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THE WORLD OF THE HONEYBEE (NN 29)
Written by Colin G. Butler.
Stock no. 1827224
Published by Collins. 1958. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 29. Green cloth, gilt titles. Two colour photos and 87 b/w photos. Reprint. Text block browned and foxed. Pastedowns have surface paper loss (tape removal?). Front endpaper has previous owner's personalised bookplate and date in ink. A few pencil annotations to margins else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (normal for this series) and a little grubby to rear panel.

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A COUNTRY PARISH (NN 9)
Written by A.W. Boyd.
Stock no. 1827221
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost 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. Boards unevenly faded, corners bumped. Previous owner's personalised book plate and date in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers, foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine with damp staining, rear panel is a little grubby, browning to flaps.

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GROUSE (NN 107)
Written by Adam Watson; Robert Moss.
Stock no. 1827217
Published by Collins. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist no. 107. Fascinating insights into the natural history and biology of these birds, including aspects of their behaviour, the historical relevance of their names, the reasons behind population fluctuations and international conservation efforts. Green boards. Colour photos. Blue endpapers with repeating New Naturalist logo. ISBN: 9780007150977. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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WILD ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN (NN 19)
Written by V.S. Summerhayes.
Stock no. 1827216
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. An introduction to a group fo plants which will never lose its unique appeal to students of the British Flora. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 61 colour photographs, 39 b/w photographs, 19 text figures and 43 distribution maps. Faint tape mark to top edge of rear board. Text block browned with light foxing. Previous owner's personalised bookplate to front endpaper. Date of 'May 1951' written in ink to front endpaper. Browning and tape marks to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine with small circular loss to middle, rear panel browned and a little grubby, top & tail of spine lightly creased.

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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1827215
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A New Naturalist publication. Green cloth. 27 text figures. 31 tables. 28 b/w plates. A new study of British woodlands, coniferous, broadleaves, natural and planted and the varied bird life each support. The author includes a valuable species-by-species account, with information on status and habitats. An important work considering the place of birds in modern forestry. ISBN: 002132591. Foxing & light browning to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has a dampstain to spine, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SEASHORE (NN 94)
Written by Peter J. Hayward.
Stock no. 1827211
Published by Collins. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Exploring the fascinating biology, ecology and dynamic interactions of seashore communities. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 16 colour plates and over 60 b/w line drawings. ISBN: 0002200309. Small mark to front board. Pale foxing to text block. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Overall, a nice copy.

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WADERS (NN 65)
Written by W.G. Hale.
Stock no. 1827210
Published by Collins. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Habitats, distribution, variation, breeding biology, migration, wintering, roosting, moulting, feeding, evolution and conservation. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and maps. ISBN: 0002197278. Top of spine bumped. Light knocking to rear board vertical edbge. Foxing to text block. Front endpapers grubby else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is covered with clear wrap which is stuck only to verso and has small nick to spine, spine is very lightly faded, rear panel a little grubby.

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WILDFOWL (NN 110)
Written by David Cabot.
Stock no. 1827205
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 110. An overview of these fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Blue endpapers with repeating New Naturalist logo. ISBN: 9780007146581. Minor foxspots to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine (as is normal with this series), slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL
Written by Donald Caskie.
Stock no. 1326473
Published by Collins. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Abridged for young readers. Red boards, silver title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears at corners and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front panel (a small label has been removed).

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE TREES OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE
Written by Alan Mitchell. Illustrated by Preben Dahlstrom; Ebbe Sunesen; Christine Darter.
Stock no. 1326417
Published by Collins. 1976. Good condition.

800 trees described and illustrated. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 415 pages. ISBN: 0002192136. Spine bumped with a large split at lower front edge. Covers slightly grubby. Small brown mark to top corners of some pages.

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THE SECRET OF THE VILLA ROSA
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1326296
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

When Uncle Joe invites the Buckinghams to stay with him in the romantic medieval town of Orvieto, he little realises the danger he is leading them into... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 157 pages. ISBN: 0001606034. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and browned, some slight loss to top of spine.

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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1326294
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with white paper reinforcements and some foxing on verso.

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