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A NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN IN BRITAIN (NN 18)
Written by H.J. Fleure. Illustrated by Alison Birch.
Stock no. 2126919
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

New Naturalist series. Conceived as a study of changing relations between Men and the Environments. Green buckram cloth. 38 colour photos, 38 b/w photos, 76 line drawings. Some light wear to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little page browning.

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BRITISH MAMMALS (NN 21)
Written by L. Harrison Matthews.
Stock no. 2126146
Published by Collins. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. 16 colour plates, 48 b/w photos. 92 figures in the text. Green cloth, gilt titles. Spine is bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; some to page margins. Wrapper is covered with clear adhesive film and is browned to spine.

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GRASS AND GRASSLANDS (NN 48)
Written by Ian Moore.
Stock no. 2126136
Published by Collins. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist no. 48. B/w photos. Spine is faded. A few white spots to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has been covered with clear adhesive film and is browned to spine and rear panel.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2126121
Published by Collins. 2ND 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 0007197160. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges. Some edge creasing to wrapper.

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BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1816300
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block but contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has clear laminate attached causing slight bleeding of text and image.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 1816266
Published by Collins. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82, 50 years edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 000219998X. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper with '50 years' celebratory sticker to front panel is slightly faded to spine (as is usual with this series).

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MAMMALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 68)
Written by L. Harrison Matthews.
Stock no. 1816246
Published by Collins. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. B/w photos. A synthesis of modern knowledge derived from living animals studies in the field and covering all facets of mammalian life in the British Isles. ISBN: 0002197383. Minor foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper covered with publisher's duraseal plastic is faded at spine although the number '68' is still bright, slight foxing to verso.

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BRITISH WARBLERS (NN 71)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1816243
Published by Collins. 1985. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 71. 2nd state - light green boards, square spine, originally produced as 500 paperback copies and then turned into hardback. One of the scarcer titles in the series. ISBN: 000219810X. Second state. A few small marks to boards. Foxing to text block especially top edge. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine (as is usual with this series).

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A COUNTRY PARISH (NN 9)
Written by A.W. Boyd.
Stock no. 1816242
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series no. 9. Green cloth. An account of the Country Parish of Great Budworth in the County of Cheshire. 34 colour photographs. 48 b/w photographs. 9 text figures. Browning and minor foxing to text block especially the top edge. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. A few small margin marks related to ageing. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is covered with clear plastic film (starting to come loose stickiness and thus beginning to come away), protecting from further damage to small chip at top of spine and 1" closed tear. Dustwrapper spine is browned, as is the rear panel.

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TWO JOANS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2125298
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with silver titles. 3 b/w plates. 222 pages. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Joint/hinge next to half-title page is cracked, so that webbing is showing through. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some repairs; loss to top of spine and a couple of corners.

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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Written by Howard Pyle. Illustrated by Gareth Floyd.
Stock no. 2124987
Published by Collins. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Collins Childreen's Classics Series. ISBN: 0001956671. Wrapper is price-cut and edge-creased with damp stain to bottom of rear panel.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS AT HOME
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 2124868
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. 276 pages. 8 x 5.5". Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some closed tears and chips; grubby marks to rear panel.

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