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CARNIVORE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION: A HANDBOOK OF TECHNIQUES (TECHNIQUES IN ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION SERIES)
Written by Luigi Boitani; Roger A. Powell.
Stock no. 1831402
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes research methods and techniques for the study and conservation of all terrestrial carnivore species. Particular attention is paid to techniques for managing the human/carnivore interface. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustratilons/charts. xvii and 506 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199558520. A lovely copy.

NOOR QUEEN OF RANTHAMBHORE
Written by Andy Rouse; Aditya Singh.
Stock no. 1331197
Published by Electric Squirrel Publishing. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

A very different book from any other tiger book - focusing on one tigress and her life. Large, oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Wonderful colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780956457530. SIGNED to title-page (not sure if it is Rouse or Singh's signature!). Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

TRACKING THE TIGER
Written by Bob Rupani. Illustrated by Dhritiman Mukherjee.
Stock no. 1831284
Published by Rupani Media. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

50 days in India's Best Tiger Reserves. This book highlights the best places to see the tiger and all the other wildlife that lives alongside it. Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Wonderful colour photos throughout. 143 pages. ISBN: 9788192526225. Large gift inscription in ink to front endpaper else a lovely copy. A few light scuff marks to rear panel of dustwrapper.

THE AMBOSELI ELEPHANTS: A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON A LONG-LIVED MAMMAL
Written by Cynthia J. Moss; Harvey Croze; Phyllis C. Lee.
Stock no. 1831282
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compilation of the almost forty years of elephant research conducted at Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Brown cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w charts and a few photos. xiv and 383 pages including index. ISBN: 9780226542232. A few small, white marks to front board. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at base of spine. Overall, a nice copy.

IN SEARCH OF THE AFRICAN WILD DOG - THE RIGHT TO SURVIVE
Written by Roger De La Harpe; Pat De La Harpe.
Stock no. 1331057
Published by Sunbird Publishers. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A beautifully photographed and well-documented tribute to these rare and endangered animals. Large square format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 160 pages (including index). Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781919938110. Covers edge rubbed and slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

THE BADGER (NMN 1)
Written by Ernest G. Neal.
Stock no. 1830803
Published by Collins. 4th 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

4th edition. New Naturalist Monograph. Green cloth boards. Beautifully written and illustrated. 29 black and white photos, 12 maps & diagrams, and colour photo frontis. 158 pages. ISBN: 0002130289. Boards clean. Browning and foxing to text block. Minor tape marks to endpapers. Name stamped in ink to lower edge of half-title page. Small closed tear (no loss) to top edge of half-title page. Frontis and title page affected by damp foxing. Tiny pinhole to title page. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is clean with minor scuff to lower front panel, publisher's laminate has been removed leaving glue marks to verso not visible to front. Overall, a presentable copy.

DEER OF THE WORLD
Written by Valerius Geist.
Stock no. 1329887
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Their Evolution, Behaviour and Ecology. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 421 pages. ISBN: 1840370947. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small, light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge creased.

THE ATLAS OF EUROPEAN MAMMALS
Written by A.J. Mitchell-Jones; G. Amori; et al.
Stock no. 1829007
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Distribution maps. xi and 484 pages including index. ISBN: 0856611301. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, a little grubby, top edge has small tear to rear panel, 1.5" closed tear (no loss) to lower front corner.

THE FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by H. Edward Forrest.
Stock no. 1828991
Published by L. Wilding. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes found in the county of Salop. Photographic plates and portraits. Green cloth, gilt titles. 248 and vi pages. Spine lightly browned, boards have a few minor marks, corners are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

THE MINK
Written by Nigel Dunstone. Illustrated by John Davies.
Stock no. 1828842
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poyser Natural History. Equally at home or in water, the mink is a bold opportunist and an accomplished predator. The main focus of this book is on the better known American mink, in both its native land and in Britain and the rest of Europe, where escapees from fur farms have become established. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and charts, a few colour photos. 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610801. A lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly faded to spine.

HOOFED MAMMALS OF THE WORLD
Written by T. Donald Carter. Illustrated by Ugo Mochi.
Stock no. 1827981
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three hundred species and subspecies of hoofed mammals are vividly portrayed and expertly described in this unique natural history. Attractive silhouette illustrations. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0718820886. Boards lightly rubbed at horizontal edges. Text block browned. A few foxspots present and light page browning. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly creased at top edges.