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MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley; Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1329769
Published by Collins. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Wrapper spine is very slightly faded, light damp stain to lower edge of wrapper spine and some grubby marks to rear panel. Light foxing to top edge of textblock.

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EUROPE AND MEDITERRANEAN MARINE FISH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
Written by Patrick Louisy.
Stock no. 1329726
Published by Les Editions Eugen Ulmer. 1st thus 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

860 species. 1450 photos. 1400 drawings. Fully updated and enriched edition. Glazed pictorial boards. 512 pages, including index. ISBN: 9782379222689. Minimal shelf bumping to spine and tiny nick to base of spine. Contents fine.

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GREAT BRITISH MARINE ANIMALS
Written by Paul Naylor.
Stock no. 1329718
Published by Paul Naylor. 3rd 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

3rd Edition. High quality underwater photographs aid identification of a wide range of common animals, and give an insight into their lives. Cardwraps. 320 pages, including index. ISBN: 9780952283164. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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WOODS & PEOPLE: PUTTING FORESTS ON THE MAP
Written by David Foot.
Stock no. 1329706
Published by The History Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the twentieth-century forest creation, and the Eureka moment in the 1980s that challenged foresters and conservationists to work together on new ideas. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780752452784. Some very minor spotting to endpapers else contents fine. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and foxed on verso.

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NEPENTHES OF SUMATRA AND PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
Written by Charles Clarke.
Stock no. 1829902
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo). 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Carnivorous pitcher plants in their natural environment. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. x and 326 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 9838120502. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a superb copy, looks unread!

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THE NEPENTHACEAE OF THE NETHERLANDS INDIES
Written by B.H. Danser; Charles Clarke.
Stock no. 1829901
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo). 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Carnivorous pitcher plants! Facsimile. First published in 1928 as "Contributions A L'etude De La Flores Des Indes Neerlandaises. XV"In: Bulletin du Jardin de Botanique Buitenzorg, Serie III, Vol. IX, Livr. 3-4, pp. 249-438. This edition has an introduction by Charles Clarke and is written in English. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations.v and 206 pages including index. ISBN: 9838121150. A superb copy, looks unread!

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INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
Written by Charles Darwin.
Stock no. 1829900
Published by Culture Et Civilisation, Bruxelles. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

A facsimile of the first edition which was published in 1875. A few b/w drawings. Tan cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. x and 462 pages including index. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine and corners. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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APHRODITE'S MOUSETRAP: A BIOGRAPHY OF VENUS'S FLYTRAP
Written by E. Charles Nelson.
Stock no. 1829899
Published by Boethius Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Title to spine is 'Venus's Flytrap'. Facsimile of John Eliis' 1770 pamphlet augmented with a history of the discovery of the Venus Flytrap. Subscribers list to verso of frontis. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 145 pages. ISBN: 0863141765. A lovely copy!

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THE SAVAGE GARDEN: CULTIVATING CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
Written by Peter D'Amato.
Stock no. 1829858
Published by Ten Speed Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Enter the strange and beautiful world of carnivorous plants. A comprehensive guide to these fascinating oddities of the plant world. Pictorial cardwraps. xxii and 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0898159156. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Spine lightly faded. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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EMERGERS
Written by Doug Swisher; Carl Richards. Illustrated by Mike Gouse.
Stock no. 1329538
Published by Lyons & Burford. Circa 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pathbreaking exploraton of the Emergence of mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, and other trout-stream insects... with exciting new fly patterns and techniques for fishing them effectively. Large format. Black cloth spine with gilt title, black boards. 120 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1558210954. 3rd printing. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased/rubbed.

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THE WILD TROUT
Written by Malcolm Greenhalgh. Illustrated by Rod Sutterby; Simon Farrell.
Stock no. 1329531
Published by George Philip. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Artist Sutterby and biologist Greenhalgh combine forces to celebrate the beauty of the wild trout and make an urgent call for conservation measures. With more than 40 colour paintings, drawings and sketches of individual fish, together with colour photos. Large oblong format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0540011991. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front pastedown (covered by dustwrapper flap). Dustwrapper is slightly marked and edge worn, large tear to rear panel.

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EMERGERS
Written by Doug Swisher; Carl Richards. Illustrated by Mike Gouse.
Stock no. 1329527
Published by Lyons & Burford. Circa 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pathbreaking exploraton of the Emergence of mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, and other trout-stream insects... with exciting new fly patterns and techniques for fishing them effectively. Large format. Black cloth spine with gilt title, black boards. 120 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1558210954. 3rd printing. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly scuffed.

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