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BRITISH MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS
Written by E. Vernon Watson. Illustrated by E. Vernon Watson.
Stock no. 1828955
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. An introductory work with full descriptions and figures of over 200 species, and keys for the identification of all Except the Very Rare Species. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. xvi and 495 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block heavily browned. Some foxing present. Some annotation to contents. Slight musty odour present. Green pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss to top & tail of spine, browned to rear panel with some foxing.

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DISTRIBUTION OF BRYOPHYTES IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by M.F.V. Corley; M.O. Hill.
Stock no. 1828954
Published by British Bryological Society. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

A census catalogue of their occurrence in Vice-Counties. Brown card wraps. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 095076390X. Light creasing to front cover. Contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF ANGUS (FORFAR, V.C. 90)
Written by Ruth Ingram; Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1828953
Published by Dundee Museum & Art Gallery. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis. 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0900344458. Spine & top rear edge lightly browned, front cover has a few minor foxspots, spine is lightly creased from reading wear. Lower front corner bumped, giving rise to lightly creased lower corner of contents. Contents clean.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

Price: £18.00 £14.40.

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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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