FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1828876
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and fly vignette to front. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 383 pages including index. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards (shelf-wear) else boards clean and bright. Text block is lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is in three pieces: detached at front spine edge and rear flap. dustwrapper is very worn and creased, faded at spine, some loss including most of the lower half of the spine.

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THE DRAGONFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Cynthia Longfield.
Stock no. 1828875
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 2nd 1949. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Second (Enlarged) Edition. A descriptive history of all the British Species of Odonata or Dragonflies. Wayside & Woodland series. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 255 pages including index. Light rubbing to top & tail fo spine and lower board edges (shelf-wear). Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is worn and rubbed with some chipping, creased with a few large tears, annotation in ink to rear dustwrapper flap.

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GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS AND COCKROACHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by David R. Ragge. Illustrated by H.D. Swain.
Stock no. 1828874
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Burgundy imitation leather boards with gilt titles, gilt vignette to front. 22 colour plates and 130 text figures. Top edge red. Larger format for this series... 8.75" x 6". Includes a companion vinyl record "Songs of the British Grasshoppers & Crickets". Top front corner of board lightly bent. Rubber stamped black symbol to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. One or two light margin marks else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with loss - large piece of loss to top front panel affects the title. Companion record is NOT included (is MISSING).

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THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES SERIES II (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Richard South; H.M. Edelsten; D.S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1828873
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Blue textured boards with gilt titles and vignette. Plain endpapers. Colour and b/w plates. Blue mottling to text block. 379 pages including index. ISBN: 0723200025. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Large black felt-tip label with symbol to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. A few minor foxspots mainly to top margins. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn with a few small chips, foxing to wrapper flaps.

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A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHREWS
Written by Sara Churchfield.
Stock no. 1828843
Published by Christopher Helm (publishers) Ltd. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sharp-nosed insectivores with poor sight but acute hearing and sense of smell, there are some 266 species of shrew in 20 genera. The author examines the life cycle and breeding biology of shrews. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, charts and photos. xiv and 178 pages inlcuding index. ISBN: 0713680121. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MINK
Written by Nigel Dunstone. Illustrated by John Davies.
Stock no. 1828842
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poyser Natural History. Equally at home or in water, the mink is a bold opportunist and an accomplished predator. The main focus of this book is on the better known American mink, in both its native land and in Britain and the rest of Europe, where escapees from fur farms have become established. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and charts, a few colour photos. 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610801. A lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly faded to spine.

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SHELL LIFE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BRITISH MOLLUSCA
Written by Edward Step.
Stock no. 1828841
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

The Library of Natural History Romance. Brown decorative cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. 414 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Shelf wear & rubbing to spine. Corners lightly worn. Contemporary name & date in ink to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack. Text block browned with some foxing. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. Some scattered foxing to contents. Some margin doodles in pencil (neat). All plates are present.

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FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1828840
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 2nd 1968. Very good condition.

Second edition. Burgundy textured boards, gilt titles and vignette of fly to front. 25 colour plates, 28 half-tone plates and numerous text figures and diagrams depicting 286 representative species from original enlarged microscope drawings. 384 pages including index. Top edge red. ISBN: 0723200041. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Spine is lighty faded. Text block lightly browned with small stain to vertical edge. Couple of pale foxspots to verso of frontis else contents clean.

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THE SACRED BEETLE AND OTHERS
Written by J.H. Fabre.
Stock no. 1828839
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st 1918. Almost very good condition.

Terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles. xxiv and 425 pages including index. NOT illustrated. Boards edge-rubbed, browned, scuffed to rear board, gilt title to spine faded, small split in cloth to top of spine. Text block browned with small stain to vertical edge. Front joint cracked but binding is tight. Endpapers browned and foxed. Contents generally clean.

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INHERITANCE AND NATURAL HISTORY (NN 61)
Written by R.J. Berry.
Stock no. 1328556
Published by Collins. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This absorbing book is about genetics as it applies to the world around us. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. New Naturalist series. ISBN: 0002190842. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper covered with clear film which is stuck down on verso.

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AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES (NN 87)
Written by Trevor J.C. Beebee; Richard A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1328551
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A natural history of the British herpetofauna. New Naturalist No. 87. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 270 pages. ISBN: 000220083X. Top of spine is slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock.

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