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LICHENS OF IRELAND
Written by Paul Whelan.
Stock no. 1827818
Published by The Collins Press. 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introduction to over 250 species. Limp, pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781848891371. Spine lightly faded. Corners lightly worn. Contents clean.

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THE BOOK OF LEAVES
Written by Allen J. Coombes; Zsolt Debreczy.
Stock no. 1827806
Published by Ivy Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A leaf-by-leaf guide to six hundred of the world's great trees. Pale grey/green glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations, distribution charts. 656 pages including index. Edited by Debreczy. ISBN: 9781782403302. A nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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ATLAS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN BALTIC AMBER
Written by Wolfgang Weitschat; Wilfried Wichard.
Stock no. 1827802
Published by Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

This atlas opens a window onto the world of Baltic amber and the Eocene amber forests. About 650 typical plants and animals are systematically represented in 92 full-page colour plates. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 3931516946. A few minor knowck to boards edges. Boards scuffed. Small patch of surface paper loss to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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A PASSION FOR PLANTS: THE TRESEDERS OF TRURO
Written by Suzanne Treseder.
Stock no. 1827788
Published by Alison Hodge. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the Treseder family's passion for plants and of six generations of Treseders who were nurserymen for over 150 years. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780906720370. Light bumping to board corners. Minor foxing to text block and gutter edge of endpapers. A few pages have pale brown foxspots.

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THE LIZARD CANARY AND OTHER RARE BREEDS
Written by G.T. Dodwell.
Stock no. 1827782
Published by Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. Cage and Aviary Series. ISBN: 0862300525. Boards clean. Text block slightly browned. Light browning to contents. A very few pale foxspots to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE CELTIC WISDOM OF TREES: MYSTERIES, MAGIC, AND MEDICINE
Written by Jane Gifford. Illustrated by Jane Gifford.
Stock no. 1327478
Published by Godsfield Press. 1st PB 2006. Good condition.

A rich compendium of ancient wisdom and knowledge about our relationship with trees. Cardwraps. 160 pages. Colour photos by the author. ISBN: 9781841812991. Covesr are faded and worn at corners. Page corner tips slightly creased else contents clean.

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NURSERY STOCK MANUAL: GROWER MANUAL 1 SECOND SERIES
Written by Keith Lamb; James Kelly; Peter Bowbrick.
Stock no. 1327470
Published by Grower Books. 1985. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. Grower Manual No. 1 - Second Series. ISBN: 1899372040. Corners worn. Top page corner tips slightly creased to prelims. Contents clean.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF TREES
Written by Colin Tudge.
Stock no. 1827745
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

How They Live and Why They Matter. Green decorated cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 390 pages (including index). A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuff marks.

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A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE GRASSHOPPERS & CRICKETS OF BRITAIN & IRELAND
Written by Martin Evans; Roger Edmondson.
Stock no. 1327458
Published by WGUK. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

A field guide to the grasshoppers and crickets found in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Glazed pictorial boards. 183 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780954950613. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine.

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ANIMALS AND THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER
Written by Mayumi Itoh.
Stock no. 1327429
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2018. Very good condition.

The Palgrace Macmillan Animal Ethics series. Pictorial boards. 246 pages. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. ISBN: 9783319707563. Covers slightly grubby. Remains of a label to rear cover. Contents fine.

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THE BIOLOGY OF XENOPUS
Written by R.C. Tinsley; H.R. Kobel.
Stock no. 1327428
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Number 68. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. Glazed pictorial boards. Some b/w photos and diagrams. 440 pages. ISBN: 0198549741. Top of spine is very slightly bumped. Else a fine copy.

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ARE SPECIES REAL? AN ESSAY ON THE METAPHYSICS OF SPECIES
Written by Matthew H. Slater.
Stock no. 1327422
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Directions in the Philosophy of Science series. A novel approach to this question aimed at accomodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species. Blue boards. 214 pages. Appears to be a physical print on demand book (printed by Printforce). ISBN: 9780230393240. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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