Stock no. 1830141
Published by The Penna Press. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

The remote subantarctic island of South Georgia is on e of the most important fishing areas in the Southern Ocean. Sustainability and conservation of the marine environment is of paramount importance, so fishing is tightly regulated and managed both by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources. This book describes the types of fish that are taken, their biology and life history, and what techniques are used to catch them. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos and charts. 128 pages including index, the last 5 pages are blank. ISBN: 095479480X. Covers lightly scuffred and lightly rubbed at corners. Contents clean.

SHETLAND
Written by Norman Newton.
Stock no. 1829285
Published by The Pevensey Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The essential guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee: everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 0907115950. Light rubbing to base of spine. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

40 YEARS OF EVOLUTION: DARWIN'S FINCHES ON DAPHNE MAJOR ISLAND
Written by Peter R. Grant; B. Rosemary Grant.
Stock no. 1829027
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2014. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, the authors uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Beige speckled endpapers. Colour photos and graphs. xxxii and 400 pages including index. ISBN: 9780691160467. Light scuffing to boards. A few small foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

A FLORA OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS
Written by Sylvia M. Haslam; Peter D. Sell; Patricia A. Wolseley.
Stock no. 1828878
Published by Malta University Press. 1st 1977. Good condition.

Blue & white cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. lxxi and 560 pages including index. Coers are edge-rubbed, creased and scuffed. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Hinge is split between pages 194 and 195, page 193/194 detached as a result. Contents are a little grubby to prelims and last few pages otherwise clean.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEOLITHIC HOUSE SOCIETIES IN ORKNEY
Written by Colin Richards; Richard Jones.
Stock no. 1827534
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney (1994-2014). Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos & b/w drawings. 572 pages including index. A hefty volume. ISBN: 9781909686892. A decent copy.