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GALLOWAY AND THE BORDERS (NN 101)
Written by Derek Ratcliffe.
Stock no. 1326798
Published by Collins.
1st
2007.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Series 101. Colour plates plus b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780007174010.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SCOTLAND
- GALLOWAY
WILDFOWL OF EUROPE
Written by Myrfyn Owen.
Illustrated by Hilary Burn.
Stock no. 1827283
Published by MacMillan.
1st
1977.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations plus distribution maps. ISBN: 0333187016. A nice copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- WILDFOWL
- EUROPE
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ANTARCTIC WILDLIFE
Written by Hadoram Shirihai.
Illustrated by Brett Jarrett.
Stock no. 1827281
Published by Alula Press.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition.
The birds and marine mammals of the Antarctic continent and Southern Ocean. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos and illustrations. 510 pages including index. ISBN: 9519894705. Spine slightly faded else a lovely copy
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- ANTARCTIC
- MARINE LIFE
- ORNITHOLOGY
THE SPARROWHAWK
Written by Ian Newton.
Illustrated by Keith Brockie.
Stock no. 1827280
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A detailed account of all aspects of the sparrowhawk's lifestyle, population levels and trends and the impact of man and environment on the species in recent times. B/w illustrations. Diagrams, tables and photographs. ISBN: 0856610410. Text block slightly grubby and a few small marks to top edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- BIRDS OF PREY
PINE CROSSBILLS
Written by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson.
Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 1827279
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1975.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A Scottish Contribution. A study of the Scottish pine-feeding crossbills. Green boards, gilt title to spine. One colour plate plus numerous b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610119. Spine lightly faded, gilt title still bright. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- SCOTLAND
THE SPARROWS: A STUDY OF THE GENUS PASSER
Written by J.D. Summers-Smith.
Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1827277
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An absorbing monograph concerned with the world's twenty species of True Sparrows. Brown cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine. 8 Colour plates, 62 b/w drawings and over 100 maps and diagrams. 342 Pages including index. ISBN: 0856610488. A lovely copy, appears unread. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
THE PEREGRINE FALCON
Written by Derek Ratcliffe.
Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 1827276
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1980.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Maroon cloth with maroon endpapers. 4 beautiful colour plates, many line illustrations, 60 b/w photographs, maps & diagrams. A most detailed and comprehensive study with a splendid selection of excellent illustrations. 416 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610267. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, minor creasing to top & tail of spine and slight fading to spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- BIRDS OF PREY
THE FULMAR (NMN 6)
Written by James Fisher.
Stock no. 1827275
Published by Collins.
1st thus
1984.
Very good condition.
New Naturalist Library Limpback Reprint. New Naturalist Monograph. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. The colour plates (including one by Peter Scott) of the original hardback are reproduced in b/w in this edition. ISBN: 0002190656. Edges lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby along the bottom. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ORNITHOLOGY
WOODLANDS (NN 100)
Written by Oliver Rackham.
Stock no. 1827269
Published by Collins.
1st
2006.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The 100th volume in the New Naturalist series. How trees and woods behave, for example by how they copice and pollard, how they are affected by storms and fire, the function of tree roots, the life and growth of trees and how and why they decay. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w maps and sketches. Green endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 0007202431. Foxing to top edge of text block, foxspot to rear pastedown, else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- BOTANY
- WOODLAND
- FORESTRY
- TREES
GRASSHOPPERS & CRICKETS (NN 120)
Written by Ted Benton.
Stock no. 1827268
Published by Collins.
1st
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
No. 120 in New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the appearance, variations, behaviour, habitat, life-cycles and distribution of all the native British species of bush-crickets, groundhoppers and grasshoppers. Green cloth gilt title to spine. Colour photos. DVD to rear featuring many aspects of the behaviour of nearly all British species, including song, conflict, courtship behaviour, sex-role reversal and egg-laying. Dark green endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 9780007277230. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. DVD present to rear (unknown if it is in working order or not...). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine, rear panel is very slightly scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
THE LAKE DISTRICT (NN 53)
Written by W.H. Pearsall; Winifred Pennington.
Stock no. 1827267
Published by Collins.
1st
1973.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series 53. An excellent book for general naturalists, walkers, botanists, geologists, zoologists, archaeologists and historians, covering the natural and human history of The Lake District and surrounding areas, from pre-history to the present day on the evidence of the archaeologist, the historian and the conservationist. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002131331. Ex-lib with usual library stamps, and marks to endpapers where labels have been removed. Boards clean. Contents browned. Pencil annotation to page 275. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has had mylar cover removed leaving glue stain (clear) to verso.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- NORTH WEST UK
- LAKE DISTRICT
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
BRITISH TITS (NN 62)
Written by Christopher M. Perrins.
Stock no. 1326723
Published by Collins.
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A study dealing with seven species of tit, including their social lives, intelligence, adaptiveness as well as the general behaviour and biology of these most popular of British birds. 16 b/w photos plus numerous diagrams. 304 pages includes index. ISBN: 0002195372. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock, mainly at top. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby to rear (white) panel and lightly browned to spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ORNITHOLOGY