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Catalogue No. 121 – Sale, Special Offers and Recent Acquisitions

Sale items : Botany 1 - 112 Entomology 113 - 140 Fine, Illustrated & Antiquarian 141 - 151 Gardening 152 - 207 General 208 - 254 Natural History & Zoology 255 - 266 New Naturalist s 267 - 302 Ornithology 303 - 346 Special offers : Botany 347 - 404 and recent Entomology 405 - 440 acquisitions Fine, Illustrated & Antiquarian 441 - 458 Gardening 459 - 512 Natural History & Zoology 513 - 562 New Naturalists 563 - 611 Ornithology 612 - 688

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Sale section - Botany 1. Ainsworth, G.C. & Sussman, A.S. (Eds.). The Fungi - An Advanced Treatise. Volume III. The Fungal Population. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1968 pp.xix, 738 with b/w. photos., and figs. 8vo. A fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [57236] £15.00 Reviews the ecology of fungi through an analysis of their diverse habitats. Also discussed are the parasitic and symbiotic associations of fungi with other organisms.

2. Alpine Garden Soc. Index to the Bulletin. Volumes XVI - XXX. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Soc. 1964 pp.183. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. Index for the years 1950 to 1964. [57262] £5.00

3. Baker, H.A. & Oliver, E.G.H. Ericas in Southern Africa. 1st. Ed. Pub. Purnell. c.1967 pp.lxvi, 180 with colour illus. plates. 4to. Nr. fine hdbk. in vg. dw. [51127] £20.00

4. Balfour, J.H. First Book of Botany. Pub. W. Collins. 1873 pp.vii, 118 with with many text figs plus 10 pages of adverts. Hardback. Original boards in good to vg. condition. [34021] £11.00

5. Bentham, G. and Hooker, Sir. J.D. Handbook of the British Flora. Volume 1 [of 2]. A description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to, or naturalised in, the British Isles, for the use of beginners and amateurs. 6th. Rev. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve & Co. 1892 pp.lxxx, 584. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Foxing at ends, o/w., contents fine. Half leather over green cloth boards, in thor. vg. condition. [57626] £15.00

6. Boulger, G.S. Familiar Trees. First, Second and Third Series. New. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Cassell. c.1907 Three volume set with colour illus., and b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardbacks. Ex-lib. Contents fine. Half leather bound with gilt lettering to spine, all in vg. plus condition. [57623] £40.00

7. Brown, Jane. Tales of the Rose Trees. Ravishing Rhododendrons and Their Travels Around the World. Pub. HarperCollins. 2004 pp.xi, 308 with colour & b/w. plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [46315] £10.00 A thorough examination of the Rhododendron’s history and uses.

8. Cash, Catherine. The Slipper Orchids. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 1991 pp.xi, 228 with 225 colour photo. plates. 4to. A vg. hardback in vg. dw. [53254] £15.00

9. Charters, H. Fires in State Forests in the Years 1929-1952. Forestry Commission, Forest Record Number 23. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1954 pp.31 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [50344] £9.00

10. Cheers, G. Letts Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Letts. 1992 pp.x, 174 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57246] £30.00 A guide to identifying and cultivating an astonishingly diverse and interesting range of carnivorous plants.

11. Clapham, A.R. et al. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1959 pp.xxxiii, 579 with a few b/w. text figs. Small 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature to ffep. Some minor evidence of a spill, o/w. a vg. hardback. [54842] £6.00 Published in response to a need for an easily portable guide, while maintaining enough detail to aid in identifying all species that are generally common in lowland districts of the British isles.

12. Clapham, A.R. et al. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1968 pp.xxxv, 586. Small 8vo. Hardback. Ex-lib. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57275] £6.00 Published in response to a need for an easily portable guide, while maintaining enough detail to aid in identifying all species that are generally common in lowland districts of the British isles.

13. Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles Illustrations. Volume I. Pteridophyta to Papilionaceae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge University Press. 1957 pp.144 with illus throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57779] £9.00

14. Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles Illustrations. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Polemoniaceae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge University Press. 1960 pp.119 with illus throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57854] £9.00

15. Clemants, S.E. Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae of New York State. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 485. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of the State of New York. 1992 pp.vi, 100 with illus. and dist. maps. 4to. Nr. fine softback. Scarce. [57271] £35.00

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16. Coats, A.M. The Book of Flowers. Four Centuries of Flower Illustration. 1st. Ed. Pub. Phaidon Press. 1973 pp.208 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. Small folio. Faint speckling to top of text block, o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw. With original publisher’s flyer loosely inserted. [57774] £15.00 Covering the period from 1485 to 1850 and limited to flowers represented on paper or vellum. Ninety percent of the subjects were reproduced in this work for the first time.

17. Cowen, D.V. Flowering Trees and Shrubs in India. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Thacker & Co. 1952 pp.xvi, 142 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Faint scattered foxing o/w., a thor. vg. hardback in good dw. [57245] £15.00

18. Crooke, Myles. Adelges Attacking Japanese and Hybrid Larches. Forestry Commission, Forest Record Number 17. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1952 pp.19 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A fine softback. [50341] £8.00

19. Davidian, H.H. The Rhododendron Species. Vol. II - Elepidotes. Part 1. Arboreum -Lacteum. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1989 pp.344 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57341] £15.00

20. Davidson, J. Conifers, Junipers and Yew. Gymnosperms of British Columbia. 1st. Ed. Pub. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1927 pp.xviii, 72 with 36 colour and b/w. plates of illustrations. 8vo. Ex-Lib. Nr. fine hardback. [57259] £18.00 Presents an illustration of each genus and description of each species found in British Columbia.

21. De Jong, Dr. P.C. et al (Eds.). Catalogue of Plant Collections. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. Botanic Gardens, Utrecht. 1986 pp.470 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. [57231] £16.00 A catalogue of the plant collections held at Utrecht Botanic Gardens.

22. Dennis, R.W.G. Concise Guide to British Fungi. 1st. Ed. Pub. Saiga Publishing. 1984 pp.v, 74 plus 111 colour plates. 8vo. Initials to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57255] £8.00

23. Dony, J.G. Flora of Bedfordshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Luton Museum and Gallery. 1953 pp.532 with b/w. photos and dist. maps. 8vo. With previous owner’s name to ffep., and 2 pages of informed annotations loosely inserted. A thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [54836] £15.00

24. Edees, E.S. Flora of Staffordshire. Flowering plants and ferns. 1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1972 pp.viii, 280 with b/w. photos., and dist. maps. 8vo. Dust marks to top of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. [57333] £8.00

25. Ewen, A.H. & Prime, C.T. (Eds.). Ray’s Flora of Cambridgeshire. Catalogus Plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium. 1st. Ed. Pub. Wheldon & Wesley. 1975 pp.vii, 146 with photos. 8vo. A fine hardback in fine dw. [57233] £10.00 One of the landmarks in the history of botany, John Ray's Catalogus was his first published work on Botany and the result of nine years study between 1651 and 1660. Translated from the Latin and edited by Ewen and Prime.

26. Farrer, Reginald. The Dolomites. King Laurin’s Garden. 1st. Ed. Facs. Rep. Pub. Cadogan Books. 1985 pp.[viii], 207 with frontis., and map. 8vo. Lightly marked top-edge, o/w. a fine softback. [57292] £9.50

27. Figuier, Louis. The Vegetable World. Being a History of Plants with their Structure and Peculiar Properties. New Rev. Ed. Pub. Cassel, Petter & Galpin. [c.1900] pp.viii, 588 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. AEG. Bookplate, signature and stamp of previous owners. Minor foxing mainly to first and last few pages, o/w. contents fine. Front internal hinge a tender. Original illus. boards rubbed at spine ends, o/w. vg. [57769] £15.00

28. Fisher, J. Mr. Marshal’s Flower Album. From the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. 1st. Ed. Pub. Gollancz. 1985 pp.128 with over 120 plants illus. in colour. 4to. Fine hardback in vg. dw. [57290] £8.00 The exquisite flower album featured in this work was created in the mid-seventeenth century by Alexander Marshal. He became renowned as one of the earliest water-colourists and over 120 plants and flowers (newly discovered, common and wild) he illustrated within the album are reproduced herein.

29. Forestry Commission. Coedwigaeth Yng Nghymru. Pub. Forestry Commission/ Comisiwn Coedwigaeth. 1985 pp.15 with colour photos. 8vo. Text in Welsh. A fine softback. [50364] £6.00

30. Forestry Commission. Conifer Heart-Rot. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 5. 1st. Rev. Ed. H.M.S.O. 1946 pp.7 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Previous owner’s name on front cover o/w. a fine softback. [50305] £6.00

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31. Forestry Commission. The Establishment of Hardwoods, by Sowing or Planting. Forestry Commission, Forest Operations Series No. 2. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1947 pp.36 with b/w. map. 8vo. Previous owner’s name on front cover o/w. a fine softback. [50346] £10.00

32. Forestry Commission. Fomes annosus: A Fungus causing Butt Rot and Death of Conifers. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 5. 1st. Rev. Ed. H.M.S.O. 1957 pp.10 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A fine softback. [50330] £5.00

33. Forestry Commission. Hedgerow and Park Timber and Woods under Five Acres 1951. Forestry Commission Census Report No. 2. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1953 pp.88 with b/w. photos. and maps. 8vo. Previous owner’s name on front cover o/w. a thor. vg. softback. [50360] £9.00

34. Forestry Commission. Honey Fungus. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 6. Pub. Forestry Commission. 1946 pp.7 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Previous owner’s name on front cover o/w. a thor. vg. softback. [50370] £5.00

35. Forestry Commission. Larch Canker. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 16. 1st. Rev. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1948 pp.5 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. [50335] £5.00

36. Forestry Commission. Megastigmus Flies Attacking Conifer Seed. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 8. 1st. Rev. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1954 pp.9 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Small stain to front cover o/w. a nr. fine softback. [50333] £5.00

37. Forestry Commission. Oak Leaf Roller Moth. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 10. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1956 pp.6 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A fine softback. [50334] £5.00

38. Forestry Commission. Oak Mildew. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 38. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1956 pp.5 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. [50290] £6.00

39. Forestry Commission. Pine Looper Moth. Bupalis Piniarius. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 32. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1954 pp.7 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. [50295] £6.00

40. Forestry Commission. The Pine Shoot Moth and Related Species. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 40. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1956 pp.7 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. [50293] £6.00

41. Forestry Commission. Sooty Bark Disease of Sycamore. Cryptostroma Corticale. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 30. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1952 pp.7 with colour photos. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. [50296] £6.00

42. Forestry Commission. The Spruce Bark Beetle. Forestry Commission Leaflet No. 26. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1948 pp.7 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [50297] £5.00

43. Fraser, H. Handy Book of Ornamental Conifers. And of Rhododendrons and Other American Flowering Shrubs Suitable for the Climate and soils of Britain. 1st. Ed. Pub. Blackwood. 1875 pp.x, 292 with 2 page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. VG. hardback in original decorated boards. [57625] £35.00

44. Gibbons, E. J. The Flora of Lincolnshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lincolnshire Naturalists’ Union. 1975 pp.xi, 351 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine softback. Review of this book by K.G. Messenger loosely inserted. [57261] £12.00

45. Gill, M.A.V. Flora of St. Peter’s Churchyard, Glasbury-on-Wye. 1st. Ed. Pub. Privately. 1996 pp.60 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce. [57646] £8.50 Arranged into 12 parts describing what is to be found in each month, with a checklist of species at the end. Full of interesting facts and personal observations.

46. Graveson, W. British Wild Flowers. Their Haunts and Associations. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. The Swarthmore Press. 1919 pp.xvi, 320 with 50 colour and b/w., plates of illus., plus photos. 8vo. ‘W. Graveson, Hertford’ in pencil to ffep. Original binding. Nr. fine hardback. [57252] £15.00

47. Grigson, Geoffrey. 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. Hardback. Previous owner has coloured 2 plates, o/w. contents fine. Original boards sunned in places. With bookplate of Barbara Ruth Fuessli Kyle to front paste down and dedication “To Fuessli with love from Barbara” (possibly Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger), dated June 1963, to ffep. [39841] £35.00

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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.

48. Harris, J. A. Birds and Coniferous Plantations. The Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Acorn. 1983 pp.58. 4to. A fine softback. [50389] £15.00

49. Haw, Stephen G. The Lilies of China. Lilium, Cardiocrinum, Nomocharis and Notholirion. 1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1986 pp.172 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. Some scattered foxing o/w. a vg. hdbk. in vg. dw. [53277] £12.50

50. Hawker, L.E. British Hypogeous Fungi. Rep. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press 1954 pp.429-546 with b/w. illus. 4to. Occasional neat informed pencil notes, o/w., contents fine. VG. softback. [57644] £25.00

51. Hawksworth, D.L. et al. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi. 8th. Ed. Pub. CAB International. 1995 pp.xii, 616 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback. [57257] £19.50 An essential handbook, with over twenty thousand entries, for anyone interesed in fungi, including lichens, slime moulds and yeasts.

52. 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.

53. Hibberd, B.G. (Ed). Forestry Practice. Forestry Commission Bulletin 14. 10th. Ed. Pub. HMSO 1986 pp.vi, 104 with b/w. maps and figs. Large 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. [57337] £6.50 A summary of methods of establishing, maintaining and harvesting forest crops, with advice on planning and other management considerations for owners, agents and foresters.

54. 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

55. Hooker, W.J. The British Flora. Comprising the Phaenogamous, or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns. 2nd. Corr. Ed. Pub. Longman. 1831 pp.xi, 478 with 12 page publisher’s catalogue bound in at rear. 8vo. Hardback. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Some scattered foxing, o/w. contents fine. Internally binding very sound. Original cloth boards, good to vg. [58028] £30.00

56. 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

57. Hulton, P. & Smith, L. Flowers in Art from East and West. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum Publications. 1979 pp.x, 150 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57241] £12.00 Traces and examines art from the early manuscripts of the Byzantine Empire to exquisite paintings of the Chung Sung Dynasty court, the scientific drawings of Europe, miniatures of Persia and India, woodblock printing in Japan and China and onto lithography of Europe.

58. Hummel, F. C. & Waters, W.T. General Volume Table for Birch in Great Britain. Forestry Commission, Forest Record Number 7. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1950 pp.7 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine softback. [50342] £5.00

59. Hummel, F. C. & Waters, W. T. General Volume Tables for Beech in Great Britain. Forestry Commission Forest Record Number 6. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1950 pp.11. 8vo. Fine softback. [50310] £6.00

60. Hummel, F. C. & Waters, W. T. General Volume Tables for Oak in Great Britain. Forestry Commission Forest Record Number 5. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1950 pp.11. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. [50311] £6.00

61. Ingold, C.T. The Biology of Fungi. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson Educational. 1961 pp.124 with b/w. illus. Small 4to. Signature. Thor. vg. softback with gently sunned spine. [57293] £4.00

62. Ingold, C.T. Dispersal in Fungi. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1960 pp.vi, 206 with b/w. photos., and illus. Small 8vo. Near fine hardback in good to vg. dw. [57276] £9.00

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63. Jameson, H.G. Illustrated Guide to British Mosses. With Keys to the Genera and Species. 1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author. c.1895 pp.75, [5], plus 59 plates of detailed b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-library copy, the only indications being a neat library stamp to title page and one other to contents page, o/w. contents in fine condition. More recently, professionally rebound in quarter leather over grey cloth boards with replacement end-papers, all in fine condition. A very pleasing copy of this scarce work. [54865] £50.00

64. Johnson, A.T. and Smith, H.A. Plant Names Simplified. Their Pronunciation, Derivation & Meaning. 2nd. Rev. Rep. Pub. Landsmans Bookshop. 1982 pp.viii, 120. Small 8vo. VG. softback. [57627] £4.50

65. Keeble, Frederick. Fertilizers and Food Production. On Arable and Grass Land. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 1932 pp.ix, 196 with b/w., fold-out chart and other charts and tables within text. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents in fine condition. Orig. white cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering, in vg. condition. The preface is by Sir Harry McGowan, with his dedication ‘With compliments, H McGowan. May 1932’ to ffep. [54897] £15.00

66. Kent, D.H. Flora of Middlesex. A Supplement to the Historical Flora of Middlesex. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 2000 pp.xxxii, 219. 8vo. A fine hardback in fine dw. In-print at £29.99. [54847] £25.00 This work, compiled by the late D.H. Kent, although a supplement to his earlier 'Historical Flora of Middlesex' (1975), stands in its own right as a flora. It covers the Watsonian Vice-county 21 Middlesex, now largely Greater London north of the Thames.

67. Kibby, G. Mushrooms and Toadstools. A field guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1979 pp.256 with colour illus., throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine softback gently darkened on spine. [57273] £6.50 A practical field guide with accurate full-colour illustrations of over 400 of the larger fungi of Britain and Europe.

68. Kingdon-Ward, F. Plant Hunter’s Paradise. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Waterstone & Co. 1985 pp.347 with b/w. maps. 8vo. A good to vg. softback with some spine lean. [57296] £4.50

69. Kingdon-Ward, Frank. Mystery Rivers of Tibet. 1st. Ed. Facs. Rep. Pub. Cadogan Books. 1986 pp.316 with b/w., maps. 8vo. Minor speckling to edges of text block, o/w. a fine softback. [57297] £8.00

70. Lancaster, R. In Search of the Wild Asparagus. 1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1983 pp.128 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57258] £4.50 Roy Lancaster’s plant hunting exploits in Britain and overseas.

71. Large, E.C. The Advance of the Fungi. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1946 pp.488 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature to ffep. A thor. vg. hardback in vg dw. with a little loss. [57256] £35.00 A very readable account of the story of man’s struggles over the last one hundred years to protect his food crops against fungal and virus diseases.

72. Leach, D.G. Rhododendrons of the World. And how to grow them. 1st. Ed. Pub. Allen & Unwin. 1962 pp.544 with fold-out colour phylogenetic chart, b/w. photos., and line drawings. 4to. Occasional ink marks in margin. VG. hardback. [57631] £12.50

73. Linnard, William. Angus Duncan Webster: A Scottish Scribe at Penrhyn Castle. Rep. Pub. Gee and Son. 1984 pp.93-106 with b/w. photo. 8vo. A fine softback. [50324] £5.00

74. Mabey, R. The Flowers of May. Selected from the unpublished flora of Caroline May. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins & Brown. 1990 pp.15, 84 full-page colour plates. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57242] £8.00 Caroline May (1809-1874) spent nearly 50 years painting a magnificent Flora of Britain’s wild flowers, carefully mounting her paintings in five thick volumes, which she bequeathed to her nephew. Richard Mabey has selected nearly 90 paintings, chosen for their pictorial distinction and botanical accuracy.

75. Mabey, Richard. The Flowering of Kew. 200 Years of Flower Paintings from the Royal Botanic Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Century. 1988 pp.xvi, 208 with colour & b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Dedication to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57339] £9.00 Richard Mabey tells the story of the resident artists, explorer painters, inspired amateurs and official illustrators who have made Kew's collection renowned throughout the world.

76. Makins, F.K. The Identification of Trees & Shrubs. 1st. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1935 pp.vii, 326 with b/w. illus., and card with key to abbreviations and scales. 8vo. Inscription to front pastedown. A nr. fine hardback. [57250] £10.00 A guide to identifying almost any tree or shrub found growing in the open in any part of the British Isles.

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77. Mallary, P. & Mallary, F. A Redoute Treasury. 468 Watercolours from Les Liliacees of Pierre-Joseph Redoute. 1st. Ed. Pub. Wellfleet Press. 1986 pp. 228 with colour plate throughout. Large 4to. Small address label. Fine hardback in vg. dw. [57270] £20.00

78. Perring, F.H. & Walters, S.M. (Eds.). Atlas of the British Flora. 1st. Ed. Pub. Thomas Nelson. 1962 pp.xxiv, 432 with dist. maps of 1,700 flowering plants and ferns plus 12 transparent overlays of climate, topography and geology. Large 4to. Nr. fine hardback. A first list of corrections to the atlas loosely inserted. [57775] £12.00

79. Ponsonby, L. Marianne North at Kew Gardens. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1996 pp.128 profusely illustrated with colour reproductions of Marianne North’s artwork. Landscape 4to. A vg. hardback in vg. dw. Quite scarce. [53286] £30.00 Published to coincide with the centenary of her death, ‘Marianne North at Kew Gardens’ is a tribute to a remarkable Victorian painter and traveller, beautifully illustrating her breadth of work.

80. Richards, P.W. The Tropical Rain Forest. An Ecological Study. 1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1979 pp.xviii, 450 with b/w. photos and fold out map. 8vo. Small address label. Nr. fine softback. [57329] £5.00 With personal experience of rain-forest vegetation from all the main regions of the world, this is a scholarly account drawing on published literature and un-published, first-hand knowledge.

81. Ross-Craig, Stella. Drawings of British Plants. Being illustrations of the species of flowering plants growing naturally in the British Isles. Parts I - IX. 1st. Ed. Pub. G. Bell & Sons. 1948-1956 First 9 parts. 8vo. Softbacks. All in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition. Original printed wrappers. [58037] £36.00 Stella Ross-Craig (who died in February 2006), is said to be the finest and most comprehensive illustrator of British Flora, described by Wilfred Blunt as ‘unrivalled’ in her field.

82. Ross-Craig, Stella. Drawings of British Plants. Being illustrations of the species of flowering plants growing naturally in the British Isles. Parts I - XVIII. 1st. Ed. Pub. G. Bell & Sons. 1948-1963 First 18 parts bound in 5 volumes. 8vo. Hardbacks. Vols. 1 - 4 ex-lib. Contents of all volumes fine. Publisher's blue cloth, vols. 1-4 nr. fine, vol. 5 in vg. condition. [58038] £70.00 Stella Ross-Craig (who died in February 2006), is said to be the finest and most comprehensive illustrator of British Flora, described by Wilfred Blunt as ‘unrivalled’ in her field.

83. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 1). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1922. pp.25 plus 1 colour and one b/w., plate. 4to. Text in French. VG. softback. [57633] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita citrina or false death cap.

84. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 2). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1922. pp.29-50 plus 1 colour and one b/w., plate. 4to. Text in French. VG. softback. [57634] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita muscaria or fly agaric.

85. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 4). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1922. pp.79-98 plus 1 colour plate. 4to. Text in French. Nr. fine softback. [57635] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita phalloides var. verna, or death cap.

86. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 5). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1922. pp.101-113 plus 2 colour plates. 4to. Text in French. Nr. fine softback. [57636] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita gemmata, or gemmed/jonquil Amanita.

87. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 6). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1922. pp.117-133 plus 1 colour plate. 4to. Text in French. Fine softback. [57637] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita pantherina, or panther cap / false blusher.

88. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 10). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1923. pp.199-218 plus 1 colour plate. 4to. Text in French. Fine softback. [57638] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita echinocephala, and the Amanita strobiliformis, or warted Amanita.

89. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 8). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1922 pp.159-177 plus 1 colour plate. 4to. Text in French. Fine softback. [57639] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita caesarea, or Caesar’s mushroom..

90. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 9). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1923 pp.179-198 plus 1 colour plate. 4to. Text in French. Fine softback. [57640] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita Emilei, Riel; as well as a number of other, related, mushrooms.

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91. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 12). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1923 pp.267-294 plus 2 colour plates. 4to. Text in French. VG. softback. [57641] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita vaginata or grisette mushroom.

92. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 13). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1923 pp.243-294 plus 2 colour plates. 4to. Text in French. Fine softback. [57642] £3.50 Issued between 1922 and 1923 as a number of individual parts or fascicules.

93. Sartory, A. & Maire, L. Compendium Hymenomycetum. Amanita. (Fasc. 14). 1st. Ed. Pub. Librairie Le Francois. 1923 pp.295-318 plus 1 colour plate. 4to. Text in French. Thor. vg. softback. [57643] £4.00 This part describes the Amanita rubescens or blusher mushroom.

94. Scopes, N. (Ed.). Pest and Disease Control Handbook. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. British Crop Protection Council. 1980 pp.xvi, 336 with figs., and tables. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [57294] £8.00 Topics covered include cereals, grass, fodder crops and oilseed rape, as well as vegetables, fruit and hops, and glasshouse crops.

95. Shanley, P. et al. Tapping the Green Market. Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products. 1st. Ed. Pub. Earthscan Publications. 2002 pp.xviii, 456 with b/w., illus., and figs. Large 8vo. Small amount of highlighting within text. Thor. vg. hardback. [57330] £20.00 Using extensive case studies, this work seeks to explain the use and importance of certification and eco-labelling for guaranteeing best management practices of non-timber forest products in the field.

96. Silberhorn, G.M. Common Plants of the Mid-Atlantic Coast. A Field Guide. Rev. Ed. Pub. John Hopkins Uni. Press. 1999 pp.xiii, 294 with b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. [57248] £12.00 A field guide to the plants found along the east coast of America from Long Island Sound to North Carolina's barrier islands. It provides an introduction to the fragile ecology and beauty of the flora of the coastal region.

97. Smith, A.L. A Monograph of the British Lichens. A descriptive catalogue of the species in the Department of Botany, British Museum. Part II. 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

98. Stearn, William T. Botanical Latin. History, Grammar, Syntax, Terminology and Vocabulary. 3rd. Ed. 4th. Imp. Pub. David & Charles. 1987 pp.xiv, 566. 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw. [53263] £18.00

99. Swan, G.A. Flora of Northumberland. Pub. NHS. of Northumbria. 1993 pp.351 with colour photos and dist. maps. 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Without the 8 overlays that complete the work - Northumbria Natural History Society can provide copies free of charge, (0191 208 2790). In-print at £39.00. [49191] £28.00

100. 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

101. Taylor, W.L. Forests and Forestry in Great Britain. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Crosby Lockwood. 1946 pp.ix, 172 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [57247] £7.00 Aimed to meet the need for a book on the history of forestry in Britain and detail on forestry of the day.

102. Thompson, H.S. Alpine Plants of Europe. Together with Cultural Hints. Pub. George Routledge and Sons. [c1911] pp.xv, 287 with 64 coloured plates and fold out map of the Alps. 8vo. Armorial bookplate. Foxing. Thor. vg. hardback . [57648] £12.00

103. Tutin, T.G et al. Flora Europaea. Volumes 1 to 5. Pub. Cambridge. 1964-1980 Five volume set. Royal 4to. Vol. 2 lacks dw. Fine hardbacks in thor. vg. dws. [50136] £300.00 Volume 1 - Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Volume 2 - Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Volume 3 - Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Volume 4 - Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Volume 5 - Alismataceae to Orchidaceae.

104. Wade, A.E. The Flora of Monmouthshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. National Museum of Wales. 1970 pp.236 with b/w. photos. and two fold-out maps. 8vo. A fine hdbk. in thor. vg. dw. Previous owner's name to ffep. [54837] £7.50

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105. Watson, E.V. British Mosses and Liverworts. An introductory work, with full descriptions and figures of over 200 species, and keys for the identification of all except the very rare species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1955 pp.xvi, 419 with b/w. photos., and illus., plus ‘Field Key to the Commonest and most Conspicuous Species of Mosses and Liverworts’ in pocket at rear. 8vo. Fine hardback, laminated boards. [57234] £25.00

106. Watson, H. Woodland Mosses. Forestry Commission Booklet No. 1. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1947 pp.48 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Previous owner’s name on front cover o/w. a thor. vg. softback. [50343] £5.00

107. Webb, D.A. An Irish Flora. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dundalgan Press. [1943] pp.xxx, 248 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback. [57232] £40.00

108. White, J.W. The Flora of Bristol. Being an Account of all the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and their Allies that have at any time been found in the District of the Bristol Coal-Fields. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Wright & Sons. 1912 pp.viii, 722 with 3 b/w. plates and fold-out map. 8vo. Hardback. Signature. Minor foxing, occasional pencil marks in margins, o/w., contents fine. Original green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. [57328] £26.00

109. Williamson, E.M. et al. Selection, Preparation and Pharmacological Evaluation of Plant Material. Volume 1. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Wiley & Sons. 1996 pp.ix, 228 with text figs., and tables. Large 8vo. Faint dustmarks to top of text block, o/w., a fine hardback. [57295] £30.00

110. Woods, Joseph. The Tourist’s Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the British Islands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Italian Islands. 1st. Ed. Pub. Reeve, Benham & Reeve. 1850 pp.lxxxii, 503 with 1 b/w. plate. 8vo. TEG. Hardback. Armorial bookplate. Marbled endpapers. Contents fine. Half morocco over pebbled cloth, with gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Leather rubbed and spine ends frayed. Overall a vg. copy. [57253] £50.00 Written by the English Quaker, architect and botanist, Joseph Woods (1776- 1864). A descriptive catalogue of 118 genera and 945 species, drawing on his own excursions in Europe and the British Isles.

111. Zhengyi, Wu & Raven, P.H. Flora of China. Illustrations. Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae. Vol. 16. Pub. Science Press (Beijing) & Miss. Bot. Gar. Press (St.Louis). 1999 pp.383. English and Chinese text. Spine lightly sunned, o/w. a vg. hardback. [31920] £90.00

112. Zimmer, G.F. A Popular Dictionary of Botanical Names and Terms. With their English Equivalents. 1st. Ed. Pub. Routledge. c. 1913 pp.vii, 122 with 1 page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription and half page of Errata to ffep, occasional informed pencil notes to margins. Minor spotting, o/w. fine. Original green cloth boards in fine condition. [57628] £8.00

Sale section - Entomology 113. Baer, J.G. Ecology of Animal Parasites. Pub. Univ. Illinois Press. 1952 pp.x, 224 with text illus. throughout. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback. [45775] £12.50

114. Brooks, Margaret. A Complete Guide to British Moths (Macrolepidoptera). Their entire life history described and illustrated in colour from photographs taken in their natural surroundings. Pub. Cape. 1991 pp.248 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [42295] £35.00

115. Carter, D. Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe. Pub. Heinemann. 1982 pp.192 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. Hardback. Ex-lib. A vg. copy in vg. dw. [45137] £10.00 Still much sought after.

116. Crompton, J. The Hunting Wasp. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1948 pp.255. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in good dw.,with a little loss to top of spine and reinforced on underside with acid free tape. [57757] £8.00 A fascinating insight into the diversity of wasps and their hunting strategies.

117. Douglas, J.W. & Scott, J. A List of British Hemiptera, (Heteroptera). With allied species found in Northern and Central Europe which may be expected to occur in Britain. 1st. Ed. Pub. London. 1862 pp.16. 8vo. A vg. softback in original covers. Scarce. [50756] £25.00

118. Fraser, F.C. Collecting Lacewings. The Amateur Entomologists’ Society Leaflet No. 22. 2nd. Ed. Rev. Rep. Pub. Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 1976 pp.9 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A vg. softback. [51096] £7.00

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119. Furneaux, W.S. Butterflies, Moths. Other Insects and Creatures of the Countryside. 1st. Ed. Pub. Westminster Press. [c.1927] pp.320 with 12 colour plates plus b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [57761] £7.50

120. Gibbons, B. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain and Northern Europe. Pub. Country Life. 1986 pp.144 with many colour photographs. A vg. copy. Softback. [42268] £10.00

121. Hammond, Cyril O. The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Pub. Curwen Books. 1977 pp.116 with numerous figs., colour illus. & dist. maps. 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw. [45198] £15.00 With enlarged illustrations of the British species in colour by the late C.O. Hammond & an illustrated key to the aquatic larval stages by the late A.E. Gardner.

122. Harding, P.T. (Ed.). Woodlice in Britain and Ireland: Distribution and Habitat. 1st. Ed. Pub. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. 1985 pp.151 with b/w. illus., figs., and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine softback. [56347] £12.00

123. Heath, J. (Ed.). Provisional Atlas of the Insects of the British Isles. Part 2. Lepidoptera (Moths - part one). Pub. Biological Records Centre. 1973 With 101 dist. maps. VG. softback. [42247] £10.00 Covers Lasiocampidae; Saturniidae; Endromidae; Drepanidae; Thyatiridae; Sphingidae; Notodontidae; Lymantriidae; Arctiidae; Nolidae.

124. Heath, J. et al. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 10. Noctuidae (Part 2) and Agaristidae Pub. Harley Books. 1983 pp.459 with 13 colour plates and numerous other figs. 4to. Hardback. From the library of the naturalist and author E. A. Ellis. Thor. vg. in vg. dw. [46337] £35.00

125. Hill, D.S. et al. Annotated Checklist of Hong Kong Butterflies. From Memoirs of The Hong Kong Natural History Society No.11. Pub. Hong Kong Nat. Hist. Soc. 1978 pp.62. Original wrappers. Fine softback. [17824] £14.00

126. Horton, G.A. Monmouthshire Lepidoptera. The Butterflies and Moths of Gwent. Pub. Comma. 1994. pp.351 with 27 colour plates. 8vo. Lacks front cover illus., o/w. a thor. vg. hardback. [42751] £7.00

127. Humphreys, J. Insect Ways on Summer Days. In Garden, Forest, Field, and Stream. Pub. Blackie & Son. [c.1935] pp.192 with colour frontis., and b/w. illus. 8vo. Dedication to ffep dated 1944. A vg. hardback in vg. dw. [57755] £10.00

128. Jakubski, A.W. A Critical Revision of the Families Margarodidae and Termitococcidae (Hemiptera, Coccoidea). Pub. British Museum Nat. Hist. 1965 pp.x, 187 with colour frontispiece and text figs. Hardback. Fine in thor. vg. dw. [17822] £10.00

129. Kemp, R. Dragonflies. Information Leaflet No. 3. 1st. Ed. Pub. Worcestershire Nature Conservation Trust Ltd. 1981 pp.34 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. [51139] £2.50 A detailed overview of the natural history and biology of dragonflies, the dragonflies of Worcestershire and keys for their identification.

130. Lamb, K.P. Economic Entomology in the Tropics. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1974 pp.vii, 195 with illus. Hardback. Thor. vg. in vg. dw. [28960] £10.00 Systematically reviews the main insect pests of tropical crops and introduces the reader to the ecology of pest control, host resistance and insecticides in their application.

131. Longfield, Cynthia. 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. Hardback. Ffep. neatly removed and internal hinge neatly strengthened. VG. ex-lib. in thor. vg. dw. Preferred edition. [57759] £18.00

132. Lucas, W.J. A Monograph of the British Orthoptera. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 1920 pp.xi, 264 with some text figs. and 25 plates at rear of text. Contents nr. fine. Original binding in vg. condition. Ffep pasted down. [45831] £50.00

133. Newman, L. Hugh. British Moths and Their Haunts. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Book Club. 1952 pp.143 with b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Minor foxing. Nr. fine hardback. [57777] £4.50

134. Pinratana, Bro. A. Butterflies in Thailand. Volume 2. Pub. Song Sri Rung Ruang Tham. 1975 Unpaginated with colour photographs throughout. Thor. vg. softback. [45638] £12.50

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135. Saunders, E. & Edwards, J. Catalogue of British Hemiptera. Heteroptera and Homoptera. 1st. Ed. Pub. Milne, Tannahill & Methven. 1908 pp.16 interleaved with lined paper for notes. 8vo. A vg. softback in marked and gently sunned original covers. [50758] £12.00

136. Stawell, Mrs. R. Fabre’s Book of Insects. Retold from Alexander Teixeira De Mattos’ Translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques” Pub. Thomas Nelson & Sons. [c.1920] pp.287. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback. [57758] £6.00

137. Step, E. Bees, Wasps, Ants & Allied Insects of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Warne. 1932 pp.xxv, 238 with colour and b/w. plates. Small 8vo. A vg. hardback in vg. dw. [41850] £50.00

138. Stewart, A.M. British Butterflies. Peeps at Nature Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. A. & C. Black. 1912 pp.viii, 87 with colour plates and b/w. photos., plus 8 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Ffep. neatly removed, minor spotting o/w. a fine hardback. [57754] £8.00

139. Tweedie, M. Insect Life. 1st. Ed. Pub. Readers Union Ltd. 1978 pp.192 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57756] £3.00 Considers insect natural history, physiology, anatomy and more.

140. Tweedie, M. Pleasure from Insects. 1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1968 pp.170 with b/w photos., and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57753] £6.00 Featuring a wide variety of insects, this book offers plenty of practical advice on understanding insect behaviour, attracting and keeping them and also guidance on photographing them.

Sale section – Fine, Illustrated & Antiquarian 141. Donovan, Edward. The Natural History of British Insects. Volume 9 & 10. Pub. for the Author and for F. and C. Rivington. 1800-1801 Two volumes bound as one. Royal 8vo. With title-pages for both volumes & 60 copper-engraved plates, 54 being hand-coloured. Minor scattered foxing, largely confined to tissue guards, o/w. contents very clean & in fine condition. All edges of text block marbled. Original half-red leather over marbled boards rubbed in places. Binding firm and in very good condition. With bookplate of “Thomas Johnston, ‘Nunquam non paratus’” to front paste-down. [51982] £395.00 Volumes 9 and 10 bound here as a single volume, comprising Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Aptera and Vorticella.

142. Forsyth, W. A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees. 4th. Ed. Pub. Longman. 1806 pp.xxviii, 523 with 13 plates, some fold-out. 8vo. Hardback. Contents in vg. to fine condition. Bound in original cloth boards which do show wear, more so on corners and spine ends. [29596] £100.00

143. Halford, F.M. Dry-fly Fishing. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Samson Low. 1889 pp.xii, 289 with plates. Hardback. Head and tail of spine showing some wear and corners of boards showing some rubbing. Some foxing at ends otherwise contents very clean. Original binding. Bevelled boards. TEG. Good to vg. copy. [38896] £125.00

144. Hincks, T. A History of the British Marine Polyzoa. Volume I and II. 1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1880 Two volumes with 83 plates. 8vo. Ex-lib. hdbk. set. Contents very clean and in nr. fine condition. Boards a little marked in places and showing some wear at spine ends, more so to volume 1. [28266] £50.00

145. Hogg, Robert. The Fruit Manual: A guide to the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain. 5th. Ed. Pub. Journal of Horticulture Office. 1884 pp.xxxix, 759. Royal 8vo. Ex-University of California. Bound in library green cloth boards. Neat repair to verso of half-title, o/w. contents in nr. fine condition. A thor. vg. hdbk. Scarce. [53308] £180.00 Robert Hogg (1818–97) was a British nurseryman and an early Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society. He first published this work in 1860, adding to it with each new edition. This, the 5th edition, is the last, most comprehensive and preferred edition.

146. Jardine, W. British Salmonidae. Facsimile Pub. Decimus. 1979 With 12 magnificent plates by Jardine and Lizars. Elephant folio being 215 of a limited edition of 500. Bound in quarter morocco and cloth in cloth slip-case. Boards a little mottled in places, o/w. a fine copy in vg. to fine slipcase. [42832] £225.00 British Salmonidae is a magnificent memorial to Jardine who spent a large part of his life studying salmon and its relatives. This facsimile elephant folio is a testimony to Jardine’s skill with the pencil and brush and to the technical ability of Lizar his engraver. The work was first published between 1839 & 1841 and issued in 12 parts.

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147. Lockhart, Robert Bruce. My Rod My Comfort. Ltd. Ed. Pub. Dropmore Press. 1949 pp.75 with wood engravings by J. Gaastra. Hardback. Dedication on f.e.p. Contents in fine condition, printed on handmade paper. Bound in quarter vellum and cloth, a trifle faded and darkened in places. [42098] £112.50

148. Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. Report on the Birds collected by the British Ornithologists’ Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ibis 1915 pp.240 with 8 fine colour plates by Gronvold and two maps. Folio. Hardback. Some light coloured foxing to verso of plates, o/w. contents fine. Bound in contemporary quarter morocco leather in thor. vg. condition. [28293] £400.00 A.F.R. Wollaston led the second expedition to Dutch New Guinea and was completely successful, reaching the high peaks of the Snow mountains and bringing back large collections. This report covers 321 species and includes additional forms obtained by other expeditions. It contains a vast amount of information upon the relationship and status of birds of this portion of New Guinea which could only be obtained from adequate series of specimens collected on this expedition. Many new forms were first described here.

149. Paxton, Joseph. Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. 1st. Ed. Pub. W.S. Orr. 1844/45 pp.xii, 280 with 46 fine hand-coloured plates and letterpress. Royal 8vo. Plates very clean and contents in near fine condition. Original half morocco leather binding with marbled boards in vg. condition, showing some wear at top of spine. [43095] £275.00 Sold as a bound collection of fine botanical plates and interesting period gardening information. A mixed volume. Some of the content is from Volume XI (1844) with the vast majority being from Volume XII (1845).

150. Pollich, Johannis Adami. Historia Plantarum in Palatinatu Electorali Sponte Crescentium Incepta.... Tomus Tertius- Cryptogamia. Pub. Mannhemii. 1777 pp.320 with 12 engraved images neatly tipped in. Bound in contemporary full calf with very neat repairs to the spine. Contents vg. to fine. Very scarce in original edition. A fascinating copy. [39082] £300.00 It would appear that a previous owner has tipped 12 engraved illustrations (from around the same period) into this work which would normally come without any illustrations at all. The illustrations are of the following plants - Musci (Moss) chapter Phascum subulatum, Mnium fontanum, Mnium setaceum, Mnium cirratum, Mnium crudum, Mnium triquetrum, Bryum caespiticium, Hypnum repens, Hypnum clavellatum, Hypnum myurum, Algae chapter - Jungermannia multiflora and Jungermannia undulate.

151. Schmid, H. & Stieler, K. The Bavarian Highlands and the Salzkammergut. 1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman & Hall 1874 pp.205 with many engravings by Diez, Closs, Raupp & others. Crown folio. Hardback. Bound in original decorated boards in thor. vg. condition. Armorial bookplate to front paste-down. Scattered foxing at ends and to verso of plates, o/w. contents fine. A vg. copy. [17332] £90.00

Sale section - Gardening 152. Allan, Mea. E.A. Bowles & His Garden. At Myddelton House 1865-1954. 1st. Ed. Rep. Ed. Pub. Faber. 1975 pp.264 with b/w. photos. and colour illus. Royal 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [53293] £25.00

153. Bird, R. The Propagation of Hardy Perennials. Techniques Covered in Detail - Individual Entries on Over 700 Genera. 1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1993 pp.192 with colour photos., and b/w., illus. 8vo. A vg. hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [55325] £5.00

154. Blomfield, R. . The Formal Garden in England. 3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. AMS 1972 pp.xiv, 250 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Very minor speckling to top-edge, o/w. a fine hardback. [57655] £8.00 Reprinted from the edition of 1901 with original illustrations by F. Inigo Thomas, this book is a historical survey of the formal garden, covering all kinds of garden architecture as well as the use of symmetry and symbolism.

155. Blunt, Wilfrid. In for a Penny. A prospect of Kew Gardens: their Flora, Fauna and Falballas. 1st. Ed. 3rd. Imp. Pub. Hamish Hamilton. 1980 pp.xxi, 218 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw. [53298] £8.00 A fascinating insight into the history of Kew Gardens.

156. Bowles, E.A. My Garden in Spring. My Garden in Summer. My Garden in Autumn and Winter. Rep. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1972 Three volume set. With b/w. photos. 8vo. Light dust marking to fore-edges of text blocks, o/w. a vg. hdbk. set. in vg. dws., very gently sunned on spines. [53259] £45.00

157. Bown, D. Alba. The Book of White Flowers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Unwin Hyman. 1989 pp.159 with colour photos and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57229] £9.00 A source of inspiration and practical advice for lovers of white flowers.

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158. Brown, J. Beatrix. The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand. 1872-1959. 1st. Ed. Pub. Viking. 1995 pp.xvii, 252 with colour photos., and garden plans. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57244] £20.00 Beatrix Jones Farrand was one of America’s greatest landscape gardeners and worked as a consultant and designer on more than 200 gardens, including for clients such as the Rockefellers, the Morgans, and the White House.

159. Bush, R. Fruit Growing Outdoors. New Enl. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1946 pp.524 with 105 b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback gently sunned on spine. [57251] £20.00 Recommended. Part 1: Apples and includes "Renovating Old Trees" and "Planting & Manuring Fruit Trees". Part 2: Pears, Quinces and Stone Fruit, including Cherry, Peach & Medlar. Part 3: Soft fruit growing and includes; Loganberries, Raspberries, Fig, Grapes, Currants, Tomato and Mushrooms.

160. Bush, R. Tree Fruit Growing. I - Apples. New Rev. Ed. Pub. Penguin Books. 1949 pp.202 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [55285] £5.00

161. Carter, T. The Victorian Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bell & Hyman Ltd. 1984 pp.186 with b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Neat signature to ffep. A fine hardback in fine dw. [55282] £12.00 This book describes the varied aspects of practical horticulture and ornamental gardening: the efficiency of the kitchen garden, the splendours of the grand pleasure grounds, the single-minded dedication of those who grew flowers for exhibition and the relaxed atmosphere of the indoor garden.

162. Chittenden, F.J. (Ed.). Cherries and Soft Fruits. Varieties and cultivation in 1935. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Royal Horticultural Society. 1935 pp.164 with b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A vg. softback. [53264] £12.00 A report of the conference held by the Royal Horticultural society at the Greycoat Street Hall, July 16th and 17th, 1935.

163. Cox, P.A. Dwarf Rhododendrons. 1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Book Club. 1974 pp.296 with b/w., photos., and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [57772] £4.50

164. Cox, P.A. The Smaller Rhododendrons. 1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1985 pp.271 with 8 colour plates and b/w. photos. 8vo. Neat ownership label. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57659] £6.50

165. Dodsley, R. Adam’s Luxury, and Eve’s Cookery. Or, the Kitchen-Garden Displayed. In Two Parts. Facs. Ed. Pub. Prospect Books. 1983 pp.xii, 216. Small 8vo. TEG. Fine hardback. As new. [57622] £18.00 Originally published in 1744 and “Designed for the use of all who would live Cheap, and preserve their Health to old Age; particularly for farmers and Tradesmen in the Country, who have but small Pieces of Garden Ground, and are willing to make the most of it”.

166. Duchess of Hamilton, Jill., et al. The Gardens of William Morris. 1st. Ed. Pub. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 1999 pp.160 with many colour and b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [55279] £15.00 This volume focuses on Morris's vision of the garden, uncovering the principles which had such a profound effect on garden designers such as Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson.

167. Dyke, W. The Science and Practice of Manuring. For the use of Amateur, Market, and Professional Gardeners. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lockwood Press. c.1925 pp.132. 8vo. A good to vg. softback. [51040] £8.00

168. Ellacombe, Henry N. In a Gloucestershire Garden. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1896 pp.302, with b/w. illus, plus 32 pages of adverts. 8vo. TEG. Some scattered foxing to contents. Some spine lean. Original red cloth boards gently shelf rubbed. A vg. hdbk. [53300] £26.00

169. Fish, M. Carefree Gardening. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Garden Book Club. 1972 pp.150 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57657] £4.50

170. Fish, Margery. A Flower For Every Day. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1981 pp.208 with b/w. photographs. 8vo. A vg. softback. [57260] £4.50 The premise behind this book is that there is no need for any garden to be bare and dull at any time in the year. Here, Margery Fish describes, month by month, the plants she grows to make her garden interesting every day of the year.

171. Fletcher, H.R. The Story of The Royal Horticultural Society, 1804-1968. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 1969 pp.xii, 564 with b/w. photos. and illus. Royal 8vo. A fine hdbk. in vg. dw. [53262] £10.00 This is an authoritative account of the Society, founded in 1804, at the suggestion of John Redwood, son of the famous potter. It is based on material collected by the late Arthur Simmonds after his retirement as Secretary of the Society.

172. Gericke, W.F. The Complete Guide to Soilless Gardening. 1st. Ed. 3rd. Prt. Putnam 1940. p.xvi, 285 with b/w photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback. [57228] £18.00

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173. Gilbert-Carter, H. Guide to the University Botanic Garden Cambridge. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1922 pp.xv, 117 with b/w. photos., and fold-out map. Small 8vo. Neat ownership signature. Minor foxing, o/w. a fine hardback. [57649] £12.00 Written by the then Director, this contains a brief history of the garden followed by a family by family account of the plant collection.

174. Grove, A. Lilies. Present-day gardening. 1st. Ed. Pub. T.C. & E.C. Jack. c.1912 pp.xi, 116 with colour plates. 8vo. Scattered foxing. A good hdbk. [51052] £8.00

175. H.M.S.O. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Illustrated Guide. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1936 pp.64 with b/w. photos and fold out map. Landscape 8vo. Nr. fine softback. Scarce. [57332] £35.00 Fascinating insight into the planting at Kew just prior to WWII.

176. Hadfield, M. Pioneers in Gardening. 1st. Ed. Pub. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1955 pp.xiii, 240 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57226] £9.50 Surveys both the pioneers of gardening design and the explorers who combed the world to find many of the plants grown today. Reaches back to Theophrastus and Dioscorides then through to Jacob Bobart and Lord Danvers, Lord Bute, Sir Joseph Banks and Sir William Hooker.

177. Haldane, E.S. Scots Gardens. In Old Times (1200-1800). 1st. Ed. Pub. Alexander MacLehose. 1934 pp.xii, 243 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [57771] £7.50

178. Hall, M The English Country House. From the Archives of Country Life 1897-1939. 1st. Ed. Pub. Mitchell Beazley. 1994 pp.192 with fine b/w. photos., throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57223] £30.00

179. Hattatt, L. Gardening in a Small Space. 1st. Ed. Pub. Parragon. 1998 pp.255 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57629] £7.50 Inspirational guide for those wanting to create and develop a small garden. Over 550 colour photographs.

180. Haworth-Booth, M. Effective Flowering Shrubs. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1951 pp.350 with colour photos. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature to ffep. Scattered foxing. A vg. reading copy [54896] £3.00 An enthusiastic promotion of those shrubs bearing ‘large, bold, beautiful flowers’.

181. Hessayon, D.G. The Bedside Book of The Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Expert Book. 2008 pp.334 with b/w. illus. 8vo. A fine hardback in fine dw. [55307] £5.00 A gardening book to sit back and enjoy. Full of surprising facts, folklore and favourite sayings, stories of gardens you may never see and plants you may never grow.

182. Hobday, E. Villa Gardening. A Handbook for Amateur and Practical Gardeners. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1887 pp.555. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in original green cloth, minor, light wear to top of spine. [57632] £15.00 Considers ornamental gardening, plant culture under glass, hardy fruit culture, fruit culture under glass and the vegetable garden. Also presents a monthly calendar of work.

183. Innes, Clives. The World of Iridaceae. Pub. Holly Gate International Ltd. 1985 pp.vi, 405 with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. Large 8vo. VG. hardback in vg. dw. [46306] £10.00 A comprehensive review, very well illustrated.

184. Jekyll, G. Classic English Gardens. Reprint Pub. Studio Editions. 1995 pp.viii, 184 with colour illus. by George Elgood. Large 4to. A fine hardback copy in nr. fine dw. [57224] £16.00 A reprint of Gertrude Jekyll’s ‘Some English Gardens’ beautifully illustrated by George S. Elgood.

185. Klein, Carol. Grow Your Own Veg. 1st. Ed. Pub. Mitchell Beazley. 2007 pp.224 with many colour photos. Crown 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [55315] £7.50 A practical, inspirational and authoritative guide from Carol Klein and the Royal Horticultural Society.

186. L’Heritier de Brutelle, Charles-Louis. Sertum Anglicum [An English Garland] : 1788. Facsimile with Critical Studies and a Translation. Pub. Hunt Botanical Library. 1963 pp.xcviii, 36 plus 34 full-page plates of b/w. engravings. 4to. Fine hardback, very lightly rubbed on corners. Bound in vellum backed, marbled boards. This edition limited to 2,000 copies. [57776] £22.50

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The original work of 1788 is rare, with fewer than 100 copies believed to have been published and considered of taxonomic importance, since in it were described 13 new genera and 65 new species (from a total of 35 genera and 124 species for the entire work). Illustrated with works by Pierre-Joseph Redoute and James Sowerby. It is of interest to horticulturalists, since the contents are very much of plants that were newly introduced to the gardens of the London and Paris area.

187. Lucas Phillips, C.E. & Barber, P.N. The Rothschild Rhododendrons. A Record of the Gardens at Exbury. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Rep. Pub. Exbury Gardens. 1987 pp.xviii, 138 plus 65 full-page colour photos, and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw gently sunned in places. [57240] £12.00 Both a memorial to Lionel de Rothschild and a history of the development of the gardens at Exbury.

188. McEacharn, N. The Villa Taranto. A Scotsman’s Garden in Italy. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life Ltd. 1954 pp.88 with b/w. photos., and map of garden. Large 8vo. Short biography of Capt. Neil McEacharn to front pastedown. Contents fine. VG. plus hardback. [57653] £15.00 The Villa Taranto was built on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore in 1875. It was bought in 1931 by Neil McEacharn, who set about transforming the grounds. This is his account of how he created the beautiful gardens which are now open to the public.

189. Marshall, T. Tomatoes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2006 pp.128 with many colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback, gently sunned on spine. [55317] £9.00 A practical and well-illustrated book.

190. Mason, William. The English Garden. A Poem in Four Books. Fac. Rep. Pub. Garland Publishing. 1982 pp.ix, 243. Small 8vo. Minor speckling to top-edge, o/w. a fine hardback. [57658] £18.00 Printed from a copy of the new and corrected edition of 1783 held by Yale University Library, Mason’s didactic poem was modelled on Virgil’s ‘Georgics’, and is a panegyric to the landscape garden.

191. Mathew, B. and Swindells, P. The Gardener’s Guide to Bulbs. 1st. Ed. Pub. M. Beazley. 1994 pp.240 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. VG. hardback in vg. dw. [57243] £7.50

192. Mathew, Brian. Dwarf Bulbs. 1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1973 pp.240 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [57760] £6.50 With notes on appearance, identification and cultivation, plants are systematically arranged under families, genera and species.

193. Maxwell, Sir Herbert. Flowers: A Garden Note Book. With Suggestions for Growing the Choicest Kinds. 1st. Ed. Pub Maclehose, Jackson & Co. 1923 pp.xv, 249 with 12 colour plates. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback. [58031] £15.00

194. Muir, K. Grow Your Own Fruit. 4th. Ed. Pub. K. Muir. 2007 pp.194 with colour photos and b/w. illus. 8vo. A fine softback. [55288] £5.00 A comprehensive, easy-to-use guide.

195. Murrell, E. The Shrewsbury Roses. Fruit Trees & Flowering Trees & Shrubs. 1965-1966. 1st. Ed. Pub. Murrell. 1965 pp.90 with colour and b/w., photos. 8vo. Marks and occasional annotations in margin of text. A vg. good softback in lightly marked covers. [57230] £5.00 A lengthy, detailed catalogue.

196. Park, B. Roses. A select list and guide to pruning. 1st. Ed. Pub. National Rose Society. 1953 pp.116 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Underlining and notes in colour pencil to text. A vg. softback. [51036] £3.00

197. Phillips, R. and Rix, M. Conservatory and Indoor Plants. Volumes 1 & 2. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1997 Two volume set with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. [57787] £32.50 Includes introductory chapters on garden and greenhouse cultivation, types of conservatory, and on the habitat of species grown in the wild. The plants described need the shelter of a cool greenhouse or conservatory in frost areas, a few need heat. All can be grown outdoors in the UK in summer.

198. Rose, Peter Q. The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Ivies. 1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1996 pp.160 with colour photos. Royal 8vo. A fine hdbk. in fine dw. [51111] £6.00

199. Saito, Katsuo. Japanese Gardening Hints. 1st. Ed. Pub. Japan Pub. 1969 pp.173 with b/w. photos. and figs. Crown 4to. Neat signature to ffep. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [55270] £30.00 An illustration of how to create the age-old mystery and elegance of Japanese stone, sand and plant gardens for a very modest outlay.

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200. Scott-James, A. Sissinghurst: The Making of a Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1974 pp.159 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57225] £12.00 Once the home of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West, Sissinghurst is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public. The book recounts the story of the development of the garden from the 1930's to 1962 and tells a little of the life of its owners.

201. Simons, A.J. The Vegetable Grower’s Handbook. Volume II. 1st. Ed. Pub. Penguin Books. 1945 pp.224 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [55287] £12.50

202. Sotheby's (Brent Elliott; Anthony Huxley - contributors). The Glory of the Garden. A Loan Exhibition in Association with the Royal Horticultural Society. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sotheby’s. 1987 pp. 213 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. Fine softback. [57331] £7.00 Provides details of the 517 exhibits (books, art, antiques, artefacts celebrating the garden and its history) loaned to the exhibition by R.H.S. members and supporters. Each item is described and many illustrations support the text.

203. Spens, Michael. Gardens of the Mind. The Genius of Geoffrey Jellicoe. 1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1992 pp.191 with b/w. and colour photos. and illus. 4to. A nr. fine hdbk. in thor. vg. dw. [51086] £20.00

204. Thomas, G. Stuart. Climbing Roses. Old and New. Rev. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1978 pp.203 with colour plates, b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [57227] £6.50 Discusses the differences between climbing and rambling roses and describes the structure, colour and size of hundreds of varieties.

205. Verey, Rosemary. Good Planting. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 1990 pp.168 with colour photos., throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57778] £6.50

206. Watson, William. Climbing Plants. Present-day gardening. 1st. Ed. Pub. T.C. & E.C. Jack. c.1915 pp.x, 132 with colour plates. 8vo. Scattered foxing to end papers and throughout text o/w. a good hdbk. [51048] £16.00

207. Woodcock, H.B.D. & Stearn, W.T. Lilies of the World. Their Cultivation and Classification. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1950 pp.431 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [57237] £8.00

Sale section - General 208. Bates, J.D Streamer Fly Fishing. In Fresh and Salt Water. 1st. Ed. Pub. Van Nostrand. 1950 pp.xvii, 402 with colour plates and line drawings. Previous owners bookplate. Nr. fine hardback. [43160] £15.00

209. Beale, Edgar. Sturt. The Chipped Idol. A study of Charles Sturt, Explorer. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sydney Univ. 1979 pp.xii, 270 with b/w. maps and illus. end-papers. 8vo. Nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw. [49488] £10.00 This study probes the legend of that near-saint of Australian folklore and history, Charles Sturt.

210. Bechervaise, J. & White, U. Blue Mountains Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1971 pp.64 with b/w. illus., by Unk White throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [58181] £10.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

211. Beningfield, G. Beningfield’s Countryside. Pub. Allen Lane. 1980 pp.141 with colour illus. throughout. A thor. vg. copy in similar dw. [44942] £3.00

212. Bowden, K.M. Captain James Kelly of Hobart Town. 1st. Ed. Pub. Melbourne University Press. 1964 pp.vi, 126 with b/w. illus. and maps. 8vo. With two colour photographs of the tomb of James Kelly loosely inserted. Bookplate to front pastedown A thor. vg. hdbk. in thor. vg. dw. [49500] £10.00 In this book, Dr Bowden traces the life of James Kelly, one of the most adventurous of the Hobart whaling masters.

213. Bracken, H. Farriery Improved: or, a Complete Treatise upon the Art of Farriery. Wherein is fully explain’d the Nature, Structure, and Mechanism of that Noble and Useful Creature, A Horse; the Diseases and Accidents he is liable to, and the methods of cure. Pub. A. Miller. 1788 Volume one only. pp. 303 plus index. Scattered foxing to contents. Front board held in place by two of the original five cords. Rear hinge showing some wear. Bound in full calf leather, rubbed to board in places. Binding sound meaning the book can be read. With the inscription of William Guest dated April 17th 1793 to ffep. and rfep. [46805] £75.00

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214. Byerly, W.E. An Elementary Treatise on Fourier’s Series and Spherical, Cylyndrical, and Ellipsoidal Harmonics, With Applications to Problems in Mathematical Physics. Pub. Ginn and Company. 1902 pp.ix, 287 with a few text figs. throughout. Hardback. Contents very clean. Boards a little rubbed in places. Overall a vg. copy. [44576] £18.00

215. Causton, David R. A Biologist’s Mathematics. Contemporary Biology. Rep. Ed. Pub. Arnold. 1978 pp.xi, 326 with text figs. 8vo. A vg. softback. [53040] £15.00

216. Clair, W. St. Lord Elgin and the Marbles. Pub. Oxford Uni. 1967 pp.viii, 309 with b/w. plates. 8vo. A vg. hardback in vg. dw. [48539] £11.00

217. Conway, Sir. W.M. The Alps. From End to End. Pub. Archibald Constable. 1900 pp.viii, 300 with b/w. plates. Hardback. A good to vg. copy. [44895] £23.00 A fascinating and thorough examination of The Alps.

218. Crompton, E. The Soils of the Preston District of Lancashire. Memoir of the Soil Survey. Pub. Rothampstead. Exp. St. 1966 pp.vii,128 with photos. Ex. Welsh Office lib. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [32569] £5.00

219. Drought, J.B. Successful Shooting. Pub. Country Life. 1948 pp.246 with b/w. photographs. Foxing to portions of contents. Marking to boards. Overall a nr. vg. hardback. [44902] £2.00

220. Emmens, C.W. The Marine Aquarium in Theory and Practice. 2nd. Ed. Pub. T.F.H. 1985 pp.208 with very many illus. 4to. Fine hardback. [21819] £5.00

221. Evans, S. A Short History of Ely Cathedral. Rev. Ed. Pub. Cambridge University Press. 1937 pp.26 with illus. and a fold-out plan at rear of text. A thor. vg. softback. [46824] £2.00

222. Gregory, Sir R. & Hadley, H.E. A Class Book of Physics. Parts I., II., and III. Fundamental Measurements. Hydrostatics and Mechanics. Heat. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. MacMillan & Co. 1924 pp.viii, 250 with b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Signature to ffep. A child’s trails on first few pages, o/w., contents fine. VG. hardback. [57277] £5.00

223. Hall, B.R. & Folland, C.J. Soils of Lancashire. Soil Survey of Great Britain Bull. 5. Pub. Rothampsted. Exp. St. 1970 pp.x, 179 with many photos. and folding maps to rear. Ex. MAFF lib. copy. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [32580] £8.00

224. Hunt, John. The Ascent of Everest. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton. 1953 pp.xx, 299, [1] with colour and b/w. photos., map and line drawings within text. 8vo. Hardback. Front hinge a little tender, boards lightly marked and sunned on spine. A good to vg. hardback. [54880] £15.00

225. John, W.D. & Baker, W. Old English Lustre Pottery. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Ceramic Book Company. 1962 pp.xx, 132 with 545 illustrations. Royal 4to. Hardback. A vg. copy. This edition limited to 1,000 copies. [54895] £18.00

226. Keen, J. Fluorescent Flies. The complete guide to the successful dressing of trout flies with daylight fluorescent materials. 1st. Ed. Pub. Herbert Jenkins. 1964 pp.142. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. [24642] £9.00

227. Kingsley, Rev. C. Town Geology. Pub. Strahan and Co. 1872 pp.lvi, 239. Internal hinges drying out, spine- ends pulled. Cords a little stretched internally. Contents very clean. Overall a near vg. copy in decorated blue boards. [46811] £14.00

228. Knight, Charles. (Ed.). Old England. A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities. Pub. James Sangster & Co. [nd. c.1850] Two volume set with 24 illuminated colour plates and over 1,000 b/w. illus. Folio. Hardbacks. AEG. Contents thor. vg. to fine. Spines very neatly relaid and endpapers renewed in vol. 1. Original, gilt decorated red boards showing some marking and rubbing. Overall a vg. plus set. [58039] £80.00 A fascinating, profusely illustrated, set. Considers English life through the reign of Richard III in Volume I, and Volume II contains events from the accession of Henry VII through to the nineteenth century.

229. Lancum, F.H. A Sportsman’s Medley. Pub. Burlington. c.1940 pp.129 with illus. VG. hardback. [44914] £6.00 An interesting collection of articles originally published in the Shooting Times.

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230. Lytton, N. (Ed.). Winter Sports. The Lonsdale Library Volume VIII. 1st. Ed. Pub. Seeley, Service & Co. 1930 pp.254 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Dedication to ffep. Contents fine, original boards nr. fine. [57762] £12.50 Covers Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey, Bobbing, Tobogganing, Curling, and Women in Winter Sports.

231. Maeda, Shinzo. A Tree, A Blade of Grass. 1st. Pub. Graphic-sha. 1984 pp.95 with 80 fine coloured photographs. Hardback. Vg. in vg. dw. Wonderful photography. [35476] £32.00 The Shinzo Maeda photographs assembled for this volume are fascinating examples of this renowned Japanese nature photographer's ability to capture the beauty of nature.

232. Mill & Vevers. Tropical Aquarium Fishes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Salamander. 1982 pp.208 with excellent photography. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [21823] £7.00

233. Mills, D. The Marine Aquarium. 1st. Ed. Pub. Salamander. 1987 pp.208 with some fine coloured photographs. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [21822] £3.00

234. Myers & Copplestone. Landmarks of Western Art. Architecture, Painting, Sculpture. 2nd. Ed. W.H. Smith. 1986 pp. 927 very well illus. throughout in colour and b/w. 4to. Hardback. Nr. in nr. fine dw. [31738] £6.00 An exceptional volume being a survey of western painting, architecture and sculpture from prehistoric times to the 1980s.

235. Nichols, J.C.M. Shooting Ways and Shooting Days. 1st. Ed. Pub. Herbert Jenkins. [1945] pp.143 with illus. and b/w. plates. A vg. hardback in vg. dw. [44903] £9.00 Deals with the subject of small-game shooting in Britain.

236. Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Mexico. With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes. Author’s Auth. Ed. Pub. George Routledge. nd c.1872 pp.xx, 479 with b/w., frontis. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplates and neat inscription. A little spotting at front, o/w. contents fine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Bound in full-calf leather with University College School, Hampstead (UK) emblem to boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine. Spine and edges of boards sunned and showing a little wear, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. [57254] £60.00 Prescott's famous history of the Spanish Invasion of Mexico. Author's authorised version. William Hickling Prescott (b.1796 to d.1859) was an American historian and Hispanist.

237. Read, H.H & Macgregor, A.G. British Regional Geology. The Grampian Highlands. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1948 pp.viii, 83 with b/w. photos. and two fold-out maps. 8vo. A vg. softback. [50427] £5.00

238. Richey, J.E. British Regional Geology. Scotland: The Tertiary Volcanic Districts. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1948 pp.vi, 105 with b/w. photos., four fold-out maps and illus. 8vo. VG. softback. [50428] £5.00

239. Richmond, Rev. L. The Dairyman’s Daughter. An Authentic Narrative. Pub. Religious Tract Society. early 19th century pp.160 with small illus. Lacks front board, bound in full leather. Spine rubbed and worn at ends. Binding itself in vg. condition meaning the book can be read without fear that it will fall apart. Contents vg. [46806] £14.00 An early copy of this 19th century religious treatise retelling the life of Elizabeth Wallbridge who died young not long after renouncing her worldy ways and becoming a devout christian.

240. Ritchie, John (Ed.). The Evidence to the Bigge Reports. New South Wales under Governor Macquarie. 1st. Ed. Pub. Heinemann. 1971 Two volume set. 8vo. Nr. fine hdbks. in nr. fine dws. [49526] £30.00 During the years 1819-21, Commissioner John Thomas Bigge visited Australia and conducted extensive inquiries into its past history, present condition and future prospects. He presented his findings to Parliament in 1822 and 1823. This two volume work presents part of the evidence which he collected. Volume 1 details oral evidence including transcripts of interviews. Volume 2 presents information sent to him in private letters.

241. Ruhen, O. & White, U. Parramatta Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1974 pp.63 with b/w. illus., by Unk White throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. dw. [58180] £10.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

242. Ruhen, O & White, U. The Rocks Sydney. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1970 pp.58 with b/w. illus., by Unk White throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [58184] £6.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

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243. Sanders, Theodora. Bunbury. Some early history. 1st. Ed. Pub. Roebuck Society. 1975 pp.viii, 126 with b/w. illus. 4to. A nr. fine hdbk. [49505] £12.50 Charts the development of the town of Bunbury (Western Australia) and its surroundings, from the time of the arrival of French ships in 1803.

244. Smith, P.A. & Angus, M. Tasmania Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1971 pp.62 with b/w. illus., by Max Angus throughout. 8vo. Inscription to title-page. Fine hardback in good to vg. dw. [58183] £5.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

245. The Earl of Kimberley et al (Eds.). Polo. The Lonsdale Library Volume XXI. 1st. Ed. Pub. Seeley, Service & Co. 1936 pp.343 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Contents fine. Original boards in vg. plus condition. [57768] £18.00

246. Thompson, Francis & Norwich, John Julius (Ed.). Northern Scotland and the Islands. The New Shell Guides. 1st. Ed. Pub. Micheal Joseph. 1987 pp.224 with colour and b/w. photos. 4to. A nr. fine softback. [50395] £4.00 A guide to the many attractions in Northern Scotland.

247. Thompson, P. & White, U. Paddington Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1971 pp.62 with sepia illus., by Unk White throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [58182] £8.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

248. Tindall, Jemima. Scottish Island Hopping. A Handbook for the Independent Traveller. 1st. Ed. Pub. Sphere Books. 1981 pp.272 with b/w. maps. Royal 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [50394] £3.00 The first truely comprehensive guide to the history, culture and practicalities of travel throughout the four main groups of Scottish Islands.

249. Veniard, J. Fly-Dressing Materials. 1st. Ed. Pub. A & C Black. 1977 pp.xiii, 146 with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [43188] £11.00

250. Wagner, Dr. F.W.E. and Cox, E.M. The Art of Shooting and Fishing for Beginners. Pub. Burlington. [1928] pp.138 with b/w. photos and other text figs. Nr. fine softback. [44915] £8.00

251. Ward, K. & Rigby, P. Rottnest Island Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1973 pp.63 with b/w. illus., by Paul Rigby throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. dw. [58179] £9.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

252. Ward, K. & Wroth, B. Fremantle Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1974 pp.64 with b/w. illus., by Bruce Wroth throughout. 8vo. Neat inscription to ffep. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [58178] £6.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

253. Whiting, Roger. The Enterprise of England. The Spanish Armada. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alan Sutton / St. Martin’s Press. 1988 pp.248 with b/w. photos. and illus. Royal 8vo. A vg. plus hdbk. in vg. dw. [53290] £5.00 ‘This highly readable and objective account of the sailing of the Spanish Armada takes the reader behind the action and provides a detailed analysis of what precipitated the disaster for the Spanish fleet.’

254. Wilson, H.H. & Rohan, P. Geraldton Sketchbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. Rigby, Australia. 1976 pp.64 with b/w. illus., by Peter Rohan throughout. 8vo. Neat inscription to ffep. Fine hardback in fine dw. [58185] £10.00 ‘The Sketchbook Series’ runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and ‘current status’ of Australian towns, cities and regions.

Sale section - Natural History & Zoology 255. Bruce, James. (Beckingham, C.F. (Ed.)). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. 1st. Ed. Pub. Edinburgh University Press. 1964 pp.281 with b/w. photos., fold-out chart and map. Royal 8vo. Nr. fine hdbk. in vg. dw. [53274] £19.50 James Bruce’s ‘Travels to discover the Source of the Nile’ was first published in 1790. The abridgment offered for sale here is based on the text of the 2nd Edition (Edinburgh 1804/05).

Sale section – Natural History & Zoology

256. Cumpsty, D. Book of the Netherland Dwarf. 1st. Ed. Pub. Spur. 1978 pp.viii, 168 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. A nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [55295] £10.00 A comprehensive guide to keeping, breeding and showing these miniature rabbits.

257. David, Abbé (Translated by Fox, Helen M.). Abbé David’s Diary. Being an account of the French naturalist’s journeys and observations in China in the years 1866 to 1869. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harvard. 1949 pp.xxxii, 302 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Inscription and signature to ffep by the translator, Helen Fox. Hinges a little slack, rest of binding very sound. Contents very clean. A good hardback with dw. which appears trimmed down, with some loss and creasing to front and rear. A good reading copy. Quite scarce, especially with dw. [53272] £50.00

258. Dillon, Francis. A Place For Habitation. The Pilgrim Fathers & their quest. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson. 1973 pp.256 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Name to half-title. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw. [53281] £8.00

259. Gosse, Philip. The Squire of Walton Hall. The Life of Charles Waterton 1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 1940 pp.ix, 324 with b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in fair dw. [53304] £16.00

260. Hakluyt, R. & Rowse, A.L. The First Colonists. Hakluyt’s Voyages to North America. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Prt. Pub. Folio Society. 1987 pp.xii, 142 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. publisher’s slipcase. [58036] £5.00 'A Modern Version' edited and introduced by Rowse, containing Hakluyt's key writings on the English colonization of the Americas.

261. Hall, T. To the Elephant Graveyard. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 2000 pp.viii, 260 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Dust marks to edge of text block, o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [57334] £4.00 An account of the search for a killer elephant in a region of India rife with insurgency, rich in folklore and superstition, and whose ancient ways are fast disappearing.

262. Huxley, R. (Ed.). The Great Naturalists. 1st. Ed. Pub. Thames & Hudson. 2007 pp.304 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. Small 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print in hardback. [57624] £12.00 The lives and contribution of 39 important naturalists are presented here. From Aristotle to Carl Linnaeus, and von Humboldt to Alfred Russel Wallace.

263. Laughton Johnston, J. & Balharry, D. Beinn Eighe. The mountain above the wood. 1st. Ed. Pub. Birlinn Ltd. 2001 pp.ix, 172 with colour photos., and maps. Large 8vo. Fine softback. [57336] £12.00 The Beinn Eighe reserve in NW Scotland is a spectacular remnant of the great Caledonian forest and was the first UK National Nature Reserve. Both a colourful history of the reserve and an absorbing celebration of a unique area.

264. Macdonald, Angus & Patricia. Granite & Green. Above North-East Scotland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Mainstream. 1992 pp.168 with colour aerial photos. 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw. [50412] £13.00 In this sequel to Above Edinburgh and South-East Scotland, Angus and Patricia Macdonald turn their attention to the North- East of the country, from the Tay to the northern isles.

265. Stephen, David. Highland Animals. Highland Life Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Highlands and Islands Development Board. 1974 pp.110 with colour and b/w. photos. Landscape 8vo. A nr. fine softback. [50397] £5.00 The Highlands & Islands are the greatest reservoir of wildlife left in britain - this book will be a great help to those in search of Highland wildlife.

266. Wilson, D. et al. (Eds.). Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity. Standard Methods for Mammals. 1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Institute. 1996 pp.xxvii, 409 with b/w. photos., figs and graphs. Large 8vo. Gently bumped to top right corner, o/w., a fine softback. [57272] £12.00 Comprehensive manual for designing and implementing inventories of mammalian biodiversity anywhere in the world, and for any group, from rodents to open-country grazers.

