Richard Fortey

Dry Store Room No. 1 : The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

London, HarperPress, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: HarperPress, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating and well illustrated. Near-fine in clean green boards with bright bronze titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. 338pp . Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002582

Catalogue: Natural History

R R Fowell

Biology Staining Schedules for First Year Students

London, H K Lewis, 1951. 4th Edition . Soft cover. London: H K Lewis, 1951. 4th Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wear to covers, very light Gresham's school stamp to title and final pages, but otherwise VG condition internally. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000558

Catalogue: Natural History

An Oxford Tutor [William Warde Fowler]

A Year with the Birds

Oxford, B H Blackwell, 1886. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Enlarged and revised second edition of Warde Fowler's bird-watching volume. Better known as an ancient historian he manages to sneak chapters on The Birds Of Virgil and Pigeons Of Ancient Italy in to this volume of ornithological observations, among much else. Toning and foxing early and late, but in general good order otherwise. Curious choice of frontispiece illustration (not a bird). Smart teal cloth boards with bright gilt titling to front, with dulled vellum to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. xii, 179pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 103530

Catalogue: Natural History

Dr Levi Fox

An Illustrated Introduction to Shakespeare's Birds

Norwich / Stratford-upon-Avon, Jarrold Colour Publications/ Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, 1980. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Interesting booklet for both ornithologists and bardophiles. Illustrated card covers toned to front, but otherwise all in VG order throughout. This is a charity sale for Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. Unpaginated . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007395

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Theatre

Robin Frame

Colonial Ireland, 1169-1369

Dublin, Helicon, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. In the Helicon History Of Ireland series. Spotting to edge of block occasionally intruding onto pages. Otherwise all in good internal order. Former owner's name neatly to fep. Pictorial boards a little rubbed. 8vo. x, 149pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 105041

Catalogue: History & Politics

A Circle Of Friends

Memories of Kapunda and District

Kapunda, Kapunda Herald Print, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Kapunda: Kapunda Herald Print, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce collection of memoirs by residents of Kapunda, near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Stock a little toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Binding shaken and fep partially split, but holding. Heavy staining to lower right corner of front board, but this not affecting text. Printed paper-covered boards, toned to edges, with quarter blue cloth to spine, this rather worn. 8vo. 116pp . Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 103069

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: South Australia World Travel & Culture

Paul Frischauer

So Great a Queen

London, Cassell, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Cassell, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A little tanned and some light spotting here and there but generally VG internally, in green cloth, a little marked, with orange titling to spine. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001018

Catalogue: History & Politics

Hans Gadow

Jorullo the History of the Volcano of Jorullo and the Reclamation of the Devastated District by Animals and Plants

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent study of El Jorullo, the volcano which appeared in Michoacán, Mexico, from 1759, and its effect on the nature of the local area. Scarce, especially in d/j. All in VG crisp clean and bright order. Plates as called for and smart fold-out map to rear. VG green cloth, only lightly marked, with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j in protective sleeve a little toned to spine. 8vo. 100pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006061

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: World Travel & Culture

George Stafford Gale

No Flies in China

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating snapshot of 'the new China' as seen by visiting journalist Gale, accompanying a Labour Party delegation. Stock lightly toned with occasional sporadic foxing but in general all in VG internal order. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Unclipped d/j is heavily marked to rear and worn to edges with some loss. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 167pp + publisher's ad. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 010279

Catalogue: History & Politics

Keywords: World Travel & Culture

S J M Gantlett

A Check-List of the Birds of Cley

S.J.M. Gantlet, 1986. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. S.J.M. Gantlet, 1986. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Richard Millington. Third edition of Gantlett's authoritative check list. All in VG internal order. Former owner's blind stamp to title page. A little surface loss top right of front cover. 8vo. 75pp . Ill.: Richard Millington. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 102924

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Richard Millington East Anglia

Ross Gardner

Never a Dull Moment a Naturalist's View of British Wildlife [Signed]

Brambleby Books, 2011. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Signed by Gardner to title page and in VG+ order throughout. Excellent nature essays, prompting comparison with Richard Jefferies and Edward Thomas (on rear cover). 8vo. 168pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010207M

Catalogue: Natural History

T J George

Late Celtic Bronze Mirrors Found in Britain

1905. Soft cover. Nicely produced offprint from the Northamptonshire Natural History Society & Field Club journal of June 1905. Illustrated with photographs and sketches. All in VG internal order. Blue paper covers faded/tanned and a little worn the edges. Scarce. 8vo. 12pp. Good/no dj.

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Book number: 002724

Catalogue: Archaeology & Ancient History

Sarah Gibson

Swifts and Us the Life of the Bird That Sleeps in the Sky

London, William Collins, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. London: William Collins, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating study. In fine order throughout. Fine unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 328pp . Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 103547

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Ornithology

Bob Gillespie

Machiavelli and the Mayflower How to Understand the Europeans

Paris, La Rémige, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Paris: La Rémige, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In near-fine, clean crisp and bright order throughout. Gift inscription to dedication page. Pictorial card covers lightly faded to spine. 8vo. [12],184pp . Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 103980

Catalogue: History & Politics

Keywords: Social History

Carlo Ginzburg

The Cheese and the Worms the Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller

Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Soft cover. The popular culture of the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, a miller brought to trial during the Inquisition. All in VG, clean and bright internal order. Minor wear only to card covers. 8vo. xxvii, 179pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 105029

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: History & Politics