FELTWELL. JOHN.

The Natural History of Butterflies.

London. Croom Helm, 1986., Hardback. Ex Library. 133 pages. 20 colour photographs on 8 pages, and 24 b./w. figures. 24cm. x 16cm. Near fine apart from library marks & "Sale 1995"stamped in red on front endpage.. D./w. is very good, priced £12.95. 1986

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Book number: 9560

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: butterfly caterpillar insect lepidoptera

FERGUSON, ALDON.

CHESHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Newbury, Berks. Countryside Books, 2008., Softback. 256 pages. Illustrated with about 145 black & white photographs and maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine stiff card cover, priced on back £12.99. 21cm. x 15cm. ISBN 9781853069277. 2008

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Book number: 7770

Catalogue: Military history

Keywords: Cheshire Chester airfield aviation planes

FERGUSON, NIALL.

EMPIRE. How Britain Made the Modern World.

London. Allen Lane / Penguin, 2003., Hardback. First edition. Published to accompany the Chanel Four series 392 pages. 9 maps and 12 figures. Over 100 colour and b./w photographs. prints & illustrations. 25.25cm. x 19.25cm. Navyblue cloth cover is near fine. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £25.00. 2003

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Book number: 9565

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British Empire

FERGUSON-LEES, JAMES AND CAMPBELL, BRUCE. (EDITORS.) & OTHERS.

The Natural History of Britain & Northern Europe. Set of 5 Volumes.

London. Book Club Associates/Hodder & Stoughton, 1978 & 1979., 5 attractive books with some lovely illustrations. The first is published by Hodder & Stoughton, the others are BCA editions. All 5 are hardbacks, have 224 pages, 660 colour illustrations, all are near fine, no inscription or marks, in laminated covers & no d./w. 1) "Coasts & Estuaries" by Richard Barnes, pub. H. & S. priced on back £4.95, 40 full page colour illustrations & many others, colour photos & maps. ISBN 0340231548. 2) "Fields & Lowlands" by Derrick Boatman, about 36 full page colour plates, many colour illustrations in text, colour photos, & maps. 3) "Mountains & Moorlands" by Arnold Darlington. 35 full page colour plates, many illustrations on half pages, colour photos, & maps. 4) "Towns & Gardens" by Denis Owen. 36 full page colour plates, many half page colour illustrations, photos & maps. 5) "Rivers, Lakes & Marshes" by Brian Whitton. 43 full page colour plates, many others within text, & colour photographs (660 in colour in total) & maps. All 5 copies are near fine. 20.5cm. x 13cm. 1978

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Book number: 7511

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: natural history birds flowers bird insects butterflies bats amphibians trees mountain moorland estuaries coasts lowlands

FERGUSON, JOHN & CHISHOLM, KITTY (EDITED BY)

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE IN THE GREAT AGE OF ATHENS.

London. Ward Lock/Open University, 1983, Reprint. Softback. Anthology to accompany an Open University course "Greece 478-336 B.C." 243 pages & 4 p. index. 17 b./w. illustrations. Previous owner's name & address on half title, o./w. near fine. 9¼" X 6". ISBN 0706236289. 1983

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Book number: 280

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Greece Aristotle Xenephon Pericles Plutarch Socrates June1065

FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, FELIPE.

Civilizations.

London. Macmillan, 2000., Paperback. 636 pages. 13 colour and 22 b./w. illustrations. 23.5cm x 15.5cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine stiff card cover. ISBN 0333901711. 2000

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Book number: 8116

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Venetians Polynesians Tibet Papua New Guinea Mesopotamia Egypt China

FERRIS, CHRIS.

The Darkness is Light Enough. The Field Journal of a Night Naturalist.

London. Michael Joseph, 1986., The author injured her back and found when she could not sleep walking in the nearby woods, orchards & fields helped to ease the pain. She watched badgers & foxes, and kept notes on tawny owls. Parts of her diary are included. Near fine except for an inscription. D./w. is near fine but price clipped. 24.25cm. x 16cm. ISBN 0718126904. . ISBN 0718126904. 1986

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Book number: 8376

Catalogue: Natural History & Resources

Keywords: badgers foxes tawny owls

FIDLER, KATHLEEN.

