Acworth, Bernard:

Butterfly Miracles and Mysteries;

London, Eyre & Spottiswood, 1947; 1st Edition; Very Good/ No Dw; 260pp with coloured Frontis. & numerous b/w text Illustrations by A.D.A. Russwurm; Black covers with gilt motif & title on spine; Slight scuffing to back, light foxing to ffep.

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Book number: 2813

Catalogue: Butterflies, Nature

Keywords: Natural history Entomology insects butterfly butterflies Lepidoptera

Anon:

The Nature Discoverer's Note Book;

Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1936; 1st edition. Softcover. Very good condition. 7" x 4.5". 48pp. This little book aims to help Guides just beginning to make a start.

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Book number: 21652

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Girl Guides Nature

Barrett, Charles Illustrated by R. Malcolm Warner:

The Penguin People;

London, Cassell, 1948; 1st edition. Hardback. 9.5" x 7". Good+/ No dust jacket. 64pp with colour & black/white illustrations by R. Malcolm Warner, decorated endpapers. Pictorial covers with title on front & torn spine. Story for children showing different types of penguins in Australia and Antarctica.

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Book number: 19575

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: children Nature penguins Australia Antarctica.

Batten, H. Mortimer:

Prints From Many Trails;

Edinburgh, The Moray Press, 1935; Very Good/ No Dw; 192pp with lovely Illustrations by G. Vernon Stokes; Green covers with gilt title on spine; Covers faded around edges.

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Book number: 3514

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Nature, Animals, Children

Batten, H. Mortimer:

Tales of the Wild;

London, Collins, nd; Hardback. 10" x 7.5" . 4to. Very good/ No dj. Unpaginated with 10 coloured full pages & numerous black & white illustrations by Ernest Aris in the text plus 5 half-tones. Navy covers with gilt decoration & lettering. Spine a bit sunned, internally very clean & tight .

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Book number: 12522

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Nature, Canadian Animals

Boulger, G. S.:

Wood. A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the Timbers of Commerce;

London, Edward Arnold, 1902; 1st Edition; Very Good/ No Dw; viii, 369pp incl index & Appendices with 82 Illustrations & 4 halftone plates illustrating the grain of 16 British grown timbers; Navy covers with embossed motif on the front & gilt title on the spine; Edge wear at hinges & spine extremities, crease in cloth to the back. Light foxing throughout. A nice tight copy. 750 woods are enumerated with Chapters including: The Origin, Structure, and Development of Wood and its use to the Tree, Uses of Wood, Defects, Recognition & Classification. z

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Book number: 2390

Catalogue: Wood, timber, Nature

Keywords: Wood, Natural History, Timber

Carrington, Richard:

A Biography of the Sea;

London, Chatto & Windus, 1960; 1st Edition; Very Good/ No Dw; xvi, 286pp with 66 Plates & 36 Drawings, Maps & Diagrams Green covers withbright title on spine; The story of the world ocean, its animal and plant populations, and its influence on human history.

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Book number: 2805

Catalogue: Ocean, Nature

Keywords: Ocean, Sea, Sea Reptiles, Birds, Mammals

Clegg, Michael:

Seal Song;

Montrose, Standard Press, 1974; 1st edition; 129pp; Hbk; Pale green cloth covers with bright gilt seal line drawing on front & title on spine; Dust wrapper by James Marshall has closed tears at hinges, chips to top, mk on front price clipped. Free of previous owner markings. A Near fine copy with a good- dust wrapper. A delightful book which takes you underwater in company of a young seal. Authors first book.

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Book number: 2358

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Seal, Natural world, Nature, Underwater,

Cooke, M. C.:

Handbook of British Hepaticae Containing Descriptions and Figures of the Indigenous Species of Marchantia, Jungermannia, Riccia and Anthoceros;

London, Allen, 1894; Hardback. Good condition. vii, 310pp with 7 plates and 200 woodcuts plus 2pp publishers catalogue. Small stamp crossed out on on half-title page beside owners name. Black endpapers. Internal hinge cracked but fim. Original green boards with black embossed decoration on front , gilt title on spine. An attractive sound copy.

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Book number: 17638

Catalogue: Plants Nature Indigenous Species Marchantia Jungermannia Riccia Anthoceros

Keywords: Plants Nature Indigenous Species Marchantia Jungermannia Riccia Anthoceros

Cotton, William Charles:

My Bee Book;

Bath, Kingsmead Reprints, 1970; Hardback. Facsimile reprint of 1842 edition. Nr fine/ Dust jacket very good. Facsimile reprint of 1842 edition. 402pp with numerous wood-cuts. Green covers with blind embossed decoration & gilt title & design on the front & spine. Protected dust jacket has price intact.

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Book number: 22065

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Bees Nature 901571350

Coward, T.A. ( Based on):

Birds of the Wayside and Woodland Comprising A Descriptive History of the Families Corvidae to Tetraonidae;

London, Warne, 1941; New edition. Hardback. Good+/ No dust jakcet. 6" x 5". A pocket guide. 352pp with 300 accurately coloured illustrations , 8 photographic reproductions and 52 text figures. