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Sale section - Botany 1. Addison, Sir W. Portrait of Epping Forest. 1st. Ed. Pub. Robert Hale. 1977 pp.191 with b/w. photos. and map. 8vo. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback in nr. fine dw. [59201] £4.00

2. Artschwager, E. Dictionary of Biological Equivalents. German - English. 1st. Ed. Pub. Tindall & Cox. 1930 pp.239 with 6 plates. 8vo. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Contents fine. Original boards vg. [37493] £8.00 A very useful book offering the german equivalent of english biological terms.

3. Bean, W.J. Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. Volume I. 8th. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Rev. Pub. John Murray. 1976 pp.xx, 845 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [50906] £80.00 This second impression allowed for corrections to the text. Furthermore, the information concerning a large number of specimen trees has been revised, the treatment of Amelanchier entirely brought up-to-date and a few additional descriptions of plants have been inserted where space allowed.

4. Bean, W.J. Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. Volume III. 8th. Ed. 5th. Imp. Rev. Pub. John Murray. 2000 pp.xvi, 973 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A fine hdbk. in fine dw. [50907] £60.00

5. Bisby, G.R. An Introduction to the and Nomenclature of Fungi. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Imperial Mycological Institute. 1945 pp.vii, 117. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Original boards fine. [37436] £10.00

6. Bourdillon, T.F. The Forest Trees of Travancore. 1st. Ed. The Travancore Government Press. 1908 pp.xxxii, 456 with some b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Two sections reinforced with clear tape, as is the spine. A very usable copy. [37491] £90.00

7. Bowen, H.J.M. The Flora of Berkshire. Pub. Holywell Press Oxford. 1968 pp.389 with some distribution maps and graphs. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Very good copy. [37466] £10.00

8. Chipp, T.F. The Forest Officers’ Handbook of the Gold Coast, Ashanti and the Northern Territories. 1st. Ed. Pub. for the Government of the Gold Coast. 1922 pp.vi, 148 with 20 plates of line drawings plus 2 folding coloured maps and folding graphs. 8vo. Hardback. Ex. Oxford Uni. Lib. Contents fine. Original cloth showing some wear at spine ends and corners, o/w. vg. [37044] £50.00 Published both for Forest Officers appointed to this former West African Colony, and also considered of interest to those with an interest in the future welfare of forests.

9. Colthurst, I. Familiar Flowering Trees in India. Pub. Thacker, Spink & Co. 1924 pp.161 with some colour and many b/w. illus. Ex Oxford Uni. Lib. Contents fine. Original green cloth boards thor. vg. [37075] £12.00

10. Connold, Edward T. Plant Galls of Great Britain. 1st. Ed. Pub. Adlard & Son. 1909 pp.xii, 292 with 354 illus. 8vo. Hardback. Thor. vg. [37047] £30.00

11. Curtis, J.T. The Vegetation of Wisconsin. An Ordination of Plant Communities. 1st. Ed. Pub. The University of Wisconsin Press. 1959 pp.xi, 657 with 66 b/w. photographic plates, figs. and illus. 8vo. Hardback. VG. plus. [37389] £25.00

12. Davies, P. (et al). Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe. Pub. Chatto & Windus. 1984 pp.xii, 256 with 46 figs. 8vo. With dedication from author. VG. hardback in vg. dw. [37240] £18.00

13. Davis, A.P. et al. Cites Bulb Checklist. For the genera Cyclamen, Galanthus and Sternbergia Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens. 1999 pp.134. 8vo. Fine softback. [37540] £8.00

14. Druce, G.C. The Flora Of Berkshire. a topographical and historical account of the flowering plants and ferns found in the county with short biographical notices of the botanists who have contributed to Berkshire botany during the last three centuries. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Clarendon Press. 1897 pp.cxcix, 644 with colour map at rear of text. 8vo. Hardback. Ex. Oxford Uni. Lib. Contents fine. Original blue cloth thor. vg. [37463] £38.00

15. Durand, Th. & Schinz, H. Conspectus Florae Africae. ou enumeration des Plantes d’Afrique. Vol. 1 - Dicotyledones and Vol. 5 - Monocotyledoneae et Gymnospermeae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Jardin Botanique de L’Etat. 1898 & 1895 Two vols. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. 8vo Contents fine. Spine labels show some wear, o/w. boards thor. vg. [37024] £80.00

16. Ellis, P.R. (et al). Pests and Diseases of Alpine Plants. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Society 1993 pp.320 with 28 colour photographic plates, figs. and line drawings throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. [37255] £10.00

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17. Gillison, A.N. and Anderson, D.J. Vegetation Classification in Australia. 1st. Ed. Pub. CSIRO. 1981 pp.xxi, 229 figs. and maps throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. With letter from author. [37386] £18.00

18. Helyer, N. et al. A Color Handbook of Biological Control in Plant Protection. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2003 pp.126 with 340 high quality colour photos., throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback. [57630] £14.00 Designed to help all plant growers recognize and anticipate specific problems of pest management, and then resolve them using the natural enemies of pests - Beetles, Flies, Bugs, Wasps, Spiders and entomopathogens.

19. Hennedy, R. (Rev. by King, T.). The Clydesdale Flora. A description of the flowering plants and ferns of the Clyde district. 5th. Ed. Pub. Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins. 1891 pp.xxxii, 277 plus 8 pages of line drawings. 8vo. Hardback. Two small labels, o/w. contents fine. Original brown cloth nr. fine. [37063] £12.00 This revised edition contains notes and an additional appendix.

20. Hiley, W.E. Improvement of Woodlands. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1931 pp.viii, 249. 8vo. Hardback. This copy does not contain the original b/w. photos. Very minor foxing, o/w., contents fine. More recent handsome half-leather binding over marbled boards all thor. vg. [57645] £10.00

21. Hooker, W.J. & Berkeley, Rev. M.J. The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (Or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker’s British Flora). Part II. Comprising The Fungi. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. 1836 pp.386, 32, xv. 8vo. Neat ownership signature. Occasional, neat informed pencil notes to margins, o/w., contents fine. Original boards, showing some wear at spine ends, o/w. vg. [57651] £40.00

22. Jungreis, A.M. (et al). Water Relations in Membrane Transport in Plants and . 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1977 pp.xiv, 393. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [37435] £12.00

23. Laing, R.M. and Blackwell, E.W. Plants of . 3rd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Whitcome and Tombs. 1927 pp.xv, 468 with 173 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. A little darkening to margin edges, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth, gently rubbed, o/w. nr. fine. [37476] £15.00

24. Lancaster, Roy. Plant Hunting in Nepal. Pub. Croom Helm. 1981 pp.194 with 8 photographic colour plates and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [37286] £18.00 For three months in the autumn of 1971 a group of horticultural botanists travelled through a little known area of Nepal collecting seeds of plants suitable for cultivation in western gardens. This book will appeal to all gardeners, horticulturists and botanists, particularly if the high mountains and alpine terrain also fascinate them.

25. Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A. Index Herbariorum. The Herbaria of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy. 1952-1964 Five volumes. 8vo. Ex-Oxford Uni. 8vo. VG. Softbacks. [37049] £40.00 A good opportunity to purchase five consecutive editions of this work. First published in 1952, the work was reviewed over subsequent years, adding in and taking away information as appropriate. A mine of information. Details Herbaria, key contacts, their arrangements for the loan or exchange of material and what Periodicals they published.

26. Mabberley, D.J. The Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of the vascular plants. 2nd Rev. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 2002 pp.xvi, 858. 8vo. Fine hardback. [36767] £18.00 Completely revised edition with almost 2,500 additional new entries.

27. Meidner, H. and Mansfield, T.A. Physiology of Stomata. Pub. McGraw-Hill. 1968 pp.xiii, 179 with figs and tables. 8vo. VG. softback. [37390] £15.00

28. Miller, O.B. Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire. No.6 Bechuanaland Protectorate (Provisional List). 1st. Ed. Pub. The Scrivener Press Ltd. 1948 pp.77 with 12 b/w. plates. Ex- Oxford Uni. Lib. 8vo. Softback. Contents fine. Original covers neatly reinforced. [37084] £18.00

29. Munz, P.A. and Keck, D.D. A California Flora. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. University of California Press. 1968 pp.1681 with some line drawings. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [37283] £18.00

30. Osmond, C.B. (et al). Physiological Processes in Plant Ecology. Toward a Synthesis with Atriplex. 1st. Ed. Pub. Springer-Verlag. 1980 pp.vi, 468 with figs. and maps. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback. [37354] £18.00 This work provides a framework for the evaluation and integration of physiological plant ecology studies. It illustrates the continuum of research in this field with examples drawn largely from the widespread genus Atriplex.

31. Pielou, E.C. Biogeography. Pub. John Wiley & Sons. 1979 pp.ix, 351 with line drawings, figs. and maps throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [37408] £15.00

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An authoritative and comprehensive book discussing every aspect of biogeography.

32. Plowden, C.C. A Manual of Plant Names. 3rd. Rev. Ed. George Allen and Unwin. 1972 pp.260 with line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [37297] £12.50

33. Plowright, C. British Uredineae and Ustilagineae. With an account of their biology including the methods of observing the germination of their spores and of their experimental culture. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1889 pp.347 with figs. and 8 pages of plates. Hardback. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Contents fine. Original boards vg. plus. [37069] £12.50

34. Polhill, R.M. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 1st. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1982 pp.vii, 389 with colour frontis., and b/w. illus., and maps. 4to. Minor speckling to edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [58073] £40.00 A comprehensive and authoritative review of the 500 species of this genus recognised in Africa and Madagascar.

35. Pugsley, H.W. A Monograph of Narcissus Subgenus Ajax. Pub. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. 1933 pp.17-95 with b/w. photos. and line drawings. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. [37102] £15.00

36. Rendle, A.B. (et al). Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot, In the Oban District, South Nigeria. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans & Co. 1913 pp.x, 157 with 17 plates. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Closed tear to one leaf, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth thor. vg. [37081] £15.00

37. Santo, J. do Espirito. Nomes Vernáculos de Algumas Plantas da Guiné Portuguesa. Pub. Lisboa. 1963 pp.123 with tables throughout. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Sm 4to. VG. plus hardback. Focusses on Guinea Bissau. [37495] £12.00

38. Sim, T.R. Flowering Trees and Shrubs. For use in South Africa. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Speciality Press of S.A. Ltd. 1919 pp.199 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Contents fine. Original green cloth thor. vg. [37076] £12.50

39. Smith, A.C. Flora Vitiensis Nova. A New Flora of Fiji. Vol. 1. (Spermatophytes only). Pub. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden. 1979 pp.vi, 495 with colour and b/w. photos and line drawings. Large 8vo. Nr fine hardback. [36978] £35.00 Comprises the Introduction (to the Flora of Fiji) then deals with the Gymnospermae, Families 1-6, Angiospermae: Monocotyledones, Families 7-43 (except Family 32, Orchidaceae).

40. Smith, A.L. A Monograph of the British Lichens. A descriptive catalogue of the species in the Department of Botany, British Museum. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub British Museum (Natural History). 1926 pp.ix, 447 plus 63 b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Neat ownership signature. Contents fine. Original green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. [57656] £25.00

41. Smith, G.F. et al. Primulas of Europe & America. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Soc. 1984 pp.251 with 76 colour photos. and other text illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [37421] £10.00 Together with Asiatic Primulas it provides a complete guide to the vast host of Primula species and hybrids found in the wild and in cultivation.

42. St. John, H. List and Summary of the Flowering Plants in the Hawaiian Islands. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pacific Tropical Garden, Hawaii. 1973 pp.519. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Oxford Uni. Lib. Contents fine. Green library cloth nr. fine. [36992] £22.00

43. Synge, P.M. Lilies. A Revision of Elwes’ Monograph of the Genus Lilium and its Supplements. 1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1980 pp.276 with colour & b/w. plates. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [32291] £50.00 Patrick Synge, a world authority on Lilies wrote this work, the first after Elwes’ Monograph. The book began as a revision of Elwes’ work, but the original text has been completely rewritten to include 100 years worth of additional since the Monographs publication.

44. Tansley, A.G. The British Islands and their Vegetation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge University Press. 1939 pp.xxxviii, 930 with b/w. photos., and figs. Neat signature of P.J. Syrett. Large 8vo. Minor spotting to prelims., o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards in nr. fine condition, with Emmanuel College, Cambridge gilt crest to front board. [58030] £40.00

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45. Troupin, G. Flore des plantes ligneuses du Rwanda. [Woody plant flora of Rwanda]. 1st. Ed. Pub. Musee Royal de L’Afrique Centrale. 1982 pp.747 with many line drawings. Large 8vo. French with Latin names. With addenda and corrigenda sheets. Nr. fine softback. Very scarce. [37026] £100.00

46. Van Der Maarel, E. Classification and Ordination. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Hague. 1980 pp.viii, 188 with figs. and tables throughout. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. Scarce. [37365] £80.00 Produced following the ‘Symposium on Advances in Vegetation Sciences’, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 1979.

47. Van Der Maarel, E. Succession. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Hague. 1980 p.vii, 151 with figs. and tables throughout. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. Scarce. [37364] £100.00 Produced following the ‘Symposium on Advances in Vegetation Sciences’, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 1979.

48. Wilson, P. North American Flora. (Chenopdiales) Batidaceae, Petiveriaceae, Tetragoniaceae, Basellaceae. Pub. The New York Botanical Garden. 1932 pp.255-339. Large 8vo. From the library of Will Ingwersen with his bookplate. Contents fine. Half leather binding thor. vg. [37261] £20.00

49. Wolley-Dod, Lt.-Col. A.H. (Ed.). Flora of Sussex. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Chatford House Press. 1970 pp.lxxiii, 571 with 6 b/w. plates. and two fold-out maps. 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59200] £16.00

Sale section - Entomology 50. Acworth, B. Butterfly Miracles and Mysteries. 1st. Ed. Pub.Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1947 pp.xii, 260 with colour frontis. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Illustrated by A.D.A. Russwurm. Thor. vg. hardback. [60362] £12.00 A thorough natural history of British Butterflies. A.D.A. Russwurm was heavily involved in producing this work. Acworth also thanks F.W. Frohawk for ‘his generosity in allowing [the author] to borrow so liberally from his great work, Natural History of British Butterflies’.

51. Adkin, R. The Butterflies of Eastbourne. Transactions of the Eastbourne Natural History, Photographic and Literary Society Supplement. Vol. IX. 1st. Ed. Pub. Eastbourne Nat. Hist., Photographic and Literary Soc. 1928 pp.61 plus 15 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. VG. plus softback. [60366] £18.00

52. Bristowe, W.S. A Book of Spiders. 1st. Ed. Pub. King Penquin. 1947 pp.33 plus 24 full-page colour plates. Small 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in decorative boards. [60355] £10.00

53. Carpenter, G.H. Transformation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Methuen & Co. 1921 pp.x, 282 with 4 plates and 124 illus. 8vo. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback. [60363] £10.00

54. Coleman, W.S. British Butterflies. Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species. New Enl. Ed. Pub. George Routledge. 1897 pp.160 with 15 colour and 2 b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Neat signature (dated 1899) to half-title. Contents fine. Original decorated 2-tone boards thor. vg. [60360] £20.00

55. Coleman, W.S. British Butterflies. Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species, with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits & localities, mode of capture and preservation, etc. 1st. Ed. Pub. Routledge, Warne, & Routledge. 1860 pp.124 plus 16 b/w. plates. Small 8vo. Hardback. 2 plates loose, o/w. contents fine. Hinges cracked and spine chipped with some loss at top, o/w. illustrated boards thor. vg. A rare survivor. [60364] £35.00

56. Crompton, J. The Hunting Wasp. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1948 pp.255. 8vo. Hardback. VG. [60373] £8.00 A fascinating insight into the diversity of wasps and their hunting strategies.

57. Dethier, V.G. The Physiology of Insect Senses. 1st. Ed. Pub. Methuen. & Co. 1963 pp.ix, 266 with b/w. illus. and text figs. 8vo. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. plus dw. [60368] £4.00

58. Fabre, J.-H. Souvenirs Entomologiques. Etudes sur l’Instinct et les Moeurs des Insectes. (Huitieme Serie). Edition Definitive Illustree Pub. Libraire Delagrave. 1923 pp.409 with 16 photographic plates and b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. French with Latin names. Contents fine. Bound in quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Small loss at top of spine, o/w. all in vg. condition. [60353] £35.00

59. Ford, R.L.E. The Observer’s Book of Larger . Rev. Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne. 1974 pp.192 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 16mo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60357] £5.00

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60. Frohawk, F.W, & Bunn-Richards, J. Butterflies and Moths of the British Isles. Junior Field Guide No. 3. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. 1959 pp.96 with 8 colour and 16 b/w. plates. 8vo. Ex-lib. VG. hardback. [60361] £6.00

61. Gillies, M. Mayfly on the Stream of Time. 1st. Ed. Pub. Messuage Books. 2000 pp.xii, 404 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60372] £10.00 The autobiography of Mick Gillies (1920-1999), renowned British medical entomologist who devoted most of his life to research on African malaria mosquitoes.

62. Hammond, C.O. & Merritt, R. The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Harley. 1983 pp.116 with 20 colour plates, b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw., gently darkened. [60380] £12.00 The plates provide a clear and simple means of identifying the dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland.

63. Harris, W.V. Termites. Their Recognition and Control. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Longmans. 1964 pp.xii, 187 with colour and b/w. photos., and fold-out family tree. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [60374] £8.00

64. Jeannel, R. Introduction to Entomology. 1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. 1960 pp.344 with 10 colour plates and b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Signature. Thor. vg. hardback in good only dw. [60377] £8.00 A detailed, easily absorbed work in three main sections; General Anatomy and Classification; Biology; and lastly Palaeontology and Geographical Distribution.

65. Kloet, G.S. & Hincks, W.D. A Check List of British . 1st. Ed. Pub. Kloet & Hincks. 1945 pp.lix, 483 with errata leaf. 8vo. Some informed pencil annotations. VG. hardback. [60354] £16.00

66. Linssen, E.F. Beetles of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Warne. 1959 Two volume set with 126 colour and b/w. plates. 8vo. Neat signature to half-titles. Fine hardbacks in thor. vg. price-clipped dws. [39208] £250.00 A very desirable set, providing an in-depth insight into the natural history of British Beetles.

67. Lubbock, Sir J. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. 4th. Ed. Pub. Kegan Paul. 1882 pp.xix, 448 with 5 colour plates, and b/w. illus., plus 4 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Minor foxing, o/w. contents fine. Some spine lean. Original decorative red cloth boards in vg. plus condition. [60359] £20.00

68. Macan, T.T. A Key to the British Water Bugs. (Hemipera-Heteroptera excluding Corixidae) with Notes on their Ecology. 1st. Ed. Pub. FBA. 1941 pp.36 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Neat signature to front cover., o/w. a nr. fine softback. [60370] £6.00

69. Marshall, J.A. & Haes, E.C.M. Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1990 pp.254, colour plates, photos., dist. maps. 4to. Thor vg. softback. [60378] £18.00 A guide to all 52 species of British and Irish bush-crickets, crickets, grasshoppers, earwigs and stick-insects. There are full descriptions of song, life history, behaviour, habitat and distribution, plus colour plates of sex and colour variations. This, the 1990 paperback, edition includes new records not included in the 1988 hardback edition.

70. Oldroyd, H. Collecting, Preserving and Studying Insects. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson. 1970 pp.336 with b/w. photos and text figs. 8vo. Ex-Lib. Ffep. neatly removed. VG. hardback in vg. dw. [60351] £15.00

71. Peters, Dr. W. A Provisional Check list of the Butterflies of the Ethiopian Region. 1st. Ed. Pub. E.W. Classey. 1952 pp.201. 8vo. Thor vg. hardback. Scarce. [60369] £25.00

72. Plant, C.W. Provisonal atlas of the lacewings and allied insects (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera and Mecoptera) of Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. NERC. 1994 pp.203 with dist. maps throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine softback with Errata slip and Lacewings record sheet loosely inserted. [60375] £9.00

73. Pringle, J.W.S. Insect Flight. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1957 pp.viii, 133 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Ex- lib. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [60367] £6.00

74. Smart, Dr. J. (Ed.). Instructions for Collectors. No. 4A. Insects. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. Hist.) 1940 pp.vi, 164 with b/w. illus. and photos. Small 8vo. Some neat underlining o/w. a thor. vg. hardback. List (period) of Natural History Guide Books published by BMHN loosely inserted. [60365] £8.50 Detailed and practical.

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75. Smith, J.B. A Revision of the Deltoid Moths. Contributions toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Lepidopterous Family of Boreal North America. 1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Inst. 1895 pp.vi, 129 plus 14 b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. The plates, all bound together at rear, have become stuck together, and some have been damaged during attempts to free them; text pages fine. Original cloth vg. [60371] £10.00

76. Stempffer, H. The Genera of the African Lycaenidae ( : Rhopalocera). 1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 1967 pp.322 with colour frontis and b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [60352] £22.00

77. Westell, W.P. & Harvey K. Butterflies and Moths. Look and Find Out 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Macmillan. 1949 pp.175 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [60356] £6.00

Sale section - Gardening 78. David, P. A Garden Lost in Time. The Mystery of the Ancient Gardens of Aberglasney. 1st. Ed. Pub. Weidenfield & Nicolson. 1999 pp.192 with colour photos. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37131] £12.50 This work traces the gardens from their derelict state through each stage of restoration.

79. Elliott, J. Alpines in the Open Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1991 pp.viii, 137 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37544] £12.00 The author's avowed intention in writing this book is to let the world know that alpines are easy. In addition to the best and most popular easy-to-grow alpines, the author describes many lesser known varieties of outstanding beauty which can be grown in the open garden with a minimum of attention.

80. Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane The Garden. An English Love Afair. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ted Smart. 2002 pp.360 illus. in colour throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [33368] £15.00 Considers one thousand years of gardening in England.

81. Foster, H.L. and L.L. Cuttings from a Rock Garden. Plant Portraits and other Essays. Pub. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1990 pp.xvi, 446 with fine botanical illus., and some colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37144] £10.00 H. Lincoln and L. Louise Foster were for decades authorities on wild flower and rock gardening. Here, essays and articles the Foster’s wrote for a number of publications from the 1960s to the date of publication are gathered together and reveal their level of curiosity and .

82. Fox Wilson, G. & Becker, P. Horticultural Pests. Detection and Control. 3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Crosby Lockwood. 1960 pp.xix,240 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [60376] £12.50 The RHS Journal said of this work that ‘Here at last is a really authoritative book on the detection or recognition of garden pests by the symptoms of plant injury’.

83. Galinou, M. (Ed.). ’s Pride. The Glorious History of the Capital’s Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Anaya. 1990 pp.224 with colour & b/w. plates throughout. 4to. Fine softback with nr. fine dw. [32331] £9.00 Superbly illustrated (with over 200 illustrations, 120 in colour) supported by authoritative, easily absorbed text.

84. Gardiner, J.M. Magnolias. Their Care and Cultivation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 1989 pp.143 with colour photographs throughout and line drawings. 4to. Nr. fine softback. [37278] £9.50 This work contains all the advice you will need to grow magnolias successfully including hardiness, shelter, shade, choosing the right plant for your site, propagation, pest and diseases, species and varieties and numerous gardens to visit.

85. Good, J.E.G. and Milllward, D. Alpine Plants. Ecology for Gardeners. 1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 2007 pp. 176 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37139] £18.00 This book studies in detail the ecology of alpine plants for the benefit of the keen alpine gardener, and presents this information in one volume.

86. Hedrick, U.P. The Cherries of New York. 1st. Ed. Pub. J.B. Lyon. 1915 pp.xii, 371 with 56 fine colour chromolithograph plates. Large 4to. Nr. fine hardback. [37434] £150.00 An extensive survey of many varieties of cherries grown in the New York area. A superb work with an historical account of cultivated cherries, details on their botany, a statement of their economic status in America at the time, descriptions of all known varieties of cherries and biographical sketches of the persons who have contributed materially to cherry culture in America.

87. Hedrick, U.P. The Peaches of New York. 1st. Ed. Pub. J.B. Lyon. 1917 pp.xiii, 541 with 92 fine colour chomolithograph plates. Large 4to. Nr. fine hardback. [37432] £175.00

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An immense work. An account of the history and uses of the peach, a discussion of the botanical characters of the species of cultivated peach, an account of the peach regions and of peach-growing in New York with statistics and in greatest detail, the synonymy, bibliography, economic status and full descriptions of all the most important cultivated peaches.

88. Heriteau, J. & Viette, M. The American Horticultural Society Flower Finder. 1st. Ed. Pub. Simon & Schuster 1992 pp.xvii, 300 with more than 400 colour photographs. 4to. With dedication from Viette. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [37058] £10.00 The most authorative, comprehensive guide to selecting flowers with lasting beauty, the greatest pest and disease resistance, and the lowest maintenance requirements.

89. Hoshizaki, B.J. Fern Growers Manual. A comprehensive guide for every gardener to every aspect of Fern cultivation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Knopf. 1975 pp.xii, 256, xviii with many plates. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [32344] £15.00

90. Hyams, E. Capability Brown & Humphry Repton. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dent. 1971 pp.viii, 248 with b/w. plates. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [32527] £15.00 A fascinating account of the astonishingly full lives of Capability Brown and Humphry Repton.

91. Jelitto, L. and Schacht, W. Hardy Herbaceous Perennials. 3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Timber Press. 1995 Two volume set with colour and b/w. photographs throughout. 4to. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. [44385] £30.00 One of the great plant encyclopedias.

92. Kington, Sally. The International Daffodil Register and Classified List 1998. 1st. Ed. Pub. R.H.S. 1998 pp.1166. 8vo. Softback. VG. plus. [37425] £18.00 Names of all daffodil cultivars, a pictorial glossary of descriptive terms, an A-Z of daffodil raisers and much, much more.

93. Köhlein, F. Saxifrages and related Genera. 1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1984 pp.220 with 24 colour photographic plates and line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37262] £10.00

94. Le Lievre, A. Miss Willmott of Warley Place. Her Life and Her Gardens. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1980 pp.240 with b/w. plates. Nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw. very gently sunned on spine and lightly foxed on turn-ins. [31712] £45.00 Miss Willmott owned three gardens and employed 104 gardeners. She also knew most of the gardeners of the time including Jekyll, Robinson and Bowles. This is a well researched book containing much information from family papers and letters hitherto unavailable.

95. McGary, J. Bulbs of North America. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press 2001 pp.251 with 101 colour photographs and a distribution map. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37128] £18.00 A firsthand account of native North American bulbs. It’s hoped that this book will interest botanists and horticulturists, particularly those with an interest in alpine and rock gardens, and travellers planning a field trip to choice plant-viewing sites all over the continent.

