NATURAL HISTORY
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LOCUST
Written by Jeffery A. Lockwood.
Stock no. 1802966
Published by Basic Books.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The devastating rise and mysterious disappearance of the insect that shaped the American frontier. Black paper spine with gilt title, light tan paper boards. xxiii and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 0738208949. Top & tail of spine bumped, lower corners bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine and a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- HISTORY
- USA
REVISION DER INDO-AUSTRALISCHEN OPIINAE
Written by Max Fischer.
Stock no. 1802933
Published by The Hague.
1st
1966.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Series Entomologica Volume 1. Text in German. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. vi and 167 pages including index. A fine copy in a white pictorial wrapper which is a little grubby and worn at corners.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
THE EARTH DWELLERS
Written by Erich Hoyt.
Stock no. 1802932
Published by Mainstream Publishing.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Adventures in the Land of Ants. Set in the nature reserve of La Selva in Costa Rica, this title illuminates the lives of individual ants, allowing them to lead us into their vivid and complex world. Green boards, silver title to spine. 318 pages including index. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. Original published in American by Simon & Schuster in 1996. ISBN: 1840180870. Overall a nice copy, but with some ink annotations to margins In a pictorial wrapper which is lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- ANTS
THE BROADS (NN 89)
Written by Brian Moss.
Stock no. 1802930
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition.
New Naturalist No. 89. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. 392 pages including index. ISBN: 0007124104. Lower edge of text block a little bumped to first section of contents. Edges of covers lightly rubbed. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- EAST ANGLIA
- NORFOLK
THE FERNS OF WALES
Written by Edward Young.
Stock no. 1202855
Published by Thomas Thomas.
1st
1856.
Good condition.
Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour title page. A collection of 34 ferns, pressed into the book, with tissue-guards and a full page description for each fern type. Side of spine is split with some fraying. All samples are present, but a few loose (at least 3). Some tissue-guards are creased. An unusual item.
Price: £350.00 £245.00.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FERNS
- WALES
- ANTIQUARIAN
BRITISH GAME (NN 2)
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Stock no. 1601171
Published by Collins.
1946.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 240 pages. Exquisite colour plates plus black and white plates throughout. Full of interesting details and should appeal to sportsmen! Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is browned and chipped with some loss to corners and spine area.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- FIELD SPORTS
WATER LILIES AND WATER PLANTS
Written by A. Niklitschek.
Stock no. 1802307
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1932.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Green cloth boards, white title to spine. Five original drawings by the author and 14 b/w plates. 135 pages including index. Corners worn, 0.5" loss to base of spine, slight loss to top of spine. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
BIRDS AND MEN (NN 17)
Written by E.M. Nicholson.
Stock no. 1202469
Published by Collins.
1st
1951.
Very good condition.
New Naturalist series No. 17. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 256 pages. A major contribution to the literature of British Ornithology supported by beautiful colour and black and white photo illustrations. The bird life of British towns, villages, gardens & farmland. Covers faded. Light browning to free endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- NEW NATURALIST
A WEEK AT THE LIZARD
Written by Rev C.A. Johns.
Stock no. 1202186
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1848.
Good condition.
Gilt title to spine. B/w engravings. 322 pages. Small format. Spine is browned, split and frayed with chipping. Covers are warped and marked. Inscription in ink to title page. Hinges pulled. Some page marks.
Price: £60.00 £45.00.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ANTIQUARIAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1202149
Published by Book Club Associates.
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price on dustwrapper and no Collins at base of spine. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. Foxing to endpapers. Free front endpaper has pencil erasure marks and top corner is creased. Text block is slightly grubby otherwise contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine (normal for this series).
Price: £96.00 £72.00.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
SHARING THE EARTH
Written by J.M. Fladmark.
Stock no. 1801834
Published by Donhead.
1st
1995.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Local Identity in Global Culture. Papers presented at the Robert Gordon University Heritage Convention 1995 and edited by Fladmark. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. xviii and 381 pages. ISBN: 1873394195. A fine copy in a matching pictorial wrapper which is lightly creased at corners.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- REFERENCE
- NATURAL HISTORY
WILDFOWL IN GREAT BRITAIN
Written by G.L. Atkinson-Willes.
Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1801251
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A Survey of the winter distribution of the Anatidae and their conservation in England, Scotland and Wales. Prepared by The Wildfowl Trust. Monograph Number Three of The Nature Conservancy. 11 x 7.5 ins. Orange cloth. A complete survey of the distribution & habitats of wild ducks, geese and swans. The scientific study contained in this Monograph presents a provisional scientific basis for a National Policy for Wildfowl Conservation. Orange cloth boards, burgundy title block to spine with gilt title. Colour illustrations, line drawings, b/w ph, diagrams & maps. Second impression of the first edition. Light fading to top of spine. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby, worn at corners and has 1.5" loss to top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- WILDFOWL