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JELLY-FISH, STAR-FISH AND SEA-URCHINS: BEING A RESEARCH ON PRIMITIVE NERVOUS SYSTEMS
Written by G.J. Romanes.
Stock no. 1831632
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.. 1st 1885. Very good condition.

The International Scientific Series Vol. L. This work is centered around the investigation of the primitive nervous systems of jelly-fish and star-fish, exploring their anatomy, physiology, and the results of various experiments conducted over several summers. B/w illustrations. vi and 323 pages plus 40 page list of books by the publisher to rear. Top & tail of spine lightly worn, edges of spine rubbed. Hinges lightly pulled but binding is still tight. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD ANIMALS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by W.J. Stokoe; Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 1331460
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 5. Describing 64 Species with 72 illustrations, 46 of which are in full colour. Revised edition. Brown boards with dark titles. ISBN: 0723200475. Sixth reprint. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has minimal rubbing at corners, some slight fading to spine and rear panel is very slightly grubby.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by A. Laurence Wells.
Stock no. 1331459
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1941. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's book No. 6. Describing 82 species with 76 illustrations, 64 of which are in full colour. Pale green cloth with dark blue titles. 4th issue. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight fading at cover edges. Endpapers lightly fingered. Dustwrapper is edge worn and very slightly grubby.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF TREES AND SHRUBS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331457
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers book no. 4. Describing 106 species with 177 illustrations of which 16 are in full colour. Small format. Green cloth, blue titles. Spine slightly bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown and name and address (partially crossed out) to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and old tape marks to free-endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a couple of small edge tears, rear panel has a couple of light creases. Title to spine of wrapper has slightly faded.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FERNS
Written by Francis Rose; W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331456
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No. 12. Describing 54 species with colour and photographic illustrations and introductory text figures. Revised edition. Green boards. Small format. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper also has a price label mostly scratched away. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased. Uncommon b/w front panel version of wrapper.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF LARGER MOTHS
Written by R.L.E. Ford.
Stock no. 1331454
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 14. Revised edition. Describing 94 Larger Moths with 85 Illustrations in colour and 74 Half-Tones. Small format. Brown boards. ISBN: 0723215340. Minimal bumping to spine and a light vertical crease to centre of spine. A couple of small foxspots to front endpapers and top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned else bright and complete.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF TREES
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331452
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 4. Revised edition. Describing 106 Species. 50 line illustrations, 12 colour plates and 110 half tone photographs. Small format. Green boards. Minimal bumping to spine. Old tape marks and some browning to free-endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge scuffed and has a small mark to spine edge of front panel.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD FLOWERS
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331451
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observers book No. 2. Small format. Green boards with dark green titles. Describing 200 british species with 220 illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby.

THE ADVANCE OF THE FUNGI
Written by E.C. Large.
Stock no. 1831570
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book reviews the successive epidemics of fungal and other plant disease which have swept the crops of the modern world, and traces the growth of the science of crop-defence, or plant-protection, from its beginnings in the eighteenth century until today (1940s). Includes the Potato Blight, from the famine in Ireland onwards, the Leaf-Disease in Ceylon, the Black Stem Rust in North America which so gravely reduced the suppies of grain available for the Allies in 1916. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 488 pages including index. Light rubbing to board edges. Text block browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is chipped to corners and top & tail of spine, browned with some staining to spine, a few small foxspots and general grubbiness.

CLARE'S COUNTRYSIDE
Written by John Clare; Brian Patten; Eric Robinson. Illustrated by Ann Arnold.
Stock no. 1831540
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A selection of some of the best examples of John Clare's nature poetry and prose. Selected and introduced by modern poet Brian Patten. Edited by Eric Robinson. Large, oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers with wildflower sketch. Colour & b/w illustrations. 78 pages. ISBN: 0434980137. Boards bumped to corners and top & tail of spine. Unobtrusive name in ink to lower edge of free front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ZOO ANIMALS
Written by Jan Hatley.
Stock no. 1331390
Published by Frederick Warne. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book No. 45. Describing 144 Animals commonly found in Zoological gardens with 130 b/w and 16 colour illustrations. Small format. Black boards. ISBN: 0723215057. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper, slight surface paper damage to top corner of same. Light page edge browning. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn.

THE OUT-DOOR WORLD OR YOUNG COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
Written by W.S. Furneaux.
Stock no. 1331370
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1894. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 411 pages (including index). All edges gilt. This is the 2nd edition. Spine and corners bumped, rubbed and slightly worn. Foxing to contents. Some slight browning to the plates and tissue-guards. Gilt grammar school stamp to rear cover.