96. Mathew, Brian. Bulbs. The Four Seasons. A guide to selecting and growing bulbs all year round. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pavilion. 1998 pp.144 with colour photos. througout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37129] £20.00 In this practical and informative guide, bulb specialist Brian Mathew captures the magic of gardening with bulbs and encourages the gardener to experiment with the wide range available.

97. Mathew, Brian. Hellebores. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Society. 1989 pp.ix, 180 with colour illus. plates and numerous colour photographs. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [37480] £110.00

A book for both the gardener and the botanist with a great deal of information about Hellebores and how to grow them. All known species are described in detail, and information is given on garden hybrids and cultivars. Cultivation notes are given along with chapters on general cultivation, propagation and pests and diseases.

98. Mathew, Brian. The Smaller Bulbs. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1987 pp.xviii, 190 with several line drawings. 8vo. Hardback. A minor burn mark to fore-edge of text block, o/w. contents fine, in good dw. [37288] £20.00 As stated on the fly-leaf, ‘having originally planned a revision of his standard work Dwarf Bulbs, Brian Mathew rapidly found The Smaller Bulbs evolving into an entirely new book which deals far more thoroughly with such popular hardy bulbs as Tulipa, Corydalis, Crocus and Fritillaria.

99. Raphael, Sandra. et al. Of Oxfordshire Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 1982 pp.xii, 103, [v] beautifully illus. by Meriel Edmunds. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [33622] £10.00 Celebrates in prose and verse, the landscaping, history and poetry of some notable gardens in Oxford and Oxfordshire.

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100. Saunders, D.E. Cyclamen. A Gardener’s Guide to the Genus. Pub. Alpine Garden Society. 1975 pp.49 with 17 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Fine softback. [37470] £5.00

101. Schauenberg, P. The Bulb Book. 1st. English Ed. Pub. Warne. 1965 pp.xii, 292 with colour plates and line drawings. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [33231] £10.00 Everything you could want to know about bulbous plants - biology, geography, cultivation, propagation, pests and diseases, forcing, and recognition.

102. Simms, B. John Brookes. Garden and Landscape Designer. 1st. Ed. Pub. Conran. 2007 pp.208 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37134] £18.00 In this study of John Brookes’ career Barbara Simms charts his life, influences and design . Eighteen case studies show some of his important designs from concept to completion.

103. Stearn, W.T. (Ed.). Lindley, John. 1799-1865. Gardener, Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist. 1st. Ed. Pub. ACC. 1999 pp.232 with colour and b/w. plates. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37488] £18.00 This volume marked the bicentenary of Lindley’s birth in 1799. An insightful account of his life, achievements and financial difficulties, supplemented with contributions from specialists on Lindley as an orchidologist, horticulturalist and palaeobotanist.

104. Synge, P.M The Fruit Year Book. 1950. 1st. Ed. Pub. RHS. 1950 pp.vii, 160 with b/w. photographs, one colour plate, illus. and tables throughout. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [37524] £10.00 A treasure trove of period information for fruit growers, including a section on fruit growing in northern Counties, and articles on brown rot of Apples and Plums, on how to control the Codling , on French methods of grafting Walnuts and much, much more.

105. Taylor, G. An Account of the Genus Meconopsis. With notes on the cultivation of the introduced species by E.H.M. Cox. 1st. Ed. Pub. New Flora and Silva. 1934 pp.xiv, 130 with 29 plates. 8vo. Some foxing, o/w. a nr. fine hardback. [33213] £25.00

106. Taylor, G. and Cooper, G. Gardens of Obsession. Eccentric and Extravagant Visions. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ted Smart. 1999 pp.192 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37136] £15.00 ‘‘Gardens of Obsession’ are personal realizations of all-consuming fantasies in the garden. Some are high art, others are folksy or even kitsch - all are exacting and extraordinary dreams that have come true.’.

107. Thacker, C. The History of Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Croom Helm. 1979 pp.288 with colour & b/w. plates throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [32286] £30.00 Tells the story of gardens from their origins in the ‘natural’ paradises of Greek myth to the date of publication.

108. Verey, Rosemary. The Garden in Winter. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 1988 pp.168 lavishly illustrated in colour. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [16108] £15.00 Designed to be a practical and inspirational guide to creating a garden that looks and feels good throughout the year, even when the frost bites and plants are enveloped in a mantle of snow.

Sale section - General 109. Bloch, M. James Lees-Milne. The Life. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 2009 pp.xvi, 400 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Very minor splash marks to edge of text block, o/w. a nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59407] £8.00

110. Bossom, A.C. Building to the Skies. The Romance of the Skyscraper. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Studio. 1934 pp.152 with with superb b/w. photos. throughout. Small 4to. Neat dedication. Some play at front internal hinge, o/w. contents fine. A vg. hardback in original blue cloth. Scarce. [59382] £75.00 An examination of the history and development of skyscrapers in the U.S.A.

111. Bruce, D.F. The Bees on Drumwhinnie. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1952 pp.273 with b/w. illus. by Margaret Horder. 8vo. Signature and neat greeting label. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59394] £30.00 The fourth of the Colmskirk novels. Set in Scotland in the 1870s, an unusual story of a high spirited young woman making a new life for herself and her sister, and the difficulties they face, including the threats to their bee colonies.

112. Camm, Dom Bede. Pilgrim Paths in Latin Lands. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macdonald & Evans. 1923 pp.278 with b/w. photos. Small 4to. Hardback. Signature. A good to vg. copy. [59381] £12.00

113. Davies, G.C. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk. Jarrolds ‘Holiday’ Series’. 18th. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Jarrold & Sons. [c.1891] pp.xvi, 173, with b/w illus. throughout, plus 17 pages of

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adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Map absent from rear pocket. Contents fine. Original richly decorated blue cloth, sunned on spine and showing some rubbing on corners. [59391] £10.00

114. De Nolhac, P. Versailles and the Trianons. 1st. Ed. Pub. William . 1906 pp.viii, 305 with over 50 colour illus. by Rene Binet. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Minor darkening to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt decorated green cloth boards in vg. plus condition. [59379] £32.50

115. Digby, Kenelm. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened. With an Introduction by Anne Macdonell. Pub. Echo Library. 2007 pp.180. 8vo. Fine softback. [59393] £8.00 Besides being considered the father of the modern wine bottle, Digby is known for the publication of a cookbook, ‘The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened’ which was published from his notes, in 1669. It is considered an excellent source of period recipes, particularly for meads and metheglins, of which it gives no less than 106 recipes.

116. Duffy, C.A. The Bees. 1st. Ed. Pub. Picador. 2011 pp.x, 84. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59388] £10.00 Anthology of poetry by the then Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.

117. Dutton, R. The Age of Wren. 1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1951 pp.136 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in good to vg. dw., with a little loss to spine. [59383] £10.00

118. Graham, Sarah. (Ed.). The Diary of Joshua Whiting (1820-1909), of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. From 1861 to 1873. Citizen, Countryman and Quaker. 1st. Ed. Pub. William Sessions. 2006 pp.xxiii, 122 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. [59392] £14.00 Charming diary of Joshua Whiting in which, among other things, he records details of his bee-keeping exploits in the garden he and his wife created from a field ‘nearly opposite the Infirmary’.

119. Hart-Davis, R. (Ed.). The Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters. Correspondence of George Lyttelton and Rupert Hart-Davis. Volume Two 1956-57. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1979 pp.x, 226. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in vg. dw. [59403] £6.00

120. Harvey, Sir P. (Ed.). The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. 1st. Ed. Corr. Rep. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1951 pp.xiv, 468 plus 14 pages of illus. and maps. 8vo. Bookplate and signature. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59386] £4.00

121. Hopper, P. Suffolk’s Historic Farms. 1st. Ed. Pub. Breedon Books. 2004 pp.157 with b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59378] £10.00 A fascinating account of eight of Suffolk’s most ancient and interesting farming estates, including St. John’s Manor Farm, Battisford; Lodge Farm, Westhorpe; and Gedgrave Hall, Orford.

122. Langton, F.G. et. al. (Eds.). The Fine Art of Dining. Illustrated by Graham Rust. 1st. Ed. Pub. Little, Brown & Co. 1995 pp.192 with colour and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59380] £8.00 Brings together 100 recipes for every occasion from famous kitchens around the world. Contributors include Jane Asher, Raymond Blanc, Prue Leith, and Oprah Winfrey.

123. Lees, H. Hallowed Ground. The Churchyards of Wiltshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Picton Publishing. 1996 pp.viii, 136 with b/w. photos. throughout. 8vo. Neat inscription. Thor. vg. softback. [59404] £5.00 Fascinating insight into many features of churchyard ‘furniture’ including a history of tomb and headstone styles and lettering as well as trees and aspects of conservation.

124. Lees-Milne, J. The Age of Inigo Jones. 1st. Ed. Pub. B.T.Batsford 1953 pp.242 with colour frontis. plus b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in vg. dw. with a little loss. [59384] £12.50

125. Mitford, M.R. Our Village. Pub. Belford, Clarke & Co. 1882 pp.206 with b/w. engravings throughout. Small 4to. Hardback. AEG. Neat contemporary inscription to ffep. Contents fine. Original decorated blue cloth boards with bevelled edges, in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition. [59374] £100.00 This edition presents a selection of Mary Russell Mitford’s writing, consisting principally of those portions specified in the original edition of ‘Our Village’ published in 1824 as “Walks in the Country”. The village in question is Three Mile Cross in the parish of Shinfield, near Reading.

126. Newbolt, H. History of the Great War. Vol. IV. Naval Operations. Based on Official Documents. By Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defense. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1928 pp.xiii, 412 with b/w. maps inc. 3 fold-out plans. 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback. [59401] £30.00 Covering the period from June 1916 (after the battle of Jutland) through to 1917.

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127. Pedrick, G. (Ed.). The World Radio and Television Annual. Jubilee Issue. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1946 pp.192 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. VG. hardback. [59373] £8.00 Fascinating compilation of essays on a range of subjects from ‘How Radio Helps the Police’ to ‘The Story of Television’.

128. Saville, D. The Honey Makers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton. 1996 pp.261. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. [59395] £8.00 Novel about marriage, gardening, and the compromises of domestic life.

129. Scarfe, N. The Suffolk Landscape. New Ed. Pub. Phillimore. 2002 pp.xiv, 210 with colour, b/w. photos. maps and illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59375] £12.50 Originally published in 1972, this is a new interpretation of the history and evolution of the Suffolk landscape by the distinguished historian Norman Scarfe.

130. Schweizer, K.W. & Osborne, J.W. Cobbett in his Times. 1st. Ed. Pub. Leicester Uni Press. 1990 pp.viii, 179. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [59390] £6.00 An examination of Cobbett’s writing and its influence on public opinion and government policy.

131. Sitwell, Sacheverell. The Netherlands. A Study of some aspects of Art, Costume and Social Life. 1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. [c.1948] pp.viii, 168 with colour and b/w. illus. and photos. plus fold-out map. 8vo. VG. hardback. [59402] £4.50

132. Taylor, G. Continental Gold & Silver. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Connoisseur. 1967 pp.120 with colour and b/w. photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59377] £4.00 A consideration of the finest existent pieces of gold and silver plate from the end of the Roman Empire to mid 20th Century.

133. Warrington, J. (Revised By) Everyman’s Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography. Rev. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent & Sons. 1952 pp.xii, 256 with colour and b/w. maps. 8vo. Signature. Thor. vg. hardback in good to vg. dw. [59396] £12.00

134. Weinreb, B. Architecture. Books and Drawings. Catalogue 1. 1st. Ed. Pub. B. Weinreb Ltd. 1961 pp.76 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Covers lightly marked, o/w. a thor. vg . softback. [59389] £12.00 First catalogue of the bookseller Ben Weinreb listing 200 books, drawings and plans on the theme of architecture and dating from 1513 to 1943.

135. William Reece Co. Catalogue 148. European Travellers in America. 1st. Ed. Pub. W. Reece Co. [c.1995] [p.136] with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [59405] £15.00 A detailed catalogue of 340 books offered for sale by William Reece Co. comprising books by European travellers who visited the United States between the American Revolution and the early 20th Century.

136. Wright, A. Joseph Wright of Derby. Bath And Beyond. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Holburne Museum. 2014 pp.111 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine softback. [59376] £15.00 A highly readable, beautifully illustrated account sheds new light on a brief but key period in Joseph Wright’s career.

Sale section - Natural History & Zoology 137. Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (Hopkinson, J. (Ed.)). The British Tunicata. An Unfinished Monograph. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 1905-1912 Three volume set with 66 plates, many in colour, and b/w. illus. within text. 8vo. TEG. Ex-lib. Contents fine. Original decorated cloth board with Ray Society motif. Vol. I missing outer spine casing, top third of Vol. II spine casing missing and some wear to spine of Vol. III., all boards thor. vg. [60412] £40.00

138. Beedham, G.E. Identification of the British Mollusca. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hulton Educational. 1972 pp.239 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [60410] £5.00

139. Beningfield, B. & Goodden, R. Beningfield’s Butterflies. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Penquin Books. 1981 pp.96 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Some marking to contents. Good softback. [59213] £4.00

140. Beningfield, B. & Page, R. Beningfield’s Orchards. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bird’s Farm Books. 2004 pp.144 with colour and b/w. illus. by Gordon Beningfield throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59212] £10.00

141. Beningfield, G. The Artist And His Work. 1st. Ed. Pub. Viking. 1994 pp.76 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [59206] £7.50

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142. Beningfield, G. Beningfield’s Countryside. 1st. Ed. Pub. Allen Lane. 1980 pp.141 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. VG. plus hardback in vg. dw. [59208] £4.00

143. Beningfield, G. Beningfield’s Countryside. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Selectabook. 2003 pp.141 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59209] £6.50

144. Beningfield, G. Beningfield’s English Landscape. 1st. Ed. Pub. Viking. 1985 pp.141 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. Signed by Gordon Beningfield to title page. [59210] £15.00

145. Beningfield, G. Beningfield’s English Villages. 1st. Ed. Pub. Viking. 1996 pp.91 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. [59214] £8.00

146. Beningfield, G. Hardy Landscapes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Viking. 1990 pp.64 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. Landscape 4to. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [59205] £4.00

147. Beningfield, G. & Zeman, A. Hardy Country. 1st. Ed. Pub. Selectabook. 1983 pp.141 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Signed by Gordon Beningfield to title page. [59207] £7.00

148. Bowler, D.C. Pond Hunting. A Simple Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates. 1st. Ed. Pub. B.I.S. [c.1965] pp.28 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Name to front cover, o/w. a thor. vg. softback. [60421] £6.00 A simple identification guide for the inexperienced pond-dipper.

149. Darwin, Charles. The Correspondence of . Volume 3. 1844-1846. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1987 pp.xxxii, 523 with b/w. frontis. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback, without dw. [60418] £30.00

150. De Bruyne, R.H. The Complete Encyclopedia of Shells. 2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Rebo Int. 2004 pp.336 with colour photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60422] £12.00 A guide to the best-known species of shell that occur in both temperate and tropical regions worldwide.

151. Dean, T. The Natural History of Walney Island. 1st. Ed. Pub. Faust. 1990 pp.304 with colour photos, and b/w. illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. [60400] £12.00 Walney, lying in the south-west corner of Cumbria, is one of England’s largest islands and is exceptionally rich in natural history.

152. Douglas-Hamilton, I. & O. Among the Elephants. 1st. Ed. Pub. Book Club Associates. 1975 pp.285 with colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. With page of information about Colonel J. Stevenson-Hamilton and the establishment of the Sabi Game Reserve loosely inserted. [60415] £8.00 Illustrated with the most extensive range of elephant photographs ever to have appeared in a single volume.

153. Flattely, F.W. and Walton, C.L. The Biology of the Sea-Shore. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1946 pp.xvi, 336 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Ex-lib. Fine hardback in fine laminated protective cover. [60411] £9.00

154. Frey, A.E. (Ed.). Bristol’s Urban Ecology. Rep. Pub. Bristol Naturalists’ Soc. 1991 pp.104 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [60391] £9.00 With articles on Bristol’s foxes, badgers, bats, birdlife, wildlife pests and the building stones of Clifton.

155. Gates, T. The Middle Thames Valley. An archaeological survey of the river gravels. 1st. Ed. Pub. Berkshire Archaeological Committee. 1975 pp.79 with b/w. photos. and maps throughout. Small 4to. Initials to front cover o/w. a fine softback. [60413] £14.00 Presenting the results of 25 years of aerial survey work, with 13 aerial photographs and 30 maps showing crop marks and other indications of prehistoric human activity.

156. Hill-Cottingham, P. Aquatic Mollusca of Somerset. An Identification Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. PH-C. [n.d. c.1994] pp.35 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Name to front cover, o/w. a fine softback. Scarce. [60395] £15.00

157. Hinton, H.E. & Dunn, A.M.S. Mongooses. Their natural history and behaviour. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1967 pp.vii, 144 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [60396] £10.00 A detailed and very readable account of the biology and behaviour of mongooses across the world.

158. Hollowell, A.F. (Ed.). The Mendip Hills. Rep. Pub. Bristol Naturalists’ Soc. 1997 pp.158 with colour and b/w. photos. and maps. 8vo. Fine softback. [60394] £7.00 With articles on many aspects of the Mendip hills wildlife, flora and geological history.

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159. Jefferies, R. The Dewy Morn 2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Macmillan. 1900 pp.396. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting, o/w. contents nr. fine. Original cloth neatly strengthened with clear tape to front external hinge, o/w. vg. [60383] £20.00 A novel by the English nature writer , noted for his depiction of rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction.

160. Jones, A.R. The Ciliates. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson & Co. 1974 pp.207 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine softback. [60389] £10.00 Detailed examination of an important and interesting group of protozoans.

161. Lincoln, R.J. et al. A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1982 pp.ix, 298. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60387] £8.00 A wide-ranging and comprehensive dictionary.

162. Lythgoe, J. & G. Fishes of the Sea. The Coastal waters of the British Isles, Northern Europe and Mediterranean. 1st. Ed. Pub. Blandford Press. 1971 pp.320 with colour and b/w. photos and line drawings. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. [60397] £12.00 A photographc guide in colour.

163. Maxwell, Donald. The Pilgrims’ Way in Kent. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kent Messenger. 1932 pp.46 with b/w. illus. and maps throughout. 8vo. A vg. plus softback. [51750] £10.00

164. Mayne Reid, Capt. Quadrupeds. What They Are And Where Found. A Book of Zoology for Boys. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. T. Nelson & Sons. 1872 pp.vii, 168 with colour frontis., colour illus. title page and b/w. plates. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents thor. vg. Original blue cloth good to vg. showing marking to boards and light wear. A charming work. [60386] £12.00

165. Mountfort, Guy. Portrait Of A River. The Wildlife of the Danube from the Black Sea to Budapest. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson. 1962 pp.207 with colour frontis and b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., protected by clear plastic cover. [60419] £15.00

166. Mountfort, Guy. Portrait of a Wilderness. The story of the Coto Donana Expeditions. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson. 1958 pp.240 with colour frontis. and b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., protected by clear plastic cover. [60420] £15.00

167. Myers, N. The Leopard Panthera pardus in Africa. IUCN Monograph No. 5. 1st. Ed. Pub. IUCN. 1976 pp.78 with b/w. photos. and maps. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [60393] £12.00 Report of a joint project by the IUCN and the WWF into the status and prospects of the leopard throughout Africa south of the Sahara.

168. Napier, J.R. & P.H. The Natural History of the Primates. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 1985 pp.200 with b/w. and colour photos throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60417] £12.00

169. Nethersole-Thompson, D. and Watson, A. The Cairngorms. Their natural history and scenery. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1974 pp.286 with colour and b/w. photos. and maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. in protective clear plastic cover. [60392] £20.00 This book is a comprehensive and authoritative account of the human and natural history of this great tract - its geology, landforms, soils, climate and weather, the vegetation of its forest and alpine zones, fish, mammals and much more. Derek Ratcliffe wrote the chapter entitled ‘The Vegetation’.

170. Quick, J. Fishing the Nymph. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ronald Press 1960 pp v, 139 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Transparent damp stain to bottom corner of text block not effecting text, o/w. a thor. vg. hardback in clear protective cover. [60398] £20.00

171. Roberts, C.G.D. The Watchers of the Trails. A Book of Life. 1st. Ed. Pub. Duckworth & Co. 1904 pp.xv, 361 with b/w. illus. by Charles Livingston Bull. 8vo. TEG. Neat, well executed drawings (of a bear and a bird) added to illustrated end papers. Original gilt decorated boards. Nr. fine copy. [60388] £22.00

172. Seton-Thompson, E. Lives of the Hunted. Containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds and three birds, and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings. 1st. Ed. 1st. Imp. Pub. David Nutt. 1901 pp.360 with b/w. illus and line drawings. 8vo. Hardback. One illustration neatly taped in, contents vg. Original decorated cloth in vg. plus condition. [60382] £15.00

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173. Stephen, D. The Illustrated Six Pointer Buck. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Swan Hill. 1992 pp.166 with b/w. illus. by Neil McReddie. Small 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. just gently sunned. [60416] £8.00 The story of a roebuck set against the harsh landscape of the Scottish hill country.

174. White, Gilbert. The Natural History of Selborne. With notes by Richard Kearton. 1st. Ed. Rep Pub. Cassell & Co. 1911 pp.xvi, 294 with colour frontis plus notes and photos by Richard and Cherry Keaton. 8vo. Name stamp to ffep. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth nr. fine. [60390] £15.00

175. Williamson, H. The Illustrated Tarka the Otter. His joyful water-life and death in the country of the two rivers. 1st. Ed. thus Pub. Webb & Bower. 1985 pp.207 with colour and b/w. photos. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60414] £18.00 With an Introduction written by Richard Williamson, son of the author, and containing previously unpublished material from the author’s notes and manuscript. With illustrations by .

176. Wood, Rev. J.G. Nature’s Teachings. Human Invention Anticipated by Nature. New Rev. Ed. Pub. William Glaisher. 1907 pp.x, 533 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Period bookplate of A.R. Thomas, St. John’s College, York. Original illus. boards. Thor. vg. hardback. [60384] £18.00

Sale section - Ornithology 177. Atkinson-Willes, G.L. (Ed.). Wildfowl in Great Britain. A Survey of the winter distribution of the Anatidae and their conservation in England, Scotland and Wales. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1963 pp.xiv, 368 with colour plates and b/w. photos. and illus. Illustrated by . 4to. Bookplate of Dr. Ian Durance Pennie (1916-2002, Scottish Ornithologist) to inside front cover and compliment slip (from Slimbridge) neatly pasted to ffep. Thor. vg. hardback in marked, vg. dw. Second draft of a 9-page article entitled “The Northwest Highlands and Skye” (dated 1981) loosely inserted. [60461] £20.00

178. Barlee, J. Birds on the Wing. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1947 pp.128 with b/w. photos throughout. Small 4to. Thor. vg. hardback in good to vg. dw. [60463] £5.00 Fascinating. A detailed look at bird flight - how they fly and also many images of birds in flight.

179. Bircham, P.M.M. The Birds of Cambridgeshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1989 pp.x, 280 with b/w. illus and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [58010] £15.00

180. Boag, D. The Kingfisher. 1st. Ed. Pub. Blandford Press. 1982 pp.viii, 120 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60473] £10.00 Based on the author's seven year study of the kingfisher, this book describes in detail the bird's habitat, courtship behaviour, nest-building, the hatching and development of the young and its outstanding fishing abilities.

181. Burton, J.F. Birds and Climate Change. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 1995 pp.376 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. [45785] £10.00

182. Cleave, A. Hummingbirds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1989 pp.128 with colour photos., throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60444] £6.00 Illustrated with superb photographs and covering all aspects of hummingbird behaviour and distribution. Also catalogues the best places to see hummingbirds.

183. Coward, T.A. Bird Haunts and Nature Memories. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Frederick Warne. 1923 pp.ix, 214 with frontis. by Archibald Thorburn and b/w. photos. 8vo. Some spotting o/w. a thor vg. hardback. [60464] £10.00

184. Cramp, S. et al. The Seabirds of Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1976 pp.287 with 4 colour plates, b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. VG. plus hardback in vg. plus dw. [60472] £5.00

185. Dazley, R.A. & Trodd, P. An Atlas of The Breeding Birds of Bedfordshire. 1988-92. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bedfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc. 1994 pp.280 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57980] £15.00

186. Dee, T. The Running Sky. A Birdwatching Life. 1st. Ed. Pub. . 2009 pp.258. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print in hardback. [60469] £10.00 Tim Dee maps his own observations and encounters over four decades, tracking birds from northern Shetland to south-west England and all the way to a tobacco farm in southern Zambia.

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187. Dymond, J.N. The Birds of Lundy. 1st. Ed. Pub. Devon Birdwatching & Preservation Society, 1980 pp.80 with b/w. illus., map and figs. Large 8vo. Some spotting to covers, o/w. thor. vg. softback. [60442] £10.00

188. Green, J. Wings over the Valley. A Bird Watcher’s Wales Diary. 1st. Ed. Pub. Artery Publications. 2000 pp.191 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Gently bumped on top corner o/w. a fine softback. [60471] £4.00 Condensing several years of observations into one full year, this book evokes the beauty of the countryside in and around a typical mid-Wales valley.

189. Groundwater, W. Birds and Mammals of Orkney. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kirkwall Press. 1974 pp.[xi], 299 with b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57992] £25.00

190. Heathcote, A. et al. (Eds.). The Birds of Glamorgan. New Issue Pub. The Cardiff Naturalists’ Society. 1974 pp.143 with b/w frontis. & endpaper maps. Large 8vo. Faint dust marks to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57999] £10.00

191. Hutcheson, M. Cumbrian Birds. A review of status and distribution 1964-1984. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frank Peters Ltd. [1986] pp.140 with colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback. [58001] £12.00

192. Macleod, R.D. Key to the Names of British Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. 1954 pp.vii, 67. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. Neat dedication by author to front pastedown. Small article pasted to half-title giving a list of the collective nouns for birds and animals. Additional information on the origin of the name ‘wrynecks’ loosely inserted. [60470] £18.00 A fascinating insight into the origin and meaning of bird names, both scientific and common.

193. Matthews, G.V.T. Bird Navigation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1955 pp.vii, 141 with b/w. figs. in text. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60439] £9.00 Detailed and easily absorbed.

194. Morris, The Rev. F.O. British Birds. A Selection from the Original Work Edited and with an Introduction by Tony Soper. Rep. Pub. Peerage Books. 1985 pp.240 with over 80 illus. from the original work with their supporting text. 4to. Signature to half-title. A couple of plates have been coloured (presumably by previous artist owner), o/w. a thor. vg. hardback in good dw. [60445] £5.00

195. Penhallurick, R.D. Birds of the Cornish Coast. Including the Isles of Scilly. 1st. Ed. Pub. D. Bradford Barton Ltd. 1969 pp.200 with b/w. photos., maps and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Copy no. 116 of the limited edition. [57996] £10.00

196. Radford, M.C. The Birds of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans. 1966 pp.ix, 212 with b/w. photos.and maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57989] £15.00

197. Rankin, N. Haunts of British Divers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1947. pp.96 with colour frontis. and b/w. photos. and illus. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [60462] £15.00 Illustrations by Margaret Myddelton and photographs, many superbly intimate ones of birds on the nest, by Niall Rankin.

