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BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 1829038
Published by Collins. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the natural history these fascinating animals. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour plates. 218 pages including index. ISBN: 000220147X. Vertical crease to spine. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Text block a little grubby. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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BADGER BEHAVIOUR: CONSERVATION & REHABILITATION
Written by George E. Pearce.
Stock no. 1829035
Published by Pelagic Publishing. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

70 Years of Getting to Know Badgers. A fascinating insight into the badger's world. Badger biology, life in the sett, rescue & rehabilitation, consultancy, badgers & farming, and badger-watching with George Pearce - an expert on badgers. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few colour photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 9781907807039. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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SQUIRRELS (NMN 12)
Written by Monica Shorten.
Stock no. 1829029
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph No. 12. Green buckram cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Based on a finely and detailed study in geographical distribution of the squirrel, investigating every aspect of the lives of squirrels, economics, food, life-history, and ecology. xii and 212 pages including index. A few tiny marks to boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pale grubby mark to pages viii and ix. Contents lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, has some foxing, wear to top & tail of spine with slight loss, rear panel grubby.

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HEDGEHOGS
Written by Nigel Reeve. Illustrated by Ruth Lindsay.
Stock no. 1829025
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wealth of information for wildlife enthusiasts and non-specialist academics. Brown cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w illustrations and graphs, a few colour photos. xi and 313 pages including index. ISBN: 085661081X. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine, faint scuff mark crossing the width of the front board. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks, is lightly faded to spine (usual for this series of books) and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ATLAS OF EUROPEAN MAMMALS
Written by A.J. Mitchell-Jones; G. Amori; et al.
Stock no. 1829007
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Distribution maps. xi and 484 pages including index. ISBN: 0856611301. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, a little grubby, top edge has small tear to rear panel, 1.5" closed tear (no loss) to lower front corner.

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THE FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by H. Edward Forrest.
Stock no. 1828991
Published by L. Wilding. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes found in the county of Salop. Photographic plates and portraits. Green cloth, gilt titles. 248 and vi pages. Spine lightly browned, boards have a few minor marks, corners are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHREWS
Written by Sara Churchfield.
Stock no. 1828843
Published by Christopher Helm (publishers) Ltd. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sharp-nosed insectivores with poor sight but acute hearing and sense of smell, there are some 266 species of shrew in 20 genera. The author examines the life cycle and breeding biology of shrews. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, charts and photos. xiv and 178 pages inlcuding index. ISBN: 0713680121. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MINK
Written by Nigel Dunstone. Illustrated by John Davies.
Stock no. 1828842
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poyser Natural History. Equally at home or in water, the mink is a bold opportunist and an accomplished predator. The main focus of this book is on the better known American mink, in both its native land and in Britain and the rest of Europe, where escapees from fur farms have become established. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and charts, a few colour photos. 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610801. A lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly faded to spine.

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THE MOLE (NMN 22)
Written by Kenneth Mellanby.
Stock no. 1828623
Published by The Country Book Club. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph (Book club edition) grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 18 b/w photos and 35 text figures. Minor fading to top & tail of spine. Foxing to text block and some page margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and foxed, a couple of minor closed tears (no loss), rear panel a little grubby.

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OUR FRIEND THE HORSE
Written by Frank Townend Barton.
Stock no. 1828285
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A complete practical guide to all that is known about every breed of horse in the world. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black title to front board, board edges bevelled. B/w illustsrations. Undated. Spine faded, covers marked. Text block browned. Else contents clean.

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HOOFED MAMMALS OF THE WORLD
Written by T. Donald Carter. Illustrated by Ugo Mochi.
Stock no. 1827981
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three hundred species and subspecies of hoofed mammals are vividly portrayed and expertly described in this unique natural history. Attractive silhouette illustrations. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0718820886. Boards lightly rubbed at horizontal edges. Text block browned. A few foxspots present and light page browning. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly creased at top edges.

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