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BLACKIE'S LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL 1923
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Natalie Joan; Nina K. Brisley; Ethel Talbot; Alice Talwin Morris; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Honor C. Appleton; Rosa C. Petherick; Frank Hart; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1328618
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Cream cloth spine with black title. Front cover shows children feeding the birds. First story is 'The New Ball Goes to See'. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly worn. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are very lightly browned. Some light foxing to textblock. A nice copy.

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MORE MR. CAT AND A BIT OF AMBER TOO
Written by George Freedley; Carl Van Vechten. Illustrated by Victor J. Dowling.
Stock no. 1328616
Published by Howard Frisch. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

When Mr. Cat departed this earth in the fullness of his years, no one thought another cat could take his place but along came Amber, who promptly made the place all her own... Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss to top of spine and is foxed and slightly grubby.

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A HANDBOOK OF THE LARGER BRITISH FUNGI
Written by John Ramsbottom.
Stock no. 1828940
Published by British Museum. 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile reprint of the 1923 publication except for a few small corrections. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line drawings to text. iv and 222 pages including index. Seventh reprint. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Plain white dustwrapper is grubby and browned.

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GEORGE TUTE WOOD ENGRAVER
No author listed. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1328613
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1986. Very good condition.

Grey card wraps. B/w illustrations. Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition held in Bristol. ISBN: 090019930X. Slightly grubby mark to front cover, spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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BRITISH SPIDERS VOLUME III
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge; P. Merrett.
Stock no. 1828938
Published by The Ray Society London. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gitl title to spine and vignette to front board. 75 b/w text figures and 612 distribution maps. 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0903874024. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Small rubber ink-stamp to front pastedown else contents clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.

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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.

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A DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL TERMS
Written by I.F. Henderson; W.D. Henderson; J.H. Kenneth.
Stock no. 1828935
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 8th 1963. Very good condition.

Pronounciation, derivation, and definition of terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cytology, Genetics, Embryology, Physiology. Eighth edition by J.H. Kenneth. Previously published under the title A Dictionary of Scientific Terms. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 640 pages. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE NATURALIST SPECIAL ISSUE: STEPHEN BISHOP'S NEW FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE PART 1
Written by Stephen Bishop.
Stock no. 1828934
Published by The Gloucestershire Naturalists' society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

An occasional publication of the Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society. No. 13; 2000. Cream cardwraps. 322 pages including index. B/w distribution maps and a few b/w illustrations. Light rubbing to cover corners. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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FLORA OF NORFOLK
Written by C.P. Petch; E.L. Swann.
Stock no. 1828932
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account of the distribution and status of the Norfolk flora. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 288 pages. Lower edge of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine, edge-creased, 1.5" closed tear to top front fold.

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FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Trevor Evans; Naylor Firth; Stephanie Tyler; George Peterken.
Stock no. 1828928
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Watsonian vice-county 35. With accounts of Geology by Naylor Firth and habitats by Stephanie Tyler and George Peterken. Glazed pictorial boards. 582 pages including index. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0900278498. Light bump to top of spine. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES (VOLUME ONE)
Written by A.S. Hitchcock; Agnes Chase.
Stock no. 1828927
Published by Dover Publications Inc.. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition.

In two volumes, of which this is volume one only. A definitive encyclopedia of United States grass life. This Dover Edition is an unabridged republication of the second revised edition, as published by the United States Government Printing Office in 1950 as U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Brown cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 569 pages. ISBN: 0486227170. Spine faded to lilac. Cover edges lightly rubbed, covers a little creased. Contents clean.

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