198. Roberts, P. The Birds of Bardsey. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory. 1985 pp.111 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback. [57985] £14.00

199. Smith, K.W. et al. (Eds.). The Breeding Birds of Hertfordshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc. 1993 pp.316 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57979] £10.00 This avifauna describes the distribution of the breeding birds of Hertfordshire, and compares them with the previous survey made 20 years earlier. It is the result of over 7,600 hours of fieldwork, and documents the many changes that have occurred during the period.

200. Stott, J. The Birds Our Teachers. Essays in Orni-Theology. 1st. Ed. Pub. Candle Books. 1999 pp.96 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60474] £8.00 In this book, Stott reveals lessons on faith from the feeding of ravens, on repentance from the migration of storks, on freedom from the flight of the eagle. With colour photographs he took during his worldwide travels, he combines information about birds with biblical and personal anecdotes.

201. Yarrell, William. A History of British Birds. Volume 1. 4th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1871 pp.646 with b/w. wood-engravings throughout, with errata. 8vo. Hardback. Marbling to fore-edges. More recent, small address label to ffep. A little staining to borders to the three first and last leaves, very minor spotting o/w. contents fine. Original half leather binding over marbled boards in vg. condition showing some rubbing and light wear to extremities. [60466] £25.00

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203. Aitken, R. Botanical Riches. Stories of botanical exploration. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Lund Humphries. 2007 pp.xi, 243 beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Large 4to. Fine hdbk. in fine dw. [60310] £38.00 A super work. Divided into four main sections; ‘Plants of the ancient and classical worlds’ (from the dawn of time to 1450); ‘The great age of maritime exploration’ (from the 1450s to 1750s); ‘Scientific imperialism and exotic botany’ (from the 1750s to the 1900s) and lastly, ‘Living Fossils’ (The 1900s and beyond).

204. Allan, M. The Tradescants. Their Plants, Gardens and Museum. 1570-1662. 1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph, 1964 pp.345 with colour frontis., and b/w. photos., plus fold-out genealogical table. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With dedication to title page from Mea Allan to Sir George Taylor ((1904-1993), eminent Scottish botanist, author and plant hunter). [60297] £90.00 Includes John Tradescant the elder’s Plant List from 1634 and the ‘Musaeum Tradescantianum’ from 1656.

205. Brand, B. et al. Guide to the Literature for the Identification of British Basidiomycetes. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Mycological Soc. [2001] pp.51. 8vo. Fine softback. [59706] £12.00

206. Brightman, F.H. and Nicholson, B.E. The Illustrated Book of Flowerless Plants. Ferns, Fungi, Mosses and Liverworts, Lichens and Seaweeds. Rev. Ed. Pub. Peerage Books. 1979 pp.viii, 208 with colour plates throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr, fine dw. [59720] £12.00

207. Cannon, P.F. & Kirk, P.M. Fungal Families of the World. 1st. UK Ed. Pub. CABI International. 2007 pp.xiii, 456 with colour photos throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback. RRP £139.00 [60294] £37.50 Intended as a companion volume to the ‘Dictionary of the Fungi’, this work portrays the immense diversity of the Kingdom Fungi and other groups traditionally regarded as fungi, and presents the formal classification adopted in the Dictionary for the non-specialist in systematics.

208. Chancellor, R.J. The Identification of Weed Seedlings of Farm and Garden. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Blackwell Scientific. 1972 pp.vii, 88 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Inscription to title-page. Thor. vg. softback, [59016] £12.00 A ready means of identifying the Dicotyledonous weed seedlings to be found on farms or in gardens.

209. Child, L. & Wade, M. The Japanese Knotweed Manual. The Management and Control of an Invasive Alien Weed. 1st. Ed. Pub. Packard Publishing. 2000 pp.xi, 123 with colour photos., b/w. illus., and dist maps. Large 8vo. Signature to half-title. Bumped on bottom corner, o/w., a fine softback. Leaflet, ‘Japanese Knotweed’ published by County Council in 2001 loosely inserted. In-print at £25.00. [59010] £15.00 Provides essential information and guidelines on how to manage this plant which is causing serious problems in many areas.

210. CIBA-GEIGY. Tropical and subtropical weeds. Pub. CIBA-GEIGY. [n.d. c.1980] pp.83 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. Trilingual in English, Spanish and French. Signature to title page and handwritten title to spine. Thor. vg. softback. [58999] £12.50

211. Cox, G.W. Alien Species in North America and Hawaii. Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. 1st. Ed. Pub. Island Press. 1999 pp.xii, 387. 8vo. Occasional pencil underlinings in text. Nr. fine softback. [59013] £12.50 Provides a comprehensive overview of the invasive species phenomenon, examining the threats posed and the damage already been done to ecosystems across North America and Hawaii.

212. Cronk, Q.C.B. The endemic flora of St Helena. 1st. Ed. Pub. Anthony Nelson. 2000 pp.119 with colour plates painted by Lesley Ninnes and b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59817] £30.00

213. Demoulin, V. &. Marriott, J.V.R. Key to the Gasteromycetes of Great Britain. Rep. Pub. The British Mycological Society. [1981] pp.37-56 with b/w. fig. 8vo. Small address label to front cover. Laminated card covers, nr. fine condition. [59712] £9.00

214. Desmond, R. A Celebration of Flowers. Two hundred year’s of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collingridge / Kew. 1987 pp.208 with colour and b/w. illus. and photos. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60304] £18.00 Fascinating. Published to celebrate 200 years of continuous publication of ‘Curtis’s Botanical Magazine’. This volume presents a selection of the original watercolours, hand-coloured engravings and line drawings alongside the story behind the people involved and the publication.

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215. Edmondson, S. Key to Plants Common on Sand Dunes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 1997 pp.8 with colour illus. Large 8vo. Full-colour laminated chart designed for use outside. As new. [59903] £4.00 This key uses non-flowering parts of the plant and should be applicable at most times of the year.

216. French, C.N. A Flora of Cornwall. 1st. Ed. Pub. Wheal Seton Press. 2020 pp.548 with colour photos. and dist. maps throughout. 4to. New hardback. [60293] £50.00 Comprehensive. Based on a survey of every kilometre square since 1999, it covers 3,018 taxa and includes over 1,200 distribution maps and more than 1,700 photographs.

217. French, C.N. et al. Flora of Cornwall. Atlas of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Cornwall. 1st. Ed. Pub. Wheal Seton Press. 1999 pp.400 with 50 colour photos and b/w. dist. maps throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59723] £39.50 With notes on some species recorded on the Isles of Scilly.

218. Frith, M. A Legacy of Ancient Oaks. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2018 pp.112 with 51 fine graphite drawings. Landscape 4to. New hardback. RRP £30.00. [58204] £27.00 A celebration of the mighty oak, through the passion and vision of artist Mark Frith. Mark has drawn large-scale portraits of 22 of Britain's oldest living oaks, with exceptional detail conveyed in these intricate graphite works, bringing the ancient features of these majestic individuals to life on the page.

219. Fry, C. The Plant Hunters. The Adventures of the World’s Greatest Botanical Explorers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Andre Deutsch. 2012 pp.63 with colour photos. and illus. throughout plus 3 folders containing removable facsimile historic documents. 4to. Fine hardback in fine slipcase. [59755] £16.00 Traces the establishment of botanical gardens and the discovery of plants, such as tulips, tea and rubber, that made or broke economies.

220. Grigson, G. The Englishman’s Flora. Illustrated with woodcuts from 16th century herbals. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Helicon. 1996 pp.478 with b/w illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [59814] £15.00 This work records the superstitions and folk-knowledge of the English flora by giving the history of each species' name and usage. It provides a comprehensive list of regional and vernacular plant names and touches upon the literary and artistic symbolism of plant life.

221. Grigson, G. The Englishman’s Flora. Illustrated with Woodcuts from 16th Century Herbals. 1st. Ed. Pub. Phoenix House. 1955 pp.478 with b/w. woodcuts from sixteenth century herbals. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60306] £60.00 Records the superstitions and folk-knowledge of the English flora, by giving the history of each species' name and usage. It provides a comprehensive list of regional and vernacular plant names and touches upon the literary and artistic symbolism of plant life.

222. Grunert, H. & R. Field Guide to Mushrooms of Britain and Europe. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Crowood Press. 1992 pp.288 with colour photos. throughout. Small 8vo. VG. softback. Out-of-print. [59702] £9.00 Photographic field guide covering the main species from all groups of fungi which produce large spore-bearing fruiting bodies. Edible and poisonous species are indicated, with most illustrated with colour photos. Detailed text gives information on form, colour, spore colour, habitat and distribution.

223. Harries, D. et al. An Identification guide to Waxcaps in West Wales. 1st. Ed. Pub. PFRN. 2013 pp.15 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. [59707] £9.00

224. Hart, Cyril. Practical Forestry. For the Agent and Surveyor. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Estates Gazette, London. 1962 pp.xxvii, 438 with b/w photos. 8vo. Neat inscription. Thor. vg. hardback. [60303] £15.00 A first edition copy of this standard work.

225. Harvey, W.H. A Manual of the British Marine Algae: Containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of all the known British Species of Sea-Weeds, with plates to illustrate all the genera. 2nd. Ed. Pub. John Van Voorst. 1849 pp.liii, 252 with frontis., plus 27 plates (20 in colour). 8vo. Hardback. Minor amount of spotting, o/w. contents fine. More recently, sympathetically, rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine - fine condition. [27444] £95.00 Significant improvements were made to this, the second, edition ‘The most important improvement in this new edition consists in the plates to illustrate the genera’ (Harvey).

226. Hassawy, G.S. et al. Weeds in Iraq. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad. 1968 pp.256 with b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Contents fine. Spine reinforced with tape o/w., a vg plus softback. Signature and dedication by G.S. Hassawy to title page. Scarce. [59011] £40.00

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A fascinating insight into weeds in Iraq, their habitats and uses.

227. Hawker, L.E. Physiology of Fungi. 1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. of London. 1950 pp.xvi, 360 with 5 b/w. plates and text figs. 8vo. Ex-lib. VG. plus hardback. [59708] £3.00

228. Hawksworth, D.L. et al. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi. 8th. Ed. Pub. CAB International. 1995 pp.xii, 616 with b/w. text figs. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback. [59701] £22.00

229. Hawley, P. Grasses. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Natural History. 1989 pp.24 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. [59015] £5.00

230. Henderson, D.M. A Checklist of the Rust Fungi of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Mycological Soc. 2000 pp.36. 8vo. Fine softback. [59705] £8.00

231. Henrici, A. Waxcap-Grassland Fungi. 1: Hygrocybe, Camarophyllopsis and Dermoloma in Britain. 2: Keys to Grassland Species of Leptonia s.l. Rep. Pub. Cambrian Institute of Mycology. 1996 pp.26, 4, interleaved. 8vo. Fine softback. [59698] £12.50

232. Hight, Julian. Britain’s Ancient Forest. Legacy & Lore. 1st. Ed. Pub. Julian Hight. 2019 pp.302 with colour photos. thoughout. Small 4to. New hardback. Signed on title page by Author. [59235] £25.00 Recommended. From the wildwood, through working woodlands and royal forests, enclosed deer parks and landscaped manorial estates to modern plantation forestry and rewildwing, ‘Britain’s Ancient Forest’ tells the tale of an evolving landscape shaped by its wildlife, people and their relationship with trees.

233. Hosmani, M.M. Striga. (A Noxious root parasitic weed). 1st. Ed. Pub. Dr. M.M. Hosmani. 1978 pp.165 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature to front cover. Page of handwritten notes loosely inserted. Scarce. [59003] £12.00 In India, sorghum forms the principal cultivated host of Striga. This work lays particular emphasis on cultural methods of control and also discusses the use of ethyene gas to induce germination of Striga seeds without the presence of a host.

234. Hugill, P. & Lucas, A. The Resupinates of Hampshire. 2nd. Ed. Pub. The Tree Council. 2017 pp.392 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Contents fine, softback covers thor. vg. to nr. fine. [59692] £27.50

235. Hulme, F. Edward. Familiar Wild Flowers. Series 1 to 8. Pub. Cassell. 1910-1912 Eight volume set with 40 colour plates in each volume. Small 8vo. Hardbacks. Name to ffep. of all volumes. Some toning to end-papers, very minor spotting, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Some spine lean. Original decorated green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, very bright and in near fine condition. A thor. vg. to fine set. [59747] £160.00 It’s understandable to see why this work was so popular from the late Victorian period onwards.

236. Ing, B. Myxomycetes in Kent. Rep. Pub. Kent Field Club. 1967 pp.122-132. 8vo. Name to front cover, o/w. a fine softback. Two page ‘Additional Records of Kent Myxomycetes’ by Bruce Ing, published in 1969 loosely inserted. [59713] £7.50

237. Ing, Bruce. A Census Catalogue of British Myxomycetes. 1st. Ed. Pub. The British Mycological Soc. 1968 pp.24. Large 8vo. Address label to front cover. Nr. fine softback. [59693] £10.00

238. Ingold, C.T. The Biology of Fungi. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson Educational. 1973 pp.176 with b/w. illus. Small 4to. Signature. Good plus softback. [59716] £3.00

239. Johnson, D.E. Weeds of Rice in West Africa. Les Adventices En Riziculture en Afrique de l’Ouest. 1st. Ed. Pub. ADRAO/WARDA. 1997 pp.xvi, 312 with colour photos., and b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Bilingual in English and French. Signature to half-title. Fine softback, gently sunned on spine. [58998] £40.00 Designed to be a practical, easy-to-use guide, this work brings together photographs, drawings and descriptions of the major rice weeds of West Africa. It also includes sections on weed ecology and control measures.

240. Jordan, M. The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Rev. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2004 pp.384 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Dedication signed by the author to half-title. Fine softback. Out-of- print. [59717] £29.50 A photographic guide to 1,000 British and European fungi. Each specimen is shown living on its natural substrate, in its most typical habitat, and in natural light to show its true colours.

241. Julien, M.H. et al. Biological control of water hyacinth 2. The moths Nihograpta albiguttalis and Xubida infusellus: biologies, host ranges, and rearing, releasing and monitoring techniques for biological

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control of Eichhornia crassipes. 1st. Ed. Pub. ACIAR. 2001 pp.90 with colour photos., and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine softback. Scarce. [59018] £30.00

242. Kasasian, L. & Seeyave, J. Weedkillers for Caribbean Agriculture. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of the West Indies, Jamaica. 1968 pp.44 with b/w. illus. plus 50 pages of local adverts. 8vo. Signature to front cover. Thor. vg. softback. Scarce. [58996] £12.00 This work indicates which weedkillers gave the most promising results in field experiments at the Herbicide Research Unit, and describes when and how to use them to get the best results.

243. Keay, R.W.J. & Hepper, F.N. (Eds.). Flora of West Tropical Africa. The British West African Territories, Liberia, The French and Portuguese Territories south of Latitude 18 North to Lake Chad, and Fernando Po. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Crown Agents. 1954-72 Three volume set in 5 parts with 2 fold out maps and b/w. line drawings throughout. 8vo. Contents fine. Name to front covers of all parts. Original wrappers showing some wear and repair. Overall a vg. set. [59001] £120.00 This is the second edition of the work begun by J. Hutchinson and J.M. Dalziel. Volume 1 begins with a chapter considering ‘Botanical Exploration in West Africa’ together with a good bibliography of works dealing with West African Botany.

244. Killick, J. et al. The Flora of Oxfordshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 1998 pp.xii, 386 with colour photos., and b/w. dist. maps. 4to. New hardback in dw. Out-of-print. RRP £45.00. [55340] £15.00 Includes comphrehensive information on the distribution, habitats and status of flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts.

245. Kingdon-Ward, Frank. Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World. Travels of a naturalist in Assam and Upper Burma. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Minerva. 1974 pp.x, 224 with b/w. photos. and maps. Large 8vo. With the bookplate of Sir George Taylor (1904-1993, eminent Scottish botanist, author and plant hunter). With dedication from Jean Kingdon-Ward to ffep., “Dear George, I hope this book will make you as restless as it made me. I almost longed to return to the Mishmi Hills and their horrible climate! Love from Jean (K.W.) 15th August 1974”. Fine hardback in fine dw. A super copy with excellent provenance. [60300] £325.00 Botanist, botanical collector and explorer Jean Kingdon-Ward (nee Macklin) married Frank Kingdon-Ward, the last of the great plant explorers, on 12th November 1947. They botanised and plant hunted together. Jean wrote her book ‘My Hill So Strong’ recounting their expedition to the borders of Assam and Tibet. She is credited with having brought back specimens new to science and also with having the species Lilium mackliniae named in her honour.

246. Kirby, S. et al. Rankafu. Orchid Print Album. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2018 pp.300 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. New hardback. RRP £35.00. [60487] £31.50 Rankafu showcases for the first time an exceptional set of orchid woodblock prints from early 20th century Japan. Considered masterworks of botanical art, the Rankafu prints are visually stunning and reproduced here in full colour, showcasing the fine details of this spectacular art form.

247. Kreutz, C.A.J. Orobanche. The European Broomrape Species. 1. Central and Northern Europe. 1st. Ed. Pub. Stichting Natuurpublicaties Limburg. 1995 pp.159 with colour photographs, b/w. illus and maps. 4to. Bilingual in English and German. Boards a little bumped and sunned, o/w. a thor. vg. hardback. [59022] £35.00 Intended as a contribution to the easy and rapid identification of all species of broomrape. Identification is supported by a key, by drawings of side views of the corolla, as well as the stamens and the carpel and by specifications of the distribution.

248. Kwak, M.M. The Role of Bumblebees in the Pollination and Variation of some Rhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae). Pub. by the Author. 1979 pp.114 with b/w. photos., and figs within text. 8vo. Text in English with summary in Dutch. Signature to front cover, o/w., a thor. vg. softback. [59014] £15.00 A comparative study of the pollination mechanisms of five large-flowered hemiparasitic Rhinanthoideae present in the Netherlands.

249. Lange, Jakob E. Flora Agaricina Danica. Pub. Edizioni Candusso, Giovanna Biella. 1993 Two volume set with 200 colour plates. 4to. Hardbacks. Text in Italian and English. Bound in green leather. Bookplates carefully removed from ffeps. Base of spine of Vol. 2 slightly bumped, o/w. a fine set. [59714] £140.00 ‘Flora Agaricina Danica is as thorough as it is beautiful. Lange illustrated nearly all the Danish Agaricales pictured within from life, often receiving more exotic species through the post from Colleagues’ (Chronophobia). G.C. Ainsworth wrote of the work ‘[the illustrations] are both scientifically invaluable and superb examples of modern printing’.

250. Leith-Ross, P. The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Peter Owen. 1998 pp.333 with ilus. 8vo. Fine softback. With the bookplate of Sir Roy Strong. [60452] £18.00

251. Lin, Wei-Min. & Wang, Yi-Fu. The Wild Orchids of Taiwan. An illustrated Guide. Pub. KBCC Press. 2014 pp.923 with over 1,700 colour photographs and illustrations. 4to. New hardback, gently bumped on corners. RRP £185.00. [60488] £125.00

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Comprehensive. The authors describe and illustrate all 428 native orchid taxa recorded up to the end of 2012.

252. Linke, K-H. Biology and Control of Orobanche in Legume Crops. 1st. Ed. Pub. Joseph Margraf. 1992 pp.62 with colour photos., and b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine softback. [59006] £15.00

253. Lockton, A. & Whild, S. The Flora and Vegetation of Shropshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shropshire Botanical Society. 2015 pp.446 with colour photos. and dist. maps throughout. 4to. New hardback. RRP £59.99. [60279] £38.00 Attractively designed and illustrated with species and location photographs plus maps. This book aims to make the diversity, abundance and beauty present in the Shropshire flora available to everyone.

254. Manschadi, A.M. Modelling the growth and development of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) infested with the parasitic weed Orobanche crenata Forsk. 1st. Ed. Pub. APIA. 1999 pp.ix, 128 with b/w. figs., and tables plus DOS formatted floppy disc. 8vo. Fine softback. [59004] £15.00 The research presented here deals with the quantification and modelling of the effects of the parasitic weed Orobanche on faba bean growth and yield under Mediterranean conditions.

255. Maskew, R. The Flora of Worcestershire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Roger Maskew. 2014 pp.810, with colour photos. and b/w. dist. maps throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback. RRP £58.99. [60296] £38.00 The first comprehensive account of the flora of the county since ‘The Botany of Worcestershire’ by Amphlett and Rea in 1909.

256. Mbwaga, A.M. et al. A Reference Manual on Striga Distribution and Control in Tanzania. 1st. Ed. Pub. Tanzania. 2000 pp.ix, 26 with colour photos., and illus. 8vo. Neat dedication by author to title page. Nr. fine softback. [59002] £8.00 Provides a comprehensive review on the extent of the Striga problem in Tanzania, farmer knowledge about Striga, and control options of the major Striga species.

257. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Edible and Poisonous Fungi. Bulletin No. 23. 6th. Ed. Rep. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1947 pp.v, 63 with colour plates throughout. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [59709] £10.00 This edition featured improved plates.

258. Mitchell, D.W. A Key to the Corticolous Myxomycetes. 1st. Ed. Pub The British Mycological Soc. [n.d. c.1978] pp.63 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. [59699] £25.00

259. Moerkerk, M.R. & Barnett, A.G. More Crop Weeds. 1st. Ed. Pub. R.G. & F.J. Richardson, Melbourne. 1998 pp.iv, 124 with colour photos., and b/w. illus., throughout. 4to. Thor. vg. softback. [59021] £35.00 This work is designed to assist in the rapid identification of the main weed seedlings of dryland agriculture in southern Australia. Two hundred and seven weeds are covered in total.

260. Muller-Stover, D. Possibilities of biological control of Orobanche crenata and O. cumana with Ulocladium botrytis and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. orthoceras. 1st. Ed. Pub. APIA. 2001 pp.xii, 174 with b/w. figs., and tables. 8vo. Fine softback. [59005] £25.00 This study deals with the possibilities of biological control of the parasitic weeds with phytopathogenic fungi. Furthermore, various fermentation, formulation and application techniques for the biological agents have been tested.

261. Mune, T.L. & Parham, J.W. The declared Noxious Weeds of Fiji and their control. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Govt. of Fiji. 1967 pp.v, 87 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature to front cover, handwritten title to spine. Thor. vg. softback. [58997] £16.00 Contains descriptions and illustrations of the 19 declared noxious weeds of Fiji and gives details of herbicides as well as manual and mechanical methods of control.

262. Nielsen, C. et al. (Eds.). The Giant Hogweed Best Practice Manual. Guidelines for the management and control of an invasive weed in Europe. 1st. Ed. Pub. Forest & Landscape Denmark. 2005 pp.43 with colour photos, and illus. Large 8vo. Fine softback. [59020] £10.00

263. Paton, Jean A. The Liverwort Flora of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1999 pp.626 with many b/w. line drawings (figures). Large 4to. Nr. fine hardback. With publisher’s laminated table of ‘Abbreviations and Symbols used in the figures’. Out-of-print. [60495] £195.00 ‘Jean Paton is to be congratulated on a splendid achievement. This is a veritable tour de force...’, (A.R. Perry).

264. Pegler, D.N. The Polypores. 2nd. Ed. Pub. British Mycological Soc. 1973 pp.43 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Small address label. Fine softback. [59690] £9.00

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265. Praeger, R.L. Aspects of Plant Life. With special reference to the British Flora. 1st. Ed. Pub. SPCK. 1921 pp. 207, [i], with colour frontis., b/w. photos and illus. Small 8vo. Fine hardback, with beautifully illus. boards in vg. illus. dw. Very scarce. [60097] £125.00 Part of the ‘Nature Lover’s Series’.

266. Preece, T.F. A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Mycological Soc. 2002 pp.33. 8vo. Fine softback. [59704] £12.50

267. Ramsbottom, J. A Handbook of the Larger British Fungi. 1st. Ed. 4th. Rep. Pub. British Museum. 1949 pp.222 with b/w. line drawings throughout. 8vo. Previous owners names to ffep. and front pastedown. Good hardback. [59691] £3.00

268. Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R. Keys to Fungi on Dung. Upd. Corr. Ed. Pub. British Mycological Soc. 1997 pp.68 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Label to inside front cover. Thor. vg. plus softback. [59689] £15.00

269. Robson, T.O. et al. Major Weeds of the Near East. 1st. Ed. Pub. FAO 1991 pp.236 with colour photos., throughout plus sheet of Errata. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. Scarce. [58995] £35.00 Considers Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria and Turkey. Synonyms, common names, description, importance and control measures (both cultural herbicide and non-selective herbicides) are given for each weed.

270. Saghir, A-R.B. & Chaudhary, S.A. Weed Control Handbook for Saudi Arabia. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dept. of Agricultural Research, Saudi Arabia. 1985 pp.124 with colour photos. 8vo. Bilingual in English and Arabic. Fine softback gently sunned on spine. Scarce. [59012] £50.00

271. Sauerborn, E. & J. Plants of Cropland in Western Samoa. With Special Reference to Taro. 1st. Ed. Pub. Joseph Margraf. 1984 pp.331 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Name to ffep. Nr. fine softback. Scarce. [59000] £40.00

272. Schulz, B. Identification of Trees and Shrubs in Winter using Buds and Twigs. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2018 pp.viii, 373 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback. RRP £45.00. [60280] £30.00 A practical guide to identifying trees and shrubs in winter. Comprehensive and easy to use, it contains over 700 species identifiable via their winter buds and twigs. The illustrated identification keys are easy to use, and a summary set of keys are provided as an appendix.

273. Sherwood, Shirley. A Passion for Plants. Contemporary Botanical Masterworks from the Shirley Sherwood Collection. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2003 pp.264 with colour illus., throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60308] £35.00 ‘A Passion for Plants’ is the author’s homage to the renaissance of botanical art. The best of contemporary botanical art has been assembled from her own collection and paired with her own recollections of the aritsts and their method of working.

274. Shukla, Dr. U. The Grasses of North-Eastern India. 1st. Ed. Pub. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. 1996 pp.ix, 404 with b/w. illus., throughout. Large 8vo. Hardback. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. Scarce. [59017] £40.00

275. Smith, R.D. et al (Eds). Seed Conservation. Turning science into practice. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2003 pp.xxiv, 1023 with b/w. photos. and figs. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback. RRP £110.00. [60302] £60.00 An unrivalled account of the latest scientific and technological developments in the realm of seed banking.

276. Spooner, B.M. et al. Ascomycetes Supplement, A to C. Rep. Pub. The British Mycological Society 1980-1981 Three articles reprinted from the Transactions of the British Mycological Society, with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Softback in fine condition. [59718] £10.00 The articles collected in this supplement are: 1. New Records and Species of British Microfungi. (B.M. Spooner 1981); 2. New and interesting Microfungi from the 1978 Exeter Foray. (D.L. Hawksworth and D.W. Minter 1980); 3. The Genus Morenoina in Great Britain. ( J. Pamela Ellis 1980).

277. Stangl, J. Die Gattung Inocybe in Bayern. [The Genus Inocybe in Bavaria]. 1st. Ed. Pub. Regensburg. 1989 pp.409 with 38 coloured plates plus line drawings throughout. 8vo. German with scientific names. Occasional neat informed annotations. Thor. vg. softback in vg. dw. Scarce. [59711] £50.00

278. [Stevenson, J.B. (Ed.)]. The Species of Rhododendron. 1st. Ed. Pub. Rhododendron Soc. 1930 pp.viii, 861 with line drawings. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. A little spine lean. Bound in full blue leather gently sunned to spine, gilt lettering, raised bands to spine and the Rhododendron Society logo in gilt

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to front board. Marbled endpapers. A limited edition of 38 copies of which this is No.35. Nr. fine copy. [60301] £250.00 A detailed handbook to the species of Rhododendron, describing new species which had been discovered in Tibet, Burma and Western China during the preceding quarter of a century.

279. Tomasi, L.T. & Raphael, S. An Oak Spring Flora; An Oak Spring Pomona and An Oak Spring Sylva. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oak Spring Garden Library. 1989-1997 Three volume set with superb colour plates throughout all volumes. 4to. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. [60309] £100.00 The Oak Spring Garden Library comprises Rachel Lambert Mellon's celebrated collection of rare books, manuscripts, works of art and artifacts relating to gardening, landscape design, horticulture, botany, natural history and travels. These three volumes present the collection and is of great interest to collectors of rare books, to fine-art historians as well as to horticulturists, botanists and garden historians.

280. Unknown. Funghi Per Famiglia. P.O.D. Ed. Pub. Lightning Source. 2011 pp.322 with b/w. photos. Small 4to. Italian with latin names. Nr. fine softback. [59719] £20.00 A detailed work. Fungi families covered are : Agaricaceae, Albatrellaceae, Amanitaceae, Astraeaceae, Auricularaceae, Bankeraceae, Bolbitiaceae, Boletaceae, Cantharellaceae, Christianseniaceae, Clathraceae, Clavicipitaceae, Clavulinaceae, Coniophoraceae, Coprinaceae, Cortinariaceae.

281. Wakefield, E.M. New or Rare British Hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales). Rep. Pub. Trans. British Mycological Soc. 1952 pp.34-65 with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback. [59710] £9.00

282. Wakefield, E.M. and Dennis, R.W.G. Common British Fungi. A guide to the more common larger Basidiomycetes of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. P.R. Gawthorn. [1950] pp.ix, 290 with 111 colour plates. 8vo. VG. plus hardback. [59700] £10.00

283. Waller, J.M. et al. (Eds.). Plant Pathologist’s Pocketbook. 3rd. Ed. Pub. CABI. 2002 pp.x, 516 with b/w. figs., in text. Large 8vo. Signature to half-title. Fine softback. Latest edition. In-print at £58.99. [59007] £40.00 Completely updates the 1983 second edition. New topics include disease forecasting, biochemical and molecular techniques, and electronic databases. Sections cover plant pathologists' major activity areas: disease recognition and evaluation, causes, diagnosis/investigation and management.

284. Whittle, T. & Cook, C. Curtis’s Flower Garden Displayed. 120 plates from the years 1787-1807. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1981 pp.258 with 120 suberb colour plates including 2 fold out plates. Small 4to. Ex-Nat. Lib. of Scotland. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60305] £10.00

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285. Beirne, B. British Pyralid and Plume Moths. Wayside and Woodland Series. New Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne. 1954 pp.208 with 16 plates and b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Ex-lib. Contents in fine condition. A thor. vg. hardback. [59921] £28.50 This is the preferred edition with sharper, more defined plates.

286. Blencowe, M. & Hulme, N. The Butterflies of Sussex. A Twenty-First Century Atlas. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces Publications. 2017 pp.x, 326 with colour photos., and maps throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. Out-of-print. Scarce. [60292] £100.00 Sussex is recognised as one of the best areas of the country in which to see butterflies. This detailed, lavishly illustrated volume covers all 53 species recorded during an intensive five year survey.

287. Bradley, J.D. (Ed.) et al. Entomologist’s Gazette. An Illustrated Quarterly Journal of British Entomology / A Journal of Palaearctic Entomology. Volumes 14 to 51. 1st. Ed. Pub. Classey / Gem. 1963-2000 Thirty- eight volumes in original quarterly parts. 8vo. Softbacks. Nr. fine to fine. An excellent, complete run. [60082] £295.00

288. Brooks, S. Guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies of Britain. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. (FSC). 2004 pp.12 with colour illus. Large 8vo. Full-colour laminated chart designed for use outside. As new. [59905] £4.00

289. Brown, V.K. Grasshoppers. Naturalists Handbook 2. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1983 pp.65 with 4 colour plates and text figs. Large 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback. [59931] £10.00

290. Cameron, R.A.D. et al. A Field Key to the Slugs of the British Isles. Mollusca: Pulmonata. Rep. Ed. Pub. FSC./ AIDGAP. 1986 pp.807-824 with 4 colour plates and b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine softback. [59902] £6.00

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291. Davis, B.N.K. Insects on Nettles. Naturalists’ Handbook 1. Rev. Ed. Pub. Richmond. 1991 pp.68 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. [59930] £15.00

292. Donovan, Lt.-Col., C. & Richardson, A. A Catalogue of the Macrolepidoptera of Gloucestershire. [with] Supplement, [with] Supplement 2, [with] Supplement 3. Rep. Pub. Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club. 1941-1972 Small 4to. Thor. vg. photocopies of original article and supplements from The Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club. [60379] £30.00

293. Falk, S. Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Field Guide. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. British Wildlife Publishing. 2015 pp.432 with colour photographs & over 1,000 colour and b/w. illustrations by Richard Lewington. 8vo. A new softback copy. RRP £35.00. [58298] £31.50 Highly recommended. Provides the most recent information on the identification, ecology, status and distribution of all 275 bee species in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

294. Frohawk, F.W. The Complete Book of British Butterflies. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ward Lock. 1934 pp.384 with 32 fine colour plates and b/w. text illus., throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Minor foxing, o/w. contents fine. Given to J. Gent as a leaving prize in July 1938 by Shrewsbury House School with inscription to ffep. Original green cloth boards in nr. vg. condition. [59929] £30.00

295. Frohawk, F.W. Varieties of British Butterflies. A Selection of Rare and Interesting Specimens of Abberations, including Gynandromorphic and Homoeotic Forms; Albinism and Melanism. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Ward Lock. 1938 pp.200 with 48 colour plates by the author. Small 4to. Hardback. Ownership signature. Some scattered foxing, o/w. contents fine. Original beige coloured boards in vg. condition. [59818] £75.00

296. Jones-Walters, L.M. Keys to the Families of British Spiders. Rep. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 1989 pp.365-443 with b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine softback. [59907] £6.50

297. Kappel, A.W. & Kirby, W.E. Beetles, Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects. A brief introduction to their collection and preservation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell & Co. 1892 pp.[vii], 182 with 12 colour chromolithograph plates plus 16 page publisher’s catalogue. Large 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. More recently very pleasingly rebound in period style brown cloth with original spine relaid. [59909] £30.00

298. Longfield, C. The Dragonflies of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland Series. 2nd. Enl. Ed. Pub. Fredrick Warne. 1949 pp.255 with 12 colour plates, b/w. photos and text figs. Small 8vo. A nr. fine ex-lib. copy. Preferred edition. [59920] £19.50 An excellent work.

299. McNeill, Dr. S. Butterflies and Moths. Engravings by Christian Sepp and his son Jan Christian Sepp. 1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1978 pp.235 with 106 colour plates. Small 4to. Fine hardback in simulated green leather boards. Information about the book neatly tipped to ffep. [59911] £12.00 The Sepps’ illustrations of Butterflies and Moths from the 18th century are still considered outstanding not just for their technical accuracy, but also for their artistic merit. Here, a selection of plates has been pulled together by Stuart McNeill to both show off these astonishing works and to allow them to be of use to the field of naturalist and casual observer alike.

300. Majerus, M. & Kearns, P. Ladybirds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Richmond Publishing Co. 1987 pp.8 with colour illus. 8vo. Full-colour laminated chart designed for use outside. As new. [59904] £4.00 Provides illustrations of all British ladybirds and gives information on their identification.

301. Manley, Chris. British & Irish Moths. A Photographic Guide 3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2021 pp.448 with over 3,200 colour photographs with colour dist. maps. 8vo. New hardback. RRP £45.00. [60493] £40.50 ‘British and Irish Moths’ is the most comprehensive collection of photographs of British moths ever published. This third edition has been significantly expanded so that it includes all species on the British list. Contains extra identification hints, e.g. for the leaf-mining micros, photographs are included to demonstrate the all-important feeding signs that can often be a more reliable identification method than seeing the adult.

302. Marren, P. & Mabey, R. Bugs Britannica. 1st. Ed. Pub. Chatto and Windus. 2010 pp.xii, 500 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59757] £20.00 Sister volume to Flora Britannica and Fauna Britannica.

303. Marshall, J. Guide to British grasshoppers and allied insects. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. (FSC). 2004 pp.8 with colour illus. Large 8vo. Full-colour laminated chart designed for use outside. As new. [59906] £4.00

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304. Marshall, J.A. & Haes, E.C.M. Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1988 pp.252 with 10 colour plates and b/w. text figs and maps. 4to. With bookmark key to species (gives the scientific names and English name translations) loosely inserted to front. Fine hardback in fine dw., in clear protective sleeve. [59910] £35.00

305. Measures, David. Kaleidoscope. The Secret Lives of Britain’s Butterflies. 1st. Ed. Pub. Mascot Media. 2016 pp.144 with colour illus. throughout. Large landscape 8vo. Fine hardback with gently sunned spine. RRP £25.00. [60345] £20.00 David Measures, who died in 2011, was arguably the foremost UK-based painter of butterflies. A gifted wildlife artist, he devoted much of his life to observing, sketching and commenting on their activities. This is the first book to collate David’s paintings of all native British species of butterfly.

306. Miller, P.L. Dragonflies. Naturalists’ Handbooks 7. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1987 pp.84 with 4 colour plates and b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Small address label. Nr. fine softback. [59932] £9.50

307. Russwurm, A.D.A. Aberrations of British Butterflies. 1st. Ed. Pub. Classey Ltd. 1978 pp.151 with 40 colour plates. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59912] £25.00

308. Salmon, M.A. et.al. The Aurelian Legacy. British Butterflies and their Collectors. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of California. 2000 pp.432 with colour plates, b/w. photos and figs. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59913] £15.00 Fascinating and very useful. Includes a history of British butterfly collecting and profiles 101 collectors from Thomas Moffet (1553-1604) to John Heath (1922-87) with a survey of the more interesting species they collected. Lists all British and Irish butterflies, with past and present common names.

309. Sardet, E. et al. Grasshoppers of Britain and Western Europe. A Photographic Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2021 pp.304 with colour photos., and illus. throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £35.00. [60135] £31.50 This is the first guide to the 261 species of orthopterans, the grasshoppers, crickets and katydids, of Britain and western Europe ever published. The book comes with a CD, featuring 222 orthopteran songs.

310. Schillhammer, H. Revision of the Oriental Species of Gabrius (Staphylinidae). Monographs on Coleoptera Vol. 1. 1st. Ed. Pub. Vienna. 1997 pp.139 with line drawings and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. RRP £28.00. [60220] £12.50

311. South, R., (Ed. by Edelsten & Fletcher) The Moths of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland. Series I & II. New Ed. Rep. Pub. Warne. 1980 Two volume set with colour and b/w. plates. Small 8vo. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. A very pleasing set indeed. [59922] £30.00 Provides a significant amount of background natural history for each Moth not found in more modern identification guides.

312. Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne. 1959 pp.xiii, 436 with 32 colour plates and b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Ex-lib. Hardback. Evidence of spill to top margin of contents, o/w. contents fine. With vg. dw. [59923] £35.00

313. Spalding, A. Loe Bar and the Sandhill Rustic Moth. The Biogeography, Ecology and Cultural History of a Coastal Shingle Bar. 1st. Ed. Pub. Brill. 2015 pp.xxv, 346 with colour and b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback. RRP £89.99. [60290] £60.00 Examines the survival of plants and animals that endure the harsh environment of a shingle beach in Cornwall through the detailed study of the Sandhill Rustic moth.

314. Step, E. Bees, Wasps, Ants and Allied Insects of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne. 1932 pp.xxv, 238 with 44 colour plates and 67 b/w. plates. Small 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. with illustrations of long-legged wasps. [59924] £40.00 A highly readable, accurate and well observed account of the social and solitary insects. Includes bumblebees, sawflies, ichneumons, galls and all kinds of digger, potter and spider-hunting wasps.

315. Sutton, S.L. Woodlice. Invertebrate Types. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ginn & Co. 1972 pp.144 with colour plates, b/w., photos., and illus. 8vo. Ex-lib. A thor. vg. hardback. [59927] £12.50

316. Taylor, M. The Pocket Book of Insect Anatomy. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2020 pp.223 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. [58308] £15.99 This excellent RSPB guide to insect anatomy aims to demystify the way that insects live, from the fine detail of their internal processes to the way they co-exist with all other forms of life.

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317. Unwin, D.M. A Key to the Families of British Diptera. 2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Field Studies Council. 1984 pp.513-553 with b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [59908] £10.00

318. Waldbauer, G. Fireflies, Honey, and Silk. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni of California Press. 2009 pp.xi, 233 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59406] £16.00 A highly entertaining exploration of the myriad ways insects have enriched our lives - culturally, economically, and aesthetically.

319. Waring, P. and Townsend, M. Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2017 pp.464 with colour illus. by Richard Lewington, colour photos., and dist. maps. 8vo. New softback. RRP £35.00. [58971] £31.50 This, the third edition of the ‘Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland’ has been fully revised, updated and restructured, bringing it in line with the latest thinking in taxonomy. Moths are illustrated in their natural resting postures, and there are also paintings of different forms, underwings and other details to help with identification.

320. Warren, Martin. Butterflies. A Natural History. British Wildlife Collection No. 10. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2021 pp.384 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £35.00. [60295] £31.50 A unique take on butterfly behaviour and ecology. It explores the secret lives of our British species (also drawing on comparative examples from continental Europe), revealing how they have become adapted to survive in such a highly competitive natural world.

321. Williston, S.W. Manual of North American Diptera. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Hathaway and William Wesley. 1908 pp.405 with b/w. photos., and illus., throughout. 8vo. Signature. Contents fine. Original red cloth boards in vg. condition, spotted and spine gently sunned. [59928] £50.00

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322. Adams, H.F. Hummingbirds. Described and Illustrated with an Introductory Sketch on their Structure, Plumage, Haunts, Habits, Etc. 1st. Ed. Pub. Groombridge & Sons. 1856 pp.[xvi], xxviii, [29]-70 with 8 hand- coloured plates plus Index of Species and 1-leaf of Groombridge adverts. Small 8vo. Hardback. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Orignal gilt lettered and decorated cloth boards showing a little wear at spine ends, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. A very charming work. [60431] £180.00 The charming hand-coloured plates illustrate a total of 16 species of Hummingbirds.

323. Avis, Richard. Bird-preserving, Bird-mounting and the preservation of Birds’ Eggs. With a Chapter on Bird-Catching. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne. [1870] pp.48 with illustrations plus 12-page Catalogue of ‘Frederick Warne & Co.’s Practical Handbooks’. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. With Watkins & Doncaster label to ffep. Original decorated cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Freeman 129, not in Mullens and Swann. Very scarce. [60430] £295.00

324. Bannerman, David A. Birds of the Atlantic Islands. Vols. I to IV. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1963-1968 Four volume set illus. in colour by D.M. Reid-Henry, George E. Lodge, C.F. Tunnicliffe and others. 4to. Nr. fine hardbacks with minor spotting, largely confined to ends and fore-edges of text-block, all in thor. vg. to nr. fine dws. Vol. III with dedication (dated 1966) from David Bannerman to James D. Macdonald reading ‘To J.D. Macdonald. With every good wish to you for a happy new life far away across the seas. From David Bannerman. A very pleasing set. [60224] £400.00 J.D. Macdonald (1908-2002) was a highly respected Scottish-Australian ornithologist and ornithological writer. In 1968 he moved to Brisbane, Australia. Amongst his publications were ‘Birds of the Sudan’ (1955) and ‘Birds of Australia’ (1973). Bannerman also acknowledges his help in the production of ‘Birds of the Atlantic Islands’.

325. Butler, Arthur G. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Order Passeres. 1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby & Clarke. [1908] Two volumes with 107 chromolithograph plates of Birds and 8 of Eggs. Large 4to. Hardbacks. TEG. Contents nr. fine. Original quarter buckram over blue cloth, letttered in gilt to spine, all in vg. condition. [60284] £275.00 These volumes were superbly illustrated by H. Gronvold and F.W. Frohawk.

326. Butler, Arthur G. British Birds with their Nest and Eggs. 1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby and Clarke. [1896-1899] Six volume set. With 24 colour chromolithograph plates of eggs (containing 475 figures) and 318 fine b/w. plates of birds by F.W. Frohawk. (4to.). Hardbacks. TEG. Some scattered foxing, very largely confined to text, two neat repairs, o/w. contents fine. Original two tone green boards with gilt lettering, gently rubbed o/w. in thor. vg./nr. fine condition. [60285] £275.00

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327. Duppa, Richard. The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany. Illustrated by Select Specimens of Foreign and Indigenous Plants. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. 1816 Three volume set with 240 fine copper engraved plates of which 237 are hand-coloured and three are b/w. (as published), with the Dictionary of Botanical terms and Index at end of Vol. III. 8vo. Hardbacks. AEG. Contents in near fine condition. Contemporary full, straight grain, leather binding, with richly decorated spines and borders, gently rubbed, o/w. nr. fine. A very pleasing set indeed. [60286] £3,250.00 ‘This work is intended to be a complete illustration of the Linnaean system of Botany’. It was published in both coloured and un-coloured issues.

328. Frohawk, F.W. Natural History of British Butterflies. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson. [1914] Two volume set. With 60 full-page colour plates and a further 5 b/w. plates. Crown folio. Contents exceptionally clean, in nr. fine condition. Original blue cloth boards in vg. condition showing some fairly minor discolouration to fore-edges of boards, also gently bowed (common for this work). With most of original dws. tipped into rfep of each volume. [59865] £225.00 Frohawk’s masterpiece and the first work to provide in illustration, all the stages of development of the butterflies featured.

329. Gosse, Philip Henry. Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals. 1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1860 pp.xl, 362 with 11 fine coloured lithographed plates, 1 monochrome and many engravings in the text. 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription dated 1919 to ffep. Very minor spotting to index, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated green cloth binding in thor. vg / nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed. [60448] £250.00 The 'Actinologia' is widely recognised as Gosse's masterpiece - the finest of all his writings on natural history. It comprises coloured figures of the species and principal varieties of the then known British Sea-Anemones and Corals.

330. Grieve, Symington. The Great Auk, or Garefowl (Alca impennis, Linn.). Its History, Archaeology and Remains. 1st. Ed. Pub. Thomas C. Jack. 1885 pp.x, [ii], 141, [iii], 58 with frontis., two colour plates of eggs, one plate of bones plus fold-out map. Large 4to. Hardback. Scattered spotting at ends, to the map (has a couple of short closed tears) less so to rest of contents, o/w. contents fine. Period signature to ffep. Front internal hinge a little tender. Original brown cloth, spine neatly strengthened and neat, early, hand-written spine label, all in vg. condition. [60436] £350.00 With a neat, period, hand-written note in the Appendix about the sale of Sir Vancey Harpur Crewe’s Auk egg at auction in 1894. A much more detailed newspaper article recounting the auction sale loosely inserted (from the Daily Graphic, 23rd Feb 1894). Short period newspaper entry about the egg’s subsequent sale in 1925 tipped in. Further hand-written note in same hand about the sale of Mrs Wise’s Great Auk egg on 12th March 1888.

331. Harding, J.D. Lessons on Trees. 4th. Ed. Pub. W. Kent & Co [n.d. c.1858] pp.[8] plus 30 lithographic plates covering 63 lessons. Folio. Hardback. Contents in vg. to thor. vg. condition with some scattered foxing and two neat repairs. Charming bookplate of Isabella Baker to front paste down. Original decorated brown cloth boards in vg. condition. [60016] £250.00 Charming. This work was dedicated to the artistic study of trees, taking the reader through the ‘how to’ illustrate the various elements and on to complete compositions. Harriet Isabel Adam nee Baker (1863-1952) was a British artist, scientific illustrator, and author. She attended the Birmingham School of Art and trained as an artist before moving to illustration and specializing in the Arts and Crafts style. She is most known for her botanical drawings, bookplates, and published two volume set, ‘Wild Flowers of the British Isles’.

332. Mason, W. The English Garden: A Poem in four books. To which are added a commentary and notes by W. Burgh, Esq. New Ed. Pub. A Ward, York. 1783 pp.ix, 243. Small 8vo. Hardback. Front endpaper removed. Signature, dated 1865, and more recent bookplate to front pastedown. Some browning to margins at ends o/w. contents nr. fine. Original full calf binding, some rubbing to extremities and front hinge a little tender, o/w. in vg. condition. [59827] £75.00 Mason’s poem was modelled on Virgil’s ‘Georgics’, and was written in praise of the landscape garden. This is the first collected edition and includes a commentary and notes by W. Burgh.

333. Morris, Rev. F.O. A History of British Butterflies. 9th. Ed. Pub. Routledge. 1904 pp.viii, 234 with 79 hand- coloured plates, 2 b/w. plates illustrating equipment, plus addenda leaf. Large 8vo. Very minor amount of spotting, one section neatly reinforced internally, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated green cloth in vg. plus condition. [60283] £150.00 The plates in this edition were ‘specially corrected for this edition’ and all coloured by hand.

334. Robson, Stephen. The British Flora. Containing the Select Names, Characters, Places of Growth, Duration, and Time of Flowering of Plants growing wild in Great-Britain. 1st. Ed. Pub. W. Blanchard and Company, York. 1777 pp.xx, [x], 330, plus 24-page index, with 5 copper-engraved plates. 8vo. Hardback. Early

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mark to top corner of 4 pages of Index, o/w. contents thor. vg. Ownership inscription dated 1789 to rfep. More recenty rebound in green cloth, in gilt lettered spine, in fine condition. [60451] £125.00 Quaker botanist Stephen Robson (1741-1779) was born in Northgate, Darlington. Amongst his correspondents were William Curtis and Robert Harrison.

335. Seebohm, H. Coloured figures of the Eggs of British Birds. Edited by R. Bowdler-Sharpe. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pawson & Brailsford. 1896 pp.xxiv, 304 with portrait frontis., and 60 colour chromolithograph plates. Large 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting at ends, to borders of some plates and only very occasionally to the text, o/w. contents fine. Original red cloth in vg. plus condition, lettered in gilt to spine and front. [60435] £225.00 This copy was given to Lieut. H.G.R. Bevan, R.N. in 1896 as part of the Beaufort Testimonial, and it bears a presentation to the ffep. The Beaufort Testimonial was an annual award of instruments or books of a professional character and of practical use to a Naval Officer ‘who scored highest in navigation and pilotage in examinations for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant’.

336. Seebohm, Henry. The Birds of Siberia. A Record of a Naturalist’s visits to the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1901 pp.xix, [i], 512 with illus. and fold-out map. Large 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Some spotting at ends and to fore-edge of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth in very bright nr. fine condition. [60406] £200.00

337. Sterland, W.J. and Whitaker, Joseph. Descriptive List of the Birds of Nottinghamshire. 1st. Ed. Pub.William Gouk. 1879 pp.71 plus 1-leaf of adverts of works by W.J. Sterland. 8vo. Hardback. Cords gently stretched, a few spots, o/w. contents fine. Neat ownership stamp of Howard Smith. Original decorated blue cloth boards in thor. vg. / nr. fine condition. Scarce. [60433] £225.00

338. Wallace, Harold Frank (Ed.). British Deer Heads. An Illustrated Record of the Exhibition Organized by ‘Country Life’ and held at the Royal Water Colour Society’s Gallery, June 26th to July 10th, 1913. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. [c.1913] pp.xvi, 112 with 225 examples illustrated. 4to. Hardback. TEG. Contents exceptionally clean and in nr. fine condition. Original cream cloth with gilt lettering and gilt stag head to front board in nr. fine condition. A limited edition of just 600 copies, this being No. 307. With armorial bookplate of John Gilmour. A very pleasing copy indeed. [60437] £350.00

339. Whitaker, Joseph. Jottings of a Naturalist. Scraps of Nature and Sport on Land and Sea. 1st. Ed. Pub. Walter Black. 1912 pp.[xiv], 289 with frontis., 11 plates and 1 illus. 8vo. Hardback. Minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. With newpaper Obituary for Joseph Whitaker (1932) clipped to verso of Introduction and Estate Agents colour photograph (2010) of Rainworth Lodge loosely inserted. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition showing some darkening to spine. Very scarce. [60434] £295.00

340. Whitaker, Joseph. Notes on the Birds of Nottinghamshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Walter Black & Co. 1907 pp.xviii, 298, 7-page index and 4-page Hill and Smith adverts. Ffep. and frontis. removed. With 8 other illus., (one in colour). 8vo. Hardback. With illus. of Tufted Duck by Peter Scott added in. With pencil tick marks, o/w. contents very clean. Original boards in vg. condition. With a copy of ‘A Bird Watcher in Nottinghamshire by J. Staton (1947) illustrated by Roland Green loosely inserted. With an article about and illus. of Joseph Whitaker (c.1946) pasted to front-pastedown. With letter (Sept. 1947) from the Curator of the of Wollaton Hall, Nottingham about a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. With a newspaper article (Sept. 2000) on ‘The Bird Stone’ in Thieves Wood. The original stone was erected by Joseph Whitaker and is pictured in his ‘Notes on the Birds of Nottinghamshire’. A fascinating copy. [60432] £130.00 Mr. Whitaker 'may justly be termed the most noted ornithologist of his county' (Mullens and Swann). Provides information concerning the occurrence of 259 species and one or two probables. Not merely a list, this work ‘contains a wealth of interesting and original material’ (Spolton).

