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WORLD CHECKLIST OF MYRTACEAE
Written by Rafael Govaerts; Marcos Sobral; Peter Ashton; Fred Barrie; et al.
Stock no. 1330987
Published by Royal Botanic Gardens. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

An invaluable reference for the plant scientists. Cardwraps. 455 pages (including index). ISBN: 9781842463918. Slight wear to cover edges. Contents fine.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE FROGS OF BORNEO
Written by Robert F. Inger; Robert B. Stuebing.
Stock no. 1330983
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo). 2nd 2005. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Cardwraps. Colour photos. 201 pages (including index). ISBN: 9838120855. Covers edge worn. Page corner tips creased.

SHARK: IN PERIL IN THE SEA
Written by David Owen.
Stock no. 1330981
Published by Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 2024. Nearly fine condition.

Second Revised Edition (first published 2009). Everything necessary to know about these sophisticated guardians of our oceans. B/w drawings and some colour photos. 334 pages. ISBN: 9781915115249. Slight fading to spine.

ILLUSTRATED FIELD GUIDE TO THE FLOWERS OF SRI LANKA
Written by J. De Vlas; J. De Vlas-De Jong.
Stock no. 1330978
Published by Mark Booksellers And Distributors (pvt) Ltd. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

A practical guide to the Sri Lankan flowers, with an emphasis on herbs and shrubs. Cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9789551917005. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Textblock fingered.

WILD FLOWERS OF THE CANARY ISLANDS
Written by David Bramwell; Zoe I. Bramwell.
Stock no. 1330977
Published by Excmo. Cabildo Insular De Tenerife; Editorial Rueda. 2nd 2001. Very good condition.

Second edition. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. 437 pages. ISBN: 8472071294. Covers edge worn with light crease to centre of front cover (can't see it but can feel it).

PLANT FORM & FUNCTION
Written by F.E. Fritsch; Edward Salisbury.
Stock no. 1831120
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. viii and 668 pages including index. Reprint. Spine browned and foxed, fraying to top & tail. Fading to edges of boards. Text block browned. Neat name & address in ink to front endpaper. Contents are clean.

DOLPHINS, WHALES & ME
Written by Mike Bossley.
Stock no. 1831116
Published by Moonglow Publishing. 1st 2022. Very good condition.

Dolphins and whales are a "mind in the waters", with self-awareness, culture, and complex communication. But they, and their cousins the whales, are under threat almost everywhere from hunting, entanglement, habitat damage and toxic pollution. This book puts Dr Mike Bossley's research and activism into an international perspective on the campaign to protect these enigmatic beings. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 264 pages. ISBN: 9780645299526. SIGNED by the author (Best wishes) to title page. Corners of covers lightly worn. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

ALPINE FLOWERS: 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831107
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Warne's Zig-Zag books. This book contains 48 colour photos (2 per page) with names in English, Latin, then German, French and Italian equivalents on reverse. The book is printed concertina style. Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Last title on reverse is 4: Minerals. Undated. Spine sunned, edges of covers lightly rubbed and lightly creased. Contents clean.

THE WILD FLOWERS OF THE ISLE OF PURBECK, BROWNSEA AND SANDBANKS
Written by Edward A. Pratt.
Stock no. 1831104
Published by Brambleby Books. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Where to find them and help with identification of species. This book directs you to precise localities where you can see species in public places, including in the recently designated open access areas. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w drawings plus colour photos and maps. 296 pages plus plates and maps at rear. ISBN: 9780955392849. Spine is lightly sunned. Text block ever so slightly grubby. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

RAISING HARE
Written by Chloe Dalton.
Stock no. 1831102
Published by Canongate Books Ltd. Circa 2024. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When lockdown led busy professional Chloe to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she never expected to find herself custodian of a newly-born hare. Yet when she finds the crea- ture, endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she is compelled to give it a chance at survival. Blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial cream endpapers. A few b/w illustrations. 291 pages. ISBN: 9781805302711. 4th printing. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A nice copy.

THE BUTTERFLIES OF INDIA, BURMAH AND CEYLON (3 VOLUMES)
Written by G.F.L. Marshall; Lionel De Niceville. Illustrated by Babu Gris Chunder Chuckerbutty; Babu Behari Lall Dass; George Pearson.
Stock no. 1209031
Published by The Calcutta Central Press Co., Ld.. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Three volumes. 'A descriptive handbook of all the known species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border.' Three-quarter black leather binding. 5 raised bands to spine, red title blocks with gilt title. Burgundy cloth boards. A few colour chromoliths plus monochrome plates. Ex-lib with minmal stamps. Volumes are misnumbered on spines: Volume III contains volume I; Volume II contains volume II (not misnumbered); Volume I contains volume III. Volume III (as marked) spine is split to lower half. Volume I (as marked) has substantial loss to top of spine (still present and placed inside book) but titles block is mostly intact if a little torn at edge. Leather bindings are worn with surface loss and boards exposed in places. Cloth boards are lightly marked. Text blocks and endpapers browned. Contemporary name and date in ink to front endpapers. A few grubby marks to contents but mostly clean. A nice working copy.

SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by John Berkenhout.
Stock no. 1209030
Published by T. Cadell. 3rd 1795. Fair condition.

Two volumes. Vol I: Comprehending the Animal and Fossil Kingdoms; Vol II: Comprehending the Vegetable Kingdom. Three-quarter calf leather binding 4 raised bands to spine, burgundy title blocks with gilt title. Marbled boards, text block and endpapers. NOT illustrated. Boards and prelims detached from body of tomes. Volume I has contemporary name & date in ink to front fly-leaf. Volume II has some contemporary annotation. A scattering of grubby marks to contents. Foxing is present, mainly to margins. Text block binding is tight.