Sale section - New Naturalists 267. 02. Vesey-Fitzgerald, B. British Game. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1946 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback in vg. plus dw. Not price clipped. [56007] £15.00

268. 03. Fitter, R.S.R. London’s Natural History. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1946 8vo. Inscrption to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in good dw., strengthened along edges. Not price clipped. [58195] £10.00

Sale section – New Naturalists

269. 04. Stamp, L. Dudley. Britain’s Structure & Scenery. The New Naturalist. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1949 One section secured back into place with sellotape. Some sellotape and evidence of tape being removed on paste downs. In good to vg. dw., with a little loss on spine ends. Overall a good working copy. [48643] £8.00

270. 05. Gilmour, J & Walters, M. Wild Flowers. The New Naturalist. 5th. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins 1978 8vo. A fine hardback in fine dw. Not price clipped. [54873] £20.00

271. 05. Gilmour, J & Walters, M. Wild Flowers. The New Naturalist. New Ed. Pub. Collins 1955 8vo. A vg. hardback in good dw. Price clipped. [56009] £12.00

272. 06a. Darling, F.F. Natural History in the Highlands and Islands. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1947 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw., with a little loss at ends. Not price clipped. [43765] £25.00

273. 07. Ramsbottom, John. Mushrooms & Toadstools. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. 4th. Imp. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1963 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. Not price clipped. [56005] £12.00

274. 10. Turrill, W.B. British Plant Life. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1948 8vo. Neat signature. VG. hardback in good to vg. dw. Not price clipped. [58196] £10.00

275. 11. Pearsall, W.H. Mountains and Moorlands. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1950 8vo. Nr. fine hardback with light foxing to end-papers in vg. dw. Price clipped. [39908] £25.00

276. 12. Yonge, C.M. The Sea Shore. The New Naturalist. 1st. Rep. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1961 8vo. VG. hardback in vg. dw., with some scattered foxing and gently darkened on rear. Not price clipped. [43234] £9.00

277. 14. Blunt, Wilfrid. The Art of Botanical Illustration. The New Naturalist. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Collins 1951 8vo. Ffep clipped. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Not price clipped. [48058] £35.00

278. 15. Macan T.T. & Worthington, E.B. Life in Lakes and Rivers. The New Naturalist 3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1974 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus. dw. Price clipped. [31056] £15.00

279. 16. Lousley, J.E. Wild Flowers of Chalk & Limestone. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1950 8vo. VG. plus hardback in vg. dw. Not price clipped. [35737] £25.00

280. 17. Nicholson, E.M. Birds and Men. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1951 8vo. VG. hardback in vg. dw., chipped at spine ends, with some scatttered foxing. Not price clipped. [43239] £13.00

281. 21. Harrison Matthews, L. British Mammals. Collins New Naturalist Series. 2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Bloomsbury. 1989 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Not price clipped. [56024] £16.00

282. 22. Manley, Gordon. Climate and the British Scene. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1952 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. dw., with scattered foxing. Price clipped. [37868] £26.00

283. 22. Manley, Gordon. Climate and the British Scene. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. 5th. Imp. Pub. Collins. 1971 8vo. Ex- Lib. A nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Price clipped. [56010] £12.00

284. 23. Harris, J.R. An Angler’s Entomology. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1952 8vo. A vg. hardback in vg. dw., with 1cm loss at top of spine. Not price clipped. [35740] £49.00

285. 24. Hepburn, Ian. Flowers of the Coast. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1952 8vo. With neat, interesting inscriptions on ffep. and front endpaper. Nr. fine hardback in good dw., with some loss at extremities. Price clipped. [48654] £26.00

286. 25. Steers, J.A. The Sea Coast. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1953 8vo. Inscription to front- pastedown. VG. hardback in vg. dw., with scattered foxing, tick marks on rear and minor loss. Price clipped. [41893] £17.00

287. 25. Steers, J.A. The Sea Coast. The New Naturalist. 4th. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1972 8vo. Ex-library copy. Ffeps. removed, lib., o/w. vg. hardback in nr. fine dw. Price clipped. [54874] £12.00

288. 29. Butler, Colin G. The World of the Honeybee. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 8vo. Neat inscription. Thor. vg. hardback in good dw., with some loss to top and bottom edge. Not price clipped. [43769] £30.00

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289. 31. Stamp, L. Dudley. Man & the Land. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1955 8vo. VG. hardback in vg. dw., with a little loss at spine ends, some spotting and darkening. Not price clipped. [41898] £8.00

290. 33. Raven, John & Walters, Max. Mountain Flowers. The New Naturalist 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1956 8vo. Hardback. VG. in good to vg. dw. [27108] £23.00

291. 47. Condry, W.M. The Snowdonia National Park. The New Naturalist. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1967 8vo. Nr. fine in thor. vg. dw. Not price clipped. [31081] £15.00

292. 49. Stamp, Sir Dudley. Nature Conservation in Britain. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Collins. 1970 8vo. A fine hardback in good dw. Not price clipped. [56017] £35.00

293. 50. Mellanby, Kenneth. Pesticides and Pollution. The New Naturalist. 2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1967 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. Price clipped. [43261] £8.00

294. 52. Simms, E. Woodland birds. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1971 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., gently sunned spine. Not price clipped. [38414] £38.00

295. 56. Potter, S. and Sargent, L. Pedigree: Words from Nature. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1973 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback, label neatly removed from ffep., in nr. fine dw. Not price clipped. [41913] £42.00

296. 57. Hewer, H.R. British Seals. The New Naturalist. 1st. US. Ed. Pub. Taplinger. 1974 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned along spine. Price clipped. [48668] £34.00

297. 58. Pollard, Hooper & Moore. Hedges. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1974 8vo. Ex-lib. VG. plus in nr. fine dw. Not price clipped. [37883] £30.00

298. 59. Brian, M.V. Ants. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1977 8vo. Fine hardback in near fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. Not price clipped. [46925] £110.00

299. 60. Brown, L. British Birds of Prey. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1976 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Not price clipped. [37884] £40.00

300. 63. Simms, Eric. British Thrushes. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1978 pp. 304 with b/w. photos., maps and illus. 8vo. Fine hdbk. in nr. vg. dw. Price clipped. [52744] £15.00

301. 64. Berry, R.J. and Johnstone, J.L. The Natural History of Shetland. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1980 8vo. Label removed from ffep. Nr. fine in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Not price clipped. [36139] £90.00

302. 65. Hale, W.G. Waders. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Collins. 1982 8vo. A nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., gently sunned on spine. Not price clipped. [56022] £30.00

Sale section - Ornithology 303. Ali, Salim. The Book of Indian Birds. 11th. Ed. Rev. Enl. Pub. Bombay Natural History Society. 1979 pp.xlvii, 187 with colour illus. 8vo. A thor. vg. hdbk. in dw., chipped along edges with some loss to top edge. [52806] £5.00

304. Bannerman, D.A. & Bannerman W.M. Birds of Cyprus. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1958 pp.lxix, 384 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout plus fold-out map. 4to. Minor foxing mainly to first few pages. Signature of C.E.H. Sparrow to ffep., and his neat, informed pencil notes in margins. VG. plus hardback. With article on the flora and fauna of Cyprus loosely inserted. [57773] £30.00 Superbly illustrated by D.M. Reid-Henry and Roland Green.

305. Bodsworth, F. Last of the Curlews. 1st. Ed. Pub. Museum Press. 1956 pp.123 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. [57274] £8.00 Tells the story of a solitary Eskimo Curlew’s perilous migration from its wintering grounds in Argentina’s Patagonia to seek a mate on the vast tundra plains of the Arctic sea. Beautiful woodcut illustrations by T.M. Shortt.

306. Brown, Urban and Newman. The Birds of Africa. Vol. I. Ostriches and Birds of Prey. Pub. Academic Press. 1982 pp.xiv, 521 with plates and dist. maps. 4to. Hardback. Fine in thor. vg. dw., showing some sunning. [36719] £90.00

Sale section – Ornithology

307. Burton, J. Owls of the World. Their evolution, structure and ecology. Pub. Peter Lowe. 1984 pp.208 with many illus. in colour. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [37838] £10.00 A detailed work.

308. Dorst, J. The Life of Birds. Rep. Pub. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1982 Two volume set with 32 b/w. photographic plates, figs. and line drawings. Bookplate. Fine hardbacks in thor. vg. dws. [38188] £18.00 In these two volumes, one of the world’s leading ornithologists studies the biology of birds from an ecological point of view.

309. Durman, R. (Ed.). Bird Observatories in Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1976 pp.292 with 17 b/w. plates and text figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [37950] £30.00 The emphasis of the book is, naturally, on the birds and there are details of passages and records in typical months and throughout the year, but flora and fauna are also given space.

310. Finn, F. Fancy Waterfowl. 1st. Ed. Pub. Nimrod. 1985 pp.vii, 82 plus index and with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [55299] £7.50 A concise guide to Waterfowl which may be kept in the garden, small enclosure or lake, including Swans, Geese and popular species of Ducks.

311. Fitter, R.S.R. London’s Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1949 pp.256 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in nr. vg. dw., chipped in places. [52776] £15.00

312. Fjeldsa, J. & Krabbe, N. Birds of the High Andes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Zoo. Mus. Copen. & Apollo Books. 1990 pp.876 with 64 coloured plates plus many maps. Fine hardback. [38828] £100.00 This book covers the area of the temperate and alpine zones of the Andean region from Venezuela and Columbia in the north, through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, to the southernmost part of the continent in Chile.

313. Flegg, Jim (Ed.). The British Ornithologists’ Guide to Bird Life. 1st. Ed. Pub. Blandford. 1980 pp.324 with colour illus. Royal 8vo. A fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw., price clipped. [52785] £10.00 A very useful reference work. Provides the means to identify birds, plus importantly, additional information necessary for birdwatchers to understand bird life and habitats.

314. Freethy, R. Auks. An Ornithologist’s Guide. Pub. Facts on File. 1987 pp.208 with 12 coloured plates and many b/w. photos. Fine hardback in fine dw. [36437] £10.00 Ron Freethy has provided a comprehensive study of the auk family which comprises over 20 species. This family is confined to the seas and coasts of the Northern Hemisphere from the ice of the high arctic seas to the coasts of California. He considers the long history of this family and their evolution together with a detailed account of the behaviour and life cycles.

315. Fry, Keith and Urban. The Birds of Africa. Vol. III. Parrots to Woodpeckers. Pub. Academic Press. 1993 pp.xvi, 611 with colour plates and dist. maps. 4to. Hardback. Fine in thor. vg. dw. showing some sunning. [36718] £90.00

316. Gore, M.E.J. & Pyong-oh, W. The Birds of Korea. Pub. Royal Asiatic Soc. 1971 pp.450 with 40 coloured plates and 28 b/w. photos. Small 4to. Hardback. Fine in vg. plus dw. [37829] £40.00

317. Grant, P.J. Gulls. A Guide to Identification. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1982 pp.280 with 376 b/w. photographs and numerous illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. [37951] £15.00 This book is an enlarged and much revised version of his series on gull identification which first appeared in issues of British Birds. As well as extensive textual improvements, most of the drawings were revised and over 170 new photographs were added.

318. Hams, F. Old Poultry Breeds. Shire Album 35. 1st. Ed. Pub. Shire. 1983 pp.32 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A fine softback. [55300] £5.00

319. Hancock, J. & Elliott, H. The Herons of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. London Editions. 1978 pp.304 with 60 fine coloured plates. Folio. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor and Peter Haynes. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. [37853] £45.00

320. Hancock, J. & Hayman, J. The Herons Handbook. 1st. Ed. Pub. Croom Helm. 1984 pp.288 with coloured illus. and b/w. text figs. 8vo. Boards knocked on top-edge. Contents fine. A vg. hardback. [37825] £9.00 An extensive review of Herons and Bitterns. Plumage, feeding, breeding behaviour and more are investigated for the recognised 60 species.

Sale section – Ornithology

321. Harrison, Jeffery. Handbook of Birds of the Malvern District. 1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. London Press. 1941 pp.55 interleaved with plain pages for notes. Small 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription to ffep. Nr. fine in vg. dw. [36308] £35.00

322. Hayman, Peter. et al. Shorebirds. An identification guide to the Waders of the world. Rep. Ed. Pub. Helm. 1987 pp.412 with colour illus. and dist. maps. Royal 8vo. A fine hdbk. in vg. dw., with repaired closed tear to front. [52819] £15.00

323. Hewlett, J. The Breeding Birds of the London Area. The distribution and changing status of London’s breeding birds in the closing years of the 20th century. 1st. Ed. Pub. L.N.H.S. 2002 pp.x, 294 with many distribution maps and other illus. Folio. Fine softback. As new. [36342] £25.00

324. Hollom, P.A.D. et al. Birds of the Middle East and North Africa. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1988 pp.280 with colour illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. A fine hdbk. [52829] £14.00

325. Howard, R. and Moore, A. A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1991 pp.xxxiv, 622. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. [39287] £12.00

326. Huxley, E. Peter Scott. Painter and Naturalist. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1993 pp.xx, 361 with 44 illustrations. Hardback. Fine in nr. fine dw. [21755] £12.00

327. Kear, J. & Berger, A.J. The Hawaiian Goose. 1st. Ed. Pub. T & AD Poyser. 1980 pp.154 with 24 b/w. plates, colour frontis. and many text figs. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [37971] £45.00

328. Kirkman, F.B. (Ed.). The British Bird Book. An account of all the Birds, Nests and Eggs found in the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Jack. 1911-12 Volumes I to III (of IV). with coloured drawings and many photographs. Large 4to. Hardbacks. Minor worm tracks to a few leaves front of Vol. 2, very minor amount of spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards, in vg. condition showing some mottling to front edges. A monumental work. [58304] £100.00

329. Lack, E. and Campbell, B. (Ed). A Dictionary of Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1985 pp.xxx, 670 with illus. and b/w. photographs throughout. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [38248] £35.00 This work enlisted contributions from over 289 ornithologists and other specialists from around the world. Major, authoritative articles cover the field of modern ornithology and related subjects. In addition there are articles on all the bird families, almost all of which are illustrated by a representative species.

330. Moore, A. A Field Guide to the Warblers of Britain and Europe. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1983 pp.xiv, 145 with 32 colour plates & dist. maps. 8vo. Hardback. Fine in fine dw. [37799] £15.00 This field guide provides for each bird a full description of plumage at various ages and times of the year; details of distribution, habitat preference, and song alongside identification points to look for in the field.

331. Moreau, R.E. The Palaearctic-African Bird Migration Systems. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1972 pp.xvi, 384 with plates, figs. and dist. maps. 4to. Hardback. Fine copy in thor. vg. dw. [36592] £50.00

332. Ogilvie, M.A. Ducks. of Britain and Europe. 1st. Ed. Pub. T. & A. D. Poyser. 1975 pp.206 with 15 coloured plates by Carol Ogilvie. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [37756] £12.95

333. Ogilvie, M.A. Wild Geese. 1st. Ed. Pub. T & AD Poyser. 1978 pp.350 with 16 coloured plates, text illus. and distribution maps. Fine hardback in vg. dw. [37753] £22.00

334. Parry, Gareth & Putman, R. Birds of Prey. 1st. Ed. Pub. Simon & Schuster. 1979 pp.120 with 35 colourd plates. Folio. Hardback. Nr. fine in nr. fine dw. [37852] £15.00

335. Parslow, John. Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland: A Historical Survey. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1973 pp.272 with line drawings & dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [37935] £10.00 This book is based on the author’s invaluable series of eight papers which first appeared in British Birds in 1967-68, ‘Status changes among breeding birds in Britain and Ireland.’

336. Pitman, I. And Clouds Flying. A Book of Wild Fowl. 1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1947 pp.152 with colour, b/w., plates and illus., by Peter Scott. 8vo. Hardback. Ffep., neatly removed. Thor. vg. hardback. [57278] £6.00

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337. Ridgely, R.S. & Tudor, G. The Birds of South America. Vol.1. The Oscine Passerines. Vol.2. The Suboscine Passerines. Pub. O.U.P. 1989-94 Two volume set with 83 coloured plates and dist. maps throughout. Fine hardbacks in fine dws. [37818] £125.00 These two volumes covers all the true songbirds of South America. A mammoth work.

338. Ridgely, Robert S. & Tudor, Guy. The Birds of South America. Volume II. The Suboscine Passerines. 1st. Ed. Pub. Texas Press. 1994 pp.xii, 814 with colour illus. and b/w. dist. maps. 4to. A fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw. [52748] £45.00

339. Roberts, T.J. The Birds of Pakistan. Non-Passeriformes and Passeriformes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1991 Two volume set with 47 plates of colour illus., dist. maps and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardbacks in vg. plus dustwrappers. [37795] £75.00 The two volumes cover 660 species suppported by plates and illustrations all drawn by the author. Distribution maps of over 570 species detail wintering or breeding status. Voice descriptions are based in the main on the author’s own extensive collection of bird recordings made in Pakistan.

340. Robertson, Hugh & Heather Barrie. The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 2001 pp.168 with colour illus. 8vo. Some neat, informed notes in light pencil to text, o/w. a fine softback. [52827] £27.50

341. Ruttledge, R.F. Ireland’s Birds. Pub. Witherby. 1966 pp.xv, 207 with b/w. plates. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [38567] £18.00 This book summarises in concise form the status, distribution and migrations of birds that are found in Ireland. Lengthy lists of bird occurences have been omitted from the text, and the records have been analysed to present the reader a clear picture of the overall position of each species.

342. Sharrock, J.T.R. Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1974 pp.191 with 12 b/w. photographic plates, dist. maps and figs. 8vo. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [37752] £25.00 In this work Dr. Sharrock takes a ten-year period and investigates in detail all the records of a selection of birds which occur here as scarce migrants - birds form Europe, from Asia and from America. He considers their breeding and wintering ranges, and the patterns of their records in Britain and Ireland.

343. Snow, D. The Cotingas. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1982 pp.203 with colour illus., dist. maps, figs. and some further illus. 4to. Hardback. Thor. vg. in vg. dw. [37790] £40.00 This book aims to present a comprehensive, well illustrated account of the family, which has never previously been monographed.

344. Urban, Fry and Keith. The Birds of Africa. Volume II. Game Birds to Pigeons. Pub. Academic Press. 1986 pp.xvi, 552 with colour plates and dist. maps. 4to. Hardback. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. showing some sunning. [36717] £90.00

345. Vaughan, Richard. Plovers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Terence Dalton. 1980 pp.vii, 152 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. A nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw. [52752] £8.00

346. Zimmerman, Dale A. et al. Birds of Kenya & Northern Tanzania. Helm Field Guides. Rev. Rep. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2001 pp.576 with colour illus. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [52796] £15.00

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348. Blunt, W. The Compleat Naturalist. A Life of Linnaeus. Rev. Upd. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2001 pp.264 with colour photos and illus., throughout. Small 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. [57959] £14.50 The life of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) is celebrated afresh in this revised and updated edition of the definitive biography.

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349. Breitenbach, J. and Kranzlin, F. Fungi of Switzerland. Vols. 1 to 6. Pub. Mykologia Luzern. 1984-2005 Set of six volumes with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. 4to Hardbacks. Very minor bump to top of volume 2, o/w. fine hardbacks. An excellent set - as new. RRP for a new set is £815.00. [57870] £495.00 A monumental work. Identification is significantly aided through the provision of descriptions, habitat and collection data, drawings of microscopic features, and colour photographs.

350. Brooks, R.P. Serpentine and Its Vegetation. A Multidisciplinary Approach. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dioscorides Press. 1987 pp.454 with b/w. photos., figs., and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [58072] £22.50 A comprehensive study of the unique flora supported by serpentine soils (used in this context to refer to soils derived from ultramafic rock as well as serpentinized rocks) all around the world.

351. Burnett, J.H. (Ed.). The Vegetation of Scotland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1964 pp.xiii, 613 with colour, b/w. photos., illus., plus fold-out tables and figs. Small 4to. Bookplate of Clive Jermy (highly respected British botanist, 1932-2014). Nr. fine hardback in vg., lightly chipped dw. [56260] £35.00

352. Cox, K. Frank Kingdon Ward’s Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2008 pp.335 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £35.00. [43891] £30.00 The Tsangpo Gorge in south-east Tibet is the world's deepest gorge. First published in 1926, ‘The Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges’ told the story of its exploration by Frank Kingdon-Ward and the rich plant and animal life found there. This second edition contains the text of the original edition and brings the story right up to date by describing the devastating flood of 2000, with dramatic before and after photographs.

353. Dallimore, W. & Jackson, A.B. A Handbook of Coniferae including Ginkgoaceae. 3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1961 pp.xvi, 686 with b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Name to ffep. A thor. vg. hardback in green cloth boards [58063] £15.00

354. Dawson, J. & Lucas, R. The Nature of Plants. Habitats, Challenges and Adaptations. Pub. Timber Press. 2005 pp.314 with many colour photographs. New hardback in new dw. RRP £24.99. [39245] £20.00 Considers how plants adapt to the challenges of their habitats. Explores the love-hate relationship plants have with animals, other plants and their, mostly hidden, associations with bacteria and fungi.

355. Desmond, R. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Traveller and Plant Collector. 1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1999 pp.286 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. RRP £29.50. [57960] £15.00 Charts Hooker's botanical voyages and plant collecting expeditions around the world during the mid to late 18th century. Superbly illustrated.

356. Dirr, M.A. Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1997 pp.493 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [56307] £40.00 A lavishly illustrated encyclopedia describing the best woody plants adapted to cooler climates. Details flower, fruit, bark, autumn colour - for more than 500 species and describes some 700 additional cultivars and varieties, many of which are illustrated.

357. Evelyn, John. Sylva; Or a Discourse of Forest Trees and the Propagation of Timber. Facs. Pub. Trollius. 2001 pp.lxxi, cxv, 335, 287. Lightly spotted top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback. Limited edition, this being copy No. 45 of 200. [45103] £45.00 This is a facsimile of the fourth edition of 1706, the last to be edited by Evelyn himself. The work begins with a 71-page introduction on the life and works of John Evelyn which explains his place amongst his contemporary authors, Isaac Walton and Samuel Pepys.

358. Farjon, Aljos. Ancient Oaks in the English Landscape. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017 pp.348 with 190 colour photographs, colour & b/w. illus., and tables. 4to. New hardback. Highly recommended. [52733] £30.00 England has more ancient native oak trees than the rest of Europe combined. In ‘Ancient Oaks In the English Landscape’, Aljos Farjon combines history with science and tells the story of how ancient oaks have shaped the English landscape over the past 1000 years.

359. Flanagan, M. &. Kirkham, T. Wilson’s China. A Century On. Pub. Kew Publishers. 2009 pp.256 with colour and b/w. photographs. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Now in-print at £40.00. [50142] £22.50 Ernest Wilson was the foremost plant collector of his generation, responsible for introducing over 1,000 species to our gardens. The authors of this book reveal Wilson's adventures through excerpts from his own writings as well as describing their own experiences tracing his journeys in the wilds of China today.

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360. 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.

361. Gerard, John (Revised by Johnson, Thomas). The Herbal. Or General History of Plants. Rep. Pub. Calla/Dover. 2015 pp.1728 with illus. from woodcuts throughout. 4to. One leaf creased in production. A new hardback in new dw. [57525] £90.00 First published in 1597, Gerard’s herbal was republished in 1633 in an edition in which Thomas Johnson revised and enlarged the original text.

362. Glasby, J.S. Dictionary of Plants Containing Secondary Metabolites. Pub. Taylor and Francis. 1991 pp. 488. New hardback with a couple of minor marks. In-print at £405.00. [33748] £90.00 Lists over 8,000 plants containing important chemical compounds.

363. Grimshaw, J. and Bayton, R. New Trees. Recent Introductions to Cultivation. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. RBG Kew. 2009 pp.xv, 976 with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. 4to. A new hardback in new dw. [56735] £120.00 Compliments existing standard literature e.g., W.J. Bean’s ‘Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles’, providing botanical descriptions and horticultural commentary on more than 800 trees introduced into cultivation in recent decades. It covers species grown in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, using up to date information to provide an authorative reference source.

364. Hall, T. The Immortal Yew. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2019 pp.ix, 213 with 100 colour photographs. Small 4to. New hardback. RRP £25.00. [58205] £23.50 As some of the oldest living organisms to be found in Europe, yew trees have become inextricably bound up in some of the oldest enduring institutions of European culture. In ‘The Immortal Yew’, Tony Hall explores the biological, cultural, and mythic significance of these imposing evergreens.

365. Harding, P. Mushroom Miscellany. Pub. Collins. 2008 pp.207 with colour photographs throughout. 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £14.99. [44313] £10.00 ‘Mushroom Miscellany’ is a compilation of fascinating biological facts, folklore, uses and the history of mushrooms.

366. Harrap, A. & Harrap, S. Orchids of Britain And Ireland. A Field and Site Guide. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2009 pp.480 with numerous colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. RRP £45.00. Latest edition. Recommended. [55368] £41.50 This comprehensive and well illustrated guide is a benchmark for the identification of British and Irish orchids. With detailed information on their biology, habitats, distribution and conservation, it covers all 56 species of wild orchid found in Britain and Ireland.

367. Heath, A. & R. Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana. Including the Okavango Delta. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2008 pp.593 with 2,000 colour photographs. Large 8vo. New hardback. RRP £84.99. [58194] £49.99 Includes over 500 flowering herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, sedges and their allies.

368. Heller, T. et al. Field Guide to the Plants of the Falkland Islands. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2019 pp.xiii, 404 with 500 colour photos. Large 8vo. New softback. RRP £80.00. [58202] £72.00 This new comprehensive field guide covers over 300 species, including both native and non-native, from 14 broad habitat types.

369. Hickman, J.C. (Ed.). The Jepson Manual. Higher Plants of California. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of California Press. 1993 pp.xvii, 1400 with colour map and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [58068] £30.00

370. Hill, R.S. (Ed.). History of the Australian Vegetation: Cretaceous to Recent. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1994 pp.x, 433 with b/w. photos., illus., figs., maps, tables. Small 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [56271] £40.00 Presents a detailed synopsis of the critical events which led to the evolution of the unique Australian flora and the wide variety of vegetation types contained within it.

371. Jermy, A.C. & Tutin, T.G. British Sedges. A handbook to the species of Carex found growing in the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 1968 pp.199 with b/w. line drawings throughout. Small 8vo. Eric Duffey’s copy with handwritten title to spine. A thor. vg. softback. [56828] £8.00

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372. Keizer, G.J. The Complete Encyclopedia of Mushrooms. 2nd. Ed. Pub. REBO. 2007 pp.286 with over 750 colour photographs throughout. Royal 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £12.99. [41432] £10.00 Considers Slime moulds or Myxomycetes, Ascomycetes, Rusts and Blights and the Basidiomycetes. More than 700 entries and photographs of mushrooms, including species that have rarely been photographed.

