THE SECRET LIFE OF A MEADOW
Written by Wilson Wall; David Morgan.
Stock no. 1326186
Published by White Owl; Pen & Sword Books. 1st 2023. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Read this book and help your local green space to become a meadow and revel in it. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 176 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781399072540. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Minimal creasing/rubbing to wrapper edges.

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ALPINE ENVIRONMENT: GEOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Written by John G. Schmidt.
Stock no. 1826656
Published by Nova Publishers. Circa 2011. Fine condition.

Edited by Schmidt. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781612093925. Still in original shrinkwrap!

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FLIGHT OF THE HUIA
Written by Kerry-Jane Wilson.
Stock no. 1826641
Published by Canterbury University Press. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Ecology and Conservation of New Zealand's frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Once home to the mighty moa, New Zealand is the only place in the world where tuatara, Jurassic-style frogs and other bizarre creatures such as kiwi and kakapo still survive. This book presents a history of faunal change in New Zealand and a review of the ecology and conservation of those animals. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour photos. ISBN: 0908812523. Messy mark from a label removal to rear cover. Spine lightly faded. Tiny nick to front vertical edge of cover. Contents clean.

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THE SNAKES OF THAILAND AND THEIR HUSBANDRY
Written by Merel J. Cox.
Stock no. 1826633
Published by Krieger Publishing Company. Circa 1991. Very good condition.

A definitive guide to the multitude of snake species known from Thailand. A White Lotus Press title. Cream cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0894644378. 2nd printing. Laminate covering card covers is scuffed and marked. Text block is grubby. Light creasing to top rear corner of covers and last few pages. Small, red ink stamp to top corner of half-title page. Contents are clean.

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BATS (CHIROPTERA) AS VECTORS OF DISEASES AND PARASITES: FACTS AND MYTHS
Written by Sven Klimpel; Heinz Mehlhorn.
Stock no. 1826595
Published by Springer. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Parasitology Research Monographs 5. Edited by Klimpel and Mehlhorn. Contributions by 16 international authors on the phenomenion "bats," shedding some light on their morphology, the feeding behaviors (insects, fruits, blood) of different groups, their potential and confirmed transmissions of agents of diseases, their endo- and ectoparasites, as well as countless myths surrounding their lifestyle (e.g. vampirism, chupacabras, batman etc). Green cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9783662523513. A few minor marks to text block. Covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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LIZARDS
Written by Mindy P. Kiernan.
Stock no. 1826552
Published by Nova Publishers. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Thermal Ecology, Genetic Diversity, and Functional Role in Ecosystems. Edited by Kiernan. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781633210172. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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OUR FRIEND YAMBO
Written by Andre Mercier.
Stock no. 1325820
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author attempts to bring up a cheetah cub as a domestic pet right in the centre of busy city life. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. B/w photos. Slight bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel.

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LIFE
Written by Richard Fortey.
Stock no. 1826417
Published by Folio Society. Nearly fine condition.

An Unauthorised Biography. A Natural History of the First Four Thousand Million Years of Life on Earth. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt & peach floral design to front. Colour endpapers showing fish fossils. Colour photos throughout. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split to vertical end. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION
Written by Charles Darwin; Richard Keynes.
Stock no. 1826094
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour illustrations. xxxi + 415 pages. With an introduction by Keynes. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some minor scuffing.

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THE PRINCETON FIELD GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC MAMMALS
Written by Donald R. Prothero. Illustrated by Mary Persis Williams.
Stock no. 1826068
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Guidebook to hundreds of extinct species, from saber-toothed cats to giant mammoths. Large format. Blue cloth boardes, silver title to spine. Colour photos & illustrations. B/w sketches. ISBN: 9780691156828. 4th printing. A lovely copy.

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WILD FELL: FIGHTING FOR NATURE ON A LAKE DISTRICT HILL FARM
Written by Lee Schofield. Illustrated by Bob Venables.
Stock no. 1826023
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story of nature in recovery and also of the author's personal connection to the place, and the highs and lows of working for nature amid fierce opposition. Grey mottled paper boards, blue foil title to spine. B/w sketches. ISBN: 9780857527752. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright and clean.

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SARAH STONE: NATURAL CURIOSITIES FROM THE NEW WORLDS (ART OF NATURE)
Written by Christine E. Jackson. Illustrated by Sarah Stone.
Stock no. 1825865
Published by Merrell Holberton Publishers; Natural History Museum. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From about 1777 the talented watercolourist Sarah Stone was employed by the entrepreneur Sir Ashton Lever to record the contents of his extraordinary private museum. This consisted of specimens and ethnographic material being brought back by British expeditions to Australia, the Americas, Africa and the Far East. The Lever Museum was tragically dispersed in 1806, and most of its zoological specimens have been lost. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185894063X. A lovely copy.

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