JENNIFER ACKERMAN

The Genius of Birds

London, Corsair. 2016. (ISBN: 1472114353) Hard Cover, 8 x 5.25 inches. Book and jacket in mint unread condition. 405pp. The author explores the intelligence of birds and how they do the things they do. For example, anticipating a distant storm, finding the way to somewhere never been before thousands of miles away, imitating complex songs of other species, or hiding and later finding thousands of seed over hundreds of square miles. These and many other aspects of bird behiour are examined. As New/As New.

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Book number: 025045

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Ornithology, Birds, Intelligence, 1472114353

ALDERTON, DAVID

Cats

London, Dorling Kindersley. 1992. (ISBN: 0863189229) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Soft cover book with dust jacket. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very faint traces of handling. 256pp. The visual guide to over 250 cat breeds from around the world. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 006680

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Cats Cat Breeds 0863189229

ANDREWS, MICHAEL ALFORD

The Flight of the Condor : A Wildlife Exploration of the Andes

London, Collins. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002195453) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor dint to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with dint to front lower edge and label removal effect to front dust flap. 158pp. In this study, based on the BBC TV Natural History Unit production, the author describes in vivid detail the landscape and ecology, the flora and the fauna of the entire Andes mountain chain through South America. Very well illustrated. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 022963

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Ornithology, South America, Birds, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Amazon Rain Forest, Cape Horn 0002195453

BAKER, NICK

The First-Time Naturalist

London, Collins. 2004. (ISBN: 0007157355) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, one page corner turned and no bumping to corners. 287pp. TV presenter and wildlife expert Nick Baker shares his field-craft secrets with budding naturalists of all ages. Well illustrated. Near Fine.

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Book number: 028174

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Nature, Observing, Field Craft 0007157355

BANERJEE, SUBHANKAR

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge : Seasons of Life and Land

Seattle, Washington, USA, The Mountaineers Books. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0898864380) Soft Cover with Self-Wraps, 11 x 11 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Faint small crease to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small paper flaw to one page and no bumping to corners. 176pp. A land of pristine wilderness, to where photographer Subhanker Banerjee devoted two years of his life documenting the land, its wild species and its Native peoples, with Inupiat guide Robert Thompson, travelling 4000 miles through the refuge on raft, kayak and snowmobile in all four seasons. This superb exhibition of his photographs is accompanied by essays from six people who know the area and a foreword by Jimmy Carter. Very Good.

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Book number: 005850

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Natural History_pictorial Works Natural History_alaska 0898864380

DE BASTYAI, LORANT

Hunting Bird from a Wild Bird

London, Pelham Books. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Ill.: Andrew Dodds. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slightly dusty, slighty rubbed upper edge. 173pp. Experiences, advice, techniques and stories about falconry by an expert on the subject. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008742

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Falconry, Birds of Prey, Eagle, Peregrine, Saker, Gyr, Lugger Andrew Dodds

BATES, F. A.

Dingle Stalk

Liverpool, Henry Young & Sons Ltd. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not torn with very faint marking to front and a little creasing to edges. 104pp. An unusual book written by a top business man with a fascination for the countryside. He explores in words and photographs the Welsh dingle near where he lives with many studies of the animals there. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Fine/Good (+).

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Book number: 018850

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Keywords: Wales, Countryside, Nature

BATES, HENRY & BUSENBARK, ROBERT

Finches and Soft-Billed Birds

Neptune City, NJ, T.F.H. Publications. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0876664214) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges, and a little rubbing ro spine ends and front lower corner. 735pp. A very extensive illustrated study of finches and soft-billed birds. Very Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010924

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Keywords: Birds, Nature, Ornithology 0876664214

BEARDALL, C. H. & DRYDEN, R. C. & HOLZER, T. J.

The Suffolk Estuaries

Colchester, Segment Publications. 1991. (ISBN: 0906952050) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 77pp. A report by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust on the wildlife and conservation of the Suffolk Estuaries. Fine.

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Book number: 010528

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Wetlands, Birds, Conservation, Wildlife, Suffolk 0906952050

BELLAMY, DAVID

Bellamy's Ireland : the wild Boglands

Dublin, Country House. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946172102) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Small crease/bump to lower corner of rear covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 178pp. A study of and a visit to the peat bogs of Ireland, which as well as being a nature reserve are a source of Ireland's history and pre-history. Illustrated. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 023326

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Ireland, Peat Bogs 0946172102

BELLAMY, DAVID

Bellamy's Europe

London, BBC. 1976. (ISBN: 0563160667) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 143pp. Based on ten BBC television programmes featuring the author, the book highlights various elements of nature in places where the author had specialist knowledge. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 025504

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Nature. Wildlife, Europe 0563160667

BELLAMY, JOYCE AND OTHERS

Hampstead Heath Flora : Habitat Handbook No 1

London, Greater London Council. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0716816539) Soft Cover, 11.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Faint creasing to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly indented front board and no bumping to corners. 60pp. With over 200 habitat maps of Hampstead Heath for different plant species, a detailed index and plant records. Includes seven other tucked-in A4 leaflets on the history and wildlife of Hampstead Heath. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 012315

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Plants, Habitats, London, Maps 0716816539

PASCALE NOA BERCOVITCH

The Dolphin's Boy

London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283063572) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight indenting to rear. 200pp. The story of the boy who befriended a dolphin in the Red Sea and how their friendship propered. It brings together Egyptian, Israeli and Bedouin cultures together with that of the natural world. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 019510

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Biography, Red Sea, Dolphin Friend 0283063572

BOATMAN, DERRICK

Fields and Lowlands : The Natural History of Britain and Northern Europe

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 034023153X) Hard Cover, 8 x 5.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 224pp. A field guide of plants, mammals, birds, insects - nature in fields and lowlands. Very well illustrated. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 028115

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Nature, Habitats, Fields, Lowlands 034023153x

BOSWELL, JEREMY (EDITOR)

Birds : RSPB Magazine Sept-Oct 1966 : Volume I Number 5

Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 1966. Soft Cover, 11 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Slight creasing to covers and old tape mark to spine edges. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked slightly dusty rear cover. 19pp. Early volume of the RSPB magazine. Scarce. Good.

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Book number: 010723

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Ornithology, Nature, Birds