373. Knowles, J. et al. The Illustrated College Herbal. Plants from the ‘Pharmacopoea Londinensis’ of 1618. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oakleley Books. 2018 pp.221 beautifully illustrated with full-page colour and b/w. illus. Royal 4to. New hardback. Out-of-print. [54521] £30.00 Printed to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians of London. With present day watercolours and 16th century woodcuts illustrating the medicinal plants of the world’s first national pharmacopoeia, alongside their contemporary uses.

374. Leach, S.J. et al. Botanical Links in the Atlantic Arc. Pub. BSBI. 2006 pp.336 plus 52 colour plates. Royal 8vo. New hardback. In-print at £24.99. [32398] £20.00 Comprises 45 papers and posters presented at the symposium ‘Botanical Links in the Atlantic Arc’ held in 2003. The symposium gave botanists the opportunity to celebrate the wild plants of the Atlantic coastal regions of Europe, and to consider a whole range of topics concerning their distribution, autecology, conservation and management.

375. Lousley, J.E. & Kent, D.H. Docks and Knotweeds of the British Isles. BSBI Handbook No 3. 1st. Ed. Pub. BSBI. 1981 pp.205 with b/w. line drawings throughout. Small 8vo. Eric Duffey’s bookplate. Fine softback, gently sunned along spine. [56829] £15.00

376. Mabey, R. Food for Free. New. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2007 pp.272 with colour illus. throughout. 8vo. A new softback. RRP £12.99 [53640] £11.75 An absolute classic text for those interested in foraging.

377. Mabey, Richard. The Cabaret of Plants. Botany and the Imagination. 1st. Ed. Pub. Profile Books. 2015 pp.374 with colour illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £20.00. [55676] £15.00 'The Cabaret of Plants' celebrates the idea that plants are not simply 'the furniture of the planet', but vital, inventive, individual beings, worthy of respect - and that to understand this may be the best way of preserving life on Earth.

378. Mabey, Richard. The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn. 1st. Ed. Pub. Profile Books. 2011 pp.110 with woodcut illus. Small 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £9.99. [55677] £9.00 Six short, elegant essays exploring how our sensory responses influence our attitudes to nature.

379. Meikle, R.D. Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 4. 1st. Ed. Pub. BSBI. 1984 pp.198 with b/w. line drawings throughout. Small 8vo. Eric Duffey’s address label. Fine softback, gently sunned spine. [56830] £14.00

380. Munz, P.A. and Keck, D.D. A California Flora. And Supplement. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of California Press. 1968 pp.1681, 224 with b/w. maps and line drawings. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [58049] £15.00

381. North, Marianne and Mills, Christopher. Marianne North. The Kew Collection. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. RBG Kew. 2019 pp.304 with more than 800 colour illus. Large 4to. New hardback. A superb work. [56734] £40.00 For the first time, this unique and stunning book brings together all of Marianne North's Kew collection. The paintings are arranged geographically as they appear in the Gallery, and Marianne's original titles are included alongside each painting.

382. Page, C.N. The Ferns of Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1982 pp.xii, 447 with b/w. illus., and dist. maps. 8vo. Dedication to ffep. Dust marks to top edge of text block, o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw. [57368] £60.00

383. Pauly, P.J. Fruits and Plains. The Horticultural Transformation of America. Pub. Harvard University. 2007 pp.xi, 336 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £37.95. [48042] £35.00 The engineering of plants has a long history in the USA. The fields, forests, orchards, and prairies are the result of repeated campaigns by amateurs, tradesmen, and scientists to introduce desirable plants, both American and foreign, while preventing growth of alien riff-raff. These horticulturists coaxed plants along in new environments and, through grafting and hybridizing, created new varieties. Over the last 250 years, their activities have transformed the American landscape.

384. 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.

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385. Porley, Ron D. England’s Rare Mosses and Liverworts. Their history, ecology and conservation. 1st. Ed. Pub. WildGuides. 2013 pp.224 with colour photos. and dist. maps. 8vo. A new hdbk. Last three copies. RRP £24.95. [52867] £22.95 This is the first book dedicated to England’s rare and threatened mosses and liverworts, collectively known as bryophytes.

386. Praeger, R.L. The Botanist in Ireland. Rep. Pub. EP Publishing. 1977 pp.xii, 587 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Bookplate and label of Eric Duffey (distinguished Arachnologist). Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [56298] £32.50

387. Pratt, Anne. The British Grasses and Sedges. 1st. Ed. Pub. S.P.C.K. [n.d. 1860] pp.viii,136 with 34 chromolithograph colour plates. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Contents fine. Original richly decorated green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. [57969] £80.00 Anne Pratt’s work proved very popular indeed, this book beautifully illustrated with colour plates depicting 216 different species.

388. Preston, C.D. & Croft, J.M. Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1997 pp.365 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. Out-of-print in hardback. [56305] £45.00 This is not principally an identification manual, but instead provides a summary of the distribution, habitat and reproductive biology of 200 taxa in 72 genera, with individual distribution maps.

389. Proctor, G.R. Flora of the Cayman Islands. 2nd Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2012 pp.788, beautifully illustrated with 400 colour photographs and 250 line drawings. New hardback. RRP £85.00. [47789] £59.50 The three islands comprising the Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac) support 415 native taxa in a land area little over 260 square kilometers, 29 of which are uniquely Caymanian. This full colour Flora of the Cayman Islands by George R. Proctor is a total revision of his first edition.

390. Rackham, Oliver. Ancient Woodland. Its history, vegetation and uses in England. 1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1980 pp.xii, 402 with b/w. photos, illus., figs., maps. 4to. Bookplate. A nr. fine hardback in nr. fine lightly sunned dw. Out-of-print. Scarce. [56269] £120.00 Rackham gives detailed historical and ecological accounts of both individual woods and a range of woodland types from prehistoric times to today, and shows how changing woodland management regimes have maintained and modified the woods.

391. Rauh, W. The Bromeliad Lexicon. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Bok Books. 1990 pp.xiv, 431 with colour, b/w. photos., illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Light dust-marks to edges of text block, o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw. [56278] £60.00 A comprehensive account of the entire field of Bromeliads, dealing with their botany, collection, acclimatization, seed sowing, growing and propagation.

392. Ross-Craig, Stella Drawings of British Plants. Being illustrations of the species of flowering plants growing naturally in the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. G. Bell & Sons. 1948-1973 Complete in 31 parts, plus Index volume. 8vo. Two hardbacks (publisher’s cloth) in fine condition (containing parts I to III and IV to VI), the rest in original parts (softbacks) as published, all in thor. vg. or fine condition. Index volume is a nr. fine hardback. Still the best complete drawings of British plants. [58306] £150.00 Stella Ross-Craig (who died in February 2006), is said to be the finest and most comprehensive illustrator of British Flora, described by Wilfred Blunt as ‘unrivalled’ in her field. Her ‘Drawings of British Plants’ took 26 years to complete and comprises 1,306 plates.

393. Scott, Michael. Mountain Flowers. British Wildlife Collection No.4. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2016 pp.416 with colour photos. 4to. New hdbk in new dw. RRP £35.00. [50536] £31.50 In this, the fourth volume of the ‘British Wildlife Collection’, Michael Scott brings a 21st-century perspective to our understanding of mountain plants, outlining the latest understanding of their ecology, and reflecting on their resilience in some of the most extreme environments in Britain.

394. Stace, Clive at al. Hybrid Flora of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. BSBI. 2016 pp.501 with colour photos., distribution maps and tables. Large 4to. New hardback. [54093] £45.00 ‘Hybrid Flora of the British Isles’ provides detailed accounts of the 909 hybrids reliably recorded in the wild in the British Isles. Identification notes are provided for each of these hybrids, their habitats are outlined and detailed accounts of their distributions provided, with notes on the discovery of many hybrids.

395. Streeter, David. et al. Collins Wild Flower Guide. The most complete guide to the wild flowers of Britain and Ireland. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2016 pp.704 with many colour illus. 8vo. New softback. RRP £24.99. [50253] £22.50 Over 1,900 species described in this updated 2nd edition of the classic field guide.

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396. Sventenius, E.R. Additamentum Ad Floram Canariensem. 1st. Ed. Pub. Matriti. 1960 pp.v, 93 with 37 fine botanical plates, some coloured, and b/w. photos. Folio. Dedication from Author to inside front cover. A nr. fine softback in vg. dw. [58069] £70.00

397. Taiz, L. & Taiz, L. Flora Unveiled. The Discovery and Denial of Sex in Plants. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. Uni. Press. 2017 pp.x, 582 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. [54441] £53.00 A highly readable account of how our understanding of sex, and ultimately sex in plants, expanded from the Stone Age to the 19th century.

398. Thomas, G.S. Trees in the Landscape. Rev. Ed. Pub. Sagapress. 1997 pp.200 with colour and b/w. plates & other text figs. throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £20.00. [44439] £12.50 New edition of this classic book which looks at the place of trees in the landscape, both aesthetically and practically.

399. Thorogood, C. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2019 pp.656 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. New softback. RRP £40.00. [58201] £36.00 The geographic coverage spans the Ionian Archipelago, mainland Greece, Peloponnese, Aegean Islands, Crete, Cyprus, Mediterranean Turkey, and the coasts and adjacent deserts of Israel and Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. Considers over 3,000 plants, with plant descriptions, colour photographs and illustrations.

400. Trueman, I. et al. Flora of Birmingham and the Black Country. Pub. Pisces Publications. 2013 pp.viii, 488 covering over 1,800 flowering plants, conifers and ferns beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and dist. maps throughout. Royal 4to. New hardback. RRP £38.00. [47626] £35.00 "[...] This mighty and engaging flora is the first to record the wild plants of the Greater Birmingham area, that is the metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. [...]. It is a model of what a modern flora should be and an example of what can be done when local enthusiasm is harnessed to masterly leadership and organisation." Peter Marren, British Wildlife, October 2013.

401. van Gelderen, D.M. et al. Maples of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1994 pp.458 with colour photos and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [58053] £28.00 This excellent book represents the fruit of almost two decades of work by its distinguished authors.

402. Van Gelderen, D.M. & Van Hoey Smith, J.R.P. Conifers. The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Volumes 1 and 2. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Timber Press. 1997 Two volume set with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardbacks in fine dws. Out-of-print. [56338] £70.00 Well illustrated reference, providing brief description of every species of cultivated conifer in the world. Recommended.

403. Wilson, P. & King, M. Arable Plants. A Field Guide. Pub. English Nature & Wild Guides Ltd. 2003 pp.312 with colour photographs. A new hdbk. In-print at £21.95. [48007] £20.00

404. Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. Bottlebrushes, Paperbarks and Tea Trees. And all other Plants in the Leptospermum Alliance. 1st. Ed. Pub. Angus & Robertson. 1993 pp.xiii, 352 with colour photos., b/w. illus., dist. maps throughout. 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw., just lightly sunned. [56270] £55.00 The definitive guide to the seventeen related genera of the family Myrtaceae. Arranged in alphabetical order, each entry features detailed notes on distribution, ecology, cultivation and propagation.

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405. Balfour-Browne, F. British Water Beetles. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society 1940-58 Three volumes with5 plates and text figs. throughout all volumes. Vols. 2 and 3 have dustwrappers. Contents beautifully clean. A vg. set. [55714] £100.00 Balfour-Browne's thorough, classic treatment of the subject.

406. Bellman, H. A Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Britain and Northern Europe. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1988 pp.213 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Fine hardback. [56532] £25.00 Recommended.

407. Brooks, S. &. Cham, S. Field Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies. Of Great Britain and Ireland. 5th. Ed. Pub. British Wildlife Publishing. 2014 pp.192 with all resident and migrant species fully described and illustrated with more than 340 colour illustrations and photographs. A new softback copy. Latest edition. [47794] £20.00 This revised edition provides comprehensive species descriptions including habitat, larval form, flight season, feeding, territorial and mating behaviour.

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408. Corbet, Philip S. Dragonflies. Behaviour and Ecology of Odonata. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1999 pp.xxxii, 829 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. and text figs. Small 4to. Bookplate. A fine hardback in fine dw. [55896] £90.00 An outstanding monograph presenting a critical review of worldwide information on the behaviour and ecology of dragonflies in all stages of their lifecycles, for both physical and biotic environments.

409. Davis, Celia F. The Honey Bee. Inside Out. 2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Beecraft. 2019 pp.xiv, 186 with colour illus. throughout. A new softback of the revised edition of Celia Davis’ excellent work. [56045] £22.50 This book is designed to present detailed information about the anatomy and physiology of the honey bee in a clear and concise format.

410. Davis, Celia F. The Honey Bee. Around & About. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Beecraft. 2019 pp.xii, 197 with colour illus. throughout. A new softback of the revised edition of Celia Davis’ excellent work. [56046] £25.00 The latest edition, completely updated. Begins by looking at the origin of bees and continues with a description of the different subspecies. The major diseases and pests they face and their role as pollinators is presented. Includes details of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), a new threat to our honey bees.

411. Duff, Andrew, G. Beetles of Britain and Ireland. Volume 3. Geotrupidae to Scraptiidae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Duff. 2020 pp.670 with 473 colour photographs, keys plus b/w. line drawings. A new hardback in new dw. Pre- publication orders can be placed now. Publication date currently scheduled for July 2020. [58225] £109.00 Volume three covers a large number of families which exhibit a wide range of morphologies and ways of life. Will cover the familiar dor beetles, stag beetles, dung beetles and chafers, jewel beetles, click beetles, glow-worms, soldier beetles, chequered beetles, ladybirds, darkling beetles, false blister beetles, oil beetles and cardinal beetles.

412. Duncan, James. British Butterflies. The Naturalist's Library. Entomology. Vol. III. 1st Ed. Pub. W.H. Lizars. 1835 pp.246, with portrait frontispiece, hand-coloured title-page, letterpress title-page and 34 plates (32 being hand coloured). 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate of E.L.J Ridsdale and his signature (dated 1863). Contents nr. fine. Hinges cracking and becoming disbound. Original cloth gilt-lettered spine in thor. vg. condition. [56054] £120.00

413. Eason, E.H. Centipedes of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne. 1964 pp.x, 294 with 4 half-tone plates and 495 line-drawings. 8vo. Bookplate. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Not price clipped. A super copy. [55814] £65.00 Still an extremely good introduction to the Centipedes, containing much fascinating and useful information.

414. Eeles, P. Life Cycles of British & Irish Butterflies. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces Publishing. 2019 pp.vi, 394 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback. [57284] £35.00 Frohawk was the first to capture all the stages in the life cycles of all British and Irish butterflies. This new work repeats that feat. With detailed descriptions and photographs of the adult, egg, caterpillar and chrysalis of each of the 59 butterfly species that are considered resident or regular migrants to Britain and Ireland.

415. Epstein, M.E. Moths, Myths, and Mosquitoes. The Eccentric Life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2016 pp.xxvii, 325 with colour and b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. [54411] £29.99 A compelling narrative that details both Dyar's illustrious scientific career and his complex personal life.

416. 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.

417. Foster, G.N. (Sec.). Balfour-Browne Club Newsletter. Numbers 30 - 50 inclusive. 1st. Ed. Pub Balfour- Browne Club. 1984-1992 Numbers 30 - 50 bound in one volume. 4to. Bookplate. Foxing to edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback. With additional copy of No. 30 loosely included. [55750] £45.00 The Balfour-Browne Club was established in 1976, for those interested in the British aquatic Coleoptera. They published the 'Balfour-Browne Club Newsletter' (Numbers 1 to 50) from 1976 to the end of February 1992.

418. Foster, G.N. (Sec.). Latissimus. Newsletter of the Balfour-Browne Club, Numbers 1 - 11 inclusive. 1st. Ed. Pub Balfour-Browne Club. 1992-1999 Numbers 1 - 11 (including the supplement to No. 5) bound in one volume. 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback with gilt lettering on spine [55749] £35.00 The Balfour-Browne Club was established in 1976, for those interested in the British aquatic Coleoptera. The 'Balfour-Browne Club Newsletter' changed name to 'Latissimus' in 1992.

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419. Hancock, Brian. Pug Moths of North-west England. A Guide on Identification and Distribution in Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. 1st. Ed. Pub. Lancs & Cheshire Fauna Soc. 2018 pp.120 with colour photographs and dist. maps. 8vo. Softback. New copy. [55061] £15.00 Covering the 43 resident species that occur in North-west England (out of 49 in the UK), this work summarises the key features to look out for on this difficult but fascinating group of Geometrid moths, as well as distribution and flight periods.

420. Harvey, P. et al. (Eds). Provisional Atlas of British Spiders. (Arachnida, Araneae). Vols. 1 & 2. 1st. Ed. Pub. Biological Records Centre. 2002 Two volume set with b/w. dist. maps throughout. 4to. Softbacks. Address label of Eric Duffey to both volumes. Several annotations and corrections by Eric Duffey to text. Vol. 1 in thor. vg. condition. Pages toward end of Vol. 2 coming loose, held in place with tape. Out-of-print. [56635] £50.00 Comprises the species accounts and 10-kilometre square distribution maps for each of the 648 British species. Accounts deal with status, distribution, habitat and ecology. Sections on threats and conservation management are also included for rarer species.

421. Henwood, B. & Sterling, P. Field Guide to the Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2020 pp.448 with 900 colour illus., plus colour photos. and dist. maps. 8vo. Illustrated by Richard Lewington. New softback. RRP £35.00. [58042] £31.50 Covers caterpillars of the moth and butterfly species that are most likely to be encountered in the British Isles and provides a window into their diverse natural histories. The species accounts cover status, field characters, similar species, habitat and foodplants.

422. Lebas, C. et al. Ants of Britain and Europe. A Photographic Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2019 pp.415 with nearly 600 colour photographs plus dist. maps. 8vo. New softback. RRP £35.00. [56732] £32.50 More than 400 species of ant can be found in Europe, and ‘Ants of Britain and Europe’ covers them all, with detailed descriptions for more than 150 of the more commonly encountered.

423. Lewington, Richard. Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd. Ed. Pub. B.W.P. 2015 pp.160 with colour illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. A new softback. Recommended. [49794] £10.99 Includes up-to-date information on all our resident and migrant species of butterfly, together with a selection of day-flying moths.

424. New, T.R. Butterfly Conservation. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 1997 pp.xii, 248 with b/w. figs., and tables. 8vo. Fine softback. Latest edition. Out-of-print. [56348] £35.00 Provides a broad survey of the emerging science of butterfly conservation, using examples from several countries. With much practical advice, including a section on butterfly gardening.

425. Oates, Matthew. His Imperial Majesty. A Natural History of the Purple Emperor. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2020 pp.416 with 8 pages of colour photographs and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £20.00. [58326] £18.00 The author has spent 50 years trying to unravel the Emperor's secrets. Many mysteries remain unsolved, but enough are revealed in this book to enable experts and non-experts alike to go out in search of a butterfly that thrills and enthrals all who encounter it. A joyous - often rapturous - account, written in plain English, as a labour of love.

426. Petrunkevitch, A. Amber Spiders in European Collections. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1958 pp.100-400 with line drawings throughout. 8vo. Softback. Contents fine, many sections uncut. Neat dedication to front cover reads ‘Dr. W.S. Bristowe, with the compliments of the Author.’ Eric Duffey’s signature to front cover and his handwritten title to spine. Contents exceptionally clean and fine. Original covers lightly sunned. [56641] £50.00

427. Randle, Zoe et al. Atlas of Britain & Ireland’s Larger Moths. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces Publications 2019 pp.xi, 492 with colour photos., and dist. maps throughout. Small 4to. New hardback. [57752] £38.50 Includes accounts for 866 macro-moth species, each with a distribution map showing current and historical occurrences, trends, status, a phenology chart and colour image. A further 25 species, which were former residents, but have not been recorded from 1970 onwards, have a distribution map.

428. Roberts, M.J. The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volumes 1 to 3. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1985- 1987 Three volume set. 4to. Fine hardbacks in fine dws. As new. This set comes with the Publisher’s 16-page ‘Appendix to Volumes 1 and 2’, released in 1993. Additionally, the (detailed) pre-publication brochure, a published review of the work by Eric Duffey and two further period newspaper articles are all loosely inserted. An excellent set of this wonderful work. [57955] £275.00 Contents: Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae; Volume 2: Linyphiidae and Check List of the British Species; Volume 3: The Colour Plates: Atypidae to Linyphiidae.

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429. Roberts, Michael J. Collins Field Guide to the Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Pub. Collins. 1996 pp.383 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hdbk. Latest edition. [50257] £29.99 Four hundred and fifty species comprehensively illustrated.

430. Roy, Helen and Brown, Peter. Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2018 pp.160 with 130 colour illus., 102 colour photos., and 47 distribution maps. A new hardback. RRP £45.00. [55357] £40.50 An easy-to-use identification guide for all 47 resident conspicuous and inconspicuous species. Superbly illustrated by Richard Lewington.

431. Roy, Helen and Brown, Peter. Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2018 pp.160 with 130 colour illus., 102 colour photos., and 47 distribution maps. A new softback. RRP £25.00. [55358] £22.50 An easy-to-use identification guide for all 47 resident conspicuous and inconspicuous species. Superbly illustrated by Richard Lewington.

432. Savory, T.H. The Spiders and Allied Orders of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland Series. 2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Warne. 1953 pp.224 with 63 colour plates., b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Several typed and hand-written, very informed and related, notes loosely inserted. [55869] £25.00

433. Simson, C. The Butterflies’ Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd. 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994 pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. A new hdbk. with new dw. RRP £20.00. Last few copies available. [44011] £18.00 An interesting book describing the author’s experiences of studying butterflies in the field. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.

434. Smallshire, D. & Swash, A. Britain’s Dragonflies. A field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland. 2nd. Ed. Pub. WildGuides. 2010 pp.208 with numerous colour photos., illus., and dist. maps. 8vo. Bookplate of Bryan Sage (distinguished Naturalist). Fine softback. A copy of “Field Characters of Some Dragonflies” by Sylvia Lloyd (1949) loosely inserted. With 2 large pages of handwritten, detailed observations of dragonflies in West Hertfordshire (localities noted) by Bryan Sage. A unique copy. [55900] £45.00

435. Snow, K.R. Mosquitoes. Naturalists’ Handbooks 14. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pub. Richmond. 1990 pp.66 with colour plates and b/w., illus. 8vo. A nr. fine softback with occasional, neat ink underlining. [56353] £12.50

436. Taylor, M. The Pocket Book of Insect Anatomy. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2020 pp.223 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. New for Summer 2020. [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.

437. Thomas, J. & Lewington, R. The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland. New Revised Edition. 3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2016 pp.288 with over 900 colour illustrations, b/w. line drawings & colour distribution maps. 4to. New softback. [53651] £25.00 ‘The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland’ provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident and migratory butterflies, including the latest information on newly discovered species such as the Cryptic Wood White and the Geranium Bronze.

438. Twinn, P.F.G. & Harding, P.T. Provisonal atlas of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Britain. 1st. Ed. Pub. NERC. 1999 pp.96 with b/w., dist. maps throughout. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback. [55717] £18.00

439. Waring, P. & Townsend, M. Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2017 pp.464 with colour illus. by Richard Lewington, colour photos., and dist. maps. 8vo. New softback. RRP £35.00. [53311] £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.

440. Williams, C.B. The Migration of Butterflies. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver and Boyd. 1930 pp.xi, 473 with text figs. 8vo. Hardback. Faint foxing to feps., and edges of text block. Original blue cloth boards. A nr. fine copy. [57971] £45.00

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441. Bewick, Thomas. A Memoir of Thomas Bewick. Written by himself. Embellished by numerous wood engravings designed and engraved by the Author for a work on British Fishes, and never before published. Pub. Newcastle and London. 1862 pp.xix, [i], 344 with wood engravings. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Bookplate and signature of Constance Herbert (1909). Contents in very crisp, fine condition. Original half- morocco, gilt spine, over green cloth in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy. [56705] £120.00

442. Buckland, Rev. William. Reliquiae Diluvianae. Or, Observations on the Organic Remains contained in the Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel, and on other Geological Phenomena; attesting the action of an Universal Deluge. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1823 pp.vii, 303 with errata, plus 27 engraved and lithograph plates and maps (incl. one hand-coloured folding section and 2 hand-coloured single-page geological maps) and one folding table. 4to. Hardback. Some minor offsetting and spotting, o/w. contents in fine condition. Two signatures to front pastedown. Later black half-morocco, lettered in gilt to spine in fine condition, over marbled boards, lightly shelf-rubbed. [57782] £1,150.00 A very pleasing, first edition, copy of William Buckland’s great scientific work, in which he outlined his arguments for a global deluge during the time of Noah.

443. Culpeper, Nicholas. Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; or, the London Dispensatory [bound with] The English Physitian Enlarged; with Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs. Pub. Hanna Sawbridge / George Sawbridge. 1683 & 1681 pp.[24], 305, [39], [6], [14], 285, [19]. 8vo. Hardback. Some minor marking to contents, which are o/w. in thor. vg. condition. Bound in late 18th / early 19th century half calf boards, with extremities rubbed, more recent spine, internal hinges strengthened. A very pleasing, unique copy. [57723] £1,275.00 What sets this copy apart from others is the late 17th & early 18th century manuscript receipts and treatments for various ailments including the Countess of Kent's rare receipt for a consumption & cough in the lungs, treatments of sores, pain of the stomach, fever & sore eye, a remedy to cure the ague. These receipts and remedies are found on the verso of the final text leaf and to the following 6 blank pages. With manuscript ownership signatures of Isaac Holmes 1754 & 1755.

