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THE SOUTH AFRICAN ACACIAS
Written by J.D. Carr.
Stock no. 806283
Published by Conservation Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Green leatherette, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. Prelims and endpapers foxed. Boards marked at edges.

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TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Eve Palmer; Norah Pitman.
Stock no. 806267
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. Wrappers of Vol 1 and 2 are covered in self-adhesive clear film. In the case of Volume 3 the clear film has been used to stick the wrapper to the book. Books are fine.

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CROTALARIA IN AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR
Written by R.M. Polhill.
Stock no. 806269
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The rattlepods or klapper bossie of the legume genus Crotalaria are common throughout the tropics. This book provides a comprehensive review of the genus for the whole continent covering some 500 species. Large format. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9061910900. Wrapper covered in self-adhesive clear film.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF BOURNEMOUTH AND DISTRICT
Written by Daniel Morris.
Stock no. 627575
Published by The Bournemouth Natural Science Society. 1st 1914. Very good condition.

Blue-green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. xiv + 400 pages. Corners lightly rubbed. Includes errata list.

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TREES WOODS AND MAN (NN 32)
Written by Herbert L. Edlin.
Stock no. 598063
Published by Collins. 1966. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth. 27 colour plates. 30 b/w photographs. 2 line drawings. A New Naturalist publication. 2nd edition. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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THE HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE SCENERY
Written by Arthur W. Clayden.
Stock no. 597932
Published by James G. Commin. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

An Essay in Geographical Evolution. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Endpapers very lightly browned.

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THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL
Written by Joseph Dickinson.
Stock no. 597717
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1851. Very good condition.

Purple cloth. Gilt title to spine. 166 pages. Bound with Supplement to the Flora of Liverpool 1855, 28 pages. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine and cover edges browned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Title page browned else contents very good.

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RARE BIRDS IN DORSET
Written by Stephen Morrison.
Stock no. 597720
Published by Stephen Morrison. 1st 1997. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

B/w maps and distribution histograms. ISBN: 0953007804.

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FLORA OF HAMPSHIRE
Written by Frederick Townsend.
Stock no. 597555
Published by Lovell Reeve. 1904. Slightly better than very good condition.

Olive green cloth, gilt titles. One colour and one b/w plate. Large folding linen-backed colour map. Top edge gilt. Includes the Isle of Wight. Second edition. Endpapers lightly browned. Corners bumped.

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THE FOREST DWELLERS
Written by Stella Brewer.
Stock no. 597458
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Chimpanzees in the Gambia. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0002161125. Couple of bumps to corners and cover edges. Some page corners are creased internally. Pictorial wrapper has a few edge-tears and some fading.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 597353
Published by J. And F. Rivington. 1774. Good condition.

A Description of Three Hundred Animals viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects With a Particular Account of The Manner of Their Catching of Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Use of All Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Whereon is Curiously Engraven Every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent and Insect Described in the Whole Book. The Eleventh Edition Carefully Corrected and Amended. Small format. 7 x 4". Full brown leather binding. B/w frontis. Title page in red and black. 212 pages. Numerous b/w illustrations including one large folding plate. Contents very good. Front board almost detached. Boards very worn. A fascinating early natural history book.

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