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BRITISH SPIDERS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge.
Stock no. 1829152
Published by The Ray Society London.
1st thus
1951.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black cloth with gilt titles. With many illustrations to the different volumes. Nos. 135, 137 and 149, respectively of series issued to members of The Ray Society. 1951, 1953 and 1974 respectively (all are first editions in this format). Some mottling to covers. Text block lightly browned and foxing to endpapers of volumes I & II, foxing to text block of volume III, else clean. Dustwrappers of volumes I & II are browned, especially to spine, and marked, worn to spines. Dustwrapper of volume III is lightly browned to spine and lightly scuffed. Overall, a decent set.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SPIDERS
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.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- EVOLUTION
- GALAPAGOS
- ISLANDS
- ORNITHOLOGY
THE JOURNALS OF GILBERT WHITE 1751-1773 VOLUME ONE
Written by Gilbert White; Francesca Greenoak; Richard Mabey.
Illustrated by Clare Roberts.
Stock no. 1829021
Published by Century Hutchinson Ltd..
1st
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Francesca Greenoak and Richard Mabey. This volume contains White's Garden Kalendar for 1751-67, a fascinating record of his often innovative horticultural efforts, the 1766 Flora Selborniensis, a catalogue of the wild plants he observed around Selborne, and his Naturalist's Journal for 1768-73. Light grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine and title onlay to front. B/w illustrations. 531 pages. ISBN: 0712612947. Text block has a few foxspots. Contents are clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby/scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HAMPSHIRE
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
- EUROPE
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.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
- ORNITHOLOGY
- REPTILE
- FISH
- SHROPSHIRE
- ANTIQUARIAN
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.
BRITISH SNAILS
Written by Arthur Erskine Ellis.
Illustrated by R.A. Ellis.
Stock no. 1828942
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
1st thus
1969.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A Guide to the Non-Marine Gastropoda of Great Britain and Ireland Pleistocene to Recent. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 298 pages including index plus plates to rear. Black ink marking and symbol to front pastedown and also front endpaper. Some light surface paper damage to front pastedown. Top edge of text block has minor foxing. Boards are clean as are contents. Green dustwwrapper is scuffed, faded to spine, surface paper loss to spine from removal of a label, top & bottom edge of wrapper has a margin of yellowed tape.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SNAIL
- MOLLUSCS
BRITISH SPIDERS VOLUME III
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge; P. Merrett.
Stock no. 1828938
Published by The Ray Society London.
1st
1974.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black cloth boards, gitl title to spine and vignette to front board. 75 b/w text figures and 612 distribution maps. 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0903874024. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Small rubber ink-stamp to front pastedown else contents clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SPIDERS
SWANSEA BAY'S GREEN MANTLE
Written by Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1828926
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited.
1st
1982.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Wildlife On An Industrial Coast. B/w sketches, colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0905928180. Text block slightly grubby and a few foxspots. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine and lightly edge-creased.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
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.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
SOCIAL LIFE OF ANIMALS
Written by Marcel Sire.
Stock no. 1828234
Published by Studio Vista.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Originally published in French under the title 'La Vie Sociale des Animaux'. This edition translated into English by Constance D. Sherman. How much attention do animals pay to others of their own kind? And other similar questions. Small format. Black cloth boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Dustwrapper is covered with clear film and attached to the pastedowns.Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- BIOLOGY
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.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
- SILHOUETTES