444. Delacour, Jean. The Waterfowl of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1960-64 Four volume set with 66 colour plates by Peter Scott. 4to. Fine hardbacks in vg. to thor. vg. dws., with a little restoration (now in loose fitting, clear protective covers). Quite superb, large (10cm x 7cm), inkpen illus. of a Red-breasted Goose by Peter Scott (signed and dated 1957) to the ffep. Furthermore, comes with a letter from Philippa Scott to Lady Lathbury. [58020] £350.00 The illustration of the Red-breasted Goose is very nicely detailed and shows the bird in flight. Alongside it sits the large, bold, signature of Peter Scott. Philippa Scott’s letter is particularly interesting. It is dated 8th November 1989 and in it (amongst other pieces of her news) she mentions the very recent return of Prongy (then Slimbridge’s oldest Swan) and that she felt this was a clear indication of how well the Trust was performing. Sir Peter had passed away just a few months earlier (in August) that year.

445. Elwes, Henry John. The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. 1st. Ed. Privately Pub. In Edinburgh. 1906 - 1913 Seven volumes in the original 15 parts (inclusive of the Index volume). 4to. Collated and complete. Frontispieces, colour printed titles and 414 plates all present as published. Original printed wrappers all in nr. fine or fine condition. Original cloth-backed printed portfolios with ties, all in vg. or thor. vg. condition. Contents nr. fine. Underlying scent of old attic. A great opportunity to obtain a very pleasing set. [57902] £1,400.00 A magnificent work. Just 500 sets published.

446. Green, J.F. Ocean Birds. .... and a Treatise on Skinning Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Porter, London. 1887 pp.[iv], 98, v, [i], with 6 fine colour chromolithographic plates. Large 4to. Hardback. Contents in fine condition. Original gilt lettered and blind-decorated maroon cloth in fine condition, just very gently sunned on spine. With armorial bookplate and signature of D. Losh Thorpe (Nov. 2nd 1893). Scarce. [57477] £350.00 A detailed work considering albatrosses, petrels, frigate-birds, gannets, tropic-birds, terns, gulls and skuas. The treatise on skinning birds was written by F.H.H. Guillemard.

447. Hachisuka, Masauji. The Dodo and Kindred Birds. or The Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.F.& G. Witherby. 1953 pp.xvi, 250 with plate by Keulemans as the frontispiece and 21 further plates, 11 of which are in colour. 4to. Hardback. TEG. Fine hardback in fine dw. Limited edition of 485 copies, this being No. 41. A superb copy. [57784] £1,500.00

448. Johnson, Charles & Sowerby, John, E. The Grasses of Great Britain. Described, with observations on their natural history and uses. Pub. Sowerby and Kent, London. 1861 pp.[ii], xxxii, 192 plus 144 hand- coloured plates. Large 8vo. Hardback. Very minor amount of spotting, o/w. contents in fine condition. Original half-morocco leather over marbled boards, with gilt lettered, richly decorated spine relaid. Some rubbing on edges, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy. [56716] £150.00

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449. Kirkman, F.B. (Ed.). The British Bird Book. An account of all the Birds, Nests and Eggs found in the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Jack. 1911-13 Four volume set with 200 coloured drawings and many photographs. Large 4to. Hardbacks. Some spotting/browning to fore-edges of text block and a little internally, o/w. contents in fine condition. Bound in original wheat coloured cloth with gilt lettered spines, all in nr. fine condition. A super set of this monumental work. [56720] £325.00

450. [Lucy, W.C]. Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Club. Volumes I to XIV. [with] The Origin of the Cotteswold Club and an Epitome of the Proceedings from its formation to May 1887. 1st. Ed. Pub. Taylor / Perrins / Bellows. 1853 - 1903 Fifteen volumes in all. With b/w. plates, illustrations, tables and several mounted photographs. With colour geological maps and sections (some large and fold-out) 8vo. Hardbacks. Very minor spotting to some volumes, o/w. contents fine. Original half leather over marbled boards, minor rubbing. More recent (matching) spine to one volume; overall bindings thor. vg. or nr. fine. Prov: From the library of George Backhouse Witts (Leckhampton), who has been called the ‘father of archaeology in Gloucestershire’ and was a highly respected member of the Club. With a letter to Witts neatly tipped in and an annotated map centering on Cooper’s Hill loosely inserted; also, an official list of the Club’s members for 1892. [57903] £595.00 A magnificent work and one that can only be fully appreciated when viewed.

451. Morris, Rev. F.O. A History of British Birds. 4th. Ed. Pub. John C. Nimmo. 1895 Six volume set with 394 fine hand-coloured plates. Royal 8vo. Hardbacks. Attractive bookplate. Some minor spotting to early volumes, o/w. contents in fine condition. Original gilt lettered and decorated binding, showing some light wear at spine ends, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. [57796] £350.00

452. 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. Royal 8vo. Hardback. Period bookplate of Ralph T. Fretwell. Light foxing to fore-edge of text block and margin of some plates, o/w. contents in fine condition. Original red cloth in nr. fine condition, lettered in gilt to spine and front. [56723] £300.00

453. Seebohm, Henry. A History of British Birds with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs. 1st. Ed. Pub. for the Author by R.H. Porter. 1883-85 Four volume set with 68 fine colour lithograph plates. Royal 8vo. Hardbacks. All edges marbled with matching marbled end-papers. From the lib. of the Herefordshire Nature Trust. Contents in fine condition. Original half-morocco leather binding, with richly gilt decorated spines, in thor. vg. condition, showing light shelf-wear/rubbing and a little fading. [58206] £325.00

454. Thorburn, Archibald. British Birds. Volumes I-IV. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1915-16 Four volume set with 80 colour plates. Royal 4to. Neat ownership signature dated 1916. Minor, scattered foxing to parts of the text, o/w. contents in fine condition. TEG. Original red-cloth boards, gilt lettered and decorated, in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing set indeed. [57915] £695.00

455. Wallace, Alfred Russel. The Malay Archipelago. The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. New Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1890 pp.xvii [iii], 515 with b/w. frontis., illus., and two colour fold-out maps. Crown 8vo. Hardback. Contents very clean, sharp and in nr. fine condition. Original green cloth boards, inconspicuously restored and in near fine condition. [55953] £600.00 Amorial bookplate and signature of Sir Arthur Fenton Hort, Baronet (1864-1935); signature of S. Stillman Berry (1887-1984), American marine zoologist and renowned Malacologist; and bookplate of Bryan Sage (distinguished Naturalist).

456. Wolf, Joseph. Feathered Favourites. Twelve pictures of British Birds from drawings by Joseph Wolf. 1st. Ed. Pub. Thomas Bosworth, London. 1854 pp.[6], 54 plus 12 full colour plates formed of circular lithographs printed inside gilt decorative borders after Joseph Wolf. Small 4to. Hardback. AEG. Some spotting to verso of plates, occasionally with a little to their borders. One neat repair, o/w. contents fine. Neat inscription to title-page dated 1901. Original binding of ribbed red cloth, boards decorated and titled in gilt to the upper board in vg. condition. Most of original spine relaid retaining original end-papers, very discrete repairs to corners. A copy that can be handled with confidence. [57483] £675.00 An excellent opportunity to obtain fine ornithological illustrations by Joseph Wolf. This was the second bird book illustrated with the use of chromolithography, by "one of the most sought-after of the bird painters of the nineteenth century" (Lysaught: 110).

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457. Wood, William. Zoography. Or, the Beauties of Nature Displayed. In Select Descriptions from the Animal, and Vegetable, with additions from the Mineral Kingdom, Systematically Arranged. 1st. Ed. Pub. London, printed for Caddell and Davies. 1807 Three volume set, extra illustrated with 121 superb b/w. aquatint plates after William Daniell. Errata at end Vol. III. Royal 8vo. Occasional, light spotting, o/w. contents in fine condition. Contemporary diced calf boards, professionally rebacked with gilt decoration and red morocco labels to spines, all in nr. fine condition. A most pleasing set. Unique. [56777] £1,500.00 A detailed, charming work, normally published with 60 aquatints. Uniquely, this set comprises an additional 61 plates. William Daniell RA (1769-1837) was an English landscape and marine painter and printmaker, notable for his work in aquatints. His art was exhibited at the Royal Academy and not surprisingly, his work is still collected today.

458. Yarrell, William. A History of British Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1843 Three volumes with 520 engravings. 8vo. Hardbacks. All edges marbled. Half and full-titles in each volume. Contents exceptionally clean and in fine condition. More recent, handsome, quarter leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration to spines, all in fine condition. A very pleasing set. [57797] £195.00 ‘The History of British Birds...... proved a great success. The beautiful woodcuts were executed by the Thompsons....In fact, the value of his [Yarrell’s] works and the admiration which they evoke may be said to be due to the accuracy of the information they contain, together with the simplicity of their style and the charm and fidelity of the illustrations’ (Mullens and Swann).

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459. Arbury, J. and Pinhey, S. Pears. 1st. Ed. Pub. Wells & Winter. 1997 pp.103 with 15 colour plates at centre of text. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [58064] £10.00 Each of the more than 50 cultivars in this work is comprehensively described and beautifully illustrated in water colour paintings. There are others, but those selected are ones that the gardener or commercial grower in this day and age is most likely to come across in the gardens and orchards of Great Britain.

460. Bayton, Dr. Ross and Sneesby, Richard. RHS Colour Companion. A Visual Dictionary of Colour for Gardeners. 1st. Ed. Pub. Octopus. 2019 pp.256 illus. in colour throughout. 4to. New hardback. RRP £20.00. [56141] £16.00 An inspirational and practical book of ideas for adding colour into your garden. Very useful if you are looking for complementary plants to add to existing ones, or if you’re planning a brand-new garden.

461. Bell, M. The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos. Pub. David & Charles; Timber Press. 2000 pp.159 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £16.99. Out-of-print. [41005] £12.50 A complete practical guide to growing and collecting Bamboos. Includes colour photographs for identification purposes.

462. Bennett, Jackie. Shakespeare’s Gardens. 1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2016 pp.192 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00. [56146] £20.00 Tells the story of the gardens William Shakespeare knew as a boy and as a man. The five Stratford-upon-Avon gardens represent the different phases of his life, from his birthplace in Henley Street through to his final home at New Place, where he created a garden to reflect his fame and wealth.

463. Buchanan, George. Garden Furniture. A practical handbook for woodworkers. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 1996 pp.128 with colour photographs and b/w. illus. 4to. New hdbk. RRP £12.99. [49802] £9.99 A practical guide to building all the wooden furniture you could ever need in the garden, from tables, chairs and benches to tree seats and planters, complete with scale plans, cutting lists and step-by-step instructions.

464. Cooke, Ian. The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Cannas. 1st. Ed. Pub. David and Charles. 2001 pp.160 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [58059] £12.00

465. Country Life. Gardens in Edwardian England. 1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1985 pp.xxiv, 294 with b/w., photos., throughout. Small folio. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [58060] £25.00 A facsimile reprint of the classic work ‘ Gardens Old and New’ published in 1900.

466. Cowley, J. The Genus Roscoea. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2007 pp.198 with colour photos., illus., and dist maps. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £55.00. [58300] £30.00 Native to the Himalayas, Burma and China, Roscoeas are orchid-like hardy gingers and one of the outstanding gems of the plant world. This account of the genus provides detailed botanical descriptions and historical information for each of the 20 known species.

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467. Elgood, G.S. & Jekyll, G. Some English Gardens. New. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1920 pp.xii, 130 with 50 colour illus. painted by George Elgood. Small Folio. TEG. Contents fine. Original gilt lettered boards lightly bumped and rubbed. Overall a thor. vg. copy. [58050] £120.00

468. Ellis, P.R. et al. Pests and Diseases of Alpine Plants. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Society. 1993 pp.320 with colour plates, line drawings and charts. Royal 8vo. A new hdbk. Out-of-print. [33920] £10.00 A well thought out, comprehensive guide.

469. Evelyn, John. (Ed. by Maggie Campbell-Culver). Directions for the Gardiner and other Horticultural Advice. Pub. Oxford. 2009 pp.xxxvi, 310. 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £14.99. [47757] £9.00 Three of John Evelyn’s works have been reproduced here; his ‘Directions for the Gardiner’, ‘The Kalendarum Hortense’ and ‘Acetaria’. Individually and more so collectively, they provide a fascinating insight into practical 17th Century gardening.

470. Flowerdew, B. The No-Work Garden. Getting the Most out of Your Garden for the Least Amount of Work. Rep. Pub. Kyle Cathie. 2003 pp.192 with colour photographs and illus. throughout. 4to. Signed by Bob Flowerdew. A new hdbk. in new dustwrapper. [46440] £19.99 All aspects of gardening are touched upon including fruit and vegetable growing and encouraging wildlife into garden.

471. Flowerdew, B. Organic Bible. Successful Gardening the Natural Way. Pub. Kyle Cathie. 1998 pp.224 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £19.99. [46441] £18.00 Everything you need to know to create your own paradise of flowers, fruits and vegetables, thronging with wildlife and a joy to behold.

472. Fowler, Alys. A Modern Herbal. Plant-based medicine for a calmer, healthier life. 1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 2019 pp.301 with colour illus. Large 8vo. New hardback. Last copy. [57358] £20.00 Horticultural expert and Guardian columnist, Alys Fowler, reveals how common herbs are the simple, cleansing way to better health and happiness.

473. Gilchrist, A. The Apples and Orchards of Cumbria. A Cumbria Guide. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hayloft Publishing. 2013 pp.84 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. [57349] £9.00 A comprehensive review of Cumbrian apple varieties and of Cumbrian orchards open to the public.

474. Green, P. & Miller, D. The Genus Jasminum in Cultivation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2009 pp.150 with colour photos., and illus. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £55.00. [58301] £30.00 Deals with the forty three species of the Jasminum genus that are cultivated as garden plants and much prized for their scented flowers. Along with the species descriptions, the book includes chapters on the history of jasmine and its use in the perfume industry.

475. Grounds, Roger. Grasses. Choosing and using these ornamental plants in the garden. Pub. Quadrille. 2005 pp.160 with colour photographs and other figs. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £25.00. [43877] £15.00 Providing practical cultivation information and inspiration for those wanting to cultivate grasses, not least through the more than 200 evocative photographs.

476. Guest, A. The Auricula. History, Cultivation and Varieties. 1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2009 pp.174 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00. [56525] £20.00 Over 200 varieties are presented herein with many accompanying photographs. Also covers the history and development of the Auricula and sets out both traditional and more recent methods of cultivation.

477. Hay, A. et al. Huanduj. Brugmansia. (Solanaceae). Pub. Kew Publishing. 2012 pp.424. Beautifully illustrated with 448 colour photographs, 8 colour maps and 8 b/w. illustrations. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £68.00. [47781] £65.00 This is the first full taxononmic revision of the genus Brugmansia ever published, and combines original field research and horticultural expertise with a review of well over 600 bibliographic references from the 16th Century to present day, covering a range of fields from anthropology and enthnobotany, through to taxonomy, biology, pathology, biotechnology and horticulture.

478. Heatherington, C. A New Naturalism. Planting Design. Pub. Packard. 2005 pp.46 with colour photographs throughout. Large landscape 8vo. A new softback. [40614] £5.00 Details the history of naturalistic planting styles and reviews current ways garden designers are applying naturalism today.

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479. Heistinger, Andrea. The Manual of Seed Saving. Harvesting, storing, and sowing techniques for vegtables, herbs, and fruits. Pub. Timber Press. 2013 pp.343 with many colour photographs. 4to. A new hdbk. RRP £25.00. [49351] £20.00 This comprehensive guide to saving vegetable seeds contains the kind of high-level, technical information needed by market gardeners and self- sufficiency practitioners to refine their seed saving techniques.

480. Hendy, J. A Practical Guide to Topiary. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Aquamarine. 2008 pp.160 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine softback. [58051] £12.50 A comprehensive exploration of the use of topiary from the earliest times until today (Arabella Lennox-Boyd). Contains a range of designs with practical information to implement them.

481. Heugel, Ines. French Garden Style. Rustic planters, furniture, accessories and ornaments. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hachette. 2003 pp.184 profusely illus. with colour photographs. 4to. New hardback with new dw. RRP £20.00. [49918] £15.00 Thinking of introducing some french style into your garden? This book can help with that and is divided into four main sections that cover planting, garden furniture, other accessories and ornaments.

482. Hillier, J. Hillier. The Plants, the People, the Passion. Pub. Hillier. 2014 pp.224 with b/w. and colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hardback. [46782] £20.00 An absorbing story of four generations of this horticultural family, from its roots among 18th-century agricultural labourers to its present-day position as one of the leading nurseries in Europe. This story of Hillier Nurseries reflects both family life and the firm’s survival through war and recession. It is an account of success and joy, failure and sadness.

483. Hunt, J.D. & de Jong E. (Eds.). The Anglo-Dutch Garden in the Age of William and Mary. 1st. Ed. Pub.Taylor & Francis. 1988 pp.vi, 341 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [58071] £16.00

484. Hyams, E. & Jackson, A.A. (Eds). The Orchard and Fruit Garden. A new Pomona of hardy and sub- tropical fruits. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans. 1961. pp.xv, 207 with 80 full-page photographic plates in colour by Eric H. West. Large 4to. Hardback. TEG. Margin of 6 leaves carefully repaired with acid free tape, o/w. contents fine. Original bevelled green cloth boards very good plus. Without slipcase. [58070] £12.50 A detailed work. Considers varieties of each fruit, their origin, productivity and qualities of the fruit.

485. Jekyll, G. Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden. 7th. Ed. Pub. Country Life. [1930] pp.xvi, 159 with colour frontis., b/w. photos., and fold out planting guides. 8vo. Minor foxing o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth, spine showing sunning and speckled. Overall a vg. plus hardback. [58054] £22.50

486. Jekyll, Gertrude. Garden Ornament. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1918 pp.xii, 460 with colour frontis., and fine b/w. photos., throughout. Folio. Hardback. AEG. Marbled end-papers. Neat signature to ffep. Foxing to border and verso of frontis., o/w. contents fine. Spine gently sunned and original boards lightly rubbed along edges. Overall a thor. vg. hardback. [58062] £250.00 This is one of Gertrude Jekyll’s last books and she saw it as the discussion of garden ornament in relation to architecture. With her characteristic forthrightness and long experience she made good use of the excellent collection of photographs available from ‘Country Life’ to show what should or should not be done.

487. Jekyll, Gertrude Old West Surrey Some Notes and Memories. 1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1904 pp.xx, 320 with b/w. frontis., and photos. 8vo. No inscriptions. Original gilt lettered and decorated green cloth. Nr. fine hardback. [58055] £90.00

488. Jones, L. Reinventing the Garden. Chaumont - Global Inspirations from the Loire. Pub. Thames and Hudson. 2003 pp.192 with many colour photographs. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £29.99. [46436] £22.00 The international garden festival of Chamount-sur-Loire, set in the beautiful Loire valley in France, has been a showcase for cutting-edge garden design since its first year in 1992. This book presents a stunning selection of entries to the festival with plans, colour photographs and plants listed.

489. 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.

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490. Kenney, Neil. An Illustrated Guide to Japanese Maples. For Garden Planting and Pots. 1st. Ed. Pub. Larchfield Trees. 2015 pp.130 illustrated in colour throughout. 8vo. A new softback. [48973] £14.95 Recommended. Practical information and tips, easy-to-follow and do. Deals with propagation, repotting, maintenance, pruning, pests and diseases. Neil Kenney is very well-regarded and has won 14 RHS Gold medals for his work with Maples.

491. Kirk, W.D.J. and Howes, F.N. Plants for Bees. A Guide to the Plants that Benefit the Bees of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. IBRA 2012 pp.311 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dustwrapper. [52943] £35.00 Highly recommended.

492. McAllen, M. & Savill, R. Clematis. Plant Portraits of Species and Selected Cultivars. 1st. Ed. Pub. Book Guild. 2001 pp.104 with over 40 different species and cultivars illustrated by Monica McAllen. 4to. A new hardback in new dw. In-print at £25.00. [37348] £5.00

493. Marder, J. Water-Efficient Gardening. Pub. Crowood 2009 pp.160 with colour photographs and other figs. throughout. 4to. A new softback. RRP £14.99. [44652] £8.00 A handbook to making the most of water in gardening. From choosing a style and landscape design, to picking appropriate plants; from techniques to prevent wastage, to a general outline of the natural science of water-efficiency.

494. Martell, Charles. Native Apples of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2014 pp.xiv, 246 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback. [54732] £23.50

495. Martell, Charles. Native Apples of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2014 pp.xiv, 246 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback. [54733] £48.00

496. Martell, Charles. Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018 pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback. [54734] £15.00

497. Martell, Charles. Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013 pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback. [54730] £23.50

498. Martell, Charles. Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013 pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback. [54731] £37.50

499. Newsholme, C. Willows. The Genus Salix. 1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1992 pp.224 with colour photos and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [58056] £20.00 A comprehensive world-wide survey on willows, extending from tiny alpine and arctic plants to the huge specimen trees found in water meadows. Includes essential botanical distinguishing features and a full glossary. Details are also given on management and cultivation of willows, with details on propagation, soil, cuttings and pruning.

500. 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 fine dw., and publisher’s cardboard sleeve. [58052] £50.00 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.

501. Robinson, Rev. C.J. A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. 1st. Ed. Fac. Rep. Pub. Scolar Press for Herefordshire County Libraries. [nd. c.1960]. pp.318, viii with b/w. map, illustrations and family trees throughout. Large 8vo. Ex-lib. A few minor marks, o/w. a fine hardback. [58057] £40.00 Originally published in 1872 as a companion volume to the ‘Castles of Herefordshire’, this is a parish by parish survey of the great houses and manors of Herefordshire.

502. Ruff, A.R. An Author And A Gardener. The Gardens and Friendship of Edith Wharton and Laurence Johnston. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxbow Books. 2014 pp.xii, 380 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. Small 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £35.00. Last copy. [55904] £25.00 This book charts the unlikely friendship between the novelist Edith Wharton - a much photographed celebrity - and the publicity-shy garden designer Laurence Johnston. Illustrated with period photographs, maps and plans, it explores both the gardens they created, and the ones they visited in search of inspiration.

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503. Sirén, O. China and Gardens of Europe of the Eighteenth Century. Pub. Dumbarton Oaks. 1990 pp.xiv, 223 with 192 photographs. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £75.00. [49933] £65.00 This book is a classic treatment to the subject of the Chinese contribution to the English style of landscape gardening.

504. Smit, T. Heligan. The Complete Works. Secrets Locked in Silence. 1st. Ed. Pub. Channel 4 Books. 1999 pp.157 with colour photos., throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [58065] £5.00 Reveals the secret workings of this incredible garden, and provides a stunning photographic journey from the past glories of the original Heligan to recent pictures of an ice-sculpture exhibition honouring the lost workforce.

505. Smit, T. The Lost Gardens of Heligan. 1st. Ed. Pub. Victor Gollancz. 1997 pp.269 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hardback in new (price-clipped) dw. RRP £19.99. [49919] £15.00

506. Steel, Jenny. Butterfly Gardening. How to encourage butterflies to your garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Brambleby Books. 2015 pp.79 profusely illustrated with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. [53455] £8.99 This book describes how to encourage some - if not all - of the twenty-four most common garden butterflies to your garden, however small. It tells you which plants to grow to provide food for butterflies - the caterpillars as well as the adults - and how to manage your garden throughout the seasons to ensure that it remains a sanctuary for these much loved insects.

507. Taylor, H.V. The Apples of England. 3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Crosby Lockwood. 1947 pp.206 with 36 colour photographic plates plus 13 pages of adverts. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [58058] £45.00 The preferred edition; revised and with colour plates. Still considered by many to be the standard text.

508. Thompson, I. The Sun King’s Garden. Louis XIV, André Le Nôtre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2006 pp.xiii, 370 with b/w. and colour illus. throughout. 4to. A new hardback, lightly rubbed and a few spots to top-edge in new dw. RRP £30.00. [49932] £15.00 Ian Thompson reveals with knowledge, wit and insight, the intertwined stories of an extraordinary garden and an extraordinary friendship.

509. Todhunter, C., Williams, R. and Rodney, S. Bulmer’s Pomona. 1st. Ed. Pub. Fourth Estate. 1987 With 35 fine coloured plates by Caroline Todhunter. 4to. A fine hardback in green cloth and marbled boards. As new. Still in publisher's cardboard packaging. [58061] £120.00 Published to celebrate the centenary year of H.P. Bulmer Ltd. Superb plates illustrate the fruit grown and used by Bulmer’s. Each plate is accompanied by descriptive text.

510. Verey, Rosemary. The American Man’s Garden. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bulfinch. 1990 pp.ix, 165 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hardback (few dust marks to top-edge of text block) in new dw. RRP £25.00. [40657] £18.00 In her introduction, Mrs. Verey surveys four centuries of American gardening, noting the contributions of great gardeners including George Washington and Fletcher Steele. She then provides a showcase of 27 of the most beautiful and interesting gardens created and maintained by men in the United States and Canada.

