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THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (NMN 4)
Written by Stuart Smith. Illustrated by Edward Bradbury.
Stock no. 2116262
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. Covers are unevenly faded., Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is foxed with some browning; lightly edge-creased.

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BRITISH LARKS, PIPITS AND WAGTAILS (NN78)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 2116224
Published by Collins. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 78. Four colour plates and over 200 b/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0002198711. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a vertical crease to spine.

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RIVERMOUTH
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1711670
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Detailed studies of estuary birds. B/w illustrations. Green boards, black title to spine. Endpapers browned. Wrapper edge-chipped and unevenly browned.

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SKETCHES & NOTES FROM A BIRD PAINTER'S JOURNAL
Written by Philip Rickman.
Stock no. 1502802
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1949. Slightly better than good condition.

Pale green cloth covers with dark green titles to spine. 2 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. 119 pages. Published for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Spine bumped and worn with very split to top edge. Corners worn. Covers a bit grubby. Front joint is partially broken between frontis and title page. Rear joint starting to crack. Name in ink to front endpaper. Crease and small edge tear to page 85/86. Small brown spot to lower edge of text block affects bottom edge of a few pages. A little foxing.

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A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Salim Ali; S. Dillon Ripley. Illustrated by John Henry Dick.
Stock no. 1808830
Published by The Bombay Natural History Society; Oxford University Press. 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Map to front endpapers. ISBN: 0195616340. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and faded at spine.

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SKUAS AND JAEGERS
Written by Klaus Malling Olsen; Hans Larsson.
Stock no. 2114169
Published by Pica Press. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Guide to the Skuas and Jaegers of the World. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 1873403461. A few light scuff marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased, with some browning.

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE USSR
Written by V.E. Flint; R.L. Boehme; Y.V. Kostin; A.A. Kuznetsov. Illustrated by Y.V. Kostin.
Stock no. 2113734
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. B/w distribution maps and illustrations. ISBN: 0691024308. 3rd printing.

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BRITISH LARKS, PIPITS AND WAGTAILS (NN 78)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1710406
Published by Harper Collins. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Naturalist Series No. 78. Cardwrap edition. B/w diagrams and photos. 320 pages. ISBN: 0002198703. Edges lightly worn.

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THE BIRDS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Graham R. Harrison; Alan R. Dean; Alan J. Richards; David Smallshire.
Stock no. 1709818
Published by West Midland Bird Club. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0950788104. Wrapper spine faded.

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THE ATLAS OF BREEDING BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by J.T.R. Sharrock.
Stock no. 1709815
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610186. Wrapper browned.

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EAGLES A PORTRAIT OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
Written by Hal H. Wyss.
Stock no. 1709813
Published by Todtri. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 72 pages. ISBN: 157717030x. Wrapper lightly edge-creased.

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TETRAD ATLAS OF THE BREEDING BIRDS OF DEVON
Written by H.P. Sitters. Illustrated by Mike Langman; A Lawrence.
Stock no. 1709811
Published by The Devon Birdwatching And Preservation Society. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed boards. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. 334 pages including index. ISBN: 0951306405. Cover edge browned. Corners bumped.

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