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BRITISH WARBLERS (NN71)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1829145
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

New Naturalist No. 71 Cardwrap edition. Six colour plates & B/w photos. 432 pages including index. ISBN: 000219404X. Spine lightly faded and lightly creased through use. A few minor flecks to front cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Rear cover scuffed. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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FUNGI (NN 96)
Written by Brian Spooner; Peter Roberts.
Stock no. 1829144
Published by Collins. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

New Naturalist series. A broad look at the extraordinary variety of fungal species. Cardwraps. Colour photos. xi and 594 pages including index. ISBN: 0002201534. Text block a little grubby. Dry glue used in binding present at base of spine on text block. Contents clean.

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ROUND HOUSE
Written by Annette Macarthur-Onslow. Illustrated by Annette MacArthur-Onslow.
Stock no. 1328885
Published by Collins. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt titles. Green endpapers are maps. B/w and colour illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0002167042. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Price-cut wrapper is rubbed at edges with a small tear to top edge of front panel.

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THE BOY AND THE DONKEY
Written by Diana Pullein-Thompson. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328849
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Duggie is left to look after Tammy the small grey donkey... Blue boards, silver title to spine. 191 numbered pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly marked. Foxing to endpapers. Light page browning throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and slightly chipped, grubby to rear panel.

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FRIDAY'S TUNNEL
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328815
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. 320 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is a little worn at corners and is grubby to rear panel.

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FEBRUARY'S ROAD
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328812
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Bright pink cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, slightly grubby to rear panel and front flap is creased.

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ISMO
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328811
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Partly a straight adventure story, partly a study of adolescent psychology and partly a fable of our time. Red/orange mottled boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' (80p) price printed alongside. Wrapper is well worn, rubbed and creased with tears at top of spine.

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DARTMOOR: A STATEMENT OF ITS TIME (NN 111)
Written by Ian Mercer.
Stock no. 1829039
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

New Naturalist series 111. This is the cardwraps edition. The extensive history and physical landscape of Dartmoor, also its cultural place within Great Britian. A look at the wild and rugged landscape that has inspired so many poets, painters and musicians over countless centuries. Colour photos. xiv and 402 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007185009. Spine slightly faded and has a vertical crease (from page turning). Rear cover a little scuffed. Old price label to rear cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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SQUIRRELS (NMN 12)
Written by Monica Shorten.
Stock no. 1829029
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph No. 12. Green buckram cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Based on a finely and detailed study in geographical distribution of the squirrel, investigating every aspect of the lives of squirrels, economics, food, life-history, and ecology. xii and 212 pages including index. A few tiny marks to boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pale grubby mark to pages viii and ix. Contents lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, has some foxing, wear to top & tail of spine with slight loss, rear panel grubby.

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MORNING IS A LITTLE CHILD
Written by Joan Walsh Anglund. Illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund.
Stock no. 1328720
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink boards with black title to spine and vignette to front. Delightful colour pictures every page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed.

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THE ITALIAN SPRING
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328713
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maria Henniker-Hadden's (the delightful heroine of The Warden's Niece) adventures in Italy spring of 1877. Blue mottle boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name, date and old price in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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JAMES WITHOUT THOMAS
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328712
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Without the influence of his eldest brother, Thomas, James comes into his own as the hero of the Christmas holidays. Purple cloth, silver title to spine. 255 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel and has tears to rear spine edge and to top corner of rear panel.

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