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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Thomas Brown.
Stock no. 2135882
Published by Thomas Tegg & Son. 1835. Fair condition.

Brown cloth spine and corners. With Observations on Various Parts of Nature, and The Naturalist's Calendar. Edited by Captain Thomas Brown. 5th edition. Top half of spine is MISSING. Cloth corners have all come off - bumping and wear. Marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and page browning. Contents are generally good.

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THE BIRDS OF GWENT
Written by W.A. Venables; A.D. Baker; et al.
Stock no. 2135843
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. This book gives an up-to-date status report on the occurrence of every species in the county. B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780713676334. SIGNED by 5 authors. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

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RED KITE COUNTRY A CELEBRATION OF THE WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPE OF MID WALES
Written by Lolo Williams. Illustrated by Colin Woolf; Mike Read.
Stock no. 2135818
Published by Wildearth. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Foreword by Williams. Watercolours & sketches by Woolf. Photographic images by Read. ISBN: 1903657091. Some spotting to covers. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing; couple of chips to top of spine.

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AVIAN EMBRYOLOGY
Written by Marianne Bronner-Fraser.
Stock no. 2135755
Published by Elsevier. Circa 2008. Almost very good condition.

2nd Edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos/illustrations. Methods In Cell Biology Series Volume 87. ISBN: 9780125641746. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping to top of spine. Initials in ink to outer page edges; name in ink to half-title page. Front endpaper has been cut out. A reading copy.

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THE ORANGUTAN'S WORLD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC CELEBRATION OF BORNEAN WILDLIFE
Written by Chris Packham.
Stock no. 2135533
Published by Banyan Books. 1st 2017. Very good condition.

Square format. Card wraps. Colour photos. Foreword by Packham. ISBN: 9780950640273. White sticky label to half-title page.

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HANDBOOK OF AUDUBON PRINTS
Written by Lois Elmer Bannon; Taylor Clark.
Stock no. 2135513
Published by Pelican Publishing. 1991. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0882898620. A few marks to covers. Wrapper is faded to spine and edge; some edge-creasing and chipping.

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THE BIRDS OF GWENT
Written by W.A. Venables; A.D. Baker; et al.
Stock no. 2135512
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. This book gives an up-to-date status report on the occurrence of every species in the county. B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780713676334. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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WOODLAND BIRDS (NN 52)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 2135436
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Collins New Naturalist series. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxii and 391 pages. ISBN: 187063019X. Wrapper is faded to spine with a few small nicks/chips along edges.

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SYSTEMATICS OF THE SHEATH NEMATODES OF THE SUPERFAMILY HEMICYCLIOPHOROIDEA
Written by John J. Chitambar; Sergei A. Subbotin; et al.
Stock no. 2135420
Published by Brill. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nematology Monographs and Perspectives No. 10. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 9789004184657. Still in original shrink wrap that is a bit torn in places. Some bumping to corners.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 1822656
Published by Folio Society. Circa 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! Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little scuffed and has a tiny hole to one corner. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
Written by Charles Darwin; Richard Dawkins.
Stock no. 1822535
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2008. Fine condition.

Introduction by Richard Dawkins. Attractive green and gilt pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Top edge green. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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PLANT DISEASE A NATURAL HISTORY (NN 85)
Written by David Ingram; Noel Robertson.
Stock no. 1822373
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 85. Colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0002200740. Dustwrapper spine is lightly faded (as is normal), a few light creases.

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