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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2122323
Published by Collins. 2nd 2005. Nearly fine condition.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. Card wraps. ISBN: 0007197152. A couple of small marks to covers.

ENGLAND'S NATIONAL NATURE RESERVES
Written by Peter Marren. Illustrated by Ruth Lindsay.
Stock no. 1208626
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 140 national nature reserves of England. Looking at the background and philosophy of National Nature Reserves and the role they play in protecting wildlife and landforms. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610836. Very slight bump at base of spine.

FISH AND CHIPS
Written by A.G. Street.
Stock no. 2120916
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1964. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. A few faint marks to edge of textblock. Wrapper has small closed tear to top of spine and is very slightly faded to spine, lightly browned to rear and slightly creased at top edge of rear panel.

BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 1607801
Published by Collins. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 93. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201402. Bumping at top of spine. Slight creasing to edge of wrapper. A clean bright copy.

FARMING AND BIRDS
Written by Raymond J. O'Connor; Michael Shrubb. Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 2117643
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

The book reviews the effects of agricultural development on bird populations in Britain. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and illustrations. 290 pages. ISBN: 0521324475. Spine slightly bumped and sunned, corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN (NN 49)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 1607133
Published by Collins. 2nd 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New Naturalist no. 49. Second impression. ISBN: 0002131528. Spine bumped. Owner signature and date to front endpapers. Light foxing to outer page edges and endpapers. Wrapper is foxed, and faded to spine.

NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN (NN 49)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 1607020
Published by Collins. 2nd 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New Naturalist no. 49. Second edition with revised lists and maps. ISBN: 0002131528. Small mark to lower edge of boards. Price-label mark to front endpaper. Laminate on price-cut wrapper is becoming unstuck at edges in few places. Slight fading to wrapper spine.

THE HORSE A BIOGRAPHY OF OUR NOBLE COMPANION
Written by Wendy Williams.
Stock no. 2117046
Published by Oneworld. 2015. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A captivating and compelling account of the early history of the horse and of our great romance with this most majestic of animals. Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 304 pages includes index. ISBN: 9781780747934.

MAMMALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 68)
Written by L. Harrison Matthews.
Stock no. 2116222
Published by Collins. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. B/w photos. A synthesis of modern knowledge derived from living animals studies in the field and covering all facets of mammalian life in the British Isles. ISBN: 0002197383. Some foxing and page browning. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased, with some foxing; a few other marks and indentations to rear panel, unusually, spine is not faded.

CARDIFF NATURALISTS' SOCIETY REPORT AND TRANSACTIONS VOL XLII 1909
No author listed.
Stock no. 1809837
Published by The Cardiff Naturalists Society. 1909. Almost very good condition.

Grey cardwraps with blue titles. B/w plates. Fold-out plan of The Roman Fort at Gellygaer. Includes articles on: Meterological Observations in the Society's District 1908; The Roman Fort at Gellygaer - The Baths; Dinaspowys; Dynas Powis Notes; Ornitholgical Notes; The Mammals of Breconshire; Address presented at the Darwin Celebrations, Cambridge 1909; List of Subscribers; and more. Covers stained and edge-worn. Contents generally clean.

WIND IN THE REEDS
Written by Philip Wayre.
Stock no. 1712918
Published by Collins. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Everything from herons to otters. B/w photos. SIGNED by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Wrapper grubby.

HUMAN EXPLOITATION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Written by David L. Hawksworth; Alan T. Bull.
Stock no. 2114918
Published by Springer. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Topics In Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 3. Glazed boards. ISBN: 1402052820. Spine is faded. Ink stamps to pastedowns.