John Murray, London 1870. Full contemporary calf with raised bands, gilt decorations to compartments and contrasting gilt-lettered label. Gilt dentelles and original marbled endpapers. t.e.g. Two fine chromolithographs and cuts throughout the text, all as called for. Recased with the original spine laid down and spine rather rubbed, otherwise a...... More about TREES AND SHRUBS FOR ENGLISH PLANTATIONS:
London, Groombridge and Sons, 1851-1858. Large 8vo. Gilt-decorated and titled stamped green cloth. The covers rather marked and worn in places. Gilt rubbed, especially to spines of Vols. I and II. Inner hinges to Vol. III, and especially Vol. I, cracked but firm. One or two pages and plates loose... More about A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS (6 Vols
London, Bell and Daldy, 1872. Publisher's original stamped green cloth, with gilt title and moth decoration to front covers. A few early ink annotations. Some wear to covers, with a few corners bumped, and cloth split to spine edge to Vols. I and IV. Two plates loose. A little spotting... More about A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS, Accurately Delineating Every Known Species, With the English...
London, Ward Lock, 1998. Green cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, faded to spine. A very good copy. pp. 224. Illustrated throughout. More about THE PLANT HUNTERS. Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery Around the World
London, Collins 1974. Blue cloth/gilt in pristine, unclipped dustwrapper. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise fine. pp.244. Illustrated in colour throughout by Preben Dahlstrom. More about COLLINS GUIDE TO THE SEA FISHES OF BRITAIN AND NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE
London, Collins 1973. Black cloth/gilt in clipped dustwrapper with two short closed tears and crease to head of front cover. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and name to f.f.e.p., otherwise a very good copy. pp.288. With coloured frontispiece, numerous photographs, map and graphs. More about THE DOTTEREL
London, Collins, 2013. Green cloth gilt. In very good dustwrapper, with very minor wear to head of spine. A very good and clean copy. pp. xii, 596. More about BIRD POPULATIONS No.124 in the New Naturalist Series
London, Collins, 1975. Green cloth gilt. In good, slightly creased, price-clipped dustwrapper, the patches of red a little faded. In the publisher's plastic wrap. Top edge a little marked, but a good copy of the 1975 reprint. pp. 288. With 4 colour plates, 24 in black and white, 64 text figures and 18 tables. More about FINCHES. No. 55 in the New Naturalist Series
London, H.F. & G Witherby 1955 to 1968. An uninterrupted run of 180 monthly issues uniformly bound in brown leather-cloth with gilt titles and emblems. Near fine. and most attractive on the shelf. Individually paginated. With photographs, (some coloured), diagrams, maps and other illustrations. More about BRITISH BIRDS ( 15 Vols., - XLVIII - LXI ). An Illustrated Magazine Devoted Chiefly to the Birds...
London, Collins, 1951. Green cloth gilt. In good, price-clipped dustwrapper, with small chips to head of spine and marks to rear cover. Gilt dulled and covers mottled, edges spotted and offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a good copy of the First Edition. pp. xvi, 256. with 42 colour photographs and 41 in black and white. More about BIRDS & MEN. No. 17 in the New naturalist series. The Bird Life of British Towns, Villages,...
London, Collins, 1951. Green cloth gilt. In fair, spotted dustwrapper. Presentation inscription to f.f.e.p. Gilt dulled and covers mottled, edges spotted and offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a fair copy of the First Edition. pp. xvi, 256. With 42 colour photographs and 41 in black and white. More about BIRDS & MEN. The Bird Life of British Towns, Villages, Gardens & Farmland. No. 17 in the...
London, Collins, 1951. Green cloth gilt. In fair, spotted, price-clipped dustwrapper. Gilt dulled and covers mottled, edges spotted and offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a fair copy of the First Edition. pp. xvi, 256. With 42 colour photographs and 41 in black and white. More about BIRDS & MEN. The Bird Life of British Towns, Villages, Gardens & Farmland. No. 17 in the...