THE THAMES IN STORY.

London. Epworth Press, 1971., Ex Library. 160 pages. Illustrated with 20 old prints and engravings. 8.75" x 5.5". Stories of events which have taken place over many years, along the River Thames, and the people who worked there. Part of old library label on f.e.p., a 'Withdrawn from stock' stamp on title page, o./w. near fine. D./w. is inside protective sleeve, so near fine, but sleeve was taped on to f.e.p.,this has left a mark ¼" wide down the f.e.p. page, also a white spot (Tippex?) is on top corner of f.e.p., o./w. contents near fine. SBN 716201836. 1971

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Book number: 2198

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Thames Wapping London Cutty Sark Greenwich Whitehall Hampton Court Henley Regatta Boat Race London Docks

FIDO, MARTIN AND SKINNER, KEITH.

The Official Encyclopaedia of Scotland Yard. Behind the Scenes at Scotland Yard.

London. Virgin, 2000., Paperback. Revised and updated. 574 pages. 16 pages of b./w. photographs, unfortunately most are loose, otherwise very good. 7." x 5". Priced £10.99 on back cover. 2000

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Book number: 5395

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Police Scotland Yard constable inspecter

FINLAY, M.I.

The World of Odysseus

London. Book Club Association, 1977., Second, revised edition. 192 pages. 1 double page map. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 1977

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Book number: 7051

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Odysseus Greece

FISHER, JAMES.

BIRD RECOGNITION. Volume One: Sea Birds and Waders.

London. Penguin Books, 1947, First edition of a Pelican Books paperback, # A 175. 190 pages. Near fine, no inscription, but cover slightly worn on edges, & price label for 2/6 added to bottom of front cover. Bottom of spine has tiny split on side of front cover. 1947

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Book number: 6037

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: bird wader sea bird ornithology Pelican gull

FISHER, JAMES (EDITED & INTRODUCED BY) AND PARSLOW, JOHN (REVISED BY)

THORBURN'S BIRDS

London. Ebury Press, 1977., Reprint. First published 1967 in this form, from the original of 1915-18. Introduction and text by James Fisher. 184 pages including bibliography & index. 82 colour plates of birds by Archibald Thorburn. Near fine in near fine d./w. 10.5" x 7.75" ISBN 0718150120 1977

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Book number: 5261

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Archibald Thorburn bird ornithology

FITTER, R.S.R., AND RICHARDSON, R.A.

Collins Pocket Guide To British Birds. The Complete Identification Book.

London. Chancellor Press, 1989., Reprint. Revised edition.First published in 1952, revised in 1966. 287 pages, including migration tables & index. Illustrated with 64 colour plates, 47 b./w plates, & sketches showing outlines of some birds in flight. Illustrated board covers. No d./w. Near fine, no marks or inscription. 7.75" x 5". ISBN 1851520260. 1989

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Book number: 2905

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: birds ornithology duck finch owl thrush geese

FITTER, R.S.R.

LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY.

London. Collins, 1984., New Naturalist Series. Limpback edition, first published 1945 in hardack, in this edition the 40 pages of colour photographs are in black & white. 282 pages. 93 b./w. photographs, & 11 maps & 2 diagrams. A short name on f.e.p. otherwise contents in near fine condition. The stiff card cover has a few faint, fine scratch marks on back, front top corner is faintly creased & edges slightly rubbed, otherwise a very nice copy. Priced £6.50 on back. 21.5cm. x 15cm. ISBN 0002190680. 1984

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Book number: 873

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: London Middlesex Hampstead Heath Epping Forest New Naturalist

FLETCHER, RONALD.

IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.

London. B.T. Batsford, 1978., 167 pages including index. 76 b./w. photographs & illustrations. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£6.50) except top edge was nibbled by pet mouse. (Can send scan.) ISBN 071341216X. 1978

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Book number: 5750

Catalogue: History / architecture

Keywords: churchyard graveyard gravestone monument burial inscription epitaph