511. Whalley, Robin and Jennings, A. Knot Gardens and Parterres. A History of the Knot Garden and how to make one today. 1st. Ed. Pub. Barn Elms. 1998 pp.160 with colour photos., throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [58067] £18.00 The appeal of the knot garden is timeless and the idea has an obvious attraction when space is at a premium. This stimulating book is a combination of serious history and practical gardening.

512. Whitehead, D. A Survey of Historic Parks & Gardens in Herefordshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hereford & Worcester Gardens Trust. 2001 pp.xvii, 438 with colour plates and b/w. illus. and maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [58066] £50.00 A key strength of this work is the reproduction of the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map for most sites, often revealing the structural lines and design intentions of the old park or garden layout in question.

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513. Adams, L.E. The Collector’s Manual of British Land and Freshwater Shells. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Taylor Brothers. 1896 pp.ii, 214 with 9 hand-coloured plates and 2 b/w. plates plus 12 pages of adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Neat name and address to half-title. Contents fine. Occasional neat annotation in margin. Original red-cloth boards in good to vg. condition. [57937] £35.00 The long-title continues thus ‘Containing figures and descriptions of every species, an account of their habits and localities, hints on preserving and arranging, etc; the names and descriptions of all their varieties and synoptical tables showing the differences of species hard to identify.’.

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514. Bailey, Sir Edward. Charles Lyell. British Men of Science. 1st. Ed. Pub. Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1962 pp.x, 214 with b/w. photos., illus. and maps. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper, with some of his neat pencil marks and annotations in margins. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57962] £8.00

515. Barrett, P.H. & Freeman, R.B.(Ed). The Works of Charles Darwin. Volumes 4, 5, and 6. The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. Pbk. Fac. Ed. Pub. New York Uni. Press. 1987 Three volumes with b/w. reproductions of the original plates and illus. 8vo. Fine softbacks. [57933] £50.00 These three volumes, (part of the bigger 29 volume edition of Darwin’s collected works), contain the complete 5 parts of the Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S Beagle. Volume 4 comprises - Part I: Fossil Mammalia and Part II: Mammalia. Volume 5 comprises - Part III: Birds and Volume 6 comprises - Part IV: Fish and Part V: Reptiles.

516. Burgess, G.H.O. The Curious World of Frank Buckland. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Baker. 1967 pp.xi, 242 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Dedication to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57970] £12.00 An enthusiastic lover of natural history, Buckland was a popular Victorian author, and became Inspector of Salmon Fisheries in 1867, a post he retained for the rest of his life. Darwin used some of Buckland's writings from ‘Land and Water’ in the ‘Descent of Man’, an honour which Buckland did not appreciate, since he was a strong opponent of Darwinism.

517. Cadbury, P.S. The Lunar Society of Birmingham. Bicentenary. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of London Press. 1966 pp. 28 with b/w. illus., throughout. Large landscape 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. [57911] £7.50 Gives biographical details of the members of the Lunar Society (1766-1809), which included Erasmus Darwin, Josiah Wedgwood and James Watt, along with an indication of the range and importance of their interests.

518. Crowe, S. and Mitchell, M. The Pattern of Landscape. Pub. PPL. 1988 pp.127 with colour photographs. 4to. New softback. [44005] £6.00 An analysis of both the acceptable and detestable features of the landscape we live in.

519. Darwin, Charles The Essential Darwin. On The Origin of Species; A Naturalist's Voyage; The Expression of Emotions; The Descent of Man. Pub. The Folio Society. 1990 Four volume set with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback set without slipcase. [57973] £60.00

520. Darwin, Charles. On The Origin of Species. By Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. 3rd. Imp. Thus. Pub. Grant Richards. 1904 pp.454. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original brown cloth, gilt decoration and lettering, light wear to top of spine, o/w. nr. fine. [57965] £35.00

521. Darwin, Charles. On The Origin of Species. By Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Pub. Ward and Lock. 1901 pp.389 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper, with his occasional neat pencil marks in margins and annotations to rfep. Front internal hinge reinforced and one illus. carefully taped in. Original blue cloth in nr. fine condition. [57972] £30.00

522. Darwin, Charles. On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. The Camelot Series. Pub. Walter Scott, Newcastle-on-Tyne. [1890] pp.xxiv, 278 with 4 colour maps plus fold out frontispiece colour map, b/w. illus., and 10 page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. Bookplate plus name of Dr. Richard Harper and another. Thor. vg. hardback in original cloth boards. With a page of Dr. Harper’s hand written notes loosely inserted. Freeman 280. [57931] £75.00

523. Darwin, Charles (& King-Hele, D. (Ed.)). Charles Darwin’s Life of Erasmus Darwin. 1st. Unabridged Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 2003 pp.xx, 172 with b/w. map and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57918] £29.00 Charles Darwin's book about his grandfather, ‘The Life of Erasmus Darwin’, is curiously fascinating. Before publication in 1879, it was shortened by 16%, with several of the cuts directed at its most provocative parts. The cutter, with Charles's permission, was his daughter Henrietta - an example of the strong hidden hand of meek-seeming Victorian women. Originally published in 2003, this first unabridged edition, edited by Desmond King-Hele, includes all that Charles originally intended, the cuts being restored and printed in italics.

524. Darwin, Erasmus The Botanic Garden. A Poem in Two Parts. Fac. Ed. Rep. Pub. Scolar Press 1973 pp.xii, 214, 126, 184 with b/w illus., and fold-out illus. 4to. TEG. Nr. fine hardback. No 200 of a limited edition of 500 copies. [57912] £120.00 Originally published in 1791, this ia a faithful facsimile, reproduced to the original size, from a copy held at Glasgow University Library.

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525. Darwin, Francis. (Ed.). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. 3rd. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1887 Three volume set with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback set. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper, with his neat marks and annotations in margins and to feps. Scattered foxing, mainly to ends of each vol., otherwise contents nr. fine. More recently rebound in green cloth with leather spine labels, a little spine lean, o/w. thor. vg. [57961] £100.00

526. Dupree, A. Hunter. Asa Gray. 1810 - 1888. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harvard Uni Press. 1959 pp.x, 505 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Bookplate, signature and address. Neat pencil underlining and informed notes in margins. Nr. fine hardback in good, repaired dw. [57917] £12.50

527. Edginton, B. Charles Waterton. A Biography. 1st. Ed. Pub. The Lutterworth Press. 1996 pp.xi, 254 with b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £29.00. [58302] £20.00 A true English eccentric, Yorkshire squire Charles Waterton (1782-1856) talked to insects, fought with snakes, rode an alligator and lived like a monk. Long before such things were fashionable, he turned his family estate into a nature reserve, while his three-volume natural history and his ‘Wanderings in South America’ became bestsellers in their day. This exuberant biography enthusiastically embraces its subject’s originality and quirky humour to celebrate the indomitable spirit of a pioneering environmentalist.

528. George, Wilma. Biologist Philosopher. A Study of the Life and Writing of Alfred Russel Wallace. 1st. Ed. Pub. Abelard-Schuman 1964 pp.x, 320 with b/w. photos., and maps. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper, with his neat pencil marks and annotations in margins and rfep. Nr. fine hardback in in good to vg. dw. With newspaper review (The Times) from 1964 loosely inserted. [57954] £17.50 The Times review comments that ‘Miss George is excellent on this versatile Victorian’s solid contribution to biology’.

529. Gray, Asa, (& Dupree, A.H. (Ed.)). Darwiniana. Essays and reviews Pertaining to Darwinism. Rep. Ed. Pub. Belknap Press. 1963 pp.xxiii, 327. 8vo. Thor vg. softback. [57914] £17.50 First published in 1876, this work contains all of Gray’s pieces on Dawinism which originally appeared anonymously in a variety of general and scientific publications.

530. Gregory, W.K. Man’s Place among the Anthropoids. Three Lectures on the Evolution of Man from the Lower Vertebrates. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1934 pp.vi, 119 with b/w. illus. and 2 fold-out figs. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address. Some scattered spotting. Original binding. Nr. fine hardback. [57928] £20.00 Examines in particular, the evolution of the locomotor skeleton, the jaws, teeth, the face and brain case of Man.

531. Howard, J. RSBP Spotlight: Snakes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2020 pp.128 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. New for Summer 2020. [58309] £12.99 A very informative guide to discovering the secrets of the UK's three native snake species, the Barred Grass Snake, the Smooth Snake and the Adder. Includes how to identify and spot them in the wild and the latest scientific discoveries about their life- history and ecology.

532. Hughes, R.E. Alfred Russel Wallace. Gwyddonydd Anwyddonol. 1st. Ed. Pub. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 1997 pp.viii, 208 with b/w. illus. 8vo. All text in Welsh. Fine softback. [57953] £15.00

533. Hull, D.L. Darwin and his Critics. The Reception of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by the Scientific Community. 1st. Ed. Pub. Harvard Uni. Press. 1973 pp.xii, 473 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr Richard Harper with his neat pencil notes and annotations in margins and to feps. Nr. fine hardback in vg dw. [57934] £12.50 A presentation of sixteen reviews of the ‘Origin of the Species’ by leading scientists, including J.D. Hooker, Adam Sedgwick, Richard Owen, Louis Agassiz and Karl Ernest von Baer.

534. Huxley, Leonard. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Macmillan. 1900 Two volume set with portrait frontis. to both volumes plus further illus. 8vo. Hardback. Neat ownership signature. Some foxing at ends, o/w., contents fine. Original maroon cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. [57968] £25.00

535. Huxley, T.H. Collected Essays. Volumes I - IX. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1893-1895 Nine volume set with b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplates to frontpaste down and ffep., of all vols. Brief notes to rfeps., of two vols. Occasional minor foxing, o/w., contents fine. Original burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing set. [57964] £350.00 The volume titles are, in order:- Methods and Results; Darwiniana; Science and Education; Science and Hebrew Tradition; Science and Christian Tradition; Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley; Man’s Place in Nature; Discourses: Biological and Geological; Evolution and Ethics.

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536. Jarvis, Peter J. The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pelagic Publishing. 2020 pp.xii, 537. Large 8vo. New hardback in beautifully illustrated boards. [57908] £35.00 A unique collection of concise but detailed information on 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. In his Sunday Times review, scientist, naturalist and author Mark Avery said ‘The great thing about such books is one thing leads to another and following a word chain means you learn all sorts of stuff you didn’t even know you wanted to know. This is a book every UK household should have if we are to reclaim our island for all the creatures and plants that live here. This one’s a keeper’.

537. King-Hele, Desmond. Doctor of Revolution. The Life and Genius of Erasmus Darwin. Pub. Faber & Faber 1977 pp.361 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Presentation details to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. [57920] £15.00

538. King-Hele, Desmond. The Essential Writings of Erasmus Darwin. 1st. Ed. Pub. MacGibbon & Kee. 1968 pp.223 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Dedication by the author to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57919] £20.00

539. Lockley, Ann & Martin. The Island Artist. A Portfolio of the artwork of Doris Lockley from Wild West Wales. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dinosaur Designs. 2015 pp.iv, 85 with b/w. photos. and illus. Landscape 8vo. Signed by Martin Lockley on title page. A new softback. [52421] £10.00 A fascinating insight into the life of Doris Lockley, wife of Ronald Lockley. Doris’ artwork was used to illustrate several of Ronald’s books. The book is profusely illustrated and supported by insightful text.

540. Lowen, J. RSPB Spotlight: Badgers. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2016 pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. [54412] £12.99 Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life and behaviour of Badgers.

541. Lyell, Sir Charles. Principles of Geology. Or the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants. 10th. Rev. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1867 Two volume set with seven plates (incl. frontis.), maps (one fold-out), plus illus. 8vo. Signature to ffep., of both volumes. Minor foxing to fore-edges of text blocks, o/w. contents fine. Neat, professional repair to front internal hinge of Vol. 1. Original gilt decorated green cloth binding in very pleasing, thoroughly vg. condition. [57963] £325.00

542. McDonald, R. Mr. Darwin’s Shooter. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Random House. 1999 pp.365. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. [57932] £4.50 A novel based on the true story of Syms Covington, manservant to Charles Darwin on the famous voyage of the Beagle. Among the many animals Syms Covington shot and prepared for Charles Darwin were the Galápagos finches, which became crucial for his theory.

543. Marchant, James. Alfred Russel Wallace. Letters and Reminiscences. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell & Co. 1916 Two volume set each with a photographic portrait frontis. of Wallace, plus further b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Hardbacks. Bookplates plus signatures of Dr. Richard Harper to both volumes, and his occasional neat pencil marks and annotations to margins and rfeps. Occasional spotting, o/w. contents fine. Rebound in green cloth in thor. vg. condition. [57944] £100.00

544. Miller, Hugh. The Old Red Sandstone. Or, New Walks in an Old Field. 6th. Ed. Pub. Johnstone & Hunter. 1855 pp.xxxi, 324, iv with fold-out hand-coloured frontis., and b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Handsome original decorated red cloth boards with gilt lettering, front external hinge showing some wear to bottom third, lightly rubbed at ends, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. [57966] £20.00

545. Ratcliffe, D.A. In Search of Nature. 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000 pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback with new dw. RRP. £27.00. [40505] £8.00 The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.

546. Raven, C.E. John Ray. Naturalist. His Life and Works. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1942 pp.xix, 502 with b/w. frontis. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper of Barnstaple, Devon and another. VG. hardback. With copy of Canon Charles Raven’s obituary (1974) loosely inserted. Dr Harper’s neat, informed notes and annotations in margins and to rfeps. [57930] £25.00

547. Slotten, R.A. The Heretic in Darwin’s Court. The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace. 1st. Ed. Pub. Columbia Uni. Press. 2004 pp.viii, 602. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £99.99. [57958] £20.00 The book begins with Wallace's 12 years of often harrowing travels in the Western and Eastern Tropics, which place him in the pantheon of the greatest explorer-naturalists of the 19th century. It traces step by step his discovery of natural selection and then follows the remaining 50 years of his life.

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548. Taylor, M. The Way of the Hare. 1st. Pbk Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2018 pp.272 with b/w. illus. 8vo. New softback. [58199] £9.99 Explores the lives of both the brown hare and the mountain hare, in life and in story and examines just why it holds such fascination for us.

549. Uglow, Jenny. The Lunar Men. The Friends who made the Future, 1730-1810. 1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 2002 pp.xx, 588 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57910] £15.00 Highly praised account of the Lunar society formed in the English Midlands in the 1760s. The Society’s members included James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, Joseph Priestley and Erasmus Darwin.

550. von Humboldt, Alexander. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America. During the years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Bonpland. Pub. Henry G. Bohn. 1852-1853 Three volume set. Small 8vo. Hardbacks. Marbled end-papers and fore-edges. Scattered spotting at ends, o/w. contents fine. Given as ‘Junior Batterbee Prize’ with envelope tipped onto ffep of Vol.1 to this effect. Contemporary half-leather, gilt lettered and decorated to spine, showing some wear, in good condition. [57967] £150.00

551. Vorzimmer, P.J. Charles Darwin: The Years of Controversy. The Origin of Species and its Critics 1859- 82. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of London Press. 1972 pp.xix, 300 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper with his neat pencil notes and annotations in margins. A thor. vg. hardback in nr. fine dw. A copy of an article ‘Darwin and Mendel: The Historical Connection’ by Peter Vorzimmer (1968) loosely inserted. [57936] £30.00 An examination of the intellectual struggle behind the six revisions of the ‘Origin of Species’ published by Darwin between 1859 and 1872.

552. Wallace, A.R. The Malay Archipelago. The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. Facs. Pub. Graham Brash. 2001 pp.xxiii, 515 with illus. 8vo. New softback. RRP £12.99. [51614] £11.00 An unabridged facsmile of the 1922 edition, with 62 drawings and maps.

553. Wallace, Alfred Russel. Darwinism. An exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its applications. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Macmillan. 1889 pp.xvi, 494 with frontis., portrait of Wallace and colour fold- out map plus 2 pages of adverts of works by A.R. Wallace. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate. Some scattered foxing to ends and edges of text block, o/w., contents fine. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy. [57939] £225.00

554. Wallace, Alfred Russel. The Geographical Distribution of Animals. With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth’s Surface. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Hafner Publishing Co. 1962 Two volume set with fold-out colour frontis., to volume 1, colour maps and b/w. illus. Large 8vos. Contents fine. VG. plus hardback set. [57945] £95.00 Wallace’s ‘The Geographical Distribution of Animals' proved to be the key text on the subject for almost 100 years. A nicely produced reprint of the original edition of 1876.

555. Wallace, Alfred Russel. Man’s Place in the Universe. A Study of the Results of Scientific Research in Relation to the Unity or Plurality of Worlds. 4th. Enl. Ed. Pub. Chapman and Hall. 1904 pp.vi, [ii], 341 with fold-out Star Charts and 8 diagrams in text. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate and ownership inscription. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt in nr. fine condition, gently sunned on spine. A very pleasing copy. [58096] £90.00 This fourth edition contains a new chapter entitled ‘An additional argument dependent on the Theory of Evolution’.

556. Wallace, Alfred Russel. Natural Selection and Tropical Nature. Essays on descriptive and theoretical biology. New Ed. with Corr. & Adds. Pub. Macmillan. 1891 pp.xii, 492. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate. Name, address and neat pencil notes to half title. Minor foxing to first and last few pages, o/w., contents fine. Short review cut from newspaper (30 Nov. 1890) tipped in on rfep. Original green cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine, all in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy. [57940] £195.00

557. Wallace, Alfred Russel. Tropical nature and other Essays. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. London. 1878 pp.xiii, [iii], 356 with b/w. figs., plus 1-page of adverts. Large 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate to front pastedown and ffep. Minor foxing. Occasional neat pencil marks and annotation in margins and to rfep. Three leaves lightly creased, o/w. contents thor. vg. Front internal hinge a little tender. Original green cloth, spine lifting a little at top of rear external hinge, o/w. thor. vg. [57938] £150.00

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558. Wallace, Alfred Russel. The World of Life. A Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose. 1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman and Hall. 1910 pp.xvi, 408 with Errata slip, and 110 b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Bookplate plus name and address. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original red cloth in vg. condition. Scarce. [57943] £125.00

559. Williams-Ellis, A. Darwin’s Moon. A Biography of Alfred Russel Wallace. 1st. Ed. Pub. Blackie. 1966 pp.x, 261 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper, with his neat pencil marks and annotations in margins and rfep., o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57957] £15.00 A very readable account of the life of this extraordinary biologist.

560. Wilson, L.G. (Ed.). Sir Charles Lyell’s Scientific Journals on the Species Question. 1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Uni. Press. 1970 pp.lxi, 572 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Dedication by Leonard Wilson to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57935] £60.00 Lyell’s journals reveal the evidence drawn from a range of sources that convinced him that species changed and evolved during time. His journals are remarkable documents and reveal how a great scientist, nearing the end of his career, was obliged to rethink his basic scientific assumptions.

561. Woodfall, D. (Ed.). Rewilding. Real Life Stories of Returning British and Irish Wildlife to Balance. 1st. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 2019 pp.272 with colour photos., throughout. Landscape 8vo. New softback. RRP £17.99. [58299] £16.50 A collection of essays contributing to an understanding of what 'rewilding' really means, and exploring the many opportunities and benefits of rewilding and how to get involved today.

562. Wright, J. A Natural History of the Hedgerow. And Ditches, Dykes and Dry Stone Walls. 1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Profile Books. 2017 pp.viii, 376 with colour photos throughout. 8vo. New softback. [58193] £12.00 Hedgerows have long been a feature of the British landscape - the Anglo-Saxons gave us the word "hege". Many ancient hedgerows still survive, and in this book, John Wright gives an insight into their origins and natural history.

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563. 04. Stamp, L. Dudley. Britain’s Structure and Scenery. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1946 8vo. Very minor spotting to top-edge of text-block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with neat repair to underside. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A great copy. [57588] £50.00

564. 07. Ramsbottom, J. Mushrooms and Toadstools. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1953 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Neat inscription. Price clipped. A very pleasing copy. [57612] £55.00

565. 09. Boyd, A.W. A Country Parish. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1951 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text-block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A very pleasing copy. [57594] £90.00

566. 12. Yonge, C.M. The Sea Shore. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1949 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with a hint of darkening on spine. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A great copy. [57596] £70.00

567. 15. Macan, T.T. & Worthington, E.B. Life in Lakes and Rivers. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1951 8vo. Minor spotting on top-edge, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. Neat inscription. Not price clipped. A great copy. [57615] £40.00

568. 31. Stamp, L. Dudley. Man and the Land. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1955 8vo. Minor spotting to end-papers o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with hint of spotting and hint of darkening to spine. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A great copy. [57608] £50.00

569. 36. Williams, C.B. Insect Migration. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1958 8vo. Very minor spotting to fore-edge of text-block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. with a hint of darkening. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A great copy. [57620] £75.00

570. 40. Free, J.B. & Butler, C.G. Bumblebees. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1959 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with hint of darkening to spine. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A super copy. [57707] £200.00

571. 45. Stamp, L. Dudley & Hoskins, W.G. The Common Lands of England & Wales. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1963 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text-block and endpapers, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A great copy. [57661] £50.00

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572. 51. Murton, R.K. Man & Birds. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. 1st. State Pub. Collins. 1971 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A superb copy. [57715] £70.00

573. 53. Pearsall, W.H. & Pennington, W. The Lake District. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1973 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. No inscriptions. Price clipped. A super copy. [57716] £70.00

574. 54. Procter, M. & Yeo, P. The Pollination of Flowers. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1973 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with a hint of sunning to spine. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A super copy. [57717] £115.00

575. 56. Potter, S. & Sargent, L. Pedigree: Words from Nature. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1973 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A superb copy. [57709] £70.00

576. 69. Frazer, D. Reptiles and Amphibians in Britain. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1983 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine, very lightly rubbed at spine ends. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A great copy. [57696] £85.00

577. 71. Simms, E. British Warblers. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Collins. 1985 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with minor ripple to publisher’s duraseal cover. No fading. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A superb copy. [57712] £1,100.00 A first edition first state copy of which only 725 copies were printed. Collins were unable to fulfil orders for the hardback edition, so bound up an additional 500 copies from existing paperback stock. These rebound books are called second state copies. First state copies can be distinguised principally from the second state books since they are about a quarter of an inch taller.

578. 79. Chapman, P. Caves and Cave Life. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1993 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. As new. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A superb copy. [57676] £275.00

579. 81. Majerus, Michael E.N. Ladybirds. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1994 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. As new. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A superb copy. [57678] £450.00

580. 88. Mitchell, J. Loch Lomondside. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub Collins. 2001 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of-print. [49609] £60.00

581. 92. Ratcliffe, D. Lakeland. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2002 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of-print. [45443] £70.00

582. 96. Spooner, B. and Roberts, P. Fungi. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2005 8vo. New hardback in new dw., spine ever so lightly sunned. Not price clipped. Out-of-print. [58034] £37.50

583. 97. Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N. Mosses & Liverworts. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Collins. 2005 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Genuine 1st edition. Out-of-print. [32126] £35.00 This, the first edition first issue is more than half a centimetre taller than the first edition, second issue.

584. 101. Ratcliffe, D. Galloway and the Borders. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2007 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of print. [32705] £42.50

585. 102. Buczacki, S. Garden Natural History. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2007 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £45.00. Out-of-print. [44866] £30.00

586. 104. Bircham, P. A History of Ornithology. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2007 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of-print. [47397] £35.00

587. 104. Bircham, P. A History of Ornithology. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2007 8vo. Faint staining with assoc. light cockling to bottom margin of first quarter of pages. A vg. softback. Out-of-print [58032] £12.00 Looks at the history of British ornithology spanning a millenium, and exploring along the way the first bird book, early British lists, notable scientists, collectors and artists.

588. 106. Corbet, P. and Brooks, S. Dragonflies. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2008 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £45.00. [45445] £28.99 A superb monograph on the dragonfly.

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589. 107. Watson, A and Moss, R. Grouse. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2008 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £50.00. The natural history of British and Irish species of Grouse. [35250] £32.50

590. 115. Kington, J. Climate and Weather. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2010 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Last few copies. RRP £50.00. [41967] £37.50

591. 116. Alford, D.V. Plant Pests. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2011 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £50.00. [57743] £40.00

592. 117. Redfern. M. Plant Galls. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2011 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of-print. [57733] £60.00

593. 118. Allott, A. Marches. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2011 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out- of-print. RRP £50.00. [57744] £45.00

594. 121. Potts, G.R. Partridges. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2012 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £50.00. [45298] £40.00

595. 122. Proctor, M. Vegetation of Britain and Ireland. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2013 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Out-of-print as a first edition. [45073] £70.00

596. 124. Newton, I. Bird Populations. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2013 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £55.00. Out-of-print. [45790] £44.00

597. 125. Toms, M. Owls. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2014 pp.x, 421 with colour photography. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £55.00. Last two copies. Out-of-print. [46080] £50.00

598. 126. Mullard, J. Brecon Beacons. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2014 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £55.00. [46454] £40.00

599. 127. Goode, David. Nature in Towns and Cities. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2014 8vo. A new hardback in new dw., with very minor score on rear. Not price clipped. RRP £55.00. [58033] £40.00 Stephen Moss in his Guardian review of the best nature literature of 2014 called this ‘probably the finest work on urban ecology ever written’ (taken from Birmingham Nat. Hist. Soc. Newsletter Jan. 2015).

