THE LEAVES RETURN
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328886
Published by Country Life. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A taste of the Devonshire countryside, beautifully illustrated by Tunnicliffe's wood engravings. Green cloth, white titles. 110 pages. 9.75 x 7.25". Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Endpapers are foxed and partially browned. Heavy foxing to top edge of textblock, affecting the margins ever so slightly. Dustwrapper is browned and foxed on verso, is slightly grubby and has a small chip at top of spine.

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DARTMOOR: A STATEMENT OF ITS TIME (NN 111)
Written by Ian Mercer.
Stock no. 1829039
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

New Naturalist series 111. This is the cardwraps edition. The extensive history and physical landscape of Dartmoor, also its cultural place within Great Britian. A look at the wild and rugged landscape that has inspired so many poets, painters and musicians over countless centuries. Colour photos. xiv and 402 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007185009. Spine slightly faded and has a vertical crease (from page turning). Rear cover a little scuffed. Old price label to rear cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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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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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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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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BUTTERFLIES ON MY MIND
Written by Dulcie Gray. Illustrated by Brian Hargreaves.
Stock no. 1328724
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Touching on just about every aspect of the butterfly's life cycle, habitat, feeding and breeding habits. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0207958041. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly grubby and slightly worn at corners. Gold sticker to rear of wrapper stating "educational supplement information book award".

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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: MOLLUSCA
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1828984
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1854. Almost very good condition.

Gosse's Natural History. Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 328 pages including index. Sp[ine browned, boards a little grubby and marked. Wear to top & tail of spine. Tiny nick to vertical edge of rear board. Text block browned. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Name & address ink-stamped to half-title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks and stains to contents.

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TREASURES OF LAND AND SEA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828976
Good condition.

An album of pressed flowers from the UK. Very large format. Black leather spine & corners, black cloth sides with gilt title and vignette to front. Flowers are pressed and mounted on card with paper guards. 212 specimens, 4 and 6 per page. Hand-written pencil common name to each specimen. List of Contents handwritten to rear. Pages bound in with cloth. Spine & corners rubbed, scratched & lightly worn. Boards scuffed and discoloured. Large bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. Small tear to lower edge of front endpaper. Endpapers are grubby. Specimens are discoloured, some have disintegrated in part. Heavy foxing to paper guards. Browning to card on which specimens are placed. Some card margins are disintegrating, exposing fresh card beneath. All specimens are present if only in part (mostly complete). An unusual item.

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FERNS OF NEW ZEALAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828975
Good condition.

An album of pressed New Zealand fern specimens. Mounted on card which opens concertina style. 8 pages of pressed specimens with tissue guards. Hand-written botanical name to each page. Burgundy cloth spine & corners, brown patterned cloth to sides, gilt title to front board. Spine has disintegrated with much loss. Corners are worn. Foxing to tissue guards and pale foxing to specimen pages. Pressed specimens are discoloured with age but complete. Ribbon closure to vertical edge of boards is missing. An unusual item.

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CRITICAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATLAS OF THE BRITISH FLORA
Written by F.H. Perring.
Stock no. 1828974
Published by EP Publishing Limited. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Including distribution maps of 500 flowering plants and ferns and explanatory text. Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt tittle to spine. viii and 159 pages including index. ISBN: 0715813412. Light knock to front spine edge. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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ATLAS OF THE BRITISH FLORA
Written by F.H. Perring; S.M. Walters.
Stock no. 1828973
Published by EP Publishing Limited. 2nd 1976. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. Large format. Orange cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps. xxvi and 432 pages including index. ISBN: 0715811991. 7 acetate overlays included. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss, large tear across rear panel means lower 1/3 of dustwrapper is detached (but present).

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