ADELARD OF BATH, CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS NEPHEW
Written by Charles Burnett.
Stock no. 1816595
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

On the Same and the Different, Questions on Natural Science and On Birds. This book consists of editions and translations of the three known texts in which Adelard of Bath addresses his 'nephew': an exhortation to the study of the liberal arts which constitute 'philosophy, a dialogue on the nature of things in which rational causes are sought, and a discussion concerning the upbringing and medication of hawks. Edited and translated by Burnett. ISBN: 0521394716. Text block a little browned and foxed.

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LIFE
Written by Arthur E. Shipley.
Stock no. 1816524
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 1925. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. A Book for Elementary Students. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 204 pages including index. Remains of dustwrapper neatly taped in to rear endpapers. A nice, bright copy.

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WILDFOWL IN GREAT BRITAIN
Written by Myrfyn Owen; G.L. Atkinson-Willes; D.G. Salmon. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 2127760
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 613 pages including index. ISBN: 0521309867. Bumping to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.

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ANIMAL BIOCHROMES AND STRUCTURAL COLOURS
Written by Denis L. Fox.
Stock no. 1816487
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Physical, Chemical, Distributional & Physiological Features of Coloured Bodies in the Animal World. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. 3 Colour plates plus numerous text figures and tables. Boards a little mottled. Bookplate of Bryan L. Sage (a distinguished naturalist) to front pastedown. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly faded.

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BIRD FLOCKS AND THE BREEDING CYCLE
Written by Frank Fraser Darling.
Stock no. 1816486
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

A Contribution to the Study of Avian Sociality. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w frontispiece. 124 pages including index. Mark to rear board. Bookplate of Bryan L. Sage (a distinguished naturalist) to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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BIRD MIGRATION
Written by Thomas Alerstam.
Stock no. 2127535
Published by Cambridge University Press; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0521448220. Some light creasing to cover corners. Bookplate to inside front cover. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author.

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ABSTRACT OF BRITISH HISTORICAL STATISTICS
Written by B.R. Mitchell; Phyllis Deane.
Stock no. 2127052
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1962. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pages: xiv, 513. Important economic statistics starting with the year 1199 with most statistics from the 18th century onwards. Maroon cloth with title to spine. Ex-lib with bookplates to front pastedown. A few ink stamps. Some foxing. Page edge creasing.

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THE FACTORY QUESTION AND INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND 1830-1860
Written by Robert Gray.
Stock no. 2126467
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2002. Very good condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 0521892929. Some pencil marks, mostly to margins.

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THROWING FIRE PROJECTILE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH HISTORY
Written by Alfred W. Crosby.
Stock no. 2125837
Published by Cambridge University Press; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Historian Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. ISBN: 0521791588. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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IN THE SHADOW OF BURGUNDY THE COURT OF GUELDERS IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Gerard Nijsten.
Stock no. 2125660
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521820758. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE PLACE VENDOME ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL MOBILITY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PARIS
Written by Rochelle Ziskin.
Stock no. 2125576
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0521592593. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a couple of nicks.

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MEDIEVAL MERCHANTS YORK, BEVERLEY AND HULL IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
Written by Jenny Kermode.
Stock no. 2125515
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Cambridge Studies In Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series. ISBN: 052149737X. Some light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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