BRITISH PYRALID AND PLUME MOTHS
Written by Bryan P. Beirne. Illustrated by S.N.A. Jacobs.
Stock no. 1824127
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Wayside and Woodland series. 216 colour specimens, 16 plates. 207 pages. Boards clean and bright. Scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and endpapers. Text block browned. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, scuffed, closed tear to top rear edge of spine.

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FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1824126
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and fly vignette to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. Wayside and Woodland Series. 383 pages including index. A few small marks to boards. Gilt is still bright. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots to contents and a few grubby marks e.g. page 15 (see photo). Contents generally very nice. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, lightly faded to spine, lightly scuffed, front flap has had tape on it at some point which has stained the flap vertically with some loss of surface paper.

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LAND AND WATER BUGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by T.R.E. Southwood. Illustrated by H.D. Swain; P. Entwistle; H.M. Entwishle; T.R.E. Southwood; Dennis Leston.
Stock no. 1824125
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1959. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Green leather-look covers with gilt and black titles. With 32 coloured plates by Swain. 31 b/w plates and 153 text figures by Entwistle and the authors. Text block mottled green. Boards bright. Text block browned. Small pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few closed tears and slight surface paper loss, tape mark to lower spine.

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NATURE IN THE BALANCE: THE ECONOMICS OF DIVERSITY
Written by Dieter Helm; Cameron Hepburn.
Stock no. 1824084
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions. The objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues and evidence, and to suggest how this very urgent problem should be addressed. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. Edited by Helm & Hepburn. ISBN: 9780199676880.

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THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (NMN 4)
Written by Stuart Smith. Illustrated by Edward Bradbury.
Stock no. 1323183
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first New Naturalist Monograph on a single species of bird. 11 b/w photographs taken by the author. Learned bibliography supports this splendid study. 26 paintings by Edward Bradbury. 4 line drawings and 4 maps. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Minimal bumping to spine. Neat name in ink to front fre-endpaper. Some foxing, slight browning and old tape marks to endpapers. Contained in a later dustwrapper (printed price 90p) which has old tape marks to flaps.

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SEA-SHORE LIFE OF BRITAIN
Written by L.R. Brightwell.
Stock no. 1323181
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, 116 pages. Some colour but many b/w plates and photos. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut (loss to top corner of front flap), edge rubbed, browned and foxed - not as bad as it sounds, still very good.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 2140931
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title. Front cover is green with black/gilt drawings. The text of this edition is taken from the 1789 edition and includes the first part only, with minor emendations. The additional two letters 'Timothy the Tortoise to Miss Hecky Mulso' and 'On the Sense of Hearing in Fishes', were first published in the 1877 edition of 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne', edited by Thomas Bell, 2 vols, published by John Van Voorst. Exquisite full page colour illustrations. A beautiful edition! One small spot to outer page edges. Slip case is a bit better than very good - a few light marks and scuffs.

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CREATURES OF THE DESERT WORLD
No author listed. Illustrated by Barbara Gibson.
Stock no. 2140893
Published by National Geographic Society. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

A National Geographic Action Book. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 6 stunning pop-ups. Paper Engineering by John Strejan and James Roger Diaz. ISBN: 0870446878. Bumping along cover edges and to corners. Pop-ups are generally very good; piece MISSING to roadrunner scene; tabs worn, but working.

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THE BIRDS OF DORSET
Written by E.D.V. Prendergast; J.V. Boys.
Stock no. 2140707
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of the birdlife of dorset. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383809. Foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine and edges with some marks and foxing; small tear hole on spine, repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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BIRDS OF ARGYLL
Written by Tristan Ap Rheinallt; Clive Craik; Paul Daw; et al.
Stock no. 2140682
Published by Argyll Bird Club. 1ST 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780955777707. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper, which is a dedication to previous owner from the Chairman of the Argyll Bird Club. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE TALE OF THE CROW
Written by Henry B. Kane.
Stock no. 2140659
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos. Fading to cover edges. Page browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and chipping.

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NATURE IN IRELAND: A SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL HISTORY
Written by John Wilson Foster; Helena C.G. Chesney.
Stock no. 2140643
Published by The Lilliput Press. 1st IRELAND 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark grey boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1874675295. Foxing to outer page edges. Photo pages are a little stuck together in places (From print/shiny surface). Wrapper is edge-creased.

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