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SOME BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF SOUTH AMERICA
Written by Sacheverell Sitwell; Carlos Selva Andrade. Illustrated by Axel Amuchastegui.
Stock no. 2111295
Published by The Tryon Gallery; George Rainbird. 1st 1966. Nearly fine condition.

Very large format. Quarter bound in morocco with hand marbled paper. 17 colour plates, using multi-colour lithography. Limited edition (in this format numbers 51 to 300). Plates are tissue-guarded. A beautiful book! Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. This is copy no. 217. SIGNED by artist. A couple of marks to endpapers and a few foxspots to outer page edges. Some tissue-guards have become creased. Illustrations are fine - beautifully bright! Contained in a very good slip case, which is foxed and spotted, with wear.

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THE MARINE AND ESTUARINE FISHES OF SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Written by Barry Hutchins; Martin Thompson.
Stock no. 2111187
Published by Western Australian Museum. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour illustrations. A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. ISBN: 0724497587. Light wear to cover edges.

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MAMMALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 68)
Written by L. Harrison Matthews.
Stock no. 2110330
Published by Collins. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. B/w photos. A synthesis of modern knowledge derived from living animals studies in the field and covering all facets of mammalian life in the British Isles. ISBN: 0002197383. Uneven fading and marks to covers. Page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and small nicks.

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BRITISH BATS (NN 93)
Written by John Altringham.
Stock no. 2110323
Published by Collins. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 93. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201402.

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THE BROADS (NN 89)
Written by Brian Moss.
Stock no. 2110322
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 89. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201631. Very slight fading to wrapper spine.

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FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 1708162
Published by Harper Collins. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

The New Naturalist Library No. 75. Pictorial cardwraps. 21 colour photographs and over 200 black and white photographs and diagrams. ISBN: 0002193809. Covers a little creased. Previous owners label to inside front cover.

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MOLLUSQUES TERRESTRES ET FLUVIATILES DE SYRIE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Louis German.
Stock no. 1708157
Published by J. - B. Balliere Et Fils. 1921. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Card wraps. Text in French. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Volume 2 is published in 1922. Spines browned. Some foxing. Some pages edges un-cut.

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LIFE IN LAKES AND RIVERS (NN 15)
Written by T.T. Macan; E.B. Worthington.
Stock no. 1807229
Published by Collins. 2nd 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. New Naturalist series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5". 272 pages. An authoritative work of outstanding interest. 45 colour photos, 68 photos in b/w and 20 maps and diagrams. Cloth boards mottled but clean. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper has some wear to surface paper and browned to rear panel. Still an attractive copy.

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THE BIRDS OF NORTHERN THAILAND
Written by H.G. Deignan.
Stock no. 1807210
Published by Smithsonian Institution. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

United States National Museum Bulletin 186. Beige paperwraps. v and 616 pages including index. B/w plates. Deckle edges. Ex-lib with library stamps to lower margins of contents and plates. Contents clean.

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THE BIRDS OF NATAL AND ZULULAND
Written by P.A. Clancey. Illustrated by P.A. Clancey.
Stock no. 1807201
Published by Oliver & Boyd. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Large format. 41 colour plates plus b/w text figures and photographs. Folding map to rear. xxxiv and 511 pages including index. Corners rubbed, title block to spine rubbed. Rear cover mottled and a little marked. Top edge of text block has minor foxing. Contents clean.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 1708056
Published by Collins. 2nd 2005. Nearly fine condition.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. Card wraps. ISBN: 0007197152. A little rubbing to corners.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1501276
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Very little bumping to spine and corners. Hinge starting to crack between pages 182 and 183. One or two fox spots. Dustwrapper has a little edge creasing and a small mark to rear flap crease.

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