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BIRDS OF THE ALGARVE AND SOUTHERN ALENTEJO - AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST
Written by Goncalo Elias.
Stock no. 1326425
Published by Goncalo Elias. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Print on demand by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Cardwraps. 98 pages. ISBN: 9781517497811. Minimal rubbing to cover edges and corners. Lower edge of front cover is very slightly creased. Contents fine.

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AS LIBELULAS DE PORTUGAL THE DRAGONFLIES OF PORTUGAL
Written by Ernestino Maravalhas; Albano Soares.
Stock no. 1326423
Published by Booky Publisher. Circa 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Text in Portugese and English. More than 600 photos and maps of the 67 species that are known in Portugal. Cardwraps. 335 pages. ISBN: 9789899861404. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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THE DRAGONFLIES OF EUROPE
Written by R.R. Askew.
Stock no. 1326419
Published by Harley Books. 2004. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Green cardwraps. 308 pages. ISBN: 0946589755. Covers slightly edge rubbed and light crease to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.

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THE CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH MOTHS FIRST SERIES
Written by W.J. Stokoe; G.H.T. Stovin. Illustrated by J.C. Dollman.
Stock no. 1326415
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w plates. First series only. 408 pages. New edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. New endpapers. Spine slightly bumped else covers bright. Wrapper price-clipped, edge-chipped with slight loss and faded spine.

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DRY STORE ROOM No.1: THE SECRET LIFE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Written by Richard Fortey.
Stock no. 1826866
Published by Harper Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Richard Fortey, former senior palaeontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. Green cloth boards, orange foil title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780007209880. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and a little scuffed.

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FAR FROM LAND: THE MYSTERIOUS LIVES OF SEABIRDS
Written by Michael Brooke. Illustrated by Bruce Pearson.
Stock no. 1826864
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A up-close look at the activities of seabirds around the globe. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 9780691174181. Front board slightly upward bowed, text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF A MEADOW
Written by Wilson Wall; David Morgan.
Stock no. 1326186
Published by White Owl; Pen & Sword Books. 1st 2023. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Read this book and help your local green space to become a meadow and revel in it. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 176 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781399072540. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Minimal creasing/rubbing to wrapper edges.

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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME THREE: ASIA & AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826759
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802017185. Previous owner's bookplate to front and rear pastedown. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Black dustwrapper with green spine is lightly rubbed at edges and lightly scuffed.

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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME TWO: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA (INCLUDING CENTRAL AMERICA & THE WEST INDIES)
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826758
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802016677. A few minor marks to boards, lower corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's library label to front and rear pastedown. Light browning to page edges and text block. Black dustwrapper with yellow spine is lightly rubbed and scuffed.

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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME ONE: EUROPE & AFRICA
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826757
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802015700. Presentation plate attached to front endpaper '...on the occasion of planting a tree in the Arboretum at the White House to mark the centenary of the Benn Brother's publication Timber Trades Journal June 7 1973', large b/w photo depicting this to front pastedown. Marks to front endpapers. Text block browned and page edges lightly so. Black dustwrapper with red spine is worn at edges, spine and front panel title is faded, some loss to top and tail of spine, some damp staining present mainly to verso and flap edges.

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COMMON BIRDS OF QATAR
Written by Hanne Eriksen; Jens Eriksen; Frances Gillespie.
Stock no. 1826720
1st 2010. Very good condition.

All the common birds found in Qatar and a few not so common. Privately published by the authors. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9789948157472. Covers lightly creased. Light foxing to prelims. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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WILDFLOWERS OF CORK CITY AND COUNTY
Written by Tony O'Mahony.
Stock no. 1826698
Published by The Collins Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A stimulating, contemporary account of the flora and habitats of Ireland's largest county. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781848890206. A few minor knocks to board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and a little scuffed.

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