341. White, Gilbert. The Natural History and Antiquites of Selborne. In the County of Southampton: With Engravings and an Appendix. 1st. Ed. Pub. London by T. Bensley; For B. White and Son. 1789 pp.v, 468 plus 12 page index and one-page errata. Complete with fold-out engraved frontis., engraved half-title and seven further plates (one fold-out). 4to. Hardback. Plates show some spotting and off-setting, minor paper flaw to fold-out plate. Very minor spotting elsewhere, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. More recent handsome half-calf over marbled boards, with decoration and gilt lettering to spine. A very pleasing copy. [60385] £2,500.00

342. Wood, Neville. British Song Birds; Being popular descriptions and anecdotes of the Choristers of the Groves. 1st. Ed. Pub. John W. Parker. 1836 pp.xii, 408 plus Synoptical Table, Index and 4-page Catalogue of books published by John W. Parker. Small 8vo. Hardback. Short closed tear neatly repaired to ffep., o/w. contents nr. fine. Three neat ownership inscriptions. Original decorated cloth with gilt lettering to spine, small nick to top of spine (gently sunned) o/w. in very pleasing thor. vg. condition. [60429] £300.00 Mullens and Swann wrote of Neville Wood that he ‘was an amateur possessed of considerable knowledge’ and ‘he is chiefly known as the editor of a periodical called ‘The Naturalist’’.

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343. Yarrell, William. A History of British Birds. 4th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst 1871-1885 Four volume set with 564 fine wood-engravings. Half and full-titles present, errata and 16-page Van Voorst Catalogue (dated May 1884). 8vo. Hardbacks. Occasionally cords a little stretched, o/w. contents very clean and nr. fine. Numerous period notes and insertions. Original cloth binding showing some wear and repair, in. vg. condition overall. A fascinating set of the last and best edition, revised and enlarged by Alfred Newton and Howard Saunders [60062] £325.00 This set was clearly owned by a knowledgeable, well-connected and travelled Victorian ornithologist. There are numerous highly considered observations and comments in pencil to the text. Places mentioned include the New Forest, Northumberland, the Camargue and Sardinia with dates ranging from 1852 to 1899. He knew his contemporaries and their collections, e.g. that of Edward Heale Rodd, since reference is made to it. He was knowledgeable about period works, specifically referencing John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain' and Seebohm's 'A History of British Birds'. Period articles have been inserted: 'Yellowshanks' by [Rev.] F.O. Morris, 'Eggs of the Cuckoo and the foster parents' from The Field (1896), part of an article detailing the legality of taking eggs by County (namely Berwickshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland and Devonshire) and two further articles 'The Mountain Partridge' and 'The Little Bustard'.

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344. Adams, K. & Pelz, P. Grasses in the Garden. Design Ideas, Plant Portraits and Care. 1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2015 pp.160 with colour photos throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00 [60481] £20.00 Demonstrates the diversity of grasses, their range, colour and size. Practical advice on their purchase and care to help ensure striking year-round displays.

345. Arbury, J. and Pinhey, S. Pears. 1st. Ed. Pub. Wells & Winter. 1997 pp.103 with 15 colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With the bookplate of Julia Trevelyan Oman, The Laskett, Much Birch. [60458] £20.00 Each of the more than 50 cultivars in this work is comprehensively described and beautifully illustrated in water colour paintings. Julia Trevelyan Oman, Lady Strong (1930-2003) was married to Sir Roy Strong and together they made one of Britain's largest post-war formal gardens, The Laskett.

346. Barnatt, J. & Williamson, T. Chatsworth: A Landscape History. 1st. Ed. Pub. Windgather Press. 2005 pp.xii, 244 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. Small 4to. Bookplate. Nr. fine softback. [60010] £20.00 Explores the history of the landscape of Chatsworth within the Peak District National Park, and the ambitious project of the first Dukes to create gardens and landscapes that complemented their innovative, state-of-the-art mansion, completed at the turn of the 18th century.

347. Bird, R. Cassell’s Directory of Climbers and Wall Shrubs. Everything you need to create a garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 2000 pp.112 with colour photos and illus., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [46995] £5.00 An instant reference to more than 250 plants.

348. Blomfield, Reginald and Inigo Thomas, F. The Formal Garden in England. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan & Co. 1892 pp.xii, 244 with b/w. illus by F. Inigo Thomas. 8vo. Hardback. Faint scattered foxing, o/w contents fine. Amorial bookplate of William Wilton Phipps to front pastedown. Signature and inscription (dated 20th September 1892) of his wife, Jessie Phipps (1855-1934) to ffep. Jessie Phipps was a British politician who served on the London County Council from 1907-1926. Original gilt decorated cream boards showing some marking and darkening, o/w. in vg. plus condition. A little spine lean. Scarce first edition. [59881] £95.00 Blomfeld was an architect and apologist for the formal style of landscape design, who came into conflict with William Robinson, the advocate of a wilder, more natural style. With illustrations by F. Inigo Thomas, it is a historical survey of the formal garden, covering all kinds of garden architecture as well as the use of symmetry and symbolism.

349. Bown, D. Alba. The Book of White Flowers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Unwin Hyman. 1989 pp.160 with colour photos and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59888] £10.00 A source of inspiration and practical advice for lovers of white flowers.

350. Brickell, C. & Joyce, D. The Royal Horticultural Society - Pruning & Training. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dorling Kindersley. 1996 pp.336 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60339] £12.50

351. Brookes, John. Gardens of Paradise. The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicholson. 1987 pp.240 with colour, b/w. photos. and plans. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59897] £85.00 The author examines the idea of the garden as a symbol of paradise, expressed not only in the Quran but in all the Islamic arts.

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352. Cane, Percy S. The Earth is my Canvas. 1st. Ed. Pub. Methuen & Co. 1956 pp.ix, 161 with b/w. photos. and plans. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. Scarce in dustwrapper. [59895] £25.00

353. Carter, G. et al. Humphry Repton. Landscape Gardener 1752-1818. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sainsbury Centre Visual Arts. 1982 pp.xvi, 176 with colour plates and b/w. illus. throughout. Landscape 4to. Signature. VG. softback. [59898] £25.00

354. Carters Tested Seeds Ltd. The Blue Book of Gardening. Catalogue 1934. 1st. Ed. Pub. Carters Tested Seeds. 1934 pp.402 with colour plates, b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Spine lifting at bottom of front external hinge, o/w. a vg. plus hardback. [59883] £15.00 The first annual catalogue issued by James Carter of 238 High Holborn was published in 1837. By the time of this catalogue, Carters had moved to a 19 acre site in Raynes Park and had become world famous, winning numerous awards for horticultural excellence. A fascinating insight into the world of horticultural retail just prior to WWII.

355. Chatto, B. & Lloyd, C. Dear Friend & Gardener. Letters on Life and Gardening. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 1998 pp.256. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Signed by both Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto to title page. Very uncommon to have both signatures. [60019] £120.00 ‘In this engaging and fascinating exhange of letters, Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto, two long established friends and distinguished gardeners, compare notes on successes and failures in their two very different gardens, share gossip and discuss life and nature.’

356. Chesshire, C. Clematis. Inspiration, Selection and Practical Guidance. 1st. Ed. Pub. RHS. 2004 pp.160 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59890] £10.00 An excellent insight into the history of clematis, how they can be used in the garden, how to choose the right clematis and practical advice for their cultivation.

357. Christianson, C.P. The Riverside Gardens of Thomas More’s London. 1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Uni. Press. 2005 pp.vii, 232 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £34.99. [60009] £22.50 Eight historic gardens are here historically recreated and analysed in this richly illustrated book. One of the gardens belonged to Sir Thomas More and the others to politically powerful friends and acquaintances. Their stories shed new light on London's garden history and that of its first gardeners.

358. Clifford, J. Capability Brown. An Illustrated Life of Lancelot Brown 1716-1783. Shire Lifelines 33. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1974 pp.48 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [59872] £4.00

359. Cloake, J. & Strong, R. (Eds.). Artist’s Kew. An Exhibition of Contemporary Works. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2006 pp.96 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £18.00. [60482] £14.50 A fascinating catalogue of an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens. It explores the history of Kew and presents views of its grounds and buildings, in oils and watercolour, by 50 contemporary artists including Kurt Jackson, Steve Whitehead and Sir Peter Blake.

360. Conan, M. (Ed.). Performance and Appropriation: Profane Rituals in Gardens and Landscapes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dumbarton Oaks. 2007 pp.227 with b/w. photos. 4to. Thor. vg. to nr. fine softback. [59901] £20.00 A collection of 10 essays grouped under the headings of ‘Garden and Landscape Performance: Contributions to Cultural Changes’; ‘Achieving a Social Construction of the Self’; and ‘Struggling for Political Changes’.

361. Conway, H. People’s Parks. The Design and Development of Victorian Parks in Britain. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1991 pp.xviii, 287 with b/w. photos., and illus. thoughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Scarce. [59885] £75.00

362. Cornish, V. Historic Thorn Trees in the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1941 pp.94 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards sunned, o/w. thor. vg. Compliment slip with a handwritten inscription by Dr. Vaughan Cornish, dated 1945, loosely inserted. Scarce. [59875] £30.00

363. Crowe, S. Garden Design. 1st. Ed. 3rd. Imp. Pub. Country Life. 1965 pp.229 with b/w. photos. and figs. Large 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. A very pleasing copy indeed. [59877] £40.00 Sylvia Crowe’s ‘Garden Design’ has influenced several generations of landscape architects and specialist garden designers since it was first published in 1958. It encompasses both a fascinating history of design in gardens and a stimulating study of the need for these principles to be applied to the contemporary landscape.

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364. Crowe, Sylvia et al. The Gardens of Mughul India. A history and a guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Thames & Hudson. 1972 pp.200 with colour photos. and b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With three pages of related handwritten notes loosely inserted. [59886] £32.50

365. Daehnhardt, J. Portugal. A Cradle of European Camellia Culture. 1st. Ed. Pub. Portugal. [2015] pp.120 with colour photos. throughout. Landscape 4to. Trilingual in English, Portuguese, German. Fine hardback. Scarce. [59364] £49.50 Published posthumously, this is a fascinating account, backed up by many years of research, of the Author’s that camellias were first brought back to Europe by Portuguese mariners, and that Portugal remains to this day the European home of camellias.

366. Davies, J. Herbs and Herb Gardens. Shire Album 111. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1983 pp.32 with b/w. photos. and plans. 8vo. Fine softback. [59871] £5.00

367. De Charms, L. Elizabeth of the German Garden. A Biography [of Elizabeth Von Arnim]. 1st. Ed. Pub. William Heinemann. 1958 pp.429 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. dw. [60024] £50.00 Elizabeth Von Arnim was an Australian-born British gardener and novelist who married a German aristocrat. Her best-known works are set in Germany. After her first husband's death, she had a 3 year affair with H.G. Wells, before marrying Frank Russell, elder brother of Bertrand Russell.

368. Duncan, Graham. The Genus Lachenalia. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2012 pp.480 with over 300 colour photographs, supporting botanical illustrations & line drawings. 4to. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £130.00. [49107] £120.00 The first complete monograph of the Genus Lachenalia or Cape Hyacinth.

369. Elliott, B. Victorian Gardens. 1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub Batsford. 1990 pp.285 with 12 colour plates and b/w. photos. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine softback. [60011] £30.00 Examines developments in landscaping, and new thinking in the use of garden features. Colour theories are discussed, along with their influence on carpet bedding and the flower garden.

370. Farrer, Reginald. The English Rock Garden. Volume I & II. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1955 Two volume set with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback set in vg. dws. Article about Reginald Farrer from Telegraph magazine loosely inserted in Vol. I. [60006] £25.00

371. Favretti, R.J. Jacob Weidenmann. Pioneer Landscape Architect. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cedar Hill Cemetary Foundation. 2007 pp.192 with colour, b/w. photos., illus., and plans. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60022] £40.00 Jacob Weidenmann emigrated to the United States in 1856 at the age of 27 and quickly gained a reputation for his excellent design and brilliant solutions to complex engineering and architectural challenges. He became a leading innovator in the field, helping to set standards and design principles for the profession.

372. Feldman, A. & Eustace, S. Moore at Kew. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2007 pp.96 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine softback. [60026] £10.00 Documents a major exhibition of twenty-eight of Henry Moore’s sculptures at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

373. Hall, Sir A. Daniel. The Genus Tulipa. With 40 Illustrations in Colour by H.C. Osterstock. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Horticultural Society. 1940 pp.viii, 171 with b/w. photos. and illus. plus 40 colour plates at rear of text. Small 4to. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original green cloth boards in vg. condition. [59891] £35.00

374. Hill, P. Contemporary History of Garden Design. European Gardens between Art and Architecture. 1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Birkhauser. 2004 pp.263 with colour photos. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60030] £50.00 Beautifully illustrated and providing a panorama and analysis of contemporary European garden art, this work reveals the multiple influences that have contributed to the best of European garden design in the late 20th and early 21st century.

375. Howard, Ebenezer. Garden Cities of To-Morrow. Edited, with a Preface, by F.J. Osborn. 1st. Ed. 3rd. Imp. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1951 pp.168 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. neatly, covertly, repaired on underside. Scarce. [60017] £95.00 Published originally in 1898 as ‘Tomorrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform’, this work gave us the term ‘Garden City’ and holds a unique place in town planning literature.

376. Howells, J. Clematis : The Montanas. A Book for Gardeners. 1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2005 pp.216 with colour photos throughout. Sm 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £12.95. [60486] £11.25 Montanas are the most popular of the Clematis family. Explains the history of each variety, their strengths and weaknesses, how to choose the right one for the right place and provides advice on cultivation and display.

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377. Hunt, John Dixon (Ed.). Garden History. Issues, Approaches, Methods. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dumbarton Oaks. 1992 pp.402 with b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. Scarce and sought after. [59899] £95.00 With essays on the contribution of archaeology, systematic survey, iconography, early Japanese horticulture and other topics.

378. Jacobsen, A.L. Purpleleaf Plums. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1992 pp.183 with colour photographs and silhouette illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60453] £14.00 The first comprehensive treatment of the subject with detailed cultivar descriptions. Provides detail on identification, cultivation, flowers, foliage, fruit, propagation and more.

379. Jarman, Derek. Derek Jarman’s Garden. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Thames and Hudson. 1996 pp.144 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With the bookplate of Sir Roy Strong and a newspaper article about Derek Jarman’s garden from 1999 loosely inserted. [60455] £25.00 Derek Jarman created his own garden in the flat, bleak expanse of shingle that faces the nuclear power station in Dungeness, Kent. Here he produced a landscape which mixed flint, shells and driftwood with sculptures, indigenous plants, and shrubs and flowers he introduced.

380. Jennings, A. Roman Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. English Heritage. 2006 pp.82 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [60007] £5.00 With practical suggestions for creating a period feel in your own garden.

381. Jennings, A. Tudor and Stuart Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. English Heritage. 2005 pp.106 with colour illus. and photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback, very gently sunned on spine. [59089] £6.50 An introduction to Tudor and Stuart Gardens, providing practical suggestions to help create a period feel in your garden.

382. Jennings, A. Victorian Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. English Heritage. 2005 pp.90 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback with gently sunned spine. [60008] £5.00 With practical suggestions for creating a period feel in your own garden.

383. Juniper, B.E. & Mabberley, D.J. The Extraordinary Story of the Apple. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2019 pp.xvii, 278 with 200 colour photos., and illus., throughout. Small 4to. New hardback. RRP £40.00. [58203] £36.00 Written by two leading botanical experts, this is a complete natural and cultural history of the apple. Juniper and Mabberley show how the apple has long been one of the most important fruits in the temperate regions of the world, and that it has been beloved since the times of the Persians, Greeks, and Romans.

384. Kingdon-Ward, Frank. Berried Treasure. Shrubs for Autumn and Winter colour in your Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. 1954 pp.191 with colour frontis and b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60298] £40.00

385. Laborey, J. Les Camelias. 1st. Ed. Pub. Flammarion, La Maison Rustique. 1986 pp.238 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. Small 8vo. French with scientific and English names. Neat dedication by Author to verso of half-title. Near fine hardback. [59362] £7.50

386. Lassus, B. The Landscape Approach. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Pennsylvania Press. 1998 pp.xiv, 196 with colour, b/w. photos., illus and plans throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59892] £30.00 With this collection of the writings of leading French landscape architect, Bernard Lassus, translated into English, his contributions can finally be fully appreciated by a wider audience.

387. Lawson, William, A New Orchard and Garden. with The Country Housewives Garden. Facs. Ed. Pub. The Cresset Press. 1927 pp.xxvi, 116 with b/w. illus. 8vo. TEG. Signature. Two works in facsimile, with a Preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. Fine hardback in good to vg. dw. No. 434 of a limited edition of 650. [59880] £75.00 Clergyman William Lawson (d. 1635) was a keen and experienced gardener. He distilled the fruits of his knowledge into these two books along with practical beekeeping advice (published in the 17th Century) and they remain very much treasured amongst early gardening literature.

388. Lipscombe, M. &. Stokes, J. Trees and How to Grow Them. 1st. Ed. Pub. Think Books. 2008 pp.256 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [59715] £25.00 Covers a huge range of trees that are easy to grow. Each tree is illustrated and described in a way that makes identification easy.

389. Lloyd, C. (Petrie, R. (Ed.)). Cuttings. A Year in the Garden with Christopher Lloyd. 1st. Ed. Pub. Chatto & Windus. 2007 pp.xxv, 390 with colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60020] £15.00

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This selection of over 100 columns, originally printed in The Guardian, reflects Christopher Lloyd’s passions and challenges, his eagerness to experiment, his appetites and his prodigious knowledge as a plantsman.

390. MacDougall, E.B. and Jashemski, W.F. (Eds). Ancient Roman Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dumbarton Oaks. 1981 pp.108 with b/w. photos. and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. [60018] £18.00 Six main chapters focusing on the following - Greek Antecedents of Garden Sculpture, the Campanian Peristyle Garden, Les Jardines a Vienne, Les Jardines a Conimbriga (Portugal), Some Sculptures from Roman Domestic Gardens and lastly Roman Gardens in Britain.

391. Macfarlane, R. et al. David Nash. A Natural Gallery. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2013 pp.192 with colour photos throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00. [60480] £30.00 Chronicles David Nash’s year long residency at Kew Gardens when he worked with trees at the end of their lives. Stunning colour photography and insightful text documents his sculptures progress against a changing seasonal background - an excellent showcase for this new work.

392. Macoboy, Stirling. The Colour Dictionary of Camellias. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lansdowne Press. 1981 pp.208 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Thor. vg. hardback in nr. fine dw. [59365] £20.00 Almost 2,000 species and cultivars, with detailed descriptions of over 1,000 of them and photographs of more than 400 in rich, lifelike colour.

393. Marshall, T. Tomatoes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2006 pp.128 with colour photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Front board gently sunned, o/w. a fine hardback. [59884] £8.00 A practical and very well-illustrated book providing details of size, growing conditions, special characteristics and taste for 100 different varieties of Tomato.

394. Massingham, B. Gertrude Jekyll. An Illustrated Life of Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932. Shire Lifelines 37. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1975 pp.48 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [59874] £4.00

395. Mathew, Brian. The Genus Lewisia. Pub. Timber Press. 1989 pp.151 with 20 colour photos., line drawings and maps. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Kath Dryden’s copy. With dated dedication from Brian Mathew to Kath Dryden in which he thanks her for all of her help. [37241] £15.00 A comprehensive book written for the enthusiast of rock-garden and alpine plants. Kath Dryden was a contributing author and provided many of the plants featured in the photographs.

396. Mathew, Brian. Hellebores. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Soc. 1989 pp.ix, 180 with colour photos., and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned in places. With the bookplate of Julia Trevelyan Oman, The Laskett, Much Birch. [60457] £50.00 Still considered the definitive text on hellebores. Julia Trevelyan Oman, Lady Strong (1930-2003) was married to Sir Roy Strong and together they made one of Britain's largest post-war formal gardens, The Laskett.

397. Nelson, E.C. Hardy Heathers. From the Northern Hemisphere. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2011 pp.456. Beautifully illustrated with 23 botanical paintings, 41 line drawings, 160 colour photographs and 20 maps. 4to. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £75.00. [47783] £60.00 This book covers all Calluna, Daboecia and Erica species found in the northern hemisphere.

398. Ottewill, D. The Edwardian Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Uni. Press. 1989 pp.x, 230 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60015] £60.00 A superb work covering the period from 1890 to World War I, a period when the classical revivalists, the naturalists, and arts- and-crafts gardeners were all active.

399. Ottewill, D. The Edwardian Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Yale. 1989 pp.x, 230 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. With the bookplate of Sir Roy Strong, The Laskett. [60459] £75.00 A superb work covering the period from 1890 to World War I, a period when the classical revivalists, the naturalists, and arts- and-crafts gardeners were all active.

400. Payne, M. David Nash at Kew Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2012 pp.96 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine softback. Boldly signed by David Nash to title page. [60027] £75.00 Documents a major exhibition of David Nash’s works at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew held between 2012 and 2013.

401. Punch, W.T. (ed). Keeping Eden. A History of Gardening in America. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bulfinch Press. 1992 pp.x, 277 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37584] £14.00 This work is an illustrated compendium by some of America’s top garden writers, historians and designers. It depicts the many varied aspects of American garden history across 16 chapters.

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402. Robinson, William. The Garden Beautiful. Home Woods, Home Landscape. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1906 pp.xi, [i], 394. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to end-papers and half-title, o/w. contents fine. Original binding showing light shelf-wear and in thor. vg. condition. [60449] £80.00

403. Rohde, E.S. The Scented Garden. 1st. Ed. 5th. Imp. Pub. Medici Society. 1936 pp.xvi, 312 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. The 5th Impression was the first to contain illustrations. Uncommon to find with dw. [60299] £45.00 Scented plants for the garden, arranged according to season with recipes for pot-pourri, sweet-bags, soaps etc. Also features a 44 page list of aromatic plants.

404. Sackville-West, Vita. In Your Garden. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1951 pp.237 with 8 photographic plates. 8vo. Some sunning to boards, minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. With the bookplate of Sir Roy Strong and two inscriptions (from 1951) of previous owner. With good plus dw., in loose-fitting, clear plastic cover. Charmingly comes with one of Vita Sackville-West’s ‘In Your Garden’ articles from the Observer (loosely inserted) in which she recommends the then recently introduced ‘Jasminum polyanthum’. [60450] £80.00

405. Sanecki, K.N. Humphry Repton. An illustrated life of Humphry Repton 1752-1818. Shire Lifelines 28. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1974 pp.48 with b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [59873] £4.00

406. Savell, B. & Andrews, S. Growing Camellias in Australia & New Zealand. 1st. Ed. Corr. Rep. Pub. Kangaroo Press. 1987 pp.72 with colour and b/w. photographs. Large 8vo. Fine softback. [59360] £15.00 Colour photographs of over 100 camellias.

407. Scott, Walter et al. Corners of Grey Old Gardens. With Illustrations in Colour. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. T.N. Foulis. 1917 pp.150 with colour frontis., and 8 tipped in watercolour plates by Margaret Waterfield. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original illustrated boards, commensurate with age in vg. plus condition. [59828] £30.00 A collection of 10 essays by different writers including William Lawson, John Gerade, Sir Walter Scott, and Sir Uvedale Price.

408. Simms, B. John Brookes. Garden and Landscape Designer. 1st. Ed. Pub. Conran Octopus. 2007 pp.208 with colour photos. and garden plans throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [60029] £18.00 In this study of John Brookes’ career Barbara Simms charts his life, influences and design philosophy. Eighteen case studies show some of his important designs from concept to completion.

409. Sitwell, Sir. G. On the Making of Gardens. With and introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Gerald Duckworth. 1951 pp.xix, 76 plus 16 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. plus dw. [59876] £15.00 This book is the distillation of a lifetime’s thoughts on the purpose and planning of gardens. Sitwell’s knowledge of gardens, particularly Italian, was un-paralleled. This edition is illustrated with a collection of 16 photographs from Country Life of the Italian gardens mentioned in the text.

410. Steele, A.F. The Worshipful Company of Gardeners of London. A History of its Revival: 1890-1960. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Worshipful Company of Gardeners. 1964 pp.xi, 201 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback. Signed by the author to title page. [59882] £15.00

411. Strong, R. The Artist and the Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Uni. Press. 2000 pp.288 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Large 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59893] £15.00 This beautiful book gathers together and examines for the first time a delightful collection of English gardens rendered by artists from 1540 to the early nineteenth century, many of which are unknown.

412. Strong. Roy. Country Life 1897-1997. The English Arcadia. 1st. Ed. Pub. Boxtree Books. 1996 pp.224 with colour and b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Boldly signed by Roy Strong on the title page. [60023] £40.00 The story of rural life in Britain as seen through the pages of Country Life magazine. It is an account of the aims and ambitions of actual and would-be country dwellers inspired by the idyllic vision presented by the magazine.

413. Stroud, Dorothy. Capability Brown. Rev. Ed. Rep. Pub. Country Life. 1965 pp.228 with b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. Nr. fine hardback. [60307] £20.00 With an introduction by Christopher Hussey. This revised edition contains additional material which was not available for previous editions.

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414. Taylor, H.V. The Apples of England. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Crosby Lockwood. 1946 pp.206 with 36 colour photographic plates plus 23 pages of adverts. Small 4to. Hardback. Minor spotting, neat inscription. Original boards showing some wear and repair. A vg. copy. Related article to front pastedown and a number of relevant letters and handwritten notes loosely inserted make this a unique and interesting copy. [59358] £40.00 The preferred edition; revised and with colour plates. Still considered by many to be the standard text. The handwritten notes are by Dr Patrick Andrews and consist of lists of dessert and cooking apples with distinguishing characteristics, or details of when they are at their best. The letters are from Robert Pemberton to Dr. Andrews, written between 2007 and 2008. They contain detailed notes on the cropping, flavour and distinguishing charateristics of different apple and other fruit varietes growing in his own garden and in the churchyard orchard.

415. Taylor, J. Plants for Dry Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 1993 pp.192 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Pages a little cockled and cover sunned, o/w. a vg. softback. [59889] £5.00 A comprehensive guide to 1,000 species that thrive in dry conditions, with tips for improving and managing dry soil.

416. Thomas, G.S. Recollections of Great Gardeners. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2003 pp.256 with b/w. illus.8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60021] £8.00 Graham Stuart Thomas, himself one of the greatest gardeners of the 20th century, pays homage to some 60 of his peers by describing them and their gardens in this, his last book.

417. Trehane, J. Blueberries, Cranberries and Ligonberries for Everyone. A handbook for gardeners. 1st. Ed. Pub. Jentree Productions. 2010 pp.80 with colour photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine softback. [60340] £10.00

418. Trehane, J. Camellias. The Complete guide to their Cultivation and Use. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1998 pp.174 with colour photos. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [59363] £10.00

419. Turner, T. Garden History. Philosophy and Design 2000 BC - 2000 AD. 1st. Ed. Pub. Spon Press. 2005 pp.ix, 294 with colour photos. and plans throughout. 4to. Fine hardback. Out-of-print. [59894] £85.00 An extraordinary history, not of gardens in the conventional sense, but of the development of the garden as an idea and as a physical over 40 centuries.

