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Australian EucalyptsMillett. MervynLansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, paperback VG, 112 pp, illustrated with 14 colour plates and 44 b/w photographs and line drawings including frontispiece, part of the Periwinkle colour Series, illustrated front cover, rubbed on edges, no inscription, creased on spine, sound binding, pages slightly tanned but clean, all varieties of eucalyptus with details of leaves, bark, buds and distribution.Natural history, Australian flora, Eucalypts43218 NAT HIST foreign £16.50

Ernest Benn 1961 1st edition hardback with wrapper, Vg/vg-. Grey boards, silver gilt. 96 pp. Superbly illustrated by the author D J Watkins-Pitchford. Price clipped wrapper is chipped on corners and spine ends - now in archive sleeve. Small booksellers label on fep. Scarce copy of this stunningly illustrated story.

Birds of The British Isles By David Bannerman and Illustrated by George Lodge Volume 7 ( VII) 1st Edition 1958 Published by Oliver and Boyd 27 colour plates with tissue paper. The entire volumeis devoted to thirty two species of dabbling or surface-feeding ducks and diving ducks. Book with green boards is in excellent condition. . The Jacket has not been price clipped at 63s. Net. Jacket has an inside repairs to top of spine with small nicks tear on the top back. and on bottom of spine Some small staining to spine with slight staining rubbing marks to back. A very nice copy. Can be viewed in our high street shop.

Birds of The British Isles By David Bannerman and Illustrated by George Lodge Volume 6 ( VI ) 1st Edition 1957 Published by Oliver and Boyd 26 colour plates with tissue paper. The volume is devoted to Storks spoonbills ibises herons egrets and second part to swans shell ducks Book with green boards is in excellent condition. . The Jacket has not been price clipped at 63s. Net . Slight chips bottom of cover spine with some discolour of spine A very nice copy. Can be viewed in our high street shop.

Birds of the Maltese Archipelago
BANNERMAN, D. A. & VELLA-GAFFIERO, J. A.
Museums Department, Valletta, Malta, 1976, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards maroon/gilt, maroon end papers, red and white end bands, one appendix, illustrated from one fold-out map and a colour frontispiece in addition to b/w line drawings and colour plates throughout, 550 pp.
Boards clean and firm, no inscription, neat annotation in purple pen on back free end paper, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, top edge dust stained with light foxing, bottom fore-edge corner of text block grubby. Wrapper clean and crisp, tanned, rubs and several short closed tears to edges, price not clipped, now protected by acid-free archive film. Heavy book - UK mainland delivery only.
NATURAL HISTORY, ORNITHOLOGY, BIRDS, MALTA, BIRD GROUPS, DESCRIPTION, IDENTIFICATION, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, MIGRATION ROUTES, BREEDING, ILLUSTRATED, SPECIES INDICES IN ENGLISH, SCIENTIFIC, MALTESE, ITALIAN.
hb 79 46041 NATURAL HISTORY/BIRDS £16.50

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be (signed copy)
MOWAT, Farley
Little, Brown and Company in association with Atlantic-Little, Brown Books, Boston, 1957, SIGNED, 4th Impression, red cloth with ivory linen spine, hardback, red lettering to spine, GD+, chapter headings illustrated from line drawings by Paul Galdone, 238 pp. Boards firm, spine strip tanned, bumps to fore-edge corners, rubs to head and tail of spine, author signature on half-title page (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, light dust staining to top edge of text block, tanning to inner hinges and edges of end papers. Lovely tidy copy. NATURE WRITING, FARLEY MOWAT, GROWING UP ON THE CANADIAN PRARIES, BOY MEETS DOG STORY, ADVENTURES IN THE WILDERNESS 46202 NATURE WRITING £76.50

Familiar Flowering Trees in IndiaCOLTHURST, IdaThacker, Spink & Co (1933) Ltd., Calcutta, 1937, hardback with cloth boards, VG-, Boards green/gilt, decorated end papers, 148 pp, illustrated from sixty one half-tone and colour photographs. No inscription or annotations, front gutter cracked, binding still secure, pages clean, several small marks on front and back covers (see scans), spine lightly cocked, rubs to edges.NATURAL HISTORY, INDIA, BOTANY, TREES, IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES, DESCRIPTIONS, ILLUSTRATIONS44021 hb 19 NAT HIST/BOTANY £11.50

Flies of the British Isles
COLYER, Charles N & HAMMOND, Cyril O
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, 1951, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards bound with maroon faux leather covers, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette to front, decorated end papers, text block with rounded corners and red/blue mottled edges, colour frontispiece in addition to 48 colour plates, 55 half-tone plates, and numerous text figures and diagrams, 383 pp. Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to head and tail of spine, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, edges of text block mottle printed, small dark mark to bottom fore-edge corner. Chips and rubs to wrapper (see scans), 1.5cm chip to top edge of back cover, old repair with Sellotape visible, damp has caused colour bleeding to inside of wrapper, grubby in places, not clipped, now protected by acid-free archive film. NATURAL HISTORY, 1st EDITION, INVERTEBRATES, FLIES, SPECIES, FAMILIES, IDENTIFICATION, KEYS, ILLUSTRATED
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A Guide to the Flowering Plants and Ferns of IcelandKRISTINSSON, Hordur ISBN: 9789979550556Orn Orlygur Publishing, Rekjavik, 1987, hardback with illustrative laminated boards, Fine, illustrated from botanical illustrations, colour photographs and maps, 311 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Boards clean and firm. Excellent copy.NATURAL HISTORY, BOTANY, NATIVE PLANTS & FERNS, ICELAND, IDENTIFICATION KEY, DESCRIPTIONS, PLANT FAMILIES, SCIENTIFIC NAMES ICELANDIC & ENGLISH COMMON NAMES, COLOUR ILLUSTRATED45208 hb 53 NATURAL HIST/PLANTS £31.50

A Guide to the Flora of the Cape PeninsularM R LevynsJuta & Co., Cape Town, 1966, second revised edition, hardback with wrapper, dark blue boards / gilt, 310 pp, 156 fig. drawings in the text. No inscriptions. Price clipped. Wrapper worn on edges. Square sound binding. Clean pages. Some dust staining on top of page ends. BOTANY, FLORA, SOUTH AFRICA, FLOWERS42670 NAT HIST £15.00

The Horseflies of Yorkshire: A comprehensive county account
GRAYSON, A.
ISBN: 9780952120100
Andyg Publications, Kirkbymoorside,1995, SIGNED, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from species survey maps and 24 b/w illustrations, 48 pp.
Author inscription on title page with letter from the author, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Numerous pale marks to wraps, bumps to front bottom fore-edge corner, rubs to edges and corners. Good sound copy.
NATURAL HISTORY, INVERTEBRATES, INSECTS, HORSEFLIES, YORKSHIRE, SURVEYS, SPECIES DISTRIBUTION, PRINCIPAL FEATURES ILLUSTRATED
46503 NATURAL HIST/INSECTS £11.50

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The Lakeland EaglesWALKER, D. G.0951737805Penrith, 1990, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from eight b/w photographs and 16 tables and charts, 52 pp.No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, slight discolouration of wraps.LAKE DISTRICT, NATURAL HISTORY, BIRDS, ORNITHOLOGY, GOLDEN EAGLES, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHICAL STATUS, MATING, BREEDING RECORDS AND DATA44324 hb lakes LAKES/NATURAL HISTORY £19.00

The Life of the AntMAETERLINCK, MauriceCassell and Company, Ltd, London, 1930, 1st Edition hardback with dustwrapper, GD/gd, cloth boards light green/gilt, 192 pp.No inscription or annotations, presentation book plate on front free endpaper, sound square binding, pages tanned throughout, dust accumulation on edges of text block. Boards have watermarks to front and rear. Wrapper generally worn and tanned. NATURAL HISTORY, INVERTEBRATES, INSECTS, ANTS, BEHAVIOUR, BREEDING, COMMUNITY44121 hb 24 NATURAL HIST/INSECTS £16.50

