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THE BOOK OF LEAVES
Written by Allen J. Coombes; Zsolt Debreczy.
Stock no. 1827806
Published by Ivy Press.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A leaf-by-leaf guide to six hundred of the world's great trees. Pale grey/green glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations, distribution charts. 656 pages including index. Edited by Debreczy. ISBN: 9781782403302. A nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
ATLAS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN BALTIC AMBER
Written by Wolfgang Weitschat; Wilfried Wichard.
Stock no. 1827802
Published by Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.
1st
2002.
Very good condition.
This atlas opens a window onto the world of Baltic amber and the Eocene amber forests. About 650 typical plants and animals are systematically represented in 92 full-page colour plates. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 3931516946. A few minor knocks to boards edges. Boards scuffed. Small patch of surface paper loss to front pastedown. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- ATLAS
- FOSSILS
- BIOLOGY
A PASSION FOR PLANTS: THE TRESEDERS OF TRURO
Written by Suzanne Treseder.
Stock no. 1827788
Published by Alison Hodge.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of the Treseder family's passion for plants and of six generations of Treseders who were nurserymen for over 150 years. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780906720370. Light bumping to board corners. Minor foxing to text block and gutter edge of endpapers. A few pages have pale brown foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CORNWALL
- COMPANY HISTORY
THE LIZARD CANARY AND OTHER RARE BREEDS
Written by G.T. Dodwell.
Stock no. 1827782
Published by Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd..
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. Cage and Aviary Series. ISBN: 0862300525. Boards clean. Text block slightly browned. Light browning to contents. A very few pale foxspots to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- CANARY
- CAGE BIRDS
THE SECRET LIFE OF TREES
Written by Colin Tudge.
Stock no. 1827745
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition.
How They Live and Why They Matter. Green decorated cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 390 pages (including index). A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuff marks.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
ANIMALS AND THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER
Written by Mayumi Itoh.
Stock no. 1327429
Published by Palgrave Macmillan.
1st
2018.
Very good condition.
The Palgrace Macmillan Animal Ethics series. Pictorial boards. 246 pages. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. ISBN: 9783319707563. Covers slightly grubby. Remains of a label to rear cover. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- NUCLEAR
- JAPAN
THE BIOLOGY OF XENOPUS
Written by R.C. Tinsley; H.R. Kobel.
Stock no. 1327428
Published by Oxford University Press.
Circa
1996.
Nearly fine condition.
Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Number 68. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. Glazed pictorial boards. Some b/w photos and diagrams. 440 pages. ISBN: 0198549741. Top of spine is very slightly bumped. Else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- FROG
- BIOLOGY
ARE SPECIES REAL? AN ESSAY ON THE METAPHYSICS OF SPECIES
Written by Matthew H. Slater.
Stock no. 1327422
Published by Palgrave Macmillan.
1st
2013.
Slightly better than very good condition.
New Directions in the Philosophy of Science series. A novel approach to this question aimed at accomodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species. Blue boards. 214 pages. Appears to be a physical print on demand book (printed by Printforce). ISBN: 9780230393240. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHILOSOPHY
- BIOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
FANTASTIC FISHES: A FEAST OF FISHY FACTS AND FABLES
Written by Mark Everard.
Stock no. 1327394
Published by The Medlar Press.
1st
2012.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Exploring the diverse and often strange world of fishes. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 304 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781907110351. Spine bumped. Mark to inner margin of front pastedown which appears to be glue from the binding process showing through. Very pale page edge browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- FISH
THE ART OF FALCONRY
Written by Frederick Ii Of Hohenstaufen; Casey A. Wood; F. Marjorie Fyfe.
Stock no. 1827708
Published by Stanford University Press.
1st thus
1961.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Art of Falconry Being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen translated and edited by Wood and Fyfe. De Arte Venandi cum Avibus was originally written shortly before the year 1250. This is a reissue of the 1943 edition. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title and tooling to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. cx + 637 pages. Boards clean. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Gift inscription in ink to first blank page else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some foxing, loss to spine (affecting title) and rear panel flap edge caused by insect/snail damage. Edges slightly worn. Overall, a decent copy.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- FALCONRY
- BIRDS OF PREY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
HETEROPTERA: THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE OTHER, OR IMAGES OF A MUTATING WORLD
Written by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger.
Stock no. 1327294
Published by Scalo Zurich.
1st UK
2001.
Very good condition.
Large format. Cream boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 3908247314. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- ART
BUTTERFLIES (NN 1)
Written by E.B. Ford.
Stock no. 1827690
Published by Collins.
1st
1945.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series. Green cloth covers. 368 pages. 56 colour photos, 24 black and white plates, 32 distribution maps, and 9 other diagrams. A fascinating volume. Boards clean. Text block browned and a little grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown is mostly hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, a little rubbed at spine edges, tiny chip and minor creasing to top of spine, spine is very lightly faded, couple of tiny closed tears to lower edge of rear panel. Overall a very nice example.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ENTOMOLOGY
- BUTTERFLIES
- INSECT