420. Van Patten, G.F. & Bust, A.F. Gardening Indoors with Cuttings. 1st. Ed. Pub. Van Patten Publishing. 1997 pp.96 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [60341] £6.00 A very practical guide.

421. Van Patten, G.F. & Bust, A.F. Gardening Indoors with Rockwool. Rev. Ed. Pub. Van Patten Publishing. 1997 pp.128 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. [60342] £8.00 Step-by-step instructions to make your own rockwool hydroponic garden alongside step-by-step instructions to achieving higher yields of between 20% and 50%.

422. Willis, P. Charles Bridgeman and the English Landscape Garden. Reprinted with supplementary plates and a catalogue of additional documents, drawings and attributes. Pub. Elysium Press. 2002 pp.xxi, 441 with colour frontis., plus 247 b/w. plates. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60014] £75.00 A collaborator with Vanburgh, Gibbs and Kent, Bridgeman was influential in the transition from goemetric layouts of the 1700s to the freer designs of Capability Brown. His masterpiece is Stowe in Buckinghamshire. This edition contains, in addition to the original, new material, notably plans, from the Gough Collection and Bodleian Library published together for the first time.

423. Wilson, R. & Mackley, A. Creating Paradise. The Building of the English Country House 1660-1880. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hambledon & London. 2000 pp.xviii, [ii], 428 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60012] £25.00

424. Wolschke-Bulmahn, J. (Ed.). Nature And Ideology. Natural Garden Design in the Twentieth Century. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dumbarton Oaks 1997 pp.278 with b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60013] £30.00 This volume explores the broad range of ideas about nature reflected in 20th century concepts of natural gardens and their ideological implications.

425. [Worlidge, John]. The Gardeners Monthly Directions. Shewing What is Necessary to be done throughout the Year in Sowing, Planting and Propagating, the most valuable of the Shrubs, Flowers, Esculents, and other Hortensian Plants before Treated of. And What Ornamental Trees and Flowers, are in their Prime in each Month. Fac. Ed. Pub. Clark Constable Ltd. 1980 pp.viii, 21. 8vo. Nr. fine softback with just a little silverfish wear to the top corner margin of the first and last few pages. [59829] £9.50

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A facsimile of the 1688 edition from the library of Traquair House Innerleithen, Peebleshire.

426. Woudstra, J. and Fieldhouse, K. (Eds.) The Regeneration of Public Parks. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Garden Hist. Soc. 2000 pp.xiii, 174 with colour and b/w. photos. 4to. Nr. fine softback. [59900] £27.50 This book highlights the new enthusiasm for Britain’s public parks and provides a valuable overview of public park design, sustainability, management and recreation.

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427. Allen, H.E. et al. (Eds.). Metals in Surface Waters. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ann Arbor Press. 1998 pp.xvi, 262 with figs. and tables. 8vo. Name to top of text block and ink underlining within contents pages, o/w. a fine hardback. RRP £110.00. [59544] £20.00 Presents research and applications on a range of subjects, including toxicity to aquatic organisms as well as humans, with an emphasis on metals speciation. Explores metal contamination of surface waters from several different disciplines, such as analytical chemistry, aquatic chemistry and toxicology.

428. Archbold, R. Robert Bateman. An Artist in Nature. 1st. Ed. Pub. Swan Hill. 1990 pp.176, [21] with colour illus. throughout. Landscape 4to. Neat inscription and signature. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59764] £15.00 Robert Bateman is widely regarded as one of the world's finest living wildlife artists. This book focuses on Bateman the painter and conservationist, describing his development as a naturalist and artist, and presents 130 new paintings by him.

429. Attenborough, David. Zoo Quest to Madagascar. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lutterworth Press. 1961 pp.160 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [60344] £85.00

430. Bain, I. The Workshop of . A Pictorial Survey. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Thomas Bewick Birthplace Trust. 1989 pp.112 with b/w. photos. and illus. Small 4to. Fine softback. [60002] £9.00

431. Baty, P. et al. Nature’s Palette. A colour reference system from the natural world. 1st. Ed. Pub. Thames & Hudson. 2021 pp.290 with 1,000 colour illus. 4to. New hardback. [60492] £31.50 A superbly produced work and a comprehensive colour reference system.

432. Beklemishev, W.N. Principles of Comparative Anatomy of Invertebrates. Volume 1: Promorphology; Volume 2: Organology. 3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1969 Two volume set with b/w. illus. and figs. throughout. Large 8vo. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback set. [59989] £29.00

433. Bendall, D.S. (Ed). Evolution from Molecules to Men. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1983 pp.xiii, 594 with figs. 8vo. Hardback. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., showing some sunning to spine. [21435] £22.50 Takes a broad view of biological evolution as a whole and attempts to identify outstanding problems as they appear to the most able exponents of the subject 100 years after the death of Charles Darwin.

434. Blunt, W. The Compleat Naturalist. A Life of Linnaeus. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1971 pp.256 with colour and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Signed by Wilfred Blunt to title page and with dedication from him to ‘Guy & Janet’ dated August 1971 to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Unique copy. [60004] £25.00

435. Bracegirdle, B. & Miles, P.H. An Atlas of Chordate Structure. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Heinemann Educational Books. 1979 pp.vii, 119 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback. [59553] £10.00 Intended for use at the laboratory bench to guide students in the interpretation of their own specimens.

436. Browne, J. Charles Darwin. Volume 1 - Voyaging; Volume 2 - The Power of Place. New Ed. Pub. Pimlico. 2003 Two volume set with b/w. photos., illus., and maps. 8vo. Signature to Vol. 1. Nr. fine softback set. [59508] £40.00 Drawing on new material 'Voyaging' considers the question of how did the young, amiable Charles Darwin grow into the thinker that he became to be? 'The Power of Place' then considers the transformation in Darwin's life following the unexpected announcement of the theory he and Alfred Wallace devised.

437. Browne, Montagu. Practical Taxidermy: A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. 2nd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Upcott Gill. [1884] pp.[2], viii, 354 with frontis., illustrations, one fold-out plate plus adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original binding, gently bumped front corner, o/w. thor. vg. [60222] £45.00

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438. Buczacki, Stefan. Earth to Earth. A Natural History of Churchyards. 1st. Ed. Pub. Unicorn. 2018 pp.160 with colour photos., colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £15.00. [60483] £12.50 An informative and entertaining insight into the natural history of churchyards, cemeteries and burial grounds. Complimented by beautiful photographs, illustrations and literary quotes.

439. Caucci, A. & Nastasi, B. Hatches II. A Complete Guide to Fishing the Hatches of North American Trout Streams. 1st. Ed. Pub. Comparahatch Ltd. 1986 pp.335 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Stamp of Madison River Outfitters to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [60000] £35.00 Comprehensive account of North American mayflies and their identification. Includes tying instructions, emergence calendars and identification charts.

440. Coles, Prof. Bryony. Avanke, Bever, Castor : the story of Beavers in Wales. 1st. Ed. Pub. WARP. 2019 pp.vi, 114 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New softback. [55866] £10.00 Beginning with an introduction to beavers, based on the author’s own work in European beaver territories, it then traces their history in Wales from very early times to the present day. Includes information on where to see beavers in Wales.

441. Conover, M. Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts. The Science of Wildlife Damage Management. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lewis. 2002 pp.418 with photographs and figs. 8vo. New hardback with a couple of minor imperfections. RRP £99.00. [33753] £48.00 Discusses the issues facing wildlife managers and anyone else dealing with interactions between wildlife and humans from a US perspective, with principles applicable to the rest of the world. Conover stresses the inter-relatedness of wildlife damage management within the larger discipline of wildlife conservation and provides an extensive review of the scientific literature.

442. Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man. And Selection in Relation to Sex. New Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1901 pp.xix, 1031 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature. Foxing, mainly to edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Freeman 1001. [59991] £35.00

443. Darwin, Charles. Journal of Researches. Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World. Pub. T. Nelson and Sons. 1891 pp.x, 615 with b/w. frontis. and engraved illus. 8vo. Hardback. Given as a prize for achievements in mathematics by the High School of Dundee, their illus. bookplate dated 1892 to front pastedown. Signature to half-title. Contents fine. Original decorated blue cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Very pleasing. Freeman 68. [59990] £40.00

444. Darwin, Charles. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia with Figures of all the Species. Vol. I. The Lepadidae or Pedunculated Cirripedea. Vol. II. The Balanidae (or Sessile Cirripedea); the Verrucidae, etc., etc., etc., 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Ray Society & Johnson Reprint Corp. 1968 Two volume set with 40 b/w. plates. 8vo. Bookplates to both vols. Nr. fine hardbacks. [59510] £125.00 A very well produced facsimilie of the original work published by the Ray Society between 1851 and 1854.

445. Darwin, Charles. A Naturalist’s Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ round the World under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. New Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1897 pp.xi, 500 plus 32 page catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Rear internal hinge shows a little cracking and binding has some play in it. Contents nr. fine. Original decorated green cloth vg. plus condition. Freeman 83. [60281] £95.00

446. Eggeling, W.J. The Isle of May. A Scottish Nature Reserve. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Lorien Press. 1985 pp.xiv, 280 plus 94-148 with endpaper map and b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With newspaper article on the Isle of May entitled ‘Nature group to buy island bird reserve’. [60399] £40.00 This edition includes additional information as an appendix, namely the 56-page article “The birds of the Isle of May - a revised assessment of status” by W. J. Eggeling, originally printed in Scottish Birds, the Journal of the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club in the summer of 1974.

447. Emmons, L.H. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals. A Field Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chicago. 1990 pp.xiv, 281 with 29 colour plates, b/w. illus., and dist. maps. Fine softback. [59987] £12.50 The first colour-illustrated field guide to these marvelously diverse and elusive creatures.

448. Firth, Dr. F.M. The Natural History of Romney Marsh. 1st. Ed. Pub. Meresborough Books. 1984 pp.127 with b/w. photos. and maps. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. [59994] £10.00

449. Fretter, V. & Graham, A. British Prosobranch Molluscs. Their Functional Anatomy and Ecology. Rev. & Upd. Ed. Pub. Ray Society. 1994 pp.xix, 820 with b/w. fine anatomical illus., throughout. Large 8vo. Signature and small address label. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59499] £60.00

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450. Gilbert, P. John Abbot. Birds, Butterflies and Other Wonders. 1st. Ed. Pub. Holberton & Nat. Hist. Mus. 1998 pp.128 with 60 fine colour plates. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. [59999] £20.00 John Abbot emigrated at the age of 21 years to spend rest of his life in Virginia and Georgia. There he collected and painted natural history specimens for clients in England, continental Europe and America.

451. Gosse, P. St. Helena 1502 - 1938. New Ed. Pub. Anthony Nelson. 1990 pp.xxv, 447 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59816] £12.50 A unique and colourful account of Britain’s most remote colony. First published in 1938 this is still the standard history of St. Helena.

452. Hansard, P. The Art of Raymond Ching. Paintings and Drawings 1972-1979 1st. Ed. Pub. William Collins, Auckland. 1981 pp.194 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Small folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with thor. vg. publisher’s slipcase. [59808] £75.00 Raymond Ching (born 1939) is renowned for his bird and wildlife paintings, and for his ornithological illustrations. This work showcases not only his bird and wildlfe paintings and drawings but also his portraits and landscapes.

453. Harvie-Brown, J.A. et al (Eds.). The Annals of Scottish Natural History. A Quarterly Magazine with which is incorporated ‘The Scottish Naturalist’. 1st. Ed. Pub. David Douglas. 1904 pp.262 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents fine. Original gilt decorated green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. [59926] £48.00 Comprises all four journals for the year 1904.

454. Jepson, M. Biological Drawings with Notes. Part 1 and 2. 5th. Ed. Rep. Pub. John Murray. 1951 - 1953 Two volume set. with b/w. line drawings. 4to. Part 2 ex-lib. VG. softbacks. [59528] £18.00 An excellent work for those interested in botanical and natural history illustration.

455. Kerney, M.P. & Cameron, R.A.D. A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Britain and North-West Europe. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1987 pp.288 with colour illus., b/w. figs. and dist. maps. 8vo. Thor. vg. to nr. fine hardback. [59984] £15.00 A comprehensive guide to the land snails and slugs of Britain and North-Western Europe. Describes and illustrates nearly 300 species found in the area bounded by the Arctic in the North, the Alpines in the South and the Carpathians in the East.

456. Kingdon, Jonathan. The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. 1st. Ed. Corr. Rep. Pub. Christopher Helm. 2003 pp.xviii, 476 with colour illus. and dist. maps throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. Out-of-print. [59986] £15.00 Covers some 460 mammal species or species groups superbly illustrated with Kingdon’s artwork.

457. Kohler, R.E. All Creatures. Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850 - 1950. 1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Uni. Press. 2006 pp.xiii, 363 with b/w. illus and photos. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59531] £30.00 American Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of North American expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains.

458. Krebs, J.R. & Davies, N.B. (Eds.). Behavioural Ecology. An Evolutionary Approach. 3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Blackwell. 1992 pp.xi, 482 with text figs. Small 4to. Nr. fine softback. [59988] £15.00

459. Lancaster, J. & Downes, B.J. Aquatic Entomology. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2013 pp.x, 285 with b/w. photos. and illus. Small 4to. Signature. Fine softback. In-print at £56.99. [59501] £30.00 Covers life under and on top of the water surface in unusual detail, including the biomechanics of life in water, locomotion underwater, and the evolution of aquatic habits.

460. Laughton Johnston, J. Scotland’s Nature in Trust. The National Trust for Scotland and its Wildland and Crofting Management. 1st. Ed. Pub. T & AD Poyser. 2000 pp.xviii, 266 with colour photos and maps and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out-of-print [60001] £10.00 An in-depth account of the history and modern-day importance of the National Trust for Scotland.

461. Lockley, R.M. The Island Farmers. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.F. & G. Witherby 1946 pp.174 with b/w photos, and illus. by Phyllida Lumsden. 8vo. Inscription. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., covertly repaired on underside. [59797] £30.00

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462. Macpherson, Rev. H.A. A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland, including Cumberland and Westmorland with North of the Sands. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Paul P.B. Minet. 1972 pp.civ, 552 with b/w. illus. and a fold-out map. 8vo. Fine hardback. [59985] £18.00 A fine facsimile copy of the original, published in 1892.

463. Nynas, C. & Bergquist, L. A Linnaean Kaleidoscope. Linnaeus and his 186 Dissertations 1st. Ed. Pub. Fri Tanke Forlag. 2016 Two volume set with b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Nr. fine hardback set. With the publication’s prospectus loosely inserted. [60460] £100.00 Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linneaus (1707–1778) profoundly changed the way we think of nature and science. ‘A Linnaean Kaleidoscope’ is the first comprehensive introduction to all the 186 Linnaean dissertations. In the form of short essays, his works are described, his thoughts expressed and put into their historical context.

464. Ogilvie, Malcolm. Islay Bird and Natural History Report. Also covering Ferns, Flowers and Fungi, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Woodlice. 1st. Ed. Pub. Islay Natural History Trust. 1986-2004 All annual reports for the years 1986 to 2004 inclusive. With grid map of Islay. 4to and 8vo. The years 1986 to 1992 and 1993 to 1999 bound as hardbacks (with original softback front covers), with 5 softback parts as published for 2000 to 2004. Fine condition. [60223] £95.00 A fascinating insight into Islay’s birds and natural history, the publication of which began in 1986. Each yearly report begins with an introduction and highlights, then moves onto more detailed lists.

465. Olsen, L-H. et al. Small Woodland Creatures. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2001 pp.208 with colour illus. throughout. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. Out-of-print. [59992] £12.00 An excellent field guide. Arranged by animal group and according to where the animals are found, (e.g. whether inside fungi or wrapped in leaves etc.).

466. Pavord, Anna. Landskipping. Painters, Ploughmen and Places. 1st. Ed. Pbk. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2017 pp.272 with some b/w. illus. 8vo. New softback. [60484] £9.99 Anna Pavord celebrates the beauty of the British landscape and considers how it has affected and inspired people from the 18th century to the present day, including the Romantic poets’ fascination with the Lake District.

467. Raby, P. . A Life. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Pimlico. 2002 pp.xi, 340 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. [59511] £12.50

468. Ralph, R. William MacGillivray. Creatures of Air, Land and Sea. 1st. Ed. Pub. Holberton & Nat. Hist. Mus. 1999 pp.128 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60005] £20.00 William MacGillivray was a teacher and journalist and was recruited by Audubon to transcribe the latter’s notes. The two men formed a friendship that led to 10 years of writing, painting and travelling, culminating in the publication of MacGillivray’s masterwork, A History of British Birds.

469. Raven, Charles E. . Naturalist. His Life and Works. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1950 pp.xix, [i], 506 with portrait frontis. Large 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to half and full-title, o/w. contents fine. More recent, handsome, full leather binding with gilt lettering and raised bands in fine condition. [60447] £85.00

470. Reader’s Digest. Field Guide[s] to the Wild Flowers, Trees and Shrubs, Birds, Butterflies and other Insects, Animals and Water Life of Britain. Reader’s Digest Nature Lover’s Library Field Guides. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Reader’s Digest. 1981-1984 Six volume set with colour illus. throughout. Landscape 8vo. Some minor speckling on top-edge, o/w. a fine hardback set. [60338] £60.00 A sought after set.

471. Rusticus, (Newman, E.). The Letters of Rusticus on Natural History. Pub. John Van Voorst. [n.d. c.1849] pp.vi, 164, with vignettes and b/w. illus., plus 4 page Van Voorst Catalogue (not dated). 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original decorated blue cloth boards in nr. fine condition. [59983] £100.00 Highly informed and charming. The Letters of Rusticus are focussed on the Natural History of Godalming, and were extracted from the Magazine of Natural History, the Entomological Magazine, and the Entomologist.

472. Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (Eds.). Ecology of the Chagos Archipelago. 1st. Ed. Pub. Westbury. 1999 pp.vi, 350 with colour photos. b/w. text figs. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £39.00. [50923] £19.50 A fascinating, in-depth review of the climate, flora, fauna and geology of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

473. Sinha, V.R.P. & Jones, J.W. The European Freshwater Eel. 1st. Ed. Pub. Liverpool Uni. Press. 1975 pp.xiii,146 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [59504] £12.00

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474. Sturm, C.F. et al. (Eds.). The Mollusks. A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Universal Publishers. 2006 pp.xii, 445 with b/w. photos. and illus. Small 4to. Fine softback. RRP £49.99. [59995] £25.00

475. Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth. On Growth and Form. An Abridged Edition edited by John Tyler Bonner. Rep. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1997 pp.xxii, 346 with b/w. plates and text figs. throughout. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. [59509] £15.00

476. Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth. On Growth and Form. An Abridged Edition edited by John Tyler Bonner. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1961 pp.xiv, 346 with b/w. plates and text figs. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Ink mark to bottom edge, text not affected and o/w. a fine ex-lib. copy in fine dw. [60446] £25.00

477. Thorburn, Archibald. Thorburn’s Mammals. 1st. Ed. 3rd. Imp. Pub. Ebury Press. 1979 pp.128 with 50 full colour plates. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59997] £10.00 Illustrations and text by Archibald Thorburn first published 1920-21 in ‘British Mammals’. With an Introduction by David Attenborough and Notes by Iain Bishop.

478. Thorburn, Archibald. Thorburn’s Naturalist’s Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1977 pp.136 with full colour plates and b/w. illlus. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59998] £10.00 Illustrations and text by Archibald Thorburn first pubished 1919 in ‘A Naturalist’s Sketchbook’.

479. Tubbs, C.R. The New Forest. An Ecological History. 1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1968 pp.248 with b/w. photos. and fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine, laminated dw. [59813] £15.00 A modern classic.

480. Ward, D. et al. The New Rivers & Wildlife Handbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. RSPB. 1994 pp.426 with b/w. photos., illus., and figs. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine softback. [59996] £30.00 A practical guide to the techniques of river management that integrate the requirements of flood defence, wildlife, and other river interests.

481. White, Gilbert. The Natural History of Selborne. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shepheard-Walwyn. 1977 pp.x, 150, with b/w. illus. by Frederick Marns. Landscape 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With details of a portfolio of 4 prints taken from the original pencil drawings by Frederick Marns loosely inserted. [60003] £10.00

482. Zacoi, T.N. Intelligent Trouting. Fly Fishing Basics and Beyond. 1st. Ed. Pub. TranZac Publishing. 1999 pp.xvii, 190 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Dedication by author to half-title. Fine softback. [59993] £15.00 An authoritative yet practical handbook that combines detailed instruction with personal anecdotes and profiles of fly fishing pioneers....this comprehensive guide is written for anyone serious about catching trout on a fly.

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483. 65. Hale, W.G. Waders. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1980 8vo. Fine hdbk. in fine dw. Duraseal cover removed. Not price clipped. [60477] £50.00

484. 71. Simms, Eric. British Warblers. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Collins. 1985 8vo. Nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw., with publisher’s duraseal cover. Not price clipped. [59916] £825.00

485. 96. Spooner, B. & Roberts, P. Fungi. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2005 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Not price clipped. Out-of-print. [59724] £45.00

486. 99. Mullard, J. Gower. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2006 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Not price clipped. Out-of-print. [59726] £30.00

487. 100. Rackham, Oliver. Woodlands. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2006 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Variant with patterned end-papers. Not price clipped. [59746] £65.00

488. 100. Rackham, Oliver. Woodlands. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2006 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Variant with white end-papers. Not price clipped. [60476] £60.00

489. 101. Ratcliffe, D. Galloway and the Borders. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2007 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Not price clipped. Out-of-print. [59727] £30.00

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490. 103. Parslow, R. The Isles of Scilly. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2007 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Not price clipped. Out-of-print. [59733] £30.00

491. 105. Peterken, G. Wye Valley. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2008 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Not price clipped. Out-of-print. RRP £45.00. [59725] £35.00

492. 106. Corbet, P. & Brooks, S. Dragonflies. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2008 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of-print. RRP. £45.00 [60291] £25.00

493. 107. Watson, A. & Moss, R. Grouse. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2008 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Not price clipped. Out-of-print. [59732] £29.50

494. 113. Newton, I. . The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2010 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of-print. [60491] £80.00

495. 116. Alford, D.V. Plant Pests. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2011 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £50.00. [41968] £40.00

496. 118. Allott, A. Marches. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2011 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out- of-print. RRP £50.00. [60475] £45.00

497. 119. Friend, P. Scotland. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2012 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out- of-print. RRP £50.00. [57728] £40.00

498. 133. Cameron, Robert. Slugs and Snails. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2016 pp.528. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. [51145] £48.75

499. 135. Newton, Ian. Farming and Birds. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2017 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. [52730] £48.75 Fascinating. In a nutshell, Ian Newton looks at how agriculture, in all its forms in the UK, has changed over the last 70 years and how this has impacted on birds and wildlife.

500. 142. Newton, Ian. Uplands and Birds. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2020 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. [58297] £48.75 The uplands of Britain are unique landscapes created by grazing animals, primarily livestock. The soils and blanket bogs of the uplands are also the largest stores of carbon in the UK, and 70% of the country’s drinking water comes from the uplands. It’s a significant region, not least to the multitudes of bird species that hunt, forage and nest there.

501. 143. Wilkinson, David. Ecology and Natural History. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub Collins. 2021 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. Currently due for publication on 24th June 2021. [60134] £48.75 Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. Investigating ecosystems across the British Isles, from the Scottish and Welsh mountains to the woodlands of southern England and the fens of East Anglia, Wilkinson describes the relationships between organisms and their environments.

502. Fisher, J. (Ed.). The New Naturalist. A Journal of British Natural History. No. 6. East Anglia. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1949 pp.52 with b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. Original covers. Small tear to margin of front cover, o/w. a thor. vg. softback. [59023] £40.00 Altogether six journals were published, the first four bound together in hardback. Numbers 5 and 6 were published as single issues in paperback. No further numbers were issued.

503. Marren, P. & Gillmor, R. Art of the New Naturalists. Forms from Nature. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2009 pp.ix, [i], 310 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Hardback. Illustrated boards with the title wrap-around. New copies available. Signed by both Peter Marren and Robert Gillmor to the title page. [60423] £40.00 A must for those interested in the New Naturalist series and especially pleasing having been signed by both authors.

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504. 04. Smith, Stuart. The Yellow Wagtail. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. 1st. State Pub. Collins. 1950 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. laminated dw. Not price clipped. [59740] £15.00

505. 04. Smith, Stuart. The Yellow Wagtail. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. 2nd. State Pub. Collins. 1950 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. Price clipped and repriced by Collins. [59741] £35.00

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506. 05. Nethersole-Thompson, D. The Greenshank. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1951 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Not price clipped. [59742] £70.00

507. 06. Fisher, J. The Fulmar. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1952 8vo. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback in fine facsimile dw. Not price clipped. [59815] £40.00

508. 09. Tinbergen, N. The Herring Gull’s World. The New Naturalist Monographs. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1953 8vo. Some spotting, o/w. a thor. vg. hardback in vg. laminated dw. From the library of ornithologist K.E.L. Simmons, who was part of the editorial board for the ‘Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle east and North Africa’. Not price clipped. [59744] £30.00

509. 12. Shorten, M. Squirrels. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Not price clipped. [59739] £60.00

510. 14. Homes, R.C. et al. The Birds of the London Area since 1900. The New Naturalist Monographs. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1957 8vo. Minor spotting. Neat inscription, o/w. a thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw., covertly repaired on underside. Price clipped. [59745] £50.00

511. 15. Mountfort, G. The Hawfinch. The New Naturalist Monographs. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Collins. 1957 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Not price clipped. [59736] £350.00

512. 15. Mountfort, G. The Hawfinch. The New Naturalist Monographs. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Collins. 1957 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with light spotting to rear. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. [60454] £295.00

513. 16. Jones, J.W. The Salmon. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1959 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With ownership inscription of W.J. Eggeling (1909-1994) the Scottish-born botanist, naturalist and author. Not price clipped. [59735] £50.00

514. 16. Jones, J.W. The Salmon. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1959 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. / nr. fine dw. Not price clipped. With the signature of James Fisher to ffep., one of the four founders of the New Naturalist series. [60252] £350.00 Billy Collins took over the running of Collins in 1936. He had a keen interest in natural history and had ‘am ambition to publish a quality series of natural history books’. Billy Collins and Wolfgang Foges first approached about the concept. Then, in 1942, the three men met with James Fisher and from there, the New Naturalist series was conceived. Huxley and Fisher formed the nucleus of the editorial board, matching subjects to authors and seeing books to publication. Fisher went on to write ‘The Fulmar’ (1952) and was co-author of ‘Sea-Birds’ with .