London's Natural History: New Naturalist Series No. 3Fitter R. S. R.0002190680Collins, London, 1984, 1st Thus, rare edition, paperback VG+, 282 pp, illustrated with b/w photographs, diagrams and maps, square tight binding, clean pages, no inscriptions, small marks/indentations on back cover, gentle rubs on spine edge. Natural History, London, Urban wildlife, New Naturalist series42868 NEW NAT £28.00

Manual of Canine BehaviourO'FARRELL, Valerie ISBN: 0905214064British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Cheltenham, 1986, large format oft back with stiff card wraps, VG, glossary of terms included, 130 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, light rubs to edges and corners. PETS, DOGS, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, PROBLEM BEHAVIOUR, SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, STRESS & ANXIETY, TREATMENT, TRAINING, PREVENTION45379 hb 57 PETS £11.00

The Moths of the British Isles. Series 1 and 2 Two Volume Set. Wayside & Woodland Series
SOUTH, Richard
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, 1946-1948, hardbacks with dust wrappers, VG/vg, blue and green/gilt embossed boards, decorative end papers, blue sprinkled edges, colour frontispieces in addition to colour and b/w figures throughout texts, Vol 1. 360 pp, Vol 2. 399 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to head and tail of spines, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, dust staining to top edges. Wrappers of both volumes are clean, bumps to edges and corners, spine strips sunned, now wrapped in acid-free archive film, prices not clipped, related ephemera included:- original purchase receipt from publishers. Two lovely copies.
NATURAL HISTORY, INVERTEBRATES, LEPIDOPTEROLOGY, BRITISH MOTHS, IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING COLUR, WINGS AND ANTENNA, SPECICES DISTRIBUTION, HABITATS, LIFE CYCLES, FULLY ILLUSTRATED, TWO VOLUME SET
46491 NAT HIST £26.50

The New Poachers HandbookNIALL, IanWilliam Heinemann Ltd, London, 1960, 1st Edition, hardback with wrapper, VG/vg-, boards black/silver, illustrated frontispiece plus 16 b/w pen drawings by Silvanus Marston, 155 pp.Boards clean, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, light dust staining on edges of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs and chips to edges especially along top edge and fore-edge corners, original price (16s NET) unclipped. For the man with the hare-pocket and the boy with the snareRURAL/COUNTRY LIFE, POACHING, WAYS OF CATCHING PREY, MAMMALS, BIRDS, FISH, TECHNIQUES, EQUIPMENT44307 hb 31 RURAL/COUNTRY LIFE £20.00

Norman Nicholson's NatureBRODIE, Ian, O.Norman Nicholson's NatureISBN: 9789040986007Wildtrack Publishing, Sheffield, 2015, softback with illustrated stiff card wraps, as new, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, two appendices, 115 pp.NATURAL HISTORY, NATURE WRITER, CUMBRIA, NORMAN NICHOLSON, AUTHOR, POET, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN, LANDSCAPE, NATURAL HERITAGE, INDUSTRY, CONSERVATION44237 hb 26 NATURAL HIST/NATURE WRITING £11.50

Hillside Publications 1987, 1st impression, soft ard wraps in publishers plastic wallet sleeve. 56 pp. Mapped and illustrated by Paul Hannon. Vg. Some neat ink annotation. A detailed pictorial guide to a 31 mile walk from Slaidburn to Stainforth

Plants of Upper Teesdale
LOWE, Christopher
ISBN: 9780951695401
C J Lowe, Yarm, 1997, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated from one double page map and line drawings by Jane Fielding throughout, 74 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, bump to back fore-edge corner with creasing (see scan). Lovely tidy copy.
NATURAL HISTORY, FLORA, 50 PLANTS, UPPER TEESDALE, GEOGRAPHICAL/GEOMOROPHOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION, SPECIES RECORD, IDENTIFYING FEATURES, GLOSSARY OF TERMS
46375 NATURAL HISTORY £16.50