A MANUAL OF THE LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
Written by William Turton; John Edward Gray.
Stock no. 1208944
Published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1840. Almost very good condition.

A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged by John Edward Gray. With figures of each of the kinds of shell. Brown leather binding with five raised bands to spine and gilt title, metal clasp with metal protected corners. All edges gilt. B/w text illustrations plus 12 hand-coloured plates including frontis. ix and 324 pages including index plus a number of blank pages to rear (presumably for notes). Rebacked with original spine laid down and new joint leaves a 0.5cm gap between spine and leather front board (has been rebvound as if for a cloth bound book, not leather binding). Spine is worn with loss to lower section and torn across the title. Boards are scuffed and marked. Metal clasp works well. Front joint is broken but held with rebacking cloth. Contemporary inscriptions to front pastedown. Old tape mark to gutter of frontis and title page. A few marks to endpapers. Some very neat, tidy annotation in red ink (looks part of the original work!) to contents. Else contents in lovely condition for a book of this age.

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MARINE ZOOLOGY FOR THE BRITISH ISLES PART I
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208916
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1855. Very good condition.

A work in two parts of which this is Part I. The author endeavours to furnish the sea-side naturalist, what the Linean Genera Insectorum were to him. This book contains figures of three hundred and forty species of which one hundred and twenty are drawn from living, and one hundred and two from preserved specimens. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations within the text. xi and 203 pages including index plus four page publication adverts to rear. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Top of title page has been cut off and is missing but does not affect the title itself. Some light page browning. Rear endpapers a little grubby. Overall a decent copy.

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ATLAS OF FERNS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by A.C. Jermy; H.R. Arnold; et al.
Stock no. 1828965
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles; British Pteridological Society. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cardwraps. B/w distribution maps. 101 pages. ISBN: 0901158011. Covers grubby and lightly worn to corners, small split to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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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 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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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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HANDBOOK OF THE RUBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by W.C.R. Watson. Illustrated by Ruth Ball; A.W. Darnell.
Stock no. 1828937
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Rubus is the genus that includes all brambles or blackberries. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 273 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. A few instances of annotation in both biro and pencil. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, foxing to vertical edges, spine browned.

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HYBRIDIZATION AND THE FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by C.A. Stace.
Stock no. 1828889
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

975 hybrids recorded from the British Isles are represented here. An authoritative source of information for field botanists who wish to discover hybrids in the wild, and for professional botanists who wish to use hybrids for both research and teaching purposes. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 626 pages including index. ISBN: 0126616507. SIGNED and dated by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Base of spine shelf-worn. Top front board corner lightly knocked. Text block lightly browned. Small black inked rubber stamp to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily rubbed at edges with some wear, rear panel is grubby, front panel scuffed.

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THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND VOLUME 7 PART I
Written by A. Maitland Emmet; John Heath. Illustrated by Richard Lewington; Timothy Freed.
Stock no. 1828184
Published by Harley Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w illustrations. A comprehensive illustrated handbook to fascinate the naturalist and butterfly lover. Hesperiidae - Nymphalidae The Butterflies. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 370 pages. ISBN: 0946589259. Endpapers and text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper (of well-known naturalist Brian R. Sawford). Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-creased.

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ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: A FIELD AND SITE GUIDE
Written by Anne Harrap; Siman Harrap.
Stock no. 1828160
Published by A. & C. Black. 2nd 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Complete coverage of all 56 species of wild orchid found in Britain and Ireland. Colour photos throughout. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781408105719. A lovely copy.

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BRITAIN AND THE REVOLT IN CYPRUS 1954-1959
Written by Robert Holland.
Stock no. 1327151
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 347 pages. ISBN: 0198205384. Slight bumping to spine and small dents to lower cover edges. Some top page corner tips slightly creased. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and is slightly edge creased.

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FIELD GUIDE TO THE MICRO MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by Phil Sterling; Mark Parsons. Illustrated by Richard Lewington.
Stock no. 1826639
Published by British Wildlife Publishing. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive field guide to the micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Green & white glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780956490223. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped, a few minor knocks to base of boards. Text block lightly browned, tiny creases to a few lower corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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