515. 20. Murton, R.K. The Wood Pigeon. The New Naturalist Monograph. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Binding variant Pub. Collins. 1965 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw., with some marking to rear. Price clipped. [59743] £20.00

516. 20. Murton, R.K. The Wood Pigeon. The New Naturalist Monographs. 1st. Ed. 1st. Binding Var. Pub. Collins. 1965 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Price clipped. With dedication to ffep reading ‘RML from JSH’, meaning R.M. Lockley from Julian Huxley. Also included is an extract from ‘No Port in a Storm’ which recounts Murton’s miraculous escape from an English Channel Lightship in 1954. He was on board on behalf of MAFF, logging flight patterns of Wood Pigeons. Murton produced excellent field work on wood pigeon diet and feeding behaviour.....a brillian scientist (Marren). An excellent copy. [60225] £375.00 Billy Collins took over the running of Collins in 1936. He had a keen interest in natural history and had ‘am ambition to publish a quality series of natural history books’. In 1942, he and Wolfgang Foges approached prominent zoologist Julian Huxley to discuss this idea and it was from a later meeting, involving James Fisher, that the New Naturalist series was conceived. Huxley and Fisher continued as editors. Earlier in 1934, Huxley had collaborated with Ronald Lockley to create (for Alexander Korda) the world’s first natural history documentary, ‘The Private Life of the Gannets’. Ronald Lockley went on to co-write NN. 28 Sea-Birds with James Fisher. (Bernhard and Loe).

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517. Alexander, H.G. Seventy Years of Birdwatching. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1974 pp.264 with b/w. photos and illus. by Robert Gillmor. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., gently sunned on spine. [59799] £22.50 The author's birdwatching extended over parts of three continents, Europe, India and North America. During more than seventy years H.G. Alexander has witnessed important changes in resident and migrant bird populations in Britain.

518. Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59775] £25.00

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Written following the conflict between forestry and nature conservation in the 1980s, this book studies which birds are threatened, which species benefit from afforestation, the value placed on these species, and the ways in which forestry can fit in with the needs and demands of conservationists.

519. Baker, K. Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa. 1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1997 pp.400 with 48 colour plates and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59752] £30.00 A comprehensive guide to this difficult to identify group of birds. One hundred and forty-five species are described in detail, including sections on moult, voice, habitat and behaviour, distribution and measurements.

520. Baxter, E.V. & Rintoul, L.J. Some Scottish Breeding Duck. Their Arrival and Dispersal. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1922 pp.[viii], 90. 8vo. Contents fine. More recently bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, fine condition. [59938] £40.00 Considers the Gadwall, Wigeon, Shoveler, Pintail, Pochard, Eider, Common Scoter, Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser.

521. Beaman, M. & Madge, S. The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic. 1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1998 pp.868 with colour illus. and dist. maps throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59749] £50.00 Recommended. All species from the region are described and illustrated. Species are covered by family, with an introduction followed by the relevant text colour plates and species accounts.

522. Bent, A. Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey. Parts 1 and 2. Rep. Pub. Dover. 1961 Two part set with b/w. photographs of birds, nests, nestlings and eggs. 8vo. Softbacks. Thor. vg. set. [60409] £40.00 A super work which focusses on the California Condor, Vultures, Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Caracaras, Owls and the American Osprey.

523. Bewick, Thomas. A History of British Birds. Volume I - Land Birds & Volume II - Water Birds. Pub. Folio Society. 2010 Two volume set with woodcut engravings throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback set, quarter bound in blue leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine, in fine publisher’s slipcase. A super production. Out-of-print. [60343] £95.00 This Folio edition (with an introduction by Jenny Uglow) is based on Bewick’s extensively revised 1826 edition, the last to be published in Bewick’s lifetime. ‘The success of the ‘History of British Birds’ was immediate and complete’ (Mullens and Swann).

524. Brooke, M. The . 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xviii, 246 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59777] £80.00 Based on 17 years of research on shearwaters at Atlantic colonies, the book covers breeding biology, vocal behaviour, and trans-equatorial migrations as well as the population dynamics of the species.

525. Brown, A. and Warren, M. (Eds.). There and Back? A Celebration of Bird Migration. 1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2011 pp.352 with colour illus. and photos. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £50.00. [59810] £25.00 No.27 in Langford Press’s Wildlife in Art series. Along with the superb illustrations from some of Europe’s foremost contemporary wildlife artists, this work also includes essays on the migrations of a range of birds and artwork.

526. Brown, A. & Grice, P. Birds in England. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2005 pp.x, 694 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [59796] £30.00 Looks in detail at England and its birds, analysing present and historical data to present a picture of the status, range and abundance of every bird on the English list.

527. Brown, L.H. et al. The Birds of Africa. Volumes 1 to 8. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1982-2013 Eight volume set. Large 4to. Hardbacks. Vols. 1 to 7 are fine (as new) in nr. fine to fine dws. Vol. 8 is a new copy still in publisher’s packaging. [60105] £635.00 A monumental work. Volumes 1 to 7 of ‘The Birds of Africa’ covered the avifauna of continental Africa in-depth. Volume eight followed in the year 2013. It was the outcome of the aspiration to add a further volume to complete the work through the treatment of the birds of Madagascar, Seychelles, the Comoros, the Mascarenes and their outlying islands - an area collectively known as the Malagasy region.

528. Brown, Leslie & Amadon, Dean. Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the world. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life Books. 1968 Two volumes with 165 coloured plates, many other illus. and maps. 4to. Hardbacks. Nr. fine set in vg. slipcase. [60099] £50.00 A sought after and very detailed work with 22 chapters on subjects including classification and distribution, migration, consumption, nests and nest-building, eggs and incubation.

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529. Bunn, D.S. et al. The Barn Owl. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1982 pp.264 with colour frontis., b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59781] £13.50

530. Carter, I. The Red Kite. 1st. Ed. Pub. Arlequin Press. 2001 pp.xii, 187 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. With flyer advertising the sale of the original artwork used in the book and a newspaper cutting about an albino red kite loosely inserted. [59935] £30.00 This book presents the history of the Red Kite and its long association with man. It also explained why populations in many areas are now recovering and the serious threats they still face in parts of their range.

531. Chance, E. The Cuckoo’s Secret. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1922 pp.xiv, 239 with b/w. plates and 2 fold-out maps. 8vo. Hardback. End-papers a little darkened, some spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy. [60408] £80.00

532. Chantler, P. and Driessens, G. Swifts. A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pica Press. 1995 pp.237 with 24 colour plates and dist. maps. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59750] £25.00

533. Chapman, A. The Hobby. 1st. Ed. Pub. Arlequin Press. 1999 pp.xi, 220 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59934] £60.00 This book gives a detailed account of the Hobby’s secretive breeding habits, varied hunting techniques and wide prey spectrum. Other chapters include a review of its status and ecology throughout the Eurasian range, notably in Britain, the mystery of its migration and what is known about its wintering quarters.

534. Clarke, R. Montagu’s Harrier. 1st. Ed. Pub. Arlequin Press. 1996 pp.viii, 208 with colour photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59933] £19.50 A thorough monograph of this raptor with an extensive bibliography. Colour plates and illustrations by Bruce Pearson and dustwrapper design by Mike Warren.

535. Clement, P. The Chiffchaff. Hamlyn Species Guides. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1995 pp.126 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback, gently suunned spine. [59785] £6.50 A detailed monograph on the chiffchaff, one of the earliest migrants to arrive in Britain, and one of the latest to leave.

536. Clement, Peter et al. Finches & Sparrows. An Identification Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1993 pp.ix, 500 with 73 colour plates and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59751] £32.50 A comprehensive text covering field identification, voice, geographical variation, habitat & range, migration, food, habits and description. Full colour plates illustrate every species, with descriptive text and colour distribution maps facing the plates.

537. Clement, Peter & Rose, Chris. Robins and Chats. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2015 pp.688 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 4to. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £65.00. [50839] £60.00 This authoritative handbook looks in detail at the world's 175 species of robins and chats.

538. Cole, A.C. The Egg Dealers of Great Britain. Profiles of some Catalogue Dealers of the 19th and 20th Centuries. 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2006 pp.xiii, [i], 198 with photographs, illus., and tables. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. An edition of 250 copies. Out-of-print. [60425] £195.00 Catalogues and discusses the activites of many identifiable dealers. Some were relatively small players in the field, particularly in the early years, whilst others became household names in the world of oology, until their activities became illegal with the passing of legislation in 1954. A major part of the book illustrates examples of egg sales lists and catalogues, and includes a comparison of prices by various dealers.

539. Crane, K. & Nellist, K. Island Eagles. 20 years observing Golden Eagles on the Isle of Skye. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cartwheeling Press. 1999 pp.142 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. [59791] £17.50 Courtship, pair bonding, hunting, displays and territorial defence of golden eagles are some of the highlighted themes.

540. Davies, S.J.J.F. Ratites and Tinamous. Bird Families of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2002 pp.xiii, 310 with 12 colour plates and b/w. dist. maps and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59957] £95.00 Deals with the Tinamidae, Rheidae, Dromaiidae, Casuariidae, Apterygidae, Struthionidae.

541. Dawson, M.J. The Peregrines of the Lake District. No.4 The Caliologists’ Series. Pub. Oriel Stringer. 1985 pp.61 with b/w. photographs and colour frontis. 8vo. Hardback. Green boards. Fine. Scarce. [60494] £110.00 This is the fourth book in the Caliologists’ Series and lists most of the eyries of the Peregrine Falcon in the Lake District and the adjoining Pennines.

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542. Delacour, J. & Amadon, D. Curassows and Related Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. American Museum of Nat. Hist. 1973 pp.xv, 247 with colour and b/w. illus. and maps. Tall 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently darkened on spine. [59756] £25.00 With colour paintings by Albert Earl Gilbert and George Miksch Sutton.

543. Donald, P.F. The Skylark. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2004 pp.256 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. and text figs. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59772] £20.00 Looks at all aspects of the life of the Skylark, alongside its role in legend and folklore.

544. Dudley, S. et al. Rare Birds. Day by Day. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1996 pp.392 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [59774] £18.00 A compilation of rare bird records by the day on which they occurred, covering the years 1958 to 1994, with the aim of helping to predict when rarities may turn up. Each record is listed in county order with finding site, number of birds and length of stay.

545. Durman, R. (Ed). Bird Observatories in Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1976 pp.292 with b/w photos. and maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [60288] £40.00 An account of the history and work of the observatories on Bardsey, Calf of Man, Cape Clear Island, Copeland, Dungeness, Fair Isle, Gibraltar Point, Holme, Isle of Mull, Portland Bill, Sandwich Bay, , Spurn and Walney. The emphasis is on birds but flora and fauna are also given space.

546. Elkins, N. Weather and Bird Behaviour. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1983 pp.239 with b/w. photos., illus. and text figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59773] £10.00 The emphasis of this book is on the effects of weather on bird life, rather than long-term climatic influences, though the latter are not ignored.

547. Ennion, Eric. The House on the Shore. The Story of Monk’s House Bird Observatory. 1st. Ed. Pub. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1959 pp.xv, 200 with photos and illus. 8vo. Name to ffep. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. plus dw. with small nick on rear. [60438] £30.00 A fascinating account of the first eight years of the tenure of Dr. And Mrs. E.A.R. Ennion at Monk’s House on the Northumberland coast.

548. Erritzoe, J. & H.B. Pittas of the World. A Monograph of the Pitta Family. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lutterworth Press. 1998 pp.207 plus 32 colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. Out-of-print. [59722] £17.50 A detailed study of Pittas, illustrated with fine watercolour illustrations by Helga Erritzoe.

549. Feare, C. The Starling. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press 1984 pp.x, 315 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59800] £16.50 Still the definitive work on the Starling.

550. Fisher, J. The Birds of Britain. Britain in Pictures. 1st. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 1942 pp.48 with 12 colour plates and b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Neat name stamp to ffep. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Three articles on wood pigeons dating from 1942 loosely inserted. [60467] £15.00

551. Fisher, J. & Flegg, J. Watching Birds. Rev. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1974 pp.159 with b/w. photos., illus. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59790] £20.00 Originally written by James Fisher in 1940 and revised for the Poyser series by Jim Flegg.

552. Flood, B. & Fisher, A. Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds. Volume 1. Storm- petrels & Bulwer’s Petrel. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pelagic Birds. 2011 pp.212 with colour and b/w. photos., plus illus., and two DVDs as published. 8vo. New hardback. Out-of-print. [59943] £50.00 Accompanied by two DVDs with over 120 minutes of both at-sea footage and, for some species, in-hand and at-colony footage. The DVDs follow the contents of the book, allowing cross-referencing, and form an excellent preparation for a seawatch or a pelagic trip.

553. Flood, B. & Fisher, A. Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds. Volume 2. Pterodroma Petrels. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pelagic Birds. 2013 pp.316 with colour and b/w. photos. plus illus., and two DVDs as published. 8vo. New hardback. Out-of-print. [59944] £50.00 Accompanied by two DVDs with over 120 minutes of both at-sea footage and, for some species, in-hand and at-colony footage. The DVDs follow the contents of the book, allowing cross-referencing, and form an excellent preparation for a seawatch or a pelagic trip.

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554. Forrester, R.W. & Andrews, I.J.(Eds.). The Birds of Scotland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Scottish Orn. Club. 2007 Two volume set with superb colour photos. and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardbacks in publisher’s slipcase. Out-of-print. With publisher’s flyer loosely inserted. [59812] £90.00 This is an in depth examination and analysis of the changes to Scotland’s birdlife over the years. These volumes have been achieved by the contribution of some 157 authors under the guidance of nine editors. A major achievement.

555. Forsman, D. The Raptors of Europe and The Middle East. A Handbook of Field Identification. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1999 pp.xviii, 589 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. [59783] £35.00

556. Fry, C.H. The Bee-Eaters. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1984 pp.304 with 8 colour plates and b/w. illus. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59794] £18.00 This study of the bee-eaters covers all 24 species of this colourful family which ranges from southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, to India, China, south-east Asia and Australia.

557. Garcia-del-Rey, G. & Vargas, F.J.G. Rare Birds of the Canary Islands. Aves raras de las Islas Canarias. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lynx Edicions. 2013 pp.328 with colour photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Bilingual in English and Spanish. Fine hardback, very gently bumped. [59945] £27.50 More than 169 species accounts are given with records covering c.30 years at the island level. Includes distribution maps, month and year occurrence, plus high-quality pictures.

558. Gaston, A.J. & Jones, I.L. The Auks. Alcidae. Bird Families of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1998 pp.xviii, 349 with 8 colour plates, and b/w. photos. and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out- of-print. [59956] £120.00

559. Gatke, Heinrich. Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory. The Result of Fifty Years’ Experience. 1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. David Douglas. 1895 pp.x, [ii], 599 with b/w. portrait frontis., and illus., plus 20 page David Douglas catalogue. Large 8vo. Hardback. TEG. With dedication dated 1897 to ffep. Contents nr. fine with some very minor spotting. Original gilt illus. boards in thor. vg. condition, showing light shelf-wear. [60254] £95.00

560. Gordon, Seton. Days with the Golden Eagle. 1st. Ed. Pub. Williams & Norgate. 1927 pp.xx,176 with paintings, b/w. photos and pencil drawings. Sm. 4to. A vg. plus hardback. With 1940s newspaper article entitled ‘‘Eagles’ on the Pennines’. [60401] £60.00 Headpieces and coloured plates by J.C. Harrison.

561. Gosler, A. The Great Tit. Hamlyn Species Guides. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1993 pp.128 with colour photos. and b.w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback, very gently sunned spine. [59784] £15.00 The Great Tit is the largest tit to be found in Europe and has adapted its feeding, breeding and territorial behaviour to several habitats.

562. Grady, W. Vulture. Nature’s Ghastly Gourmet. 1st. Ed. Pub. Greystone Books. 1997 pp.xi, 110 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £18.95. [60468] £16.00 Combines a fascinating, authoritative text with colour photography to examine the myth and reality of this unique creature.

563. Grant, P.J. Gulls. A guide to identification. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1982 pp.280 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Signed by the author to title page. A superb copy. [59780] £100.00

564. Haas, M. Extremely Rare Birds in the Western Palearctic. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lynx Edicions. 2012 pp.244 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. [59941] £25.00 Describes in detail the 157 species of extremely rare birds that have occurred less than 10 times in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The records are listed with references to books and articles, and include a photograph of the actual individual, if available.

565. Hammond, N. & Pearson, B. Birds of Prey. Hamlyn Bird Behaviour Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1993 pp.160 with colour illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59804] £30.00 In this book, Hammond's informative text and Pearson's keenly observed illustrations provide a fascinating insight into raptor behaviour and an invaluable aid to field observation.

566. Harting, J.E. A Handbook of British Birds. Showing the distribution of the resident and migratory species in the British Islands with an index to the records of the rarer visitants. New Rev. Ed. Pub. Nimmo. 1901 pp.[iv], xxxi, 520 with 35 colour illus. plates. Large 8vo. TEG. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original binding very pleasing and in thor. vg. condition. An edition of just 780 copies. [60253] £80.00 The preferred edition being superbly illustrated with colour plates of the heads and feet of birds reproduced from Prof. Schlegel’s ‘De vogels van Nederland’.

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567. Hilmarsson, J.O. Icelandic Bird Guide. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Edda Publishing. 2006 pp.192 with colour photos. and dist. maps throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. Out-of-print. [59936] £49.50 Contains over 500 photographs (including of eggs of Icelandic breeding birds in real size, nests and young) and gives details of identifying features of Icelandic birds with information on habitat, breeding areas, population, clutch size and incubation period.

568. Hollinshead, M. Hawking with Golden Eagles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hancock House. 1995 pp.173 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [59798] £15.00

569. Holyoak, D.T. Nightjars and their Allies. The Caprimulgiformes. Bird Families of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2001 pp.xxi, 773 with 23 colour plates plus b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59958] £62.50 The 118 species accounts contained in this volume provide details of coloration, moults, geographical variation and measurements. Furthermore, their geographical ranges, habitats, food and feeding, behaviour and breeding are also considered.

570. Hudson, W.H. British Birds. With a Chapter on Structure and Classification. New Imp. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1911 pp.xxii, 363 with 8 colour plates by Thorburn and b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Neat small ticks to bird species in contents and index, o/w. contents fine. Presentation copy signed by Stanley S. Harris, dated 1917, from St Ronan’s School, Hawkhurst, Kent. Marbled endpapers and fore-edges of text block. Handsomely bound in blue leather with gilt school crest to front board, gilt lettering and raised bands to spine, gently rubbed, o/w. thor. vg. A very pleasing copy. [60465] £50.00 G.E. Lodge and R.B. Lodge also illustrated this work.

571. Isenmann, P. et al. Birds of Tunisia. Oiseaux de Tunisie. 1st. Ed. Pub Societé d'Etudes Ornithologiques de France. 2005 pp.432 with colour photos. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Bilingual in English and French. Fine softback. [59951] £48.00 Provides information on the main landscapes of Tunisia, a list of all recorded bird species, a biogeographical analysis of the breeding species and explains the place of Tunisia in the Palearctic and trans-Saharan migration system.

572. Jones, D.N. et al. The Megapodes. Megapodiidae. Bird Families of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1995 pp.xx, 262 with 8 colour plates, b/w. illus. and figs. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of- print. [59721] £42.50 Describes and illustrates 22 species, distributed over Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, The Philippines, and some southwest Pacific islands. As well as full species descriptions, there are general chapters on biology, feeding, and breeding, as well as evolutionary relationships and conservation.

573. Jonsson, Lars. Bird Island. Pictures from a Shoal of Sand. 1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Croom Helm. 1984 pp.96 with fine watercolours by this talented artist throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with a hint of sunning on spine. [59809] £55.00 Superb watercolour paintings with descriptive text of bird life on a sand-shoal which appears every year off the Swedish coast from July until September.

574. Kear, J. Man and Wildfowl. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.288 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59776] £12.50 This book covers taxonomy and natural history of wildfowl, as well as the history of domestication worldwide, wildfowling, conflicts with agriculture, and the place of wildfowl in folklore and literature.

575. Kemp, A. The Hornbills. Bucerotiformes. Bird Families of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1995 pp.xv, 302 with 14 colour plates, b/w. illus. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59955] £125.00

576. Kemp, A. The Hornbills. Bucerotiformes. Bird Families of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1995 pp.xv, 302 with 14 colour plates, b/w. illus. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [60346] £100.00

577. Kennedy, P.G. et al. The Birds of Ireland: An Account of the Distribution, Migrations and Habits as Observed in Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd 1954 pp.xv, 437 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Minor spotting mainly at ends and edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [59937] £48.00

578. Kerry, Dr. Trevor. Of Roseates and Rectories. The birding biography of The Revd Francis Linley Blathwayt. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pintail. 2005 pp.208. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [60402] £9.00

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Revd Blathwayt covered thousands of miles to survey exotic and humble bird species whilst rector of three parishes in Lincolnshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire. He published a range of articles about birds over a 50 year period and kept a birding diary throughout his life.

579. Kirkman, F.B. & Jourdain, F.C.R. British Birds. New Ed. Pub. The Waverley Book Co. [c.1938] pp.xvi, 209 with 200 colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback. [60443] £50.00 The majority of the plates are by A.W. Seaby, but other artists include Winifred Austen, G.E. Collins, G.E. Lodge and H. Goodchild. There are also 20 colour plates of bird’s eggs by H. Gronvold.

580. Konter, A. Grebes of our World. Visiting all species on 5 Continents. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lynx Edicions. 2001 pp.187 with colour photos and b/w. illus. by Michael Braum. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. [59946] £24.00 Tells the story of the authors keen interest in these birds and includes accounts of his observations.

581. Lansdowne, J.F. Birds of the West Coast. Volumes I and II. 1st. Ed. Pub. Feheley. 1976-1980 Two volume set with 52 colour illus. plates (incl. 4 fold-out double page) and 52 drawings. Folio. Nr. fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. [60100] £80.00 Superb illustration by J.F. Lansdowne. Unanimous critical acclaim greeted his publications.

582. Limbert, M. The Uses and Curation of Birds’ Egg Collections: An Examination and Bibliography. 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2003 pp.xiv, 97 with colour frontis. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Only 250 copies printed. [60426] £145.00

583. Lockley, R.M. Flight of the Storm Petrel. 1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1983 pp.192 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [59753] £7.50

584. Lockley, R.M. Puffins. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dent. 1953 pp.186 with colour frontis., and b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Some spotting o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Frontispiece by C.F. Tunnicliffe. [59805] £20.00 The first book to explain and describe the life and behaviour of the Puffin. Much of the work was done by the author during his residence on Skokholm. It also includes information from other studies on European Islands.

585. Martin, G. Birds by Night. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.x, 227 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59779] £25.00 Considers both what birds do at night and how these nocturnal activities are possible.

586. Matthysen, E. The Nuthatches. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1998 pp.xix, 315 with colour frontis., b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59782] £20.00 Focuses on the Eurasian Nuthatch, with comparative information on the other west Palaearctic and world species. The Nuthatch is one of only a few species to rely on stored food for winter survival and to live as a territorial pair. Illustrations by David Quinn.

587. Meinertzhagen, D. & Hornby, R.P. Bird Life in an Arctic Spring. The Diaries of Dan Meinertzhagen and R.P. Hornby. 1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter. 1899 pp.[x], iii, [i], 150, [iv], 33, [i], iii, [i], [vii] including frontis. portrait of Meinertzhagen and b/w. illus. and photographs of eagles, hawks and owls. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents nr. fine. A little spine lean. Original moorland green, gilt decorated (Sea Eagle to front board) and lettered cloth binding in thor. vg. condition. [60407] £95.00 Contains a list of bird names in English, Swedish, Finnish and Lapp. Dan Meinertzhagen was the older brother of Col. Richard Meinertzhagen. This volume recounts the authors activities during a three month ornithological and oological trip to the Arctic Regions.

588. Nelson, B. The Gannet. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1978 pp.336 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59778] £10.00

589. Nethersole-Thompson, D. The Dotterel. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1973 pp.288 with colour frontis. and b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine facsimile dw. [59787] £17.50

590. Nethersole-Thompson, D. In Search of Breeding Birds. Early Essays reprinted from the Oologists Record. 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1992 pp.iii, 118. 8vo. Fine hdbk. in fine dw. [60424] £120.00

591. Nethersole-Thompson, D. The Snow Bunting. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1993 pp.xv, 339 with b/w. photos and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59801] £40.00 This edition contains additional material on the population size and distribution of snow buntings in Scotland made since the original edition was published in 1966.

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592. Nethersole-Thompson, D. & M. Waders. Their Breeding, Haunts and Watchers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1986 pp.400 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59768] £21.50

593. Newton, I. Population Ecology of Raptors. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1979 pp.399 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59793] £20.00

594. Pennington, M. et al. The Birds of Shetland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 2004 pp. 576 plus 40 pages of colour photos. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59754] £27.50 Looks in depth at the status, distribution and abundance, past and present, of every bird recorded in Shetland. Population trends for breeders and regular visitors are analysed, and a detailed breakdown of Shetland records is presented for the rarities.

595. Poole, A.F. Ospreys. A Natural and Unnatural History. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1989 pp.xviii, 246 with b/w. photos and illus. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. [59948] £22.50 Breeding, habitat, migration, threats, management, diet, nesting and hunting behaviour are covered in this text.

596. Porter, R.F. et al. Flight Identification of European Raptors. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1981 pp.180 plus 96 b/w. plates and b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59748] £16.50 The thirty-eight European species have been grouped into seven sections, each bringing together those species most easily confused. Each group has an introductory comparative text and drawings, and the species within the groups are then treated individually.

597. Potapov, E. and Sale, R. The Gyrfalcon. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2005 pp.288 with colour photos., maps and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59769] £45.00 The Gyrfalcon is the world's largest falcon. It inhabits the inhospitable Arctic Taiga, from Greenland and Iceland right across Siberia and northern Canada. This book covers all aspects of the species' biology, taxonomy and distribution, as well as its status and historical associations with man.

598. Pratt, Anne. Our Native Songsters. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. S.P.C.K 1857 pp.viii, 350 with colour illus. frontis and 72 plates of illus. of birds. Ffep. removed and name cancelled out on rear of frontis. Rear internal hinge a little tender. Contents very clean. Original binding. gilt decorated to spine, blind decoration to boards in vg. condition. [40115] £75.00 A charming work, first published in 1852 and, given the popularity of Anne Pratt’s botanical works, it’s not surprising that ‘Our Native Songsters’ was reprinted three times.

599. Pratt, T.K. & Beehler, B.M. Birds of New Guinea. Second Edition. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Princeton. 2015 pp.528 with 110 plates of colour illus. Royal 8vo. New softback. [55111] £39.99 This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea.