600. 128. Moss, Brian. Lakes, Loughs and Lochs. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2015 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £60.00. [48464] £45.00

601. 129. Stace, C. & Crawley, M. Alien Plants. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2015 8vo. New hardback in new dw., just bumped on bottom corners and at top of spine. Not price clipped. RRP £65.00. [58035] £35.00

602. 130. Lee, John. Yorkshire Dales. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2015 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £60.00. [49133] £45.00

603. 131. Hayward, Peter. Shallow Seas. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2016 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £60.00. [49689] £45.00

604. 134. Ashton, Nicholas. Early Humans. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2017 pp.xi, 354 with colour photos. and illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £60.00. [52459] £45.00 Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's ‘A Natural History of Man in Britain’ (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume focused on the study of early humans and their environment.

605. 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.

606. 136. Jones, Richard. Beetles. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2018 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. [53829] £48.75 ‘Richard Jones’ groundbreaking New Naturalist volume on beetles encourages those enthusiasts who would otherwise be put off by the, to date, rather technical literature that has dominated the field, providing a comprehensive natural history of this fascinating and beautiful group of insects’.

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607. 137. Morris, Pat. Hedgehog. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2018 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. [54461] £48.75 The hedgehog is regularly voted Britain’s favourite mammal, and yet we know surprisingly little about the life of this spiny mammal. Pat Morris provides an all-encompassing new study of the hedgehog and its habitat, shedding new light on conservation efforts.

608. 138. Cabot, David and Goodwillie, Roger. The Burren. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2018 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the authors. RRP £75.00. [58333] £60.00 An excellent work. The Burren is one of those rare and magical places where geology, glacial history, botany, zoology and millennia of cultural history have converged creating a unique landscape of extraordinary natural history interest. It is without equal to any other area in Ireland or Britain.

609. 139. Coulson, Prof. John C. Gulls. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2019 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. [55944] £48.75 The gull is a familiar sight by the seaside, and one of the most recognisable bird species, but most people know surprisingly little about the lives and habits of these seafaring birds. John C. Coulson remedies this with a comprehensive overview of the gull.

610. 141. Mullard, Jonathan. Pembrokeshire. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2020 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. [58144] £48.75 A comprehensive book about the wildlife, landscapes and history of Pembrokeshire. Jonathan Mullard explores how the landscape has evolved under man’s influence and observes the effects on its native species and habitats. He also provides a detailed examination of the geology of the region.

611. 142. Newton, Ian. Uplands and Birds. The New Naturalist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2020 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. Due for publication in July 2020. [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.

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612. Baker, E.C. Stuart. Cuckoo Problems. 1st. Ed. Pub. Witherby. 1942 pp.xvi, 207 with colour plates and b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Foxing to edges of text block. A vg. hardback in good to vg. dw. Not common with dw. [57050] £18.00 Contains nine colour, full-page, plates illustrating Cuckoo eggs, alongside the eggs of their most common fosterers.

613. Baldassarre, G. Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America. Rev. Upd. Ed. Pub. John Hopkins Uni. Press. 2014 Two volume set with colour photos., illus and dist. maps. Small 4to. Bookplates. Fine hardback set in nr. fine slipcase. [57039] £35.00 A classic since the first edition was published in 1942. This fully revised and updated edition provides definitive information on the continent's 46 species and includes maps of both winter and breeding ranges.

614. Ballance, D. et al. The Birds of Exmoor and the Quantocks. 2nd. Ed. Pub. By the Authors. 2016 pp.xvi, 262 with colour photos., b/w. illus., and fold-out map. 8vo. A new softback. Out-of-print. [56968] £25.00

615. Ballance, D.K. & Gibbs, B.D. The Birds of Exmoor and the Quantocks. 1st. Ed. Pub. Isabelline Books. 2003 pp.xii, 193 with colour frontis., b/w. illus., and fold-out map. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Scarce hardback. [57984] £50.00

616. Bell, T. Hedley. The Birds of Cheshire [with] A Supplement to the Birds of Cheshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Sherratt & Son. 1962 & 1967 pp.xii,244 with b/w photos., and fold out map and pp.91 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. The Supplement is a nr. fine softback. [58017] £18.00

617. Beolens, Bo., et al. The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2014 pp.624. A new hdbk. in new dw. A fascinating read. RRP £50.00. [47940] £45.00 Those interested in birds often come across bird names that include a person’s name, for example Bewick’s Swan or Pallas’s Warbler. Such names are called eponyms and this book explains the origins of over 4,000 eponymous names.

618. 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

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619. Birkhead, T. The Wonderful Mr Willughby. The First True Ornithologist. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2018 pp.xii, 353 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. [55367] £25.00 Willughby's ‘Ornithologiae libri tres’, published posthumously in 1676 by his friend and tutor John Ray, is considered the beginning of scientific ornithology in Europe. In this book Tim Birkhead celebrates his short life and pays tribute to the insight and scientific rigour he brought to the study of birds.

620. Carter, Ian. The Red Kite. Rev. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Arlequin Press. 2007 pp.245 with colour and b/w. illus., photographs and tables. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £25.00. [47570] £20.00 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.

621. Clancey, P.A. The Birds of Natal and Zululand. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1964 pp.xxxiv, 511 with colour plates and fold-out map. 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. A super copy. [57034] £35.00

622. Clark, J.M. & Eyre J.A. (Eds.). Birds of Hampshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hampshire Ornithological Soc. 1993 pp.512 with colour photos., b/w. illus., dist. maps, and figs. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [56972] £12.50

623. 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 £60.00. [50839] £55.00 This authoritative handbook looks in detail at the world's 175 species of robins and chats.

624. Coates, B.J. &. Bishop, K.D. A Guide to the Birds Of Wallacea. Sulawesi, The Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. 1st. Ed. Pub. Dove Publishing. 1997 pp.535 with 64 colour plates. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw. Very scarce. [57037] £150.00 A major guide to the birds of the region. The avifauna of this region is a fascinating mix of Asian and Australasian elements but, more importantly, it hosts an extraordinarily high number of 249 endemic bird species. This book treats and illustrates all of the 697 species of birds reliably recorded in Wallacea. Illustrated by Dana Gardner.

625. Cocker, M. & Tipling, D. Birds and People. 1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 2013 pp.592 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. RRP £39.99 [56967] £30.00 ‘Birds and People’ explores and celebrates our extraordinary relationship with birds from a global perspective. Part natural history and part cultural study, it describes and maps the entire spectrum of our engagements with birds, drawing in themes of history, literature, art, cuisine, language, lore, politics and the environment.

626. Collier, M. et al. The Wetland Bird Survey 2003/04. Wildfowl and Wader Counts. 1st. Ed. Pub. BTO. 2005 pp.213 with b/w. photos., dist. maps and figs. 8vo. Signature to title page. Fine softback. [56997] £15.00

627. Colwell, M. Curlew Moon. 1st. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 2018 pp.328 with b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback. RRP £16.99. [58303] £15.50 The chronicle of a six week, 500 mile walk from the west of Ireland to East Anglia undertaken by the author to publicise the plight of the curlew, and to raise funds to conserve it. The walk was timed to start in the early spring with birds arriving on their breeding grounds, and finish as the fledglings were trying out their wings. Colwell weaves the story of her walk with the natural history of this fascinating and haunting bird.

628. Cramp, Stanley. et al. Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vols. 1-9. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Oxford & RSPB.. 1982-94 Nine volume set. Crown 4to. Vols. 1 to 5 are the Oxford edition, with 6 to 9 being the RSPB edition. Fine hardbacks with dustwrappers all in nr. fine or fine condition. A super set. [58305] £250.00 Comprises descriptions of over 740 species of birds occurring in the Western Palearctic, of which 600 are breeding species. Illustrated using colour plates which were specially commissioned for this work. Illustrators included N.W. Cusa, Robert Gillmor, Sir Peter Scott and others. Eggs are also displayed, as are voice sonograms, melograms and annual cycles. This edition was limited to a print run of 5,000 complete sets.

629. Cranswick, P. et al. The Wetland Bird Survey 2001-03. Wildfowl and Wader Counts. 1st. Ed. Pub. BTO. 2005 pp.213 with dist. maps and figs., throughout. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [56996] £15.00

630. Davies, Nick. Cuckoo. Cheating by nature. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2015 pp.xxii, 289 with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. [51277] £10.99 Offers a new insight into the lives of these extraordinary birds and their relationship with man.

631. 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

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632. de Juana, Eduardo & Varela, Juan M. Birds of Spain. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Lynx. 2016 pp.257 with around 1,000 colour illus. and over 300 dist. maps. 8vo. New hdbk. [52432] £29.99 This is the latest edition of this extremely popular field guide which, through revised text, many new drawings and updated taxonomy, enables the reader to identify 567 species, including 173 vagrants.

633. Dobson, R. The Birds of the Channel Islands. 1st. Ed. Pub. Staples Press 1952 pp.xvi, 255 with b/w. photos., and fold-out map. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg., neatly repaired dw. [58011] £20.00

634. Erritzøe, Johannes. et al. Cuckoos of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2012 pp.544 with colour photos., illus. and dist. maps. Royal 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £60.00. A superb work. [53314] £55.00 ‘Cuckoos of the World’ describes all 144 species of the Cuculidae in exceptional detail, with accurate range maps and superb illustrations by four world-renowned artists to show different plumages and subspecies.

635. Ferguson-Lees, J. et al. Birds of Wiltshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Wiltshire Ornithological Soc. 2007 pp.848 with map endpapers, colour photos. and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [58008] £42.50

636. Fogden, M. and P. Hummingbirds of Costa Rica. 1st. Ed. Pub. Firefly Books. 2006 pp.153 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. A thor. vg. hardback in illus. boards, without dw. Out-of-print. [57110] £18.00 Features 44 of the 45 species of hummingbird that inhabit Costa Rica. Each bird is depicted in its natural habitat and with the flower with which it naturally associates. Detailed close-ups show each bird's unique features and allow the reader to fully appreciate these stunning marvels of nature.

637. Forsman, Dick. Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2016 pp.544 with 1,095 colour photos., & 7 colour & b/w. illustrations. Royal 8vo. New hardback. [53650] £45.00 This is a photographic guide with stunning images, most of which have been reserved for ‘Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East’ and have never been published before. The thorough text covers every plumage and age in detail, and each species is illustrated with a range of photographs covering all the principal plumages.

638. Glegg, W.E. A History of the Bird of Essex. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.F. & G. Witherby. 1929 pp. xxxv, 342 with colour fold-out map and 20 photographic plates. 8vo. TEG. Hardback. Very minor foxing. Overall contents nr. fine in good to vg. dw. Very uncommon in dw. [58045] £80.00

639. Glegg, W.E. A History of the Birds of Middlesex. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.F. & G. Witherby. 1935 pp.xxxii, 245 with 6 b/w. photographic plates and fold out map. 8vo. TEG. Bookplate of ornithologist and author Peter Tate (b. 1927) to front pastedown. Occasional neat, pencil annotations to margins. Very minor foxing, o/w. contents fine. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. Uncommon to find with a dustwrapper. [58047] £90.00

640. Goodman, S.M. and Meininger, P.L. (Eds.). The Birds of Egypt. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1989 pp.xxi, 551 with 6 colour plates and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Bookplate. A fine hardback in fine dw. [57033] £49.00 Covers all species found in the area, both resident and migratory, giving details of their occurrence, breeding-patterns and distribution. It also covers the effects of changes in the environment, hunting and conservation.

641. Goodwin, D. Estrildid Finches of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1982 pp.328 with colour plates by Martin Woodcock, b/w. illus., and maps. 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. [57063] £40.00 In this book the author describes Estrildids - a group that includes the Firetails and Grassfinches of Australia, the Waxbills and Firefinches of Africa, the Munias, Avadavats and Parrot finches.

642. Green, G. The Birds of Dorset. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2004 pp.520 with colour photos., and dist. maps. Large 8vo. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [56999] £15.00 Noted for its heathland and coastal reedbeds, these nationally scarce habitats and mild climate make Dorset a stronghold for some of Britain's rarest breeding birds, and the county's rarity record is impressive.

643. 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

644. Harrison, G. & J. The New Birds of the West Midlands. Covering Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the former West Midlands county. 1st. Ed. Pub. West Midlands Bird Club. 2005 pp.496 with colour photos., b/w. illus., dist maps, and figs. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [57998] £25.00 Produced to celebrate the Club’s 75th anniversay, this book details over 330 species recorded in the region. Also gives the best sites to see many species and a review of the habitat changes that have occurred in the last 25 years.

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645. Holloway, Simon. The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1875-1900. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1996 pp.vii, 476 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. Small 4to. A nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. Out-of- print. [56993] £10.00

646. Holt, C. et al. Waterbirds in the UK 2009/10. The Wetland Bird Survey. 1st. Ed. Pub. BTO; JNCC; RSPB. 2011 pp.185 with b/w. photos., figs., and tables. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. RRP £44.99. [56974] £10.00 Provides a single, comprehensive source of information on the current status and distribution of waterbirds in the UK.

647. Iredale, Tom. Birds of New Guinea. Volumes I & II. 1st. Ed. Pub. Georgian House. 1956 Two volume set with 35 colour plates and fold-out map. Illustrations by Lillian Medland. 4to. Bookplates. Minor spotting to top of text blocks, o/w., nr. fine hardbacks in very pleasing thor. vg. dws. [57032] £200.00

648. Iredale, Tom. Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Georgian House. 1950 pp.xii, 239 with 33 plates of illustrations by Lilian Medland and fold-out map at rear. 4to. Bookplate. A nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57062] £145.00 The first handbook to ‘Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds’, detailed and well illustrated. With coloured illustrations of every species.

649. Jenks, D.G. A History of Devonshire Ornithology. A Review of the Literature, Events and Personalities from Prehistoric Times to the end of the Twentieth Century. 1st. Ed. Pub. Isabelline Books. 2004 pp.xii, 477 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £58.00. [58007] £38.00 The core of this work is the careful distillation of literature, letters, records and documents covering the history of the past two hundred years of Devon ornithology.

650. Jennings, Peter. The Birds of Radnorshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Ficedula Books. 2014 pp.302 with colour photographs and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. [49735] £20.00 A superb work, the first comprehensive study of the birds in Radnorshire. Published in a very similar style to Poyser and Helm monographs.

651. Kear, Dr. Janet & Duplaix-Hall, N. (Eds.). Flamingos. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1975 pp.246 with colour, b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Bookplate. A nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57059] £90.00

652. Lack, P. Birds on Lowland Farms. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1992. pp.140 with b/w. illus. and figs. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. [56976] £9.00 An important book on the relationship between farming practices and populations of birds on lowland farms. It identifies the management practices which benefit birds, those which do not and opportunities for compromise.

653. Lewis, C. The Illustrated Guide to Chickens. How to choose them. How to keep them. Pub. A & C Black. 2010 pp.192 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £16.99. [43823] £15.00

654. Lockley, R.M. Shearwaters. 1st. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1942 pp.xi, [i], 238 with b/w. photos. and maps. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback without dw. With signature of R.M. Lockley to title page. With stamp of B.A. Kneller. [57048] £30.00

655. Main, I. et al. (Eds.). Birds of the Cotswolds. A new breeding atlas. 1st. Ed. Pub. Liverpool Uni. Press. 2009 pp.xiii, 234 with colour photos., and dist. maps throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00. [56975] £22.50

656. Mann, C.F. The Birds of Borneo. An annotated Checklist. BOU Checklist Series: 23. 1st. Ed. Pub. British Ornithologists’ Union. 2008 pp.xvi, 440 with colour photos. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback. Out-of-print. [57045] £130.00

657. Mulder, C.P.H. et al. (Eds.). Seabird Islands. Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2011 pp.xiii, 492 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback. RRP £73.99. [57060] £30.00

658. Oakes, Clifford. The Birds of Lancashire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1953 pp.xv, 377 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Minor spotting, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. An eight page article entitled ‘A Bird-Watcher in Lancashire’ by Clifford Oates, published in 1948 by the RSPB is loosely inserted together with a letter enclosing an newspaper obituary of Clifford Oakes from June 1965. Unique copy. [58016] £35.00

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659. Oliver, P. Bird watching on the North Kent Marshes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Peter Oliver. 1991 pp.xvi, 180 with b/w. photos., and maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [58022] £20.00 Divided into 3 sections, part one is a bird-watcher’s account of the area from Gravesend to Whitstable; part two provides species accounts since 1950 as well as chapters on land-use change, migration and the RSPB reserve at Elmley and part three is a checklist showing month occurrence of every species recorded on the marshes.

660. Orenstein, R. Hummingbirds. 1st. Ed. Pub. Firefly Books. 2014 pp.256 with colour photos., by Michael and Patricia Fogden throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print in hardback. [57120] £35.00 Superbly illustrated. Covers all aspects of hummingbird natural history, their relationship with the plants on which they feed, their flight, their elaborate social life and nesting behaviour, and their renowned feats of migration.

661. Panov, E.N. The True Shrikes (Laniidae) of the World. Ecology, Behavior and Evolution. 1st. Ed. Pub. Pensoft. 2011 pp.910 with colour photos., b/w. illus., and figs. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback. RRP £125.00 [57058] £90.00

662. Pearce-Higgins, J.W. & Green, R.E. Birds and Climate Change. Impacts and Conservation Responses. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 2014 pp.xi, 467 with b/w. photos., and figs. Large 8vo. A nr. fine softback. RRP £49.99. [56981] £29.50 Begins with a critical review of the existing impacts of climate change on birds, then considers how conservationists can assess potential future impacts, and finally assesses the threats posed by efforts to reduce climate change.

663. Pyefinch, R. & Golborn, P. Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside. 1997- 2000. 1st. Ed. Pub. Hobby Publications. 2001 pp.[vi], 408 with colour photos., b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. [56994] £10.00

664. 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

665. Rhodes, R.J. Birds in the Doncaster District. 1st. Ed. Pub. Doncaster & District Ornithological Soc. 1988 pp.vi, 269 with colour, b/w., photos and illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Scarce in hardback. [58014] £20.00

666. Risley, K. et al. The Breeding Bird Survey 2008. The population trends of the UK’s breeding birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. BTO; JNCC; RSPB. 2009 pp.23 with colour photos., dist. maps and tables. 4to. A fine softback. [56963] £10.00

667. Risley, K. et al. The Breeding Bird Survey 2011. The population Trends of the UK’s breeding birds. 1st. Ed. Pub. BTO; JNCC; RSPB. 2012 pp.23 with colour photos., dist. maps, and tables. 4to. A nr. fine softback. [56960] £12.00

668. Russ, Dr. Karl. The Speaking Parrots. A Scientific Manual. 1st. Ed. Pub. L. Upcott Gill. [1884] pp.viii, 296 with 8 hand-finished colour chromolithographs by A.F. Lydon plus publisher’s catalogue and adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Charming bookplates to front pastedown and ffep. Minor spotting to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt-decorated red cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy. [57047] £125.00

669. Short, L.L. Woodpeckers of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Delaware Museum of Natural History. 1982 pp.xviii, 676 with 101 colour plates by George Sandstrom. 4to. Bookplate. A thor. vg. hardback. [57040] £43.50 Separated into three sections - Biology of the Woodpeckers, Species Accounts and Colour Plates.

670. Shrubb, M. Birds, Scythes and Combines. A history of birds and agricultural change. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 2003 pp.xi, 371 with b/w. photos and maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £71.99. [56977] £32.50 An historical perspective to changes in farmland bird populations in Britain over the past 250 years. Farmland birds were little affected by changes in agricultural methods until the modern era, when changes in grassland management, herbicide use and harvesting methods have led to a steep decline in their populations.

671. Sitters, H.P. (ed.). Tetrad Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Devon. 1st. Ed. Pub. Devon Bird Watching & Preservation Soc. 1988 pp.334 with dist. maps and b/w. illus,. throughout. 4to. Signature to ffep. A nr. fine hardback. [56966] £15.00

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672. Svensson, L. Collins Bird Guide. The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2009 pp.448 with colour plates and distribution maps throughout. A new hardback in new dw. RRP £30.00. Latest edition. [38334] £27.50 With expanded text and additional colour illustrations, this the second edition of Svennson’s bird guide is highly recommended.

673. Swaine, C.M. Birds of Gloucestershire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alan Sutton. 1982 pp.236 with b/w. photos., illus., and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. [56989] £7.00

674. Taylor, M. The Pocket Book of Bird Anatomy. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2020 pp.224 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. New for Summer 2020. [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.

675. Taylor, M. RSBP Spotlight: Ducks and Geese. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2020 pp.128 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. [58310] £12.99 This is a detailed 'biography' of ducks and geese that breed in or regularly visit the UK – covering 30 species in all. It includes chapters on the evolution of ducks and geese as well as their anatomy and physiology and diverse breeding behaviour.

676. Thurston, H. The Nature of Hummingbirds. Rainbows on Wings. 1st. Ed. Pub. Greystone. 1999 pp.xiv, 112 with colour photos. throughout. Small landscape 4to. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [57107] £12.00 Harry Thurston’s lyrical and informative text supports a stunning collection of photographs taken by some of the world’s best nature photographers.

677. Ticehurst, Claud B. A History of the Birds of Suffolk. 1st. Ed. Pub. Gurney and Jackson. 1932 pp.xi, 502 with b/w. photos, text figs. and fold-out map at rear of book. 8vo. No inscriptions. Minor foxing to endpapers, o/w. a fine hardback in vg., lightly and neatly restored dw. A very pleasing copy. [58046] £60.00

678. Trobe, W.M. The Merlin. 1st. Ed. Pub. Oriel Stringer. 1990 pp.96 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [58207] £95.00 The eighth book in the Caliologists’ Series, this lists one hundred and fifty Merlin territories throughout Great Britain.

679. Trobe, W.M. & Whitaker, J. Days with the Golden Eagle. Extracts of the oological diaries of T.A. Waddell and J.A. Little. 1st. Ed. Pub. James Whitaker. 2017 pp.[viii], 123 with 10 colour photographic plates of eggs, plus numerous b/w. photos. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Limited to 100 copies, this copy unnumbered. [57103] £120.00 When the diaries of Tony Waddell and the late John Little became available, Bill Trobe and Jim Whitaker took the opportunity to publicise their vivid experiences.

680. Turcotte, W.H. & Watts, D.L. Birds of the Mississippi. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. Press of Mississippi. 1999 pp.xv, 455 with colour photos., illus., dist. maps. 4to. Bookplate. Nr. fine hardback. RRP £42.50. [57031] £30.00 Outlines the history of the state's ornithology, explains where to find birds, how to identify them, and details their distribution and diversity.

681. Turner, A. The Barn Swallow. 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Poyser. 2012 pp.256 with colour photographs and text illus. 8vo. New hdbk., in new dw. RRP £50.00. [50593] £45.00 This monograph examines all aspects of the life of this endearing bird, with chapters on its feeding habits, mate choice, breeding strategies, nesting, eggs and incubation, nestling rearing, survivorship, migratory behaviour and population dynamics. The book also considers changes in populations and behaviour in relation to intensive agriculture and climate change.

682. Tyrrell, E.Q. and R.A. Hummingbirds. Their Life and Behaviour. A Photographic Study of the North American Species. 1st. Ed. Pub. Crown. 1985 pp.xi, 212 with colour photos throughout. 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out-of-print. [57121] £20.00 Contains a comprehensive guide to each of the North American species including habitat and range as well as nesting and migration dates. Superbly illustrated.

683. Venables, W.A. et al. The Birds of Gwent. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2008 pp.416 with colour photos., b/w. illus., and dist. maps. Royal 8vo. A nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. RRP £50.00. [56985] £16.00 The county of Gwent is bounded to the east by the Wye Valley and to the west by the Rivers Rhymney, Sirhowy and Usk. The area provides a very wide range of habitats and this is reflected in the range of breeding bird species.

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684. Warham, J. The Behaviour, Population Biology and Physiology of the Petrels. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1996 pp.vii, 613 with b/w. photos., and figs. Large 8vo. Bookplate. A nr. fine hardback. Very scarce. A super copy. [57056] £195.00 The sister volume to John Warham’s ‘ The Petrels’ (Pub. 1990).

685. Warham, J. The Petrels. Their Ecology and Breeding Systems. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1990 pp.viii, 440 with b/w. photos. and figs. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback. Out-of-print. [57057] £75.00 The Petrels, or tubenosed birds, include the shearwaters, albatrosses and the storm, diving and gadfly petrel families. This book sets out the basics of petrel biology and considers comparative aspects of their breeding biology.

686. Watson, J. The Golden Eagle. 1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1997 pp.374 with colour frontis., and b/w. illus. Small 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. [56846] £25.00 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.

687. Whitaker, James. A Field Guide to the Scarcer Breeding Birds of the New Forest and Surrounding Area. 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1997 pp.xi. 70, with colour plates throughout the text. 12mo. New hardback in new dw. Limited edition of 350 copies. [52484] £25.00 This field guide is the first of a series, for the field naturalist and photographer, both beginner and experienced. It shows where breeding birds occur and also the steps which should be taken to avoid unnecessary or unlawful disturbance.

688. 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. Neat name stamp to ffep. Contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in thor vg. condition. Very pleasing copy. [58048] £75.00

Collins’ New Naturalist Series

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Next title : No. 142 - Uplands and Birds (publication date scheduled for July 2020).

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British Wildlife Collection

‘Rocky Shores’ being volume 7 in the series was very well received back in 2019. We have copies in stock. RRP £35.00 (hardbacks) Our price £31.50.

We’re now taking orders for the next title:

Keith Kirby is writing volume 8 ‘Woodland Flowers’, which is due for publication in August 2020. RRP £35.00 (for hardbacks) Our price £31.50.

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