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.

GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS AND COCKROACHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by David R. Ragge. Illustrated by H.D. Swain.
Stock no. 1828874
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Burgundy imitation leather boards with gilt titles, gilt vignette to front. 22 colour plates and 130 text figures. Top edge red. Larger format for this series... 8.75" x 6". Includes a companion vinyl record "Songs of the British Grasshoppers & Crickets". Top front corner of board lightly bent. Rubber stamped black symbol to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. One or two light margin marks else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with loss - large piece of loss to top front panel affects the title. Companion record is NOT included (is MISSING).

THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES SERIES II (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Richard South; H.M. Edelsten; D.S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1828873
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Blue textured boards with gilt titles and vignette. Plain endpapers. Colour and b/w plates. Blue mottling to text block. 379 pages including index. ISBN: 0723200025. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Large black felt-tip label with symbol to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. A few minor foxspots mainly to top margins. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn with a few small chips, foxing to wrapper flaps.

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.

AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES (NN 87)
Written by Trevor J.C. Beebee; Richard A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1328551
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A natural history of the British herpetofauna. New Naturalist No. 87. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 270 pages. ISBN: 000220083X. Top of spine is slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock.

BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 1328408
Published by Penguin. Circa 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in purple felt-tip pen to front pastedown. Contents clean.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY (NN 70)
Written by R.J. Berry.
Stock no. 1828539
Published by Collins. 1985. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 70. 2nd state - light green boards, squared spine, orignally produced to be bound as a paperback and bound as hardback by publisher, slightly smaller than first state 8.5" rather than 9" tall. Colour and b/w photos. In his tracing of the island's evolution from its geological creation to the effects of oil technology; in the detailed, yet fascinating exploration of the plants and animals (and where best to see them), Professor Berry's expertise and enthusiasm is backed by that of local specialists, and Orkney's long tradition of natural history study. Appendices include definitive lists of all the species of flora and fauna on record and an extensive bibliography. ISBN: 0002190621. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and very lightly browned to rear panel with minor marks. Overall a decent copy of a scarce item.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SEABIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE WORLD
Written by Gerald S. Tuck. Illustrated by Hermann Heinzel.
Stock no. 1828459
Published by Collins. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive guide. Matt pictorial boards. B/w line drawings, colour illustrations. xxviii and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 0002197146. Boards browned and a little marked. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

DRAWINGS OF BRITISH PLANTS PARTS I - XXIX
Written by Stella Ross-Craig. Illustrated by Stella Ross-Craig.
Stock no. 1828445
Published by G. Bell And Sons, Ltd.. Very good condition.

A run of parts I to XXIX. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations of flowering plants that occur naturally in the British Isles. An almost complete run of 29 volumes, parts 30 & 31 missing. Volume I is a first edition, 1948... Volume XXIX is a first edition 1972. Almost all copies covered in clear laminate, some of the older copies have tape to spine (under the clear laminate). Covers are browned. Neat name in ink to top of front covers. Front endpapers have a small, neat identification number. A few hinges are pulled. Contents are otherwise clean.

THE OWLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Alan Kemp. Illustrated by Simon Calburn.
Stock no. 1828425
Published by Struik. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A monograph on the twelve owl species that inhabit the southern African subregion. Standard Edition. Large format. Beige cloth boards, brown title to spine and vignette of owl to front. Beautiful colour plates & b/w text illustrations. 184 pages. ISBN: 0947430032. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded (sunned) to spine. Otherwise, a lovely copy. Contained in the publishers matching slipcase which is starting to split at top and tail open edges, lightly faded (sunned) to open edge and lightly bumped at corners (Generally, VG condition). Overall, a lovely copy.

THE BIRDS OF THE LETCHWORTH REGION
Written by A.R. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1828284
Published by Letchworth Naturalists' Society. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

An annotated list showing the present status of the birds of the region. Staple binding cardwraps. Folding map of the region to inside rear cover. Covers unevenly faded, foxing at vertical edges. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Map present to rear.

THE BIRDS OF THE LETCHWORTH REGION
Written by A.R. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1828262
Published by Letchworth Naturalists' Society. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

An annotated list showing the present status of the birds of the region. Staple binding cardwraps. Folding map of the region to inside rear cover. Covers faded with some foxing and a pen mark to front. Foxing to title page and text block. Map present. Contents otherwise clean.