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A New List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Growing Wild in the County of Devon (with supplement) [Variant issue ?]
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THE QUIET FIELDS.
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Michael Joseph, London, 1981, first edtion. 206 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0718120396 Charming b&w illustrations. "There is a growing need for the 'quiet fields' in this noisy, restless world. Mercifully, they can still be found by the country-lover and naturalist. This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winter winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Whatever the season of the year there is always something to see in the countryside, even when the 'quiet fields' are sheeted with snow. There are the winter migrants - the wildfowl of the wet places, the delicate fieldfares and redwings - who come to Britain to escape the bitter temperatures of their native lands. 'BB' also describes the advent of the spring migrants, which bring such intense joy to the naturalist that he even had to surrender his studio to a swallow…
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A New List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Growing Wild in Devon. With their Habitats and Principal Stations.
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Bosworth & Harrison. London. 1860. 8vo. . pp. vi, 92, (i) Errata, (i) blank, vii Index, (i) blank. Original green cloth, blind and gilt, uncut, label of the Swansea Devonian Society presenting it to Swansea Public Library, subsequent library labels on the front end-papers, library blind-stamp in the top corners of first five and last five text leaves, else a very good copy.
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A New List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Growing Wild in the County of Devon with Their Habitats and Principal Stations
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London: Bosworth & Harrison, 1860. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. No Illustrations. viiipp; 92pp; 8pp of advertisments. A very good copy of this first edition published in 1860. Bound in original green cloth with gilt embossed lettering to the front board . There are bumps to the head and tail of the spine and the corners of the boards are a little turned in. Slight crease to the lower corner of the rear board and a slight split to the front inner hinge from the tail of the spine for 1 cm. A few slight bumps to the board edges. The textblock is very clean and tight. A very good copy.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
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