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BRITISH MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS
Written by E. Vernon Watson.
Illustrated by E. Vernon Watson.
Stock no. 1828955
Published by Cambridge University Press.
2nd
1968.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. An introductory work with full descriptions and figures of over 200 species, and keys for the identification of all Except the Very Rare Species. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. xvi and 495 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block heavily browned. Some foxing present. Some annotation to contents. Slight musty odour present. Green pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss to top & tail of spine, browned to rear panel with some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- MOSSES
- UK (GENERAL)
DISTRIBUTION OF BRYOPHYTES IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by M.F.V. Corley; M.O. Hill.
Stock no. 1828954
Published by British Bryological Society.
1st
1981.
Very good condition.
A census catalogue of their occurrence in Vice-Counties. Brown card wraps. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 095076390X. Light creasing to front cover. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- MOSSES
- UK (GENERAL)
THE FLORA OF ANGUS (FORFAR, V.C. 90)
Written by Ruth Ingram; Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1828953
Published by Dundee Museum & Art Gallery.
1st
1981.
Very good condition.
Blue pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis. 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0900344458. Spine & top rear edge lightly browned, front cover has a few minor foxspots, spine is lightly creased from reading wear. Lower front corner bumped, giving rise to lightly creased lower corner of contents. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
- WILD FLOWERS
- FLORA
- SCOTLAND
- ANGUS
- COUNTY FLORA
TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner.
1st
1915.
Good condition.
Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.
THE STUDENT'S HANDBOOK OF BRITISH MOSSES
Written by H.N. Dixon.
Illustrated by H.G. Jameson.
Stock no. 1828951
Published by Wheldon & Wesley.
1st thus
1970.
Almost very good condition.
Facsimile of the 3rd Edition published by V.V. Sumfield 1924. A practical handbook with an index of black and white plates. Dark green cloth boards; gilt lettering to spine. xlviii and 582 pages including index plus b/w plates to rear. Light marks/stains to boards. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Contents otherwise clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- MOSSES
- UK (GENERAL)
- FACSIMILE
BEES, WASPS, ANTS & ALLIED INSECTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1828950
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1932.
Very good condition.
Wayside & Woodland Series. Brown cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette of bee with open wings to front. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. 238 pages including index. Lower edges of boards lightly rubbed. A few light marks to boards else clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Name in ink to title page. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- BEES
- ANTS
- WASPS
THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Richard South.
Stock no. 1828949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1945.
Very good condition.
Wayside and Woodland Series. New Edition. With accurately coloured figures of every species and many varieties, also drawings of Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Food-plant and including the new generic names. Green cloth, gilt decorations, colour and b/w plates. Blue speckled text block. Pictorial endpapers. 212 pages including index. Reprint.Boards lightly rubbed /worn at edges. A few marks to boards. A few foxspots to prelims else contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- BUTTERFLIES
WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND FERNS (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Edward Step; A. Bruce Jackson.
Illustrated by Mabel E. Step.
Stock no. 1828948
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1947.
Very good condition.
New Edition. A guide to the British ferns, horsetails and club-mosses. Small format. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Blue speckled text block. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations, b/w illustrations and photos. 144 pages including index. Reprint. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Covers clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Name in red pencil to front endpaper. Endpapers a little grubby. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES
- FERNS
WELSH FERNS: CLUBMOSSES QUILLWORTS & HORSETAILS
Written by G Hutchinson; B.A. Thomas.
Stock no. 1828947
Published by National Museum of Wales.
7th
1996.
Very good condition.
7th edition. A descriptive handbook. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. 265 pages including index. ISBN: 0720004357. Covers lightly scuffed, spine lightly creased through reading use. Name & postcode in ink to title page. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FERNS
- MOSSES
- WALES
WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND BLOSSOMS (3 VOLS)
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1828946
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1941.
Very good condition.
Wayside and Woodland series. New Edition. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. Red speckled text blocks. Series I & III are reprints 1944. Series II is a first printing 1941. Lower edge of boards of all three volumes lightly rubbed. Some corners lightly bumped. Text blocks lightly browned. Contents are generally clean, perhaps a few light foxspots present. Hinge pulled at page 97 of Series III. A nice set.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES
- WILD FLOWERS
- FLOWERS
- FLORA
AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CYPRUS VOLUME 2: SEDGES, GRASSES AND FERNS
Written by D.E. Viney.
Stock no. 1828945
Published by A.R.G. Gantner.
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. B/w line drawings. xv and 167 pages including index. ISBN: 3904144049. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Second corrected printing. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Rear cover a little scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
MONMOUTHSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA
Written by G.A. Neil Horton.
Stock no. 1828944
Published by Comma International Biological Systems.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Butterflies and Moths of Gwent. Green cloth, white titles, pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 0951397753. Light bumping to board corners, light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- BUTTERFLIES
- MOTHS
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE