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A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.

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THE WILTSHIRE FLORA
Written by Beatrice Gillam.
Stock no. 1828881
Published by Pisces Publications. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The conditions that give rise to the varied flora of Wiltshire; monographs of ten of Wiltshire's special plants; and the main section - the flora. Includes geographical and topographical maps. 8 colour plates. 386 pages. ISBN: 0950824585. A lovely copy. Includes laminated overlay with two grids. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MEDITERRANEAN WILD FLOWERS
Written by Christopher Grey-Wilson. Illustrated by Marjorie Blamey.
Stock no. 1828880
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wild flowers of Portugal, Spain, Southern France, Italy, Dalmatian Coast, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and more. Over 2000 flowers, native and introduced, illustrated in colour and b/w. Glazed pictorial boards. 560 pages including index. ISBN: 0002199017. Top & tail of spine lightly worn (shelf-wear). Spine very slightly faded. Text block a little grubby. Postcode & country in ink to front pastedown. Rear endpapers grubby & marked. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and grubby/scuffed.

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AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CYPRUS
Written by D.E. Viney.
Stock no. 1828879
Published by Koeltz Scientific Books. 1st 1994. Almost very good condition.

A comprehensive and fully illustrated Flora (grasses and sedges excepted). Cardwraps. Colour frontis and b/w line drawings. xxix and 697 pages. ISBN: 3874293645. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to title page. Pictorial cardwraps are a little creased and scuffed. Text block is browned. Joints are pulled but glued spine is tight. Inside front cover has ink scuffing from printing, small mark to frontis. Top corner of contents lightly creased else contents are clean.

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A FLORA OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS
Written by Sylvia M. Haslam; Peter D. Sell; Patricia A. Wolseley.
Stock no. 1828878
Published by Malta University Press. 1st 1977. Good condition.

Blue & white cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. lxxi and 560 pages including index. Coers are edge-rubbed, creased and scuffed. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Hinge is split between pages 194 and 195, page 193/194 detached as a result. Contents are a little grubby to prelims and last few pages otherwise clean.

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THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES SERIES I (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Richard South; H.M. Edelsten; D.S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1828877
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition.

New Edition. 4.75 x 6.75 inches. Edited and revised by H.M. Edelsten and D.S. Fletcher. Blue illustrated endpapers. Coloured frontis plus colour and b/w illustrations. With accurately coloured figures of every species also drawings of eggs, caterpillars, chrysalids and food plants. Series I. Blue boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0723200017. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Large black felt-tip label with symbol to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers and prelims.

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FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1828876
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and fly vignette to front. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 383 pages including index. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards (shelf-wear) else boards clean and bright. Text block is lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is in three pieces: detached at front spine edge and rear flap. dustwrapper is very worn and creased, faded at spine, some loss including most of the lower half of the spine.

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THE DRAGONFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Cynthia Longfield.
Stock no. 1828875
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 2nd 1949. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Second (Enlarged) Edition. A descriptive history of all the British Species of Odonata or Dragonflies. Wayside & Woodland series. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 255 pages including index. Light rubbing to top & tail fo spine and lower board edges (shelf-wear). Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is worn and rubbed with some chipping, creased with a few large tears, annotation in ink to rear dustwrapper flap.

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GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS AND COCKROACHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by David R. Ragge. Illustrated by H.D. Swain.
Stock no. 1828874
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Burgundy imitation leather boards with gilt titles, gilt vignette to front. 22 colour plates and 130 text figures. Top edge red. Larger format for this series... 8.75" x 6". Includes a companion vinyl record "Songs of the British Grasshoppers & Crickets". Top front corner of board lightly bent. Rubber stamped black symbol to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. One or two light margin marks else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with loss - large piece of loss to top front panel affects the title. Companion record is NOT included (is MISSING).

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THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES SERIES II (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Richard South; H.M. Edelsten; D.S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1828873
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Blue textured boards with gilt titles and vignette. Plain endpapers. Colour and b/w plates. Blue mottling to text block. 379 pages including index. ISBN: 0723200025. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Large black felt-tip label with symbol to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. A few minor foxspots mainly to top margins. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn with a few small chips, foxing to wrapper flaps.

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COLLECTED VERSE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828872
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the Chepstow historian. Limited to 100 copies of which 20 were signed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 112 pages. ISBN: 0950007994. SIGNED & dated by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Front endpaper lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean. Plain light grey dustwrapper is slightly grubby, lightly creased across top edge, and browned to spine.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME ONE
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828871
Published by Monnow Press. 2nd 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. From the earliest times to the Civil War. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950661813. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with a few grubby marks.

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