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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.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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VICE-COUNTY CENSUS CATALOGUE OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN THE ISLE OF MAN AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
Written by C.A. Stace; R.G. Ellis; D.H. Kent; D.J. McCosh.
Stock no. 1828943
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cream cardwraps. xxi and 405 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158305. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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BRITISH SNAILS
Written by Arthur Erskine Ellis. Illustrated by R.A. Ellis.
Stock no. 1828942
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Guide to the Non-Marine Gastropoda of Great Britain and Ireland Pleistocene to Recent. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 298 pages including index plus plates to rear. Black ink marking and symbol to front pastedown and also front endpaper. Some light surface paper damage to front pastedown. Top edge of text block has minor foxing. Boards are clean as are contents. Green dustwwrapper is scuffed, faded to spine, surface paper loss to spine from removal of a label, top & bottom edge of wrapper has a margin of yellowed tape.

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WILDFOWL OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Peter Scott; Hugh Boyd. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1328620
Published by Country Life. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine very slightly faded. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and creased with a faded spine.

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FLORA OF IRAQ (VOLUME NINE)
Written by C.C. Townsend; Evan Guest; Ali Al-Rawi; N.L. Bor.
Stock no. 1828941
Published by Ministry Of Agriculture Of The Republic Of Iraq. 1st 1968. Good condition.

Gramineae; the grass plant. Green cardwraps. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 588 pages. Covers are edge-worn and creased, split to spine. Name & postcode in ink to half-title page. Possibly SIGNED by N.L. Bor to half-title page with dedication to Mary McCallum Webster. Some corner creasing to contents. Contents are clean.

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A HANDBOOK OF THE LARGER BRITISH FUNGI
Written by John Ramsbottom.
Stock no. 1828940
Published by British Museum. 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile reprint of the 1923 publication except for a few small corrections. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line drawings to text. iv and 222 pages including index. Seventh reprint. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Plain white dustwrapper is grubby and browned.

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FLORA OF SUSSEX
Written by Rev. F.H. Arnold. Illustrated by Marion H. Arnold.
Stock no. 1828939
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1907. Good condition.

A list of the flowering plants & ferns found in the county of Sussex, with localities of the less common species. Second Edition. New Edition with numerous additions. Red boards, gilt titles. Floral endpapers. Colour, tissue-guarded frontis and fold-out map of the county. xxi and 154 pages including index. Boards stained and faded at edges & spine. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to verso of colour frontis. Tissue-guard is browned. A few marks to contents and some pencil annotation present.

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BRITISH SPIDERS VOLUME III
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge; P. Merrett.
Stock no. 1828938
Published by The Ray Society London. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gitl title to spine and vignette to front board. 75 b/w text figures and 612 distribution maps. 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0903874024. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Small rubber ink-stamp to front pastedown else contents clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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