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FLOWERS OF THE COAST (NN 24)
Written by Ian Hepburn.
Stock no. 1324992
Published by Collins. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 24. Green cloth, gilt titles. 17 colour photos. 43 b/w photos and 14 line drawings and maps. ISBN: 000213067X. Board corners lightly bumped. text block browned and with foxing to top edge. Minor pink crayon mark to half-title page. One hinge pulled but tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to rear panel, faded, minor foxing to front panel, top of spine with the series number is missing.

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PLANT GALLS (NN 117)
Written by Margaret Redfern.
Stock no. 1824772
Published by Collins. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 117 in New Naturalist Series. Much needed insight into the variety of galls of different types caused by a wide range of organisms including fungi, insects and mites. Green cloth gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780002201438. Light bump to top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a little grubby to rear panel.

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LICHENS (NN 86)
Written by Oliver Gilbert.
Stock no. 1824637
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good 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. Text block lightly browned. Front pastedown is not stuck to board at spine edge (binding error). Some hinges pulled, binding tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright, slightly sunned to spine, lightly creased and a little grubby.

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BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1324227
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 315 pages. Depicting colour illustrations of plants of specific interest. A most attractive and informative book. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and front cover edges. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel, slightly browned to spine with 0.5" loss at top.

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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1323733
Published by Collins. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A New Naturalist publication. Green cloth. 27 text figures. 31 tables. 28 b/w plates. A new study of British woodlands, coniferous, broadleaves, natural and planted and the varied bird life each support. The author includes a valuable species-by-species account, with information on status and habitats. An important work considering the place of birds in modern forestry. ISBN: 002132591. Spine bumped. Dent to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased, slightly browned to spine and removal of a label to rear panel has caused surface paper damage.

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THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (NMN 4)
Written by Stuart Smith. Illustrated by Edward Bradbury.
Stock no. 1323183
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first New Naturalist Monograph on a single species of bird. 11 b/w photographs taken by the author. Learned bibliography supports this splendid study. 26 paintings by Edward Bradbury. 4 line drawings and 4 maps. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Minimal bumping to spine. Neat name in ink to front fre-endpaper. Some foxing, slight browning and old tape marks to endpapers. Contained in a later dustwrapper (printed price 90p) which has old tape marks to flaps.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WALES (NN 66)
Written by William M. Condry.
Stock no. 2140714
Published by Collins. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a 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. A few light marks to covers. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Damp staining to bottom of page margins to last few pages and to rear pastedown. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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NATURE CONSERVATION (NN 91)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2139945
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 91. A review of the conservation of wildlife in Britain 1950-2001. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0007113056. A few light marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit faded to spine.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHETLAND (NN 64)
Written by R.J. Berry; J.L. Johnston.
Stock no. 2139669
Published by Collins. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of Shetland's plants and animals. Colour and b/w photos. New Naturalist No. 64. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0002190419. A few pale foxspots to endpapers and outer page edges; browned. Wrapper has light edge-creasing; rear flap is creased.

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AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES (NN 87)
Written by Trevor J.C. Beebee; Richard A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1322999
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good 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. Minimal bumping to spine. Front free-endpaper is creased else contents are fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed/worn at edges/corners.

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BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 2139624
Published by Collins. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition.

New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the natural history these fascinating animals. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour plates. ISBN: 000220147X. Spine is faded and creased. Some creasing to cover and page corners. Browning/foxing to outer page edges.

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GARDEN NATURAL HISTORY (NN 102)
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 2139079
Published by Collins. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007139934. A few grubby marks to rear panel of wrapper.

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