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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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FANTASTIC FISHES: A FEAST OF FISHY FACTS AND FABLES
Written by Mark Everard.
Stock no. 1327394
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Exploring the diverse and often strange world of fishes. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 304 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781907110351. Spine bumped. Mark to inner margin of front pastedown which appears to be glue from the binding process showing through. Very pale page edge browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE ART OF FALCONRY
Written by Frederick Ii Of Hohenstaufen; Casey A. Wood; F. Marjorie Fyfe.
Stock no. 1827708
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Art of Falconry Being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen translated and edited by Wood and Fyfe. De Arte Venandi cum Avibus was originally written shortly before the year 1250. This is a reissue of the 1943 edition. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title and tooling to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. cx + 637 pages. Boards clean. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Gift inscription in ink to first blank page else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some foxing, loss to spine (affecting title) and rear panel flap edge caused by insect/snail damage. Edges slightly worn. Overall, a decent copy.

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HETEROPTERA: THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE OTHER, OR IMAGES OF A MUTATING WORLD
Written by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger.
Stock no. 1327294
Published by Scalo Zurich. 1st UK 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 3908247314. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Contents fine.

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BUTTERFLIES (NN 1)
Written by E.B. Ford.
Stock no. 1827690
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth covers. 368 pages. 56 colour photos, 24 black and white plates, 32 distribution maps, and 9 other diagrams. A fascinating volume. Boards clean. Text block browned and a little grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown is mostly hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, a little rubbed at spine edges, tiny chip and minor creasing to top of spine, spine is very lightly faded, couple of tiny closed tears to lower edge of rear panel. Overall a very nice example.

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PRINTING WILDLIFE: APPROACHES TO WILDLIFE PRINTMAKING
Written by Lisa Hooper.
Stock no. 1327292
Published by Langford Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Wildlife Art Techniques 2. Cardwraps. 135 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781904078692. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed otherwise a fine copy.

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GOOSE POPULATIONS OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC: A REVIEW OF STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION
Written by Jesper Majbom Madsen; Gill Cracknell; Tony Fox.
Stock no. 1327289
Published by National Environmental Research Institute. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 343 pages. B/w photos, diagrams and maps throughout. ISBN: 8777724372. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WALES (NN 66)
Written by William M. Condry.
Stock no. 1327221
Published by Collins. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 66. Corries, crags and summits, moorlands, mires and conifers, rivers, lakes and marshes, native woodlands, limestone flora, farmlands, villages and estates, the industrial scene and the coast. B/w photos. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0002195682. EX-LIB with old tape marks to covers and pastedowns, ink stamps to textblock and colophon page, removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a small piece torn from lower corner of front flap.

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