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TRAVEL DIARIES OF A NATURALIST (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329190
Published by Collins. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Miranda Weston-Smith. Each volume covering different regions. Blue boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. Each volume is a first edition, published 1983, 1985 and 1987 respectively. Spines slightly bumped. Dustwrapper spines are sunned and edges are slightly rubbed.

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HOW TO SEE INSECTS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329189
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. Black titles and small vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and cover edges browned. Lower front corner bumped. Top 2" of front free-endpaper has been neatly cut out. Some light foxing to contents. Remains of dustwrapper is tucked into the back of the book (the wrapper is in two pieces and the spine is missing).

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HOW TO SEE POND LIFE
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329188
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. Black titles and small vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and cover edges browned, slight loss to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper.

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HOW TO SEE FLOWERS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1329187
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

The Children's Nature Series. Beige boards. 141 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine browned and slight browning to covers. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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NATURE ABOUNDING
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1329183
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New Edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 384 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is heavily foxed with slight edge chipping. Tiny hold to spine which is also browned.

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FAMILIAR TREES (THREE VOLUMES)
Written by G.S. Boulger. Illustrated by William Henry James Boot; A. Fairfax Muckley.
Stock no. 1329175
Published by The Waverley Book Company Ltd.. Very good condition.

New Edition revised throughout and enlarged. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates. B/w photos. Spines and corners are bumped, there is slight rubbing to the cover edges. Rear covers are lightly scuffed. Endpapers are browned, foxing to contents. Some of the hinges are pulled and cracked but the bindings are still tight. A nice set, scarce to find the three volumes together.

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A BEAST BOOK FOR THE POCKET
Written by Edmund Sandars.
Stock no. 1329128
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Grey cloth. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Pencil annotations and newspaper clippings stuck into book. Light foxing/page browning to edges. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso, is edge worn with a tear to lower edge of rear panel and is slightly scratched on rear panel.

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JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE ROUND THE WORLD UNDER CAPTAIN FITZ ROY
Written by Charles Darwin; Richard Keynes.
Stock no. 1829303
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth with printed design in black and gilt. Introduction by Richard Keynes. Colour & b/w plates. Maps to endpapers. Top edge blue. xxxiv and 518 pages including index. Spine very lightly faded (not noticeable until out of slipcase and inspected up close!). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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THE HISTORY OF BOROUGH FEN DECOY
Written by Tony Cook; R.E.M. Pilcher. Illustrated by Anne Treadwell-Cook.
Stock no. 1829280
Published by Providence Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Duck decoy with the purpose of ringing wild ducks, although this was not always the case. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations a few colour photos. 64 pages. ISBN: 0903803089. SIGNED by the author Tony Cook and the illustrator Anne Treadwell-Cook (no dedication). Covers a little scuffed. Front joint pulled between front endpaper and contents page. Binding tight.

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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION
Written by Charles Darwin.
Stock no. 1829278
Published by John Murray. 6th 1910. Almost very good condition.

Popular Impression of the corrected copyright edition, Sixth Edition. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xxi and 432 pages including index plus 4 pages publisher's advert for Murray's Shilling Library and another two unpaginated pages to rear. Spine faded and browned. Boards lightly faded and marked. Text block browned. Endpapers browned. Some foxing present. Binding tight.

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THE EYE OF THE WIND
Written by Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1829277
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1961. Very good condition.

Autobiography. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w photos. Blue pictorial endpapers. xxii and 679 pages including index. Second impression. SIGNED and dated (1985) by the author to half-title page (no dedication). Spine faded and creased with use. Boards just slightly grubby, lower edges rubbed. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. A few foxspots to contents.

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WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND BLOSSOMS (3 VOLS)
Written by Edward Step; R.A. Blakelock.
Stock no. 1829276
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Colour plates. B/w photos. B/w text illustrations. New Edition revised by Blakelock. Small format. Series I is bound in lighter green cloth than series II & III. Series I is lightly faded at horizontal edges and is lightly bumped to base of spine. Minor foxing/browning to text blocks. Contents clean. Series I dustwrapper is affected by damp (crinkled and stained to verso). Edges of price-cut dustwrappers lightly worn with minor closed tears, Series II has a small chip to lower edge of front panel, tape repairs to verso.

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