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DARTMOOR: A STATEMENT OF ITS TIME (NN 111)
Written by Ian Mercer.
Stock no. 1829039
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

New Naturalist series 111. This is the cardwraps edition. The extensive history and physical landscape of Dartmoor, also its cultural place within Great Britian. A look at the wild and rugged landscape that has inspired so many poets, painters and musicians over countless centuries. Colour photos. xiv and 402 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007185009. Spine slightly faded and has a vertical crease (from page turning). Rear cover a little scuffed. Old price label to rear cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1328592
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Spine and corners bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine, closed tear to lower edge of rear panel which is slightly grubby.

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GOWER (NN 99)
Written by Jonathan Mullard.
Stock no. 1328591
Published by Collins. Circa 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 99. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780007160679. Still in original shrinkwrap so cannot identify the edition.

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AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES (NN 87)
Written by Trevor J.C. Beebee; Richard A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1328551
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A natural history of the British herpetofauna. New Naturalist No. 87. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 270 pages. ISBN: 000220083X. Top of spine is slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock.

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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1828556
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Collins New Naturalist series. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxii and 391 pages. ISBN: 187063019X. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY (NN 70)
Written by R.J. Berry.
Stock no. 1828539
Published by Collins. 1985. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 70. 2nd state - light green boards, squared spine, orignally produced to be bound as a paperback and bound as hardback by publisher, slightly smaller than first state 8.5" rather than 9" tall. Colour and b/w photos. In his tracing of the island's evolution from its geological creation to the effects of oil technology; in the detailed, yet fascinating exploration of the plants and animals (and where best to see them), Professor Berry's expertise and enthusiasm is backed by that of local specialists, and Orkney's long tradition of natural history study. Appendices include definitive lists of all the species of flora and fauna on record and an extensive bibliography. ISBN: 0002190621. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and very lightly browned to rear panel with minor marks. Overall a decent copy of a scarce item.

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LICHENS (NN 86)
Written by Oliver Gilbert.
Stock no. 1326801
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 86. A look at how lichens have been used throughout history in medicines, dyes, food and perfumes. What they are and how they grow and reproduce. Colour and b/w photos. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0002200813.

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GALLOWAY AND THE BORDERS (NN 101)
Written by Derek Ratcliffe.
Stock no. 1326798
Published by Collins. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series 101. Colour plates plus b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780007174010.

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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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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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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 NATURAL HISTORY OF POLLINATION (NN 83)
Written by Michael Proctor; Peter Yeo; Andrew Lack.
Stock no. 1326698
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series no. 83. Colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards with gilt title and NN to spine. ISBN: 000219905X. 2nd printing. Spine of wrapper is slightly faded.

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