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UNDERLAND.
A Deep Time Journey.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2019. Exclusive signed edition, 8vo., pp.viii,488, black hardcover lettered in silver, b/w illustrations; edges lightly toned, else very good indeed, in fine unclipped dust-jacket, with ‘signed copy’ sticker to front. Singed twice to prelims.
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FERNS: THEIR HABITATS IN THE BRITISH AND IRISH LANDSCAPE.
New Naturalist Series No. 74.
London: Collins, 1988. 8vo., pp.430, green cloth, gilt, with 21 colour photographs and over b/w photographs and diagrams; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise clean and very good, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine, with light creasing at headband.
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LICHENS.
The New Naturalist, Volume 86.
London: HarperCollins. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, green cloth, gilt, 16 colour plates and over 120 b/w photographs and line drawings; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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FRESHWATER FISHES.
New Naturalist Series 75.
London: HarperCollins, 1992. First edition, 8vo., pp.378, green cloth, gilt, with 21 colour photographs and over 200 b/w photographs and diagrams; slight soil to top edges, a near fine copy, in a very good complete and unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine.
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BRITISH WARBLERS.
New Naturalist Series No. 71.
London: Collins, 1985. First edition, second state, in facsimile dust-jacket, 8vo., pp.432, green cloth, gilt, pictorial wrappers bound in, colour frontispiece and 6 further colour plates, b/w illustrations; a near fine copy in a near fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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LADYBIRDS.
The New Naturalist, Volume 81.
London: HarperCollins, 1994. 8vo., pp. 367, green cloth, gilt, 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photographs and drawings; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, very light marks to edges, otherwise internally clean, a near-fine copy in a very good dust-jacket with a few light surface scratches.
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TREES AND SHRUBS HARDY IN THE BRITISH ISLES. (Set of Four Volumes:)
Volume I. A-C; Volume II. D-M; Volume III. N-Rh; Volume IV. Ri-Z; Index.
London: John Murray, 1976. Second, further revised impression of the eighth revised edition, Volume IV first impression of the eighth edition, four volumes, 8vo., pp.xx,845;xvi,784;xvi,973;xv,808, teal blue cloth, gilt, b/w plates, top edges blue; rubbing to extremities, rear inner hinge of Volume IV broken, with webbing visible between endpapers, a very good set, in very good complete and unclipped dust-jackets.
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THE AFGHAN HOUND
A Definitive Study
Edlington: K & R Books Ltd, 1980. Signed first edition; 4to., pp xviii,440, pictorial blue faux leather, gilt, top edges blue, colour frontispiece, further colour plates as well as numerous b/w illustrations; author’s signed presentation inscription to title page, spot of rubbing to upper corner of rear board, a very good copy indeed. No dust-jacket.
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The New Naturalist, No. 77. THE SOIL.
London: HarperCollins, 1992. First edition, 8vo., pp.192, green cloth, gilt, colour plates and b/w figures; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, whoch shows just a couple of tiny chips to upper edge.
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THE HEBRIDES: A Natural History.
[The New Naturalist].
London: Collins. 8vo., pp.416, green cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 21 colour plates and over 150 b/w illustrations; light marking to lower margin to p.251, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light vertical crease to spine, a very good copy, in lightly creased unclipped dust-jacket.
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BRITISH LARKS, PIPITS AND WAGTAILS.
The New Naturalist Library, No. 78.
London: HarperCollins. 8vo., pp.320, green cloth, gilt, 4 colour plates, b/w plates; ink ownership to front free endpaper, slight mark to foot of spine, a fresh and near-fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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The New Naturalist No. 73: THE NEW FOREST.
London: Collins, 1986. First edition, 8vo., pp.300, green cloth, gilt, colour plates; a near-fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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WILD AND GARDEN PLANTS.
The New Naturalist, No.80.
Harper Collins, 1993. First edition, 8vo., pp.200, green cloth, gilt, colour plates and b/w illustrations; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a very good, clean copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS FOR THE GARDEN, CONSERVATORY, AND STOVE. [Two Volumes:]
Describing and Giving Explicit Cultural Directions for the Best and Most Striking Ferns and Selaginellas in Cultivation. Illustrated with Coloured Plates and Numerous Wood Engravings, Specially Prepared for this Work. Volume II. From Blechnum to Nothochlaena; III. From Ochropteris to Woodwardia, and Selaginella.
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1894. Volumes II and III only (of three), 4to., pp.viii,621,(ii);vii,457,(iii), decorative pictorial bevelled green cloth, gilt, a.e.g., colour frontispieces, colour plates, b/w plates and figures; light foxing, superficial paper splitting to inner hinges, light rubbing to extremities, light dampstaining to boards, a very good (partial) set.
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BRITISH BATS.
The New Naturalist, Volume 93.
London: HarperCollins. First edition, 8vo., pp.218, green cloth, gilt, 8 colour plates and over 120 b/w illustrations (photographic and drawn); a fine copy, in fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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INSECT FACT AND FOLKLORE
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1958. 8vo, pp.xiv,194, black cloth, orange lettering, b/w illustrations throughout; some foxing to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy, in a price-clipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities, has been sunned to the spine, chipped at head and tail of spine and with historic repair to the reverse.
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GEMS AND JEWELS,
Their History, Geography, Chemistry, and Ana, from the Earliest Ages down to the Present Time.
London: Richard Bentley, 1860. 8vo., pp.xxxii,382, half leather, gilt, marbled boards; small heraldic emblem tipped in to front free endpaper, pictorial ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims, loss to upper corner of p.5, occasional pencil annotation and underlining within, rubbing to boards and extremities, especially to centre of front board, a very good copy of this scarce volume.
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IN BRECKLAND WILDS
Yorkshire: EP Publishing Limited, 1974. 8vo., pp.viii,200, red hardcover, gold lettering, b/w frontispiece and 18 b/w plates throughout; very minimal foxing on top edge, very good unclipped dust-jacket that has been covered, overall very good copy indeed.
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5 EASY PIECES.
The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems.
Washington/London: Island Press, 2010. Large 8vo., pp.xii,193, pictorial hardcover; a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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A COMPARATIVE HAND LIST OF THE BIRDS OF JAPAN AND THE BRITISH ISLES.
In this Hand List the author has attempted to supply the materials for a complete comparison between the birds of the Island of Japan and the birds found in Great Britain and Ireland.
Cambridge University Press, 1925. 4to., pp.(vi),107, beige cloth, gilt; ownership bookplates to front endpapers, else very good indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is foxed and partly toned, with water-stain to rear/spine, and light wear to extremities, with apx. 6mms loss at head of spine.
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