'Cage Birds', London N/D (c.1900/10). Green cloth with gilt decoration and title to front cover and title to spine. Photographs, diagrams and plans throughout in black and white. A guuide to keeping and housing caged birds. Gilt a little rubbed but otherwise a very good copy of a book recently..... More about AVIARIES, BIRD-ROOMS AND CAGES:
Uxbridge, Bruce Coleman, 2003. 4to. Grey cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, with crease to lower edge of front cover. A very good copy. pp. 112. With Rose's paintings throughout. More about GREBES OF THE WORLD
London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1896. Green cloth gilt. Essays on the wildlife of Kent and Surrey. Nick to spine edge above title. One gathering a little loose. A good copy. pp. 224. More about WOODLAND, MOOR AND STREAM. Being the Notes of a Naturalist
Chelmsford, Arlequin Press 2000. Black cloth with silvered title in pristine dustwrapper. Top edge lightly dusted, but near fine. pp.328. With numerous coloured photographic illustrations and small bird portraitsto text. More about FIRST FOR BRITAIN AND IRELAND. A Historical Account of Birds New to Britain and Ireland...
London, Seeley, Service and Co. 1943. Fawn contrasting cloths with gilt title and motifs in very good unclipped dustwrapper. Edges and preliminaries spotted, otherwise a very good clean copy. With seventy three photographic illustrations. More about GAME BIRDS, BEASTS AND FISHES. Natural History for the Sportsmen in the Lonsdale Library series
The Stephen Greene Press, Lexington 1987. Maroon cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, faded to spine. With colour photographs and drawings. Photographs by Yossi Eshbol. Ink mark to fore-edge, otherwise a good copy. pp. viii, 264. More about THE BIRDS OF ISRAEL
London, Collins, 1973. Green cloth gilt. In very good, price-clipped dustwrapper. Spine lightly faded, edges a little spotted, and publisher's plastic covering detached to top edge, but a good copy. pp. 320. With photographs, maps and diagrams throughout. More about THE LAKE DISTRICT. A Landscape History. No.53 in the New Naturalist series
London, Collins 1960. Green cloth/gilt in unclipped dustwrapper with one inch closed tear to head of spine, slight edge-wear and pencil marks to rear. Small bump to foot of front board adjoining spine, but a good, clean copy of the first reprint. pp.xv, 312. With 47 colour photographs, 34 in... More about MOUNTAINS & MOORLANDS. No. 11 in the New Naturalist series
No Date. 4to (9 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches). In a fine but unsigned binding, half brown morocco with raised bands and gilt-titled direct. A very attractive curiosity, being a black and white photographic reproduction of the Radclyffe Science Library copy of the original Robert Havell publication of 1835. It... More about A SELECTION OF BRITISH BIRDS: PART 1
Oxford University Press 1973. Black glazed cloth with gilt title in very good dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. Coloured photographs of landscape and line drawings of plants together with 64 multiple plates of plant species to rear. Signature to titlepage. Near fine. pp. xv, 480. More about FLOWERS OF SOUTH-WEST EUROPE. A Field Guide
T. & A.D. Poyser, London 1981. Black clothgilt. In good dustwrapper. Numerous pen and ink drawings and photographs in black and white. A very good copy of the third edition. pp.175 plus plates. More about FLIGHT IDENTIFICATION OF EUROPEAN RAPTORS
T.&A.D.Poyser, Calton 1981. Dark blue cloth with gilt title and bird motif to spine. In pristine illustrated, unclipped dustwrapper. With 16 photographic plates, line drawings, maps, charts and graphs. Fine. pp.440. More about ESTUARY BIRDS
T. and A.D. Poyser 1981. Dark blue cloth with gilt title and decoration in very good, price-clipped dustwrapper, a little faded to spine. With numerous illustrations, maps and charts together with 16 photographic plates in black and white. Small inscription to corner of titlepage. Some tape marks to pastedowns, but... More about ESTUARY BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND