A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS 1600-1840
Written by Howard Colvin.
Stock no. 1831582
Published by Yale University Press. 3rd 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition with 150 new entries and fully revised. This authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practiced from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1650) to that of William Burn (1789-1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 1264 pages including index. ISBN: 0300060912. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Presented to Dr Ronald Brunskill (an architect and historian) September 1995 and signed by members of English Heritage. Text block a little grubby else contents clean. Front joint between front endpaper and half-title page is pulled but binding is tight. Grey dustwrapper is a little marked.

NARROW GAUGE LINES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 1831531
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

A lively history of many of the best-known and most interesting lines across Britain. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711037663. A few minor marks to top edge of rear board. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean.

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.

MARINE ZOOLOGY FOR THE BRITISH ISLES PART I
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208916
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1855. Very good condition.

A work in two parts of which this is Part I. The author endeavours to furnish the sea-side naturalist, what the Linean Genera Insectorum were to him. This book contains figures of three hundred and forty species of which one hundred and twenty are drawn from living, and one hundred and two from preserved specimens. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations within the text. xi and 203 pages including index plus four page publication adverts to rear. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Top of title page has been cut off and is missing but does not affect the title itself. Some light page browning. Rear endpapers a little grubby. Overall a decent copy.

ATLAS OF FERNS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by A.C. Jermy; H.R. Arnold; et al.
Stock no. 1828965
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles; British Pteridological Society. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cardwraps. B/w distribution maps. 101 pages. ISBN: 0901158011. Covers grubby and lightly worn to corners, small split to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

DISTRIBUTION OF BRYOPHYTES IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by M.F.V. Corley; M.O. Hill.
Stock no. 1828954
Published by British Bryological Society. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

A census catalogue of their occurrence in Vice-Counties. Brown card wraps. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 095076390X. Light creasing to front cover. Contents clean.

THE STUDENT'S HANDBOOK OF BRITISH MOSSES
Written by H.N. Dixon. Illustrated by H.G. Jameson.
Stock no. 1828951
Published by Wheldon & Wesley. 1st thus 1970. Almost very good condition.

Facsimile of the 3rd Edition published by V.V. Sumfield 1924. A practical handbook with an index of black and white plates. Dark green cloth boards; gilt lettering to spine. xlviii and 582 pages including index plus b/w plates to rear. Light marks/stains to boards. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Contents otherwise clean.

VICE-COUNTY CENSUS CATALOGUE OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN THE ISLE OF MAN AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
Written by C.A. Stace; R.G. Ellis; D.H. Kent; D.J. McCosh.
Stock no. 1828943
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cream cardwraps. xxi and 405 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158305. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

HANDBOOK OF THE RUBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by W.C.R. Watson. Illustrated by Ruth Ball; A.W. Darnell.
Stock no. 1828937
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Rubus is the genus that includes all brambles or blackberries. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 273 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. A few instances of annotation in both biro and pencil. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, foxing to vertical edges, spine browned.

HYBRIDIZATION AND THE FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by C.A. Stace.
Stock no. 1828889
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

975 hybrids recorded from the British Isles are represented here. An authoritative source of information for field botanists who wish to discover hybrids in the wild, and for professional botanists who wish to use hybrids for both research and teaching purposes. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 626 pages including index. ISBN: 0126616507. SIGNED and dated by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Base of spine shelf-worn. Top front board corner lightly knocked. Text block lightly browned. Small black inked rubber stamp to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily rubbed at edges with some wear, rear panel is grubby, front panel scuffed.

THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND VOLUME 7 PART I
Written by A. Maitland Emmet; John Heath. Illustrated by Richard Lewington; Timothy Freed.
Stock no. 1828184
Published by Harley Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w illustrations. A comprehensive illustrated handbook to fascinate the naturalist and butterfly lover. Hesperiidae - Nymphalidae The Butterflies. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 370 pages. ISBN: 0946589259. Endpapers and text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper (of well-known naturalist Brian R. Sawford). Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-creased.

ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: A FIELD AND SITE GUIDE
Written by Anne Harrap; Siman Harrap.
Stock no. 1828160
Published by A. & C. Black. 2nd 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Complete coverage of all 56 species of wild orchid found in Britain and Ireland. Colour photos throughout. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781408105719. A lovely copy.