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FLORA OF SUSSEX
Written by Rev. F.H. Arnold. Illustrated by Marion H. Arnold.
Stock no. 1828939
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1907. Good condition.

A list of the flowering plants & ferns found in the county of Sussex, with localities of the less common species. Second Edition. New Edition with numerous additions. Red boards, gilt titles. Floral endpapers. Colour, tissue-guarded frontis and fold-out map of the county. xxi and 154 pages including index. Boards stained and faded at edges & spine. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to verso of colour frontis. Tissue-guard is browned. A few marks to contents and some pencil annotation present.

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GEORGE TUTE WOOD ENGRAVER
No author listed. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1328613
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1986. Very good condition.

Grey card wraps. B/w illustrations. Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition held in Bristol. ISBN: 090019930X. Slightly grubby mark to front cover, spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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BRITISH SPIDERS VOLUME III
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge; P. Merrett.
Stock no. 1828938
Published by The Ray Society London. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gitl title to spine and vignette to front board. 75 b/w text figures and 612 distribution maps. 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0903874024. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Small rubber ink-stamp to front pastedown else contents clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.

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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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BRITISH SPIDERS
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge.
Stock no. 1828936
Published by British Museum; The Ray Society London. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition.

Two volumes reprinted in one. Originally published in 1951 & 1953. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, 'Ray Society' in gilt to front. B/w illustrations. 310 + 449 pages including index. A few marks to boards, spine is lightly faded. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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A DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL TERMS
Written by I.F. Henderson; W.D. Henderson; J.H. Kenneth.
Stock no. 1828935
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 8th 1963. Very good condition.

Pronounciation, derivation, and definition of terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cytology, Genetics, Embryology, Physiology. Eighth edition by J.H. Kenneth. Previously published under the title A Dictionary of Scientific Terms. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 640 pages. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE NATURALIST SPECIAL ISSUE: STEPHEN BISHOP'S NEW FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE PART 1
Written by Stephen Bishop.
Stock no. 1828934
Published by The Gloucestershire Naturalists' society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

An occasional publication of the Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society. No. 13; 2000. Cream cardwraps. 322 pages including index. B/w distribution maps and a few b/w illustrations. Light rubbing to cover corners. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE BOTANIST IN IRELAND
Written by Robert Lloyd Praeger.
Stock no. 1828933
Published by EP Publishing Limited. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1934, this is a re-issue. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 587 pages including index. ISBN: 0854099557. Reprint. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Light browning and grubby marks to endpapers. Some underlining and marking of references in orange pen. Price-cut dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.

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FLORA OF NORFOLK
Written by C.P. Petch; E.L. Swann.
Stock no. 1828932
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account of the distribution and status of the Norfolk flora. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 288 pages. Lower edge of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine, edge-creased, 1.5" closed tear to top front fold.

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THE FLORA OF CHEPSTOW
Written by W.A. Shoolbred.
Stock no. 1828930
Published by Taylor and Francis. 1st 1920. Good condition.

The area consists of the lower part of the Valley of the Wye, from Bigsweir Bridge southwards to the mouth of the river at Beachley. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Folding b/w map of Chepstow area. vii and 140 pages. Boards are almost detached (just hanging on by a thread!). Corners of boards rubbed & worn. Annotation throughout. Map is present and clean, torn at a couple of folds (no loss).

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ECOLOGICAL FLORA OF THE SHROPSHIRE REGION
Written by C.A. Sinker; J.R. Packham; et al. Illustrated by Anne Gilbert; Lindsay Brown.
Stock no. 1828929
Published by Shropshire Trust For Nature Conservation. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book ranges beyond the county boundary to include interesting and important parts of neighbouring counties, especially on the Welsh side. Large format. Dark orange cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. One acetate overlay included. xvi and 344 pages including index. ISBN: 095086370X. Heavy bump to lower rear edge of spine but not affecting contents. Acetate overlay is present. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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