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BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, FISH, INSECTS, AND REPTILES (5 VOLS)
Written by Comte De Buffon.
Stock no. 819573
Published by H.D. Symonds. 1798. Very good condition.

Embellished with upwards of 200 engravings, 44 b/w plates. Leather spine with dark red title labels and gilt titles and decorations. Spine and cover edges and corners are worn. 1 title label is missing. Page edges are browned. REDUCED FROM £440.

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THE FOREST PRUNER OR TIMBER OWNER'S ASSISTANT
Written by William Pontey.
Stock no. 818866
Published by J. Harding. 1808. Good condition.

Second Edition. Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees. White paper spine with title block, blue paper boards. 8 plates including 4 tinted. Spine worn with loss at edges to backstrip, title block is hard to read. Covers a little grubby. Bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. A number of small ink blots to verso of frontis which show through. A few scattered foxspots. Page crinkling. All plates present. A presentable copy.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE WOOLHOPE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB 1893-1894
No author listed.
Stock no. 817235
Published by Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. 1896. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates. List of members. Inscription in pencil to title page. Contents very good indeed.

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THE HISTORIC TAF VALLEYS VOLUME TWO
Written by John Perkins; Jack Evans; Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 813581
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society. 1st 1982. Fine condition.

Illustrated glazed boards. Maps, b/w text illustrations and b/w photographs. Looking at the geology, social and natural history of the Taf Valleys within the Brecon Beacons National Park. ISBN: 0905928210. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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CAT STUDIES
Written by Edward Greenly.
Stock no. 813572
Published by The Cats' protection League. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

All about the domestic cat. Chapters include the origin of domestic cats, the cult of the sacred cat, names of the cat, physical endowments and much more. Green boards, black title to spine. 79 pages. 10 b/w photos. Bookplate to front endpaper. Pale foxing to endpapers and text block else a nice, clean copy.

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THE WEALD
Written by J.F. Kirkaldy; et al.
Stock no. 629054
Published by The Geologists' association. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cream card wraps. 27 pages. The Geology of The Weald. 3rd edition, revised. Geology Association Guide No. 29.

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MAMMALS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Written by Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 809024
Published by Odhams Books. 1962. Nearly fine condition.

Hippo Book No. 3. Small oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos.

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