THE BIRDS OF JAMAICA
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208942
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1847. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Publisher's advert to front fly for 'The Canadian Naturalist: A series of conversations ion the natural history of Lower Canada' by Philip Henry Gosse plus further publications overleaf. x and 447 pages including index. Not illustrated. Vertical edges of spine worn and frayed. Corners rubbed and worn. A few marks to boards. Joints starting to crack. Endpapers grubby and marked. Browning to page edges and fly leaf. Some evidence of insect damage. Hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES THIRD SERIES MIGRATION & HABITS
Written by T.A. Coward; A.W. Boyd. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 1330530
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

4th edition. Also includes observations on our rarer visitantes. Brown cloth, gilt titles and bird vignette. Colour plates. 286 pages. Wayside and Woodland series. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Not sure if there is foxing to the textblock or if the pages have been printed that way?! Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, slightly torn and creased.

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THE BIRDS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Gordon Kirk; John Phillips.
Stock no. 1830680
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

One of the most comprehensive accounts of Gloucestershire's birds ever produced, covering all the species recorded in the county in modern times. Large, heavy format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. xi and 451 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846318085. Text block is very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Picotrial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges, tiny closed tear (no loss) to lower front panel corner.

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OUR BIRD BOOK
Written by Sidney Rogerson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330450
Published by Collins. 3rd 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. 8 x 11". 128 pages. Superb colour plates plus many fine black and white illustrations. A particularly beautiful book. Large format. Spine and corners bumped. Some light spotting to covers and light scratch marks to front. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is foxed and a bit grubby, browned to spine and edge worn with minimal loss.

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THE PHEASANTS OF THE WORLD
Written by Paul A. Johnsgard. Illustrated by Henry Jones.
Stock no. 1830252
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Distribution, status, and biology of 49 species of pheasants. 53 colour plates in the books show adults of all the pheasant species. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. xii and 300 pages including index. ISBN: 0198571852. Pale foxing to dustwrapper flaps and endpapers. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1329937
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge rubbed/worn and a little marked to rear panel.

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WILDFOWL (NN 110)
Written by David Cabot.
Stock no. 1829990
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 110. An overview of these fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Blue endpapers with repeating New Naturalist logo. xiii and 460 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007146581. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly grubby to rear panel and is NOT faded to spine (as is often the case).

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AFRICAN BIRDS OF PREY
Written by Warwick Tarboton. Illustrated by Peter Pickford; Beverly Pickford.
Stock no. 1329825
Published by Cornell University Press. 1st USA 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wonderful colour photos throughout by the Pickfords. Square format. Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. 227 pages. ISBN: 0801425158. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased to spine and corners.

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THE WILDFOWL & WETLANDS TRUST (THE ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Diana Fowler; Simon Eckley.
Stock no. 1829408
Published by Chalford. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge. Archive Photographs series. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0752406167. Slight fading to spine. Contents clean.

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THE ART OF PETER SCOTT: IMAGES FROM A LIFETIME
Written by Philippa Scott; Keith Shackleton. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1829384
Published by Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Selected and with captions by Philippa Scott. Introduction by Keith Shackleton. The first and only book to cover the whole range of Sir PPeter's output - ranging from early childhood sketches to the last unfinished painting: his vision of the London Wetlands Centre. Oblong format. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 168 pages. ISBN: 9780900806377. Lower edge of boards rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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THE HISTORY OF BOROUGH FEN DECOY
Written by Tony Cook; R.E.M. Pilcher. Illustrated by Anne Treadwell-Cook.
Stock no. 1829280
Published by Providence Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Duck decoy with the purpose of ringing wild ducks, although this was not always the case. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations a few colour photos. 64 pages. ISBN: 0903803089. SIGNED by the author Tony Cook and the illustrator Anne Treadwell-Cook (no dedication). Covers a little scuffed. Front joint pulled between front endpaper and contents page. Binding tight.

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MORNING FLIGHT A BOOK OF WILDFOWL
Written by Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329009
Published by Country Life Limited. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 9 x 11.5". 138 pages. Written with charm and vigour. Exquisite colour plates. B/w illustrations. 11th impression. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Front endpapers have been professionally replaced. Foxing to textblock, rear endpapers and some page margins. Some pale page edge browning, generally contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, has large tear (repaired) and crease to rear panel and is a bit grubby.

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