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PINE CROSSBILLS
Written by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson. Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 1827279
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Scottish Contribution. A study of the Scottish pine-feeding crossbills. Green boards, gilt title to spine. One colour plate plus numerous b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610119. Spine lightly faded, gilt title still bright. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE: AN EXPERIMENT IN CONSERVATION
Written by Janet Kear; A. Berger. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1827278
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A timely and absorbing account of the history of the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, its descent to near extinction, its eleventh hour rescue and its restoration to the wild. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 24 b/w plates, b/w line drawings. 154 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610259. A lovely copy, appears unread. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE SPARROWS: A STUDY OF THE GENUS PASSER
Written by J.D. Summers-Smith. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1827277
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An absorbing monograph concerned with the world's twenty species of True Sparrows. Brown cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine. 8 Colour plates, 62 b/w drawings and over 100 maps and diagrams. 342 Pages including index. ISBN: 0856610488. A lovely copy, appears unread. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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THE PEREGRINE FALCON
Written by Derek Ratcliffe. Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 1827276
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Maroon cloth with maroon endpapers. 4 beautiful colour plates, many line illustrations, 60 b/w photographs, maps & diagrams. A most detailed and comprehensive study with a splendid selection of excellent illustrations. 416 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610267. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, minor creasing to top & tail of spine and slight fading to spine.

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THE FULMAR (NMN 6)
Written by James Fisher.
Stock no. 1827275
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition.

New Naturalist Library Limpback Reprint. New Naturalist Monograph. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. The colour plates (including one by Peter Scott) of the original hardback are reproduced in b/w in this edition. ISBN: 0002190656. Edges lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby along the bottom. Contents clean.

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PARTRIDGES (NN 121)
Written by G.C. Potts.
Stock no. 1827271
Published by Collins. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 121. A complex and fascinating story, with a heady mix of hunting, farming, predation, parasites, disease and climate change. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and charts. Blue endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 9780007418701. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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WOODLANDS (NN 100)
Written by Oliver Rackham.
Stock no. 1827269
Published by Collins. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 100th volume in the New Naturalist series. How trees and woods behave, for example by how they copice and pollard, how they are affected by storms and fire, the function of tree roots, the life and growth of trees and how and why they decay. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w maps and sketches. Green endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 0007202431. Foxing to top edge of text block, foxspot to rear pastedown, else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.

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GRASSHOPPERS & CRICKETS (NN 120)
Written by Ted Benton.
Stock no. 1827268
Published by Collins. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

No. 120 in New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the appearance, variations, behaviour, habitat, life-cycles and distribution of all the native British species of bush-crickets, groundhoppers and grasshoppers. Green cloth gilt title to spine. Colour photos. DVD to rear featuring many aspects of the behaviour of nearly all British species, including song, conflict, courtship behaviour, sex-role reversal and egg-laying. Dark green endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 9780007277230. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. DVD present to rear (unknown if it is in working order or not...). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine, rear panel is very slightly scuffed.

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THE LAKE DISTRICT (NN 53)
Written by W.H. Pearsall; Winifred Pennington.
Stock no. 1827267
Published by Collins. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 53. An excellent book for general naturalists, walkers, botanists, geologists, zoologists, archaeologists and historians, covering the natural and human history of The Lake District and surrounding areas, from pre-history to the present day on the evidence of the archaeologist, the historian and the conservationist. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002131331. Ex-lib with usual library stamps, and marks to endpapers where labels have been removed. Boards clean. Contents browned. Pencil annotation to page 275. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has had mylar cover removed leaving glue stain (clear) to verso.

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SLUGS AND SNAILS (NN 133)
Written by Robert Cameron.
Stock no. 1827266
Published by William Collins. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series No. 133. An introduction to this remarkable group of gastropods. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers with repeating NN pattern. Colour photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780007113002. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BRITISH TITS (NN 62)
Written by Christopher M. Perrins.
Stock no. 1326723
Published by Collins. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A study dealing with seven species of tit, including their social lives, intelligence, adaptiveness as well as the general behaviour and biology of these most popular of British birds. 16 b/w photos plus numerous diagrams. 304 pages includes index. ISBN: 0002195372. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock, mainly at top. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby to rear (white) panel and lightly browned to spine.

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THE SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK (NN 47)
Written by William M. Condry.
Stock no. 1326722
Published by Collins. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalists Series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 11 colour photographs, 52 photographs in b/w and 9 maps and diagrams. Sticky marks to covers from residue of old tape. Name in red ink to front pastedown. Crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is wrinkled but bright and complete.

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