600. Ratcliffe, D. The Peregrine Falcon. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1980 pp.416 with colour illus. and b/w photos. and text figs. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59770] £20.00

601. Rees, Darren. Bird Impressions. A Personal View of Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Swan Hill. 1993 pp.[128] with colour illus. throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59765] £15.00 Wildlife artist Darren Rees lives in Wales and in this beautifully illustrated book he depicts the birds of the area, including , , Bardsay, and mid-Wales.

602. Rees, E. Bewick’s Swan. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2006 pp.296 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59771] £50.00

603. Ridgely, Robert S. & Tudor, Guy. The Birds of South America. Volumes 1 and 2. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Oxford. 1989 Two volume set with colour illus. plates by Guy Tudor and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardbacks in fine dws. [60102] £75.00 An immense work. Volume 1 considers the oscine passerines and Volume 2 focuses on the suboscine passerines.

604. Roux, F. John Gould’s Birds of Europe. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bibliotheque de l’Image. 2000 pp.237 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59766] £50.00 The lithographs reproduced here do not come from Gould’s ‘Birds of Europe’, but from his ‘Birds of Great Britain’ since the illustrations are much more elaborate. They were chosen as a celebration of his work and to favour France’s common nesting or migratory avifanua.

605. Scott, Peter. Morning Flight. A Book of Wildfowl. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1936 pp.xiii, 138 with colour and b/w. plates and line drawings. 4to. Scatttered foxing mainly to first and last few pages, o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth in vg. plus condition gently darkened in places. [59203] £40.00

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606. Sharrock, J.T.R. (Ed.). The Natural History of Cape Clear Island. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1973 pp.207 with b/w. photos. illus. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently rubbed on tips. A very pleasing copy indeed. [59789] £125.00 With illustrations by Robert Gillmor.

607. Shirihai, Hadoram. The Birds of Israel. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1996 pp.lxxxix, 692 with colour photos., and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. showing just a hint of sunning to spine. Importantly, this copy comes with the transparent overlays. [60101] £175.00 A stunning work for this important area for ornithologists. The book distinguishes all subspecies found in Israel, and details seasonal occurrence. In addition there are chapters on the history of ornithology in Israel, features of the avifauna, and geography.

608. Short, L.L. & Horne, J.F.M. Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides. Bird Families of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2001 pp.xxiii, 526 with 35 colour plates, photos. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59952] £140.00 Deals with the Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae.

609. Smythies, B.E. The Birds of Burma. 3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Nimrod & Mattacchione. 1986 pp.xxxii, 32 colour plates with text, 432. Small folio. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. A very pleasing copy indeed. [60098] £50.00 This edition featured revised text. Last and best edition.

610. Staton, J. Report on the Birds of Nottinghamshire 1943. 1st. Ed. Pub. Nottingham Natural Science Field Club and Trent Valley Bird Watchers. [1944] pp.18. Sm. 8vo. Softback. Neat stamp of Howard Smith. With typed note for the Mute Swan added to rfep. Thor. vg. softback. Scarce. [60403] £80.00

611. Staton, J. Report on the Birds of Nottinghamshire 1945. 1st. Ed. Pub. Nottingham Natural Science Field Club and Trent Valley Bird Watchers. [1946] pp.36 with b/w. photos and one plate. Sm. 8vo. Softback. Thor. vg. softback. Scarce. [60404] £80.00

612. Stephenson, T. & Whittle, S. The Warbler Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Uni. Press. 2013 pp.560 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. [59940] £15.00 A superb work. A groundbreaking guide to the identification of the 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada. Besides over 1,000 colour photographs and extensive species accounts, this guide features an entirely new system of vocalization analysis of songs and calls.

613. Svensson, L. & Grant, P.J. Collins Bird Guide. The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. 1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. HarperCollins. 2000 pp.399 with colour illus. and dist. maps throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [59758] £40.00 Following on from its hugely successful launch in 1999, Collins Bird Guide was also released in this lavish large format edition. With expanded text and even larger colour illustrations, this guide covers every species and every plumage you will see, with detailed information on identification, habitat and voice.

614. Tarboton, W. Birds of Southern Africa. The Sasol Plates Collection. 1st. Ed. Pub. Struik. 1994 pp.432 with colour plates illustrated by Peter Hayman and Norman Arlott throughout. Small folio. Fine hardback in fine dw. with nr. fine publisher’s slipcase. [59811] £50.00 The illustrations commisioned as the artwork for the field guide, ‘Sasol Birds of Southern Africa’ were of such a high standard and so widely admired, that it was decided to reproduce them at their original size to display them to full advantage.

615. Tate, P. A Century of Bird Books. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.F. & G. Witherby. 1979 pp.256 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [59806] £15.00 A comprehensive listing of all bird books printed between 1875 and 1975, with discussion of the most important of them.

616. Taylor, M. The Pocket Book of Bird Anatomy. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2020 pp.224 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. [58307] £15.99 This excellent RSPB guide to bird anatomy looks at the avian body, system by system, how it evolved, and how it functions. It also explores traits unique to birds, including their one-way breathing cycle, how feathers permit flight and provide weather- proofing.

617. Thomson, Sir A. Landsborough. A New Dictionary of Birds. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Nelson. 1965 pp.928 with colour plates and b/w. photos., and illus. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [59807] £20.00 An immense and indespensible reference work dealing with all areas of ornithology from migration to relationships between birds and humans, birds in folklore to a dictionary of English names of birds throughout the world.

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618. Ticehurst, N.F. The Mute Swan in England. Its History, and the Ancient Custom of Swan Keeping. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cleaver-Hume Press. 1957 pp.xii, [i], 133 with 31 plates (one being fold-out). 4to. Some spotting o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. With set of five Royal Mint Stamps dedicated to Swans (1993) and an article on the ownership of Swans (c.1950). [60405] £27.50

619. Tomkinson, P. M. L. & J. W. Eggs of the Great Auk. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 1966 pp.[ii], [95]-128 plus 75 pages of b/w. photographic plates. 4to. Nr. fine softback. From library of Howard Smith. With two letters from Calke Abbey to Howard Smith (home of Sir Vauncey Harper Crewe (b.1846 - d.1924)) in relation to Harper Crewe’s Great Auk Egg. Enclosed with the first letter were a copy of the auction record when the Egg was sold in 1925 at Steven’s Auction Rooms. The second points Howard Smith in the direction of Howard Soar for more information on the Eggs whereabouts. A letter from Howard Soar then provides more information and came with a photocopied sketch of the Egg. [60478] £150.00 A compilation of photographs and available information for all recorded Great Auk eggs, based on a list originally prepared by Edward Bidwell in 1892 but subsequently updated by the authors.

620. Trobe, W.M. The Merlin. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oriel Stringer. 1990 pp.96 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59950] £95.00 The eighth book in the Caliologists’ Series, this lists one hundred and fifty Merlin territories throughout Great Britain.

621. Tubbs, C.R. The Buzzard. 1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1974 pp.199 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59788] £10.00 First edition account of the ecology and history of the buzzard in Britain, the main purpose of which was to record the size and reproductive success of the population, and to try to identify the factors controlling it.

622. Tunnicliffe, C.F. Mereside Chronicle. With a short interlude of Lochs and Lochans. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1948 pp.200 with b/w. illus. 4to. With neat ownership stamp to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Not price clipped. [60428] £120.00

623. Turner, A.K. The Swallow. Hamlyn Species Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1994 pp.128 with colour photos and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback with gently sunned spine. [59786] £7.50 Authoritative study, dealing with all aspects of swallow identification and behaviour.

624. Uglow, Jenny. Mr Lear. A Life of Art and Nonsense. 1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 2017 pp.x, 598 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback. RRP £25.00. [60479] £20.00 In this critically acclaimed biography, Jenny Uglow describes Lear the artist, traveller, writer of nonsense verse and his colourful, often restless life.

625. Unwin, Mike. RSPB Spotlight: Crows. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2021 pp.128 with colour photography throughout. 8vo. New softback. [60485] £12.99 Introduces readers to the life and behaviour of Crows with eye-catching colour photography and informative expert text.

626. Voisin, C. The Herons of Europe. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1991 pp.xii, 364 with 4 colour plates and b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. [59939] £30.00 This book begins with a general description of the family before going on to treat each species in more detail, summarising such topics as field characters, distribution, population size and behaviour.

627. Walpole-Bond, J. A History of Sussex Birds. Vols. I-III. 1st. Ed. Pub. H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1938 Three volume set with 53 coloured plates by Philip Rickman. Crown 4to. TEG. Inscription to ffeps. Some scattered spotting and several informed pencil annotations (c.1940 to c.1950). Original binding. A vg. plus set. [60255] £110.00

628. Warren, Michael. Images From Birding. Observations of an artist birder. 1st. Ltd. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2007 pp.168 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Handsomely bound in maroon half leather over marbled boards. New hardback in publisher’s slipcase. Slightly off-mint. Copy No. 13 from the limited edition, signed by Michael Warren. [60490] £40.00 In this book, Michael Warren brought together drawings from his sketch books and field notes from over twenty years of birdwatching in Britain and Ireland.

629. Wassink, A. and Oreel, G.J. The Birds of Kazakhstan. 1st. Ed. Pub. Arend Wassink. 2007 pp.288 with colour photos. and dist. maps throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. [59947] £50.00 Illustrated with colour photographs and clear maps showing the seasonal presence of each species. Includes comprehensive information on the geography, habitats, climate, and migrations as well as environmental threats and breeding.

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630. Watson, D. The Hen Harrier. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1977 pp.307 with 4 colour plates and b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [59792] £37.50 A detailed study of the Hen Harrier made by Donald Watson over many years. His field notes and sketch books of this exceptional bird of prey go back to the 1940s.

631. Watson, J. The Golden Eagle. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1997 pp.374 with colour frontis., and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. [59795] £18.00 A comprehensive account of this iconic bird, covering all aspects of its biology and ecology, by one of Scotland’s foremost eagle experts. Keith Brockie illustrations.

632. Wayne Campbell, R. et al. The Birds of British Columbia. Volumes 1 to 4. 1st. Ed. Pub. UBC Press. 1990 Four volume set with b/w. photos., illus. and dist. maps. Large 4to. Nr. fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. [60103] £235.00 A superb work. Volumes 1 and 2 are dedicated to non-passerines with volumes 3 and 4 covering the passerines.

633. Wells, David R. The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Volumes 1 and 2. 1st. Ed. Pub. Natural World / Helm. 1999-2007 Two volume set with 120 colour plates and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. An excellent set. [60104] £135.00 These very well-illustrated volumes cover the birds of Singapore, peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and the tip of Tenasserim (Burma) with their associated island archipelagos.

634. Wernham, C. et al. (Eds.). The Migration Atlas. Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2002 pp.xvi, 884 with colour dist. maps throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [59767] £80.00 Presents the most up-to-date information on bird migration, using the vast wealth of data that the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) have collected from ringing recoveries.

635. Whitaker, J. A Natural History Journal 1950-1975, 1976-1982 & 1983-1990. A record of ...... Oological and Ornithological study and memories. 1st. Ed. Pub. James Whitaker (Peregrine Books). 2004-05 Three volume set with colour and b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Fine hardbacks in fine dws, with a hint of sunning to spines. Limited edition of 100 copies. With loosely inserted hand-written note (dated 24th June 2006) from Jim Whitaker to the previous owner in which Jim expresses thanks for their ‘kind remarks’ about this work. [60427] £750.00 With one volume dedicated to each time period, these books recount James Whitaker’s exploits over the 40 years between 1950 and 1990. Jim’s knowledge of the subject is unparalled.

636. Whymper, Charles. Egyptian Birds. For the most part seen in the Nile Valley. 1st. Ed. Pub. Adam and Charles Black. 1909 pp.x, 221 with 51 colour plates and b/w. illus. 8vo. TEG. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text-block, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in thor vg. condition. A very pleasing copy. [59949] £95.00

637. Williams, T.D. The Penguins. Spheniscidae. Bird Families Of The World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1995 pp.xiv, 295 with 8 colour plates, b/w. illus., dist. maps, and tables. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [59954] £70.00

638. Yeates, G.K. Bird Haunts in Southern England. 1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1947 pp.112 with b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. / nr. fine dw. Scarce in dw. [60441] £40.00

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639. Ai-yun, D. & Si-liang, Y. Crabs of the China Seas. Eng. Ed. Pub. China Ocean Press / Springer. 1991 pp.682 with 74 b/w. photographic plates and illus. in text. Small 4to. Signature. Contents fine. Overall a thor. vg. hardback. [59556] £60.00 Over 800 species of crab, many of economic value, are found along the Chinese coastline which stretches over 10,000 km, from temperate to tropical zones.

640. Angel, M.V. Marine Planktonic Ostracods. Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 1993 pp.vi, 240 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature and small address label. Fine softback. [59525] £25.00 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 48.

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641. Baker, A. de C. et al. A Practical Guide to the Euphausiids of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 1990 pp.96 with 40 b/w. plates of illus. Ringbound 4to. Signature. Nr. fine softback. Scarce. [59516] £60.00

642. Brinkhurst, R.O. British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1982 pp.v, 127 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. [59520] £27.50 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No.21.

643. Chan, B.K.K. et al. Crustacean Fauna of Taiwan: Barnacles. Volume I - Cirripedia: Thoracica excluding the Pyrgomatidae and Acastinae. 1st. Ed. Pub. National Taiwan Ocean Uni. 2009 pp.xx, 297 with colour and b/w. photos., plus b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Boards lightly bumped and gently sunned on front, o/w. a fine hardback. Scarce. [59555] £135.00

644. Cornelius, P.F.S. North-West European Thecate Hydroides and their Medusae. Part 1. Introduction, Laodiceidae to Haleciidae. Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 1995 Two volume set with b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplates. Fine softbacks. RRP £79.99. [59526] £60.00 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 50.

645. Day, J.W. et al Estuarine Ecology. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Wiley & Sons. 1989 pp.xiv, 559 with b/w. illus. and figs. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [59533] £20.00

646. Fish, J.D. & S. A Student’s Guide to the Seashore. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 2011 pp.xii, 527 with 32 colour photographic plates plus b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Signature. Fine softback. Latest edition. RRP £45.99. [59541] £37.50 Allows the identification of over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species.

647. Fry, W.G. (Ed.). The Biology of the Porifera. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1970 pp.xxviii, 512 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback. [59502] £30.00

648. Gibson, R. Nemerteans. Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 1994 pp.vii, 224 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback. [59521] £32.50 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 24 (Second Edition).

649. Grahame, J. Plankton and Fisheries. 1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1987 pp.iii, 140 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback in gently sunned covers. [59547] £17.50 Since plankton are responsible for the production and transfer of most of the food energy available in the sea, the effective harvesting of fish requires an appreciation of their ecology.

650. Hayward, P.J. Ctenostome Bryozoans. Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 1st. Ed. Pub. E.J. Brilll. 1985 pp.vii, 169 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback. [59523] £19.50 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 33.

651. Hayward, P.J. and Ryland, J.S. (Eds.) The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe. Volume 1 - Introduction and Protozoans to . Volume 2 - Molluscs to Chordates. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Clarendon Press. 1990 Two volume set with b/w. illus., throughout. 4to. Signature to both vols. Fine hardback set in publisher’s clear plastic dws. In print at RRP £547.50. [59561] £180.00 The most comprehensive account of the marine fauna of British and adjacent waters ever produced. Describes and illustrates more than 2,000 species, covering all benthic habitats, from the intertidal zone to approximately 30 metres depth, and also includes representatives of estuarine and supralittoral faunas. All species are illustrated by line drawings, with related species grouped together to facilitate comparisons.

652. Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. Cheilostomatous Bryozoa. Part 1. Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea. Part 2. Hippothooidea - Celleporoidea. Notes for the identification of British species. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 1998-1999 Two volumes with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Signatures. Fine softbacks. [59519] £75.00 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No.10 (Second Edition) and No.14 (Second Edition)

653. Herring, P. The Biology of the Deep Ocean. 1st. Ed. Pub Oxford Uni. Press. 2002 pp.ix, 314 with b/w. photos., illus., and figs., plus correction for Table 11.1 loosely inserted. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. Dedication by author to half-title. RRP £51.99. [59540] £40.00

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Excellent survey of the Earth's largest ecosystem which explains how its inhabitants are exquisitely adapted to survive and flourish within it. Based on the author's unique deep-sea experience in all the world's oceans.

654. Hodgkiss, I.J. & Lee, K.Y. Hong Kong Seaweeds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Urban Council, Hong Kong. 1983 pp.122 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback. [59498] £15.00

655. Hoek, Dr. P.P.C. The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Report on the Cirripedia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. 1st. Ed. Pub. London. 1883 pp.169 plus 13 plates, 3 partially coloured. Large 4to. Signature and bookplate. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. More recently bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, fine condition. [59558] £200.00 Part XXV from the ‘Zoology of the “Challenger” Expedition’.

656. Humphreys, J. & May, V. (Eds.). The Ecology of Poole Harbour. 1st. Ed. Pub. Elsevier. 2005 pp.xiv, 282 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. and figs. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback. Dedication by John Humphreys to title page. RRP £105.00. [59543] £40.00 This book brings together expert contributions to provide a picture of the ecology of Poole Harbour as a whole. It covers all the major habitats while also examining a wide range of ecological phenomena and issues.

657. Huys, R. and Boxshall, G.A. Copepod Evolution. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ray Society. 1991 pp.468 with b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Signature. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Dedication signed by both authors to title page. [59560] £37.50

658. Ingle, R.W. & Christiansen, M.E. Lobsters, Mud Shrimps and Anomuran Crabs. Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 2004 pp.viii, 271 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. [59527] £39.50 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 55.

659. Jones, D.A. A Field Guide to the Sea Shores of Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Kuwait. 1986 pp.192 with 54 colour and b/w. plates, and line drawings. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. Scarce. [59539] £40.00 The first comprehensive guide to the more common intertidal flora and fauna of the Arabian Gulf.

660. Jones, D.S. & Morgan, G.J. A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters. 1st. Ed. Pub. Reed. 1994 pp.216 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. Signed by both authors to title page. [59494] £18.50 A comprehensive guide to the many types of crustaceans which abound in Australian waters, many of which are barely known, but are never-the-less, indispensable to the larger marine animals, and so to ourselves.

661. Jones, M.B. et al. (Eds.). Migrations and Dispersal of Marine Organisms. Rep. Ed. Pub. Kluwer Academic. 2003 pp.xii, 262 with b/w. photos. and figs. Small 4to. Signature. Thor. vg. hardback. Dedication by Malcolm Jones to title page. [59506] £18.00 Proceedings of the 37th European Marine Biology Symposium.

662. Kabata, Z. Copepods Parasitic on Fishes. Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Universal Book Services. 1992 pp.vii, 264 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. [59524] £32.50 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 47.

663. Lieske, E. & Myers, R.F. Collins Coral Reef Guide. Red Sea to Gulf of Aden, South Oman. 1st. Ed. Pub. HarperCollins. 2004 pp.384 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback with publisher’s waterproof PVC cover. [59503] £12.50 The definitive guide to the underwater life of the Red Sea region. Covers all common species of underwater life, with a colour photograph of each species as well as details of range and characteristic behaviour.

664. Little, C. The Biology of Soft Shores and Estuaries. Biology of Habitats Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2000 pp.ix, 252 with b/w. illus. and figs. 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine softback. RRP £56.99. [59532] £38.00 Describes soft sediments in the sea and in estuaries as habitats for a wide range of animals and plants, and discusses the different adaptations made by organisms to these habitats. It emphasizes the special characteristics of estuaries and considers pollution problems and conservation approaches.

665. Mammaril, A. et al. Guide to Philippine Flora and Fauna. Volume VII: Zooplankton, Barnacles, Swimming Crabs. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of the Philippines. 1986 pp.xvi, 268 with b/w. illus. Small 4to. Signature. Thor. vg. softback. [59554] £25.00

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666. Morton, B. et al. Coastal Ecology of the Acores [Azores]. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sociedade Afonso Chaves. 1998 pp.viii, 249 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Signature. Fine softback. Dedication by Brian Morton and Antonio de Frias Martins to title page. [59557] £40.00

667. Morton, B. & J. The Sea Shore Ecology of Hong Kong. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hong Kong Univ. Press. 1983 pp.xiv, 350 with colour plates and b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [59530] £22.00

668. Morton, B. & Tseng, C.K. (Eds.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. Parts 1, 2, 3 and 5. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hong Kong Uni. Press. 1980 - 1998 Eight volumes with b/w. illus. and figs. 8vo. Signatures to all volumes. Thor. vg. to fine softbacks. [59496] £175.00 This run comprises - Part 1: (two volumes); Part 2: (three volumes); Part 3: (two volumes); Part 5: (one volume).

669. Naylor, E. & Brandt. A. Intertidal Marine Isopods. Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Field Studies Council. 2015 pp.viii, 144 with colour frontis. and b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. [59517] £25.00 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 3 (Second Edition).

670. Ng, P.K.L. The Freshwater Crabs of Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore. 1st. Ed. Pub. Nat. Uni. of Singapore. 1988 pp.viii 156 with colour, b/w. photos and illus. Large 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. Scarce. [59545] £40.00

671. Picton, B.E. A Field Guide to the Shallow-water Echinoderms of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Immel. 1993 pp.96 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Signature and small address label. Fine softback in gently sunned covers. [59538] £25.00 Covers all the echinoderms likely to be found by diving or on the shores of the British Isles.

672. Pilsbry, H.A. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National Museum. 1st. Ed. Pub. Govt. Printing Office, Washington. 1907 pp.x, 122 plus 11 b/w. plates, with illus. throughout. 8vo. Bookplate and occasional neat informed pencil annotations. Contents thor. vg. to fine. More recently bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering, fine condition. [59505] £30.00

673. Pilsbry, H.A. The Sessile Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National Museum; Including a Monograph of the American Species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Govt. Printing Office, Washington. 1916 pp.xi, 366 plus 76 b/w. plates. 8vo. Bookplate and signature. Pages 229-240 inserted from another copy. Minor staining to edges of some plates. A vg. to thor. vg. hardback. [59570] £30.00 A continuation of the author’s report on the Cirripedia contained in the United States National Museum, of which the portion relating to pedunculate forms was printed in 1907.

674. Prudhoe, S. British Polyclad Turbellarians. Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1982 pp.vi, 77 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback. [59522] £22.00 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 26.

675. Reid, D.G. The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. The genus Littoraria. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 1986 pp.xv, 228 with colour frontis. and b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Signatures. Thor. vg. to nr. fine hardback. [59507] £27.50

676. Richmond, M.D. (Ed.). A Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa, and the Western Indian Ocean Islands. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sida & SAREC. 1997 pp.448 with colour illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Signature and dedication by Matthew Richmond to title page. Fine softback. [59529] £25.00 This guide covers the seashores of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Reunion, Mauritius and Seychelles.

677. Russell, F.S. The Medusae of the British Isles. Volume II. Pelagic Scyphozoa. With a Supplement to the First Volume on Hydromedusae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1970 pp.xi, 284 with colour and b/w., plates and illus. 4to. Signature. Fine hardback in thor. vg. to nr. fine dw. [59513] £90.00

678. Ryland, J.S. et al. Catalogue of Main Marine Fouling Organisms. Found on ships coming into European Waters. Volume 2: Polyzoa. 1st. Ed. Pub. OECD. 1965 pp.83 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Signature. Softback. Cover shows a little wear, o/w.a thor. vg. copy. [59535] £12.50

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679. Shin, P.K.S. (Ed.). Turning the Tides. A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Brian Morton. 1st. Ed. Pub. Marine Biological Assoc. of Hong Kong. 2003 pp.ix, 383 with colour and b/w. photos. and figs. Large 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback. Scarce. [59546] £50.00 This collection of 22 papers was published in honour of Brian Morton’s contribution to the understanding of the marine science of Hong Kong and the rest of the region. Beginning with two biographical papers the remaining 20 papers encompass diverse subjects from review of a specific group of animals, marine ecology, chemical pollution, red tides etc to the conservation of horseshoe crabs and dolphins.

680. Smith, J.L.B. The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Central News . 1950 pp.xvi, 550 with 102 colour plates plus b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Signature and small address label. Thor. vg. hardback in nr. vg. dw. [59514] £40.00

681. Spry, J.F. The Sea Shells of Dar es Salaam. Part 1 Gastropods. Part 2 Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Pub. Tanganyika Notes and Record. 1968 & 1964 Two volume set with colour and b/w. plates. Large 8vo. Bookplates. Thor. vg. to fine softback set. [59534] £12.00 Part 1 is the revised and enlarged edition of 1968 (the first edition having been published in 1961).

682. Tebble, N. British Bivalve Seashells. A handbook for identification. 2nd. Ed. Pub. HMSO. 1976 pp.212 with 12 colour photographic plates and b/w. illus. throughout. Small 8vo. Bookplate. Thor. vg. softback. [59497] £35.00

683. Tebble, N. & Chambers, S. Polychaetes from Scottish Waters. A Guide to Identification. Part 1: Family Polynoidae. Part 2: Families Aphroditidae, Sigalionidae and Polyodontidae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Scottish Museum Studies. 1982-1983 Two volume set with b/w. photos. and illus. Large 8vo. Bookplates. Fine softbacks. [59515] £40.00

684. Thomas, D.N. Frozen Oceans. The Floating World of Pack Ice. 1st. Ed. Pub. Nat. Hist. Museum. 2004 pp.224 with colour photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. Out-of-print. [59495] £10.00 In this book the author, David Thomas, follows the expeditions of several scientists in the Arctic and Antarctic as they explore the fascinating world of pack ice.

685. Thompson, T.E. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs. (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Keys and notes for the identification of the species. 2nd. Ed. Pub. E.J. Brill. 1988 pp.v, 356 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback in lightly sunned covers. Latest edition. Out-of-print. [59518] £38.00 Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No.8 (Second Edition).

686. Thorson, G. Reproduction and Larval development of Danish Marine Bottom Invertebrates, With Special Reference to the Planktonic Larvae in the Sound (Oresund). 1st. Ed. Pub. C.A. Reitzels. 1946 pp.523 with b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Softback. Dedication to front cover. Contents nr. fine. Covers show some wear and repair. [59512] £35.00

687. Tudge, C.C. Hermit Crabs of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Queensland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Queensland. 1995 pp.40 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. Dedication by author to title page. [59542] £15.00 The illustrated keys, detailed notes on colour, distinguishing features, habitat and distribution make this an invaluable field guide.

688. Vernon, J.E.N. & Pichon, M. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part IV. Family Poritidae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 1982 pp.159 with b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Dedication to title page. Thor. vg. softback. [59559] £30.00

689. Vinogradov, M.E. et al. Hyperiid Amphipods (Amphiopda, Hyperiiddea), of the World Oceans. 1st. End. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. 1996 pp.xxvii, 632 with b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Signed by author to title-page. [59500] £75.00

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