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THE EUPHORBIA JOURNAL VOLUME V
Written by Michael J. Kimberly; Mel Hunter; Susan Carter; et al.
Stock no. 2139641
Published by Strawberry Press. 1st USA 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth with gilt titles and small vignettes. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0912647051. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine, with a few marks. The Euphorbia Journal Cumulative Index for Volumes 1-5 loosely inserted.

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THE EUPHORBIA JOURNAL VOLUME II
Written by David S. Hardy; Elisa Adler; Gordon Rowley; et al.
Stock no. 2139639
Published by Strawberry Press. 1st USA 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth with gilt titles and small vignettes. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0912647019. Some page edge browning and foxing. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and faded to spine.

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THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF TREES
Written by Hugh Johnson.
Stock no. 2139631
Published by Mitchell Beazley. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

288 pages. Large format. Includes all the major garden and forest trees of the temperate world, from the more familiar to the spectacular. With details on identification, ecology, pruning, forestry,history of trees. Colour photos. ISBN: 0855330155. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edges are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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CACTI: THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY
Written by Rod Preston-Mafham; Ken Preston-Mafham.
Stock no. 2139630
Published by Blandford. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0713720921. Light knocks along cover edges. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 2139624
Published by Collins. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition.

New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the natural history these fascinating animals. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour plates. ISBN: 000220147X. Spine is faded and creased. Some creasing to cover and page corners. Browning/foxing to outer page edges.

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MANUAL OF SALMONID FARMING
Written by Stephen Willoughby.
Stock no. 2139607
Published by Fishing News (Books) Ltd.; Blackwell Science. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. B/w diagrams. This practical text is designed as a benchmark reference to the many technical aspects of salmon and trout farming, the varied issues of growth and development, operational and administrative concerns, environmental requirements and consequences, nutrition and feeding, disease prevention and control, harvesting and fish quality, genetics and breeding technology, and marketing. ISBN: 0852382456. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks to covers. Light page edge browning, with a few foxspots to outer page edges.

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HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VOLUME VII FLYCATCHERS TO SHRIKES
Written by Stanley Cramp; et al.
Stock no. 2139595
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Colour & b/w illustrations. 577 pages plus egg plates. ISBN: 0198575106. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine and some grubby marks.

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HARRIERS OF THE WORLD: THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY
Written by Robert E. Simmons. Illustrated by John R. Simmons.
Stock no. 2139553
Published by Oxford University Press. 1ST 2000. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198549644. Some grubby marks to covers; creasing to corners. Name and date to inside front cover. Browning to outer page edges.

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CORYDORAS: THE MOST POPULAR ARMOURED CATFISHES OF SOUTH AMERICA
Written by Warner Seuss.
Stock no. 2139528
Published by Dahne Verlag. Circa 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour photos and b/w diagrams/ illustrations. ISBN: 3921684188. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Page edges are browned.

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THE CINNAMON BIRD
Written by Ronald M. Lockley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1322921
Published by Staples Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The author released a small group of canaries on Skokholm Island. Yellow cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Pretty colour plates and b/w illustrations. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to half title-page. A few small spots to cover, some fading to top of spine and a small tear in the cloth to base of spine on rear cover. Dustwrapper is chipped and torn with loss and repairs on verso and a bit grubby.

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SEALS, SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES: A REVIEW OF THE PINNIPEDIA
Written by Victor B. Scheffer.
Stock no. 1823755
Published by Stanford University Press. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Terracotta cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0804705445. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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DESERT PLANTS: BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Written by K.G. Ramawat.
Stock no. 1823749
Published by Springer. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Vast areas of Earth's landmass exist as deserts. Desert plants have evolved specialised survival strategies to cope with the harsh environment. This book includes chapters on the seed biology, reproduction, mycorrhizae, stress physiology, and metabolism of desert plants, and describes biotechnological approaches to their cultivation. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 9783642025495. Corner slightly bumped, boards scuffed and a little grubby. Book feels unread i.e. tight at the joints. A clean copy.

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