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RIVERMOUTH
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1711670
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Detailed studies of estuary birds. B/w illustrations. Green boards, black title to spine. Endpapers browned. Wrapper edge-chipped and unevenly browned.

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A FLORA OF THE NORTH-EAST OF IRELAND
Written by Samuel Alexander Stewart; Thomas Hughes Corry; Robert Lloyd Praeger; William Rutledge Megaw.
Stock no. 1809283
Published by Quota Press, Belfast. 2nd 1938. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Flowering Plants, Vascular Cryptogams and Charophytes by Praeger; Mosses and Liverworts by Megaw. lix and 472 pages including index. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block else contents clean.

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FLORA OF CYPRUS VOLUME ONE
Written by R.D. Meikle.
Stock no. 1711653
Published by The Bentham-Moxon Trust. 1977. Nearly fine condition.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 832 pages. Volume 1 ONLY (of two originally).

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THE FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND
Written by W. Martin.
Stock no. 1809278
Published by Whitcombe and Tombs. Circa 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Third revised and enlarged edition of The New Zealand Nature Book Vol. II. Green cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. xiii and 266 pages including index. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at corners with loss especially to top of spine, grubby.

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THE PLANT-LIFE OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA A PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDY
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1809254
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Memoirs on Plant Geography. A monograph. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 11 maps & 10 plates. 490 pages including index. Slight mottling to rear board else boards nice and clean. SIGNED by the author to title page. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Price-cut, plain wrapper with blue titles is slightly browned.

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THE BOTANICAL LOOKER-OUT AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Edwin Lees.
Stock no. 1809235
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 2nd 1851. Almost very good condition.

At All Seasons, and in the Most Interesting Localities. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 6 b/w engravings. xvi and 564 pages. Spine browned and worn at top and tail. Boards a little scuffed and browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and verso of frontis. Joints starting to crack. Scattered foxing throughout especially to plates which are all present.

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FLORIGRAPHIA BRITANNICA VOLUME II
Written by Richard Deakin.
Stock no. 1809153
Published by Groombridge & Sons. 1st 1857. Very good condition.

Volume II only. Classes VI to XV. Engravings and Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Britain. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Top edge gilt. Edges rubbed. Boards a little dusty. One or two margin marks but contents generally clean.

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FLORIGRAPHIA BRITANNICA VOLUME III
Written by Richard Deakin.
Stock no. 1809130
Published by Groombridge & Sons. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Volume III only. Classes XVI to XXIII. Engravings and Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Britain. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Top edge gilt. Corners bumped and rubbed. Front joint just starting to split from bottom edge. Some hinges pulled. Pages 1235-1240 detached. Contents clean.

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FOOTNOTES FROM THE PAGE OF NATURE OR FIRST FORMS OF VEGETATION
Written by Rev. Hugh Macmillan.
Stock no. 1809110
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1861. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front. Tissue-guarded colour frontis plus numerous b/w text illustrations. x and 294 pages plus 24 page publisher adverts to rear. Front edge of spine fraying and split to outside edge. Corners lightly worn. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Frontispiece present but detached. A few hinges starting to pull. Some grubby marks present.

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PIONEERS OF PLANT STUDY
Written by Ellison Hawks.
Stock no. 1809108
Published by The Sheldon Press. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind decoration to front side. B/w photos. Top of spine heavily bumped, corners bumped, small indentation to rear board. Small name plate to front endpaper. Text block a little dusty. Contents clean.

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THE FIELD-CLUB FLORA OF THE LOTHIANS
Written by Isa. Martin.
Stock no. 1809103
Published by William Blackwood. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth. With descriptions, keys, ecological lists, illustrated glossary and map of the Lothians. B/w frontispiece. Contents clean.

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SKETCHES & NOTES FROM A BIRD PAINTER'S JOURNAL
Written by Philip Rickman.
Stock no. 1502802
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1949. Slightly better than good condition.

Pale green cloth covers with dark green titles to spine. 2 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. 119 pages. Published for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Spine bumped and worn with very split to top edge. Corners worn. Covers a bit grubby. Front joint is partially broken between frontis and title page. Rear joint starting to crack. Name in ink to front endpaper. Crease and small edge tear to page 85/86. Small brown spot to lower edge of text block affects bottom edge of a few pages. A little foxing.

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