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UNDISCOVERED OWLS: A SOUND APPROACH GUIDE
Written by Magnus Robb.
Stock no. 1826666
Published by The Sound Approach. 1st 2015. Almost very good condition.

Explore the twilight world of owls that you can hear in your garden, park or woods with this lyrical investigation into their sounds. Includes four CDs with 327 sound recordings of 38 species of owls, a couple of midwife toads, some Parrot Crossbills and a few voles. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards, yellow spine with white title. Colour photos and illustrations. Annotated sonagrams. ISBN: 9789081093378. Heavy bumping to top edge of boards with some board damage. Top of spine bumped with a small split in paper. Base of spine bumped. Minor knocks to lower edge of boards. Light scuffing to rear board. Contents clean and tight. All four CDs present - not tested.

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HERDWICKS: HERDWICK SHEEP AND THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
Written by Geoff Brown.
Stock no. 1826663
Published by Hayloft Publishing Ltd. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Card wraps. A Cumbria Guide. Herdwicks are the native sheep of the English Lake District. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1904524656. Covers slightly grubby. Top of spine lightly bumped. Contents clean.

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APPLES: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL VARIETIES
Written by John Bultitude.
Stock no. 1826662
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.. 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Compiled and written specifically to enable anyone interested in eating or growing apples to identify a specific variety. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0333349717. Reprint. Spine a little faded, horizontal edges of boards are lightly rubbed. Hefty knock to top rear edge of boards with damage to board but not to contents. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, base of spine has a small chip, verso of spine is foxed.

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AIRSHIP TECHNOLOGY
Written by G.A. Khoury; J.D. Gillett.
Stock no. 1826661
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

Providing a unique and indispensable guide to modern airship design and operation. Cambridge Aerospace Series 10. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. A physical copy of a print on demand item, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 0521607531. Covers lightly bowed, lightly rubbed at corners, a little scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Otherwise contents clean.

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IMPROVING ORGANIC CROP CULTIVATION
Written by Ulrich Kopke.
Stock no. 1826660
Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science No. 47. Pictorial glazed boards. A physical copy printed on Demand by Lightning Source. A few colour photos and charts. ISBN: 9781786761842. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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BLACK SHEEP OF WINDERMERE: A HISTORY OF THE ST KILDA OR HEBRIDEAN SHEEP
Written by David Kinsman.
Stock no. 1826657
Published by Windy Hall Publications. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

St Kilda or Herbridean sheep are the surviving black-fleeced members of a once widespread, multi-coloured type of sheep, which probably came into Britain some 2000 years ago. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 0954028309. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Covers are a little grubby, lightly rubbed at corners. Writing in ink to top of inside rear cover has been scribbled out in pen (three words). Contents are clean.

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IN SEARCH OF SPARROWS
Written by J.D. Summers-Smith. Illustrated by Euan Dunn.
Stock no. 1826653
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author's wry descriptions of the tribulations and unexpected pleasures of a traveller on four continents, from the Himalayas and Thailand, to Africa and the Americas are interspersed with observations and speculations on the biology of sparrows in a wide variety of habitats. Light brown boards, gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. vii and 141 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610739. Base of spine lightly bumped. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

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THE PLANTS OF MOUNT KINABALU: 4. DICOTYLEDON FAMILIES ACANTHACEAE TO LYTHRACEAE
Written by John H. Beaman; Christiane Anderson; Reed S. Beaman.
Stock no. 1826652
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo); Royal Botanic Gardens. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A project to provide inventory of all vascular plants in the flora of Mount Kinabulu - this is volume 4 only. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. xiv and 570 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 9838120510. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to front edge of spine and is lightly scratched to rear panel.

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THE BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES
Written by Peter L. Lutz; John A. Musick.
Stock no. 1826651
Published by CRC Press. Circa 1997. Almost very good condition.

Marine Science Series. How these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w diagrams, charts and photos. ISBN: 0849384222. 6th printing. Laminate to spine is crinkled. Previous owner's name in ink to top margin of front endpaper. Front hinge pulled to either side of title page. Binding tight.

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HERDWICKS: HERDWICK SHEEP AND THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
Written by Geoff Brown.
Stock no. 1826650
Published by Hayloft Publishing Ltd. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. A Cumbria Guide. Herdwicks are the native sheep of the English Lake District. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1904524656. Light rubbing to corners of covers, minor bump to top of spine. Contents clean.

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A GUIDE TO... PHEASANTS & WATERFOWL: THEIR MANAGEMENT, CARE & BREEDING
Written by Danny Brown.
Stock no. 1826649
Published by ABK Publications. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

The keeping of Pheasants and waterfowl in Australia, under Australian conditions. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0958710236. Covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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