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THE PARTRIDGE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury.
Stock no. 2136031
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Second edition. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corner. Browning to spine. Some pages/edges are unopened. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing throughout book and to outer page edges.

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WILDFOWL (NN 110)
Written by David Cabot.
Stock no. 2135984
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

New Naturalist series 110. Brown leather, with gilt titles. All edges gilt. Limited edition to 150 copies. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007146581. SIGNED by author to bookplate on front endpaper; This is Copy No. 139. Has cream paper cover (not pictorial) jacket. Slip case is near fine.

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GROUSE (NN 107)
Written by Adam Watson; Robert Moss.
Stock no. 2135916
Published by Collins. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Leather Bound limited edition to 250 copies. Gilt title to spine and blind logo to front. New Naturalist no. 107. All edges gilt. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780007150977. This is Copy No. 184, SIGNED by authors to bookplate on front endpaper. Tiny spot mark to top of spine/front cover. Slip case is better than very good - a few light marks.

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THE BIRDS OF GWENT
Written by W.A. Venables; A.D. Baker; et al.
Stock no. 2135843
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. This book gives an up-to-date status report on the occurrence of every species in the county. B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780713676334. SIGNED by 5 authors. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

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RED KITE COUNTRY A CELEBRATION OF THE WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPE OF MID WALES
Written by Lolo Williams. Illustrated by Colin Woolf; Mike Read.
Stock no. 2135818
Published by Wildearth. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Foreword by Williams. Watercolours & sketches by Woolf. Photographic images by Read. ISBN: 1903657091. Some spotting to covers. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing; couple of chips to top of spine.

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THE BIRDS OF GWENT
Written by W.A. Venables; A.D. Baker; et al.
Stock no. 2135512
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. This book gives an up-to-date status report on the occurrence of every species in the county. B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780713676334. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 2135436
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Collins New Naturalist series. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxii and 391 pages. ISBN: 187063019X. Wrapper is faded to spine with a few small nicks/chips along edges.

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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THEIR EGGS
Written by T.A. Coward; J.A.G. Barnes. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; et al..
Stock no. 1822353
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour illustrations and b/w photos. Based on the original 3 volume work by Coward. Brown cloth, gilt titles and decoration. 359 pages including index. ISBN: 0723209995. Boards clean and bright. Browning to text block and endpapers. Strong musty odour present else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned and faded to spine.

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PSITTACULTURE: BREEDING, REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF PARROTS
Written by Tony Silva.
Stock no. 2135330
Published by Birdworld; Silvio Mattacchione & Co. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0950416525. A few marks to covers. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing and chipping; laminate is starting to chip off along edges; sticky label to rear panel.

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THE GREENSHANK (NMN 5)
Written by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson.
Stock no. 1822109
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New Naturalist Monograph no. 5. A few pale marks to boards, gilt title is dull. Front pastedown has evidence of a damp stain (spillage?). Text block browned. Contents crinkled as if from damp but no staining except the front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened to verso with brown paper at folds, a few grubby marks especially to rear panel, spine is browned and repaired to top where a small piece of loss has occurred.

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BIRD MIGRATION (NN 113)
Written by Ian Newton.
Stock no. 1821658
Published by Collins. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 113. An in-depth study of the different types of bird movements along with their main migration patterns. Green cloth boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007307319. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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EAGLES, HAWKS AND FALCONS OF THE WORLD (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Leslie H. Brown; Dean Amadon. Illustrated by Roger Tory Peterson; et al..
Stock no. 1820533
Published by Country Life. 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. 125 full-colour paintings. Brown/terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette. ISBN: 060043124X. Contained in publisher's slipcase with large brown pictorial onlay to all sides which is scuffed and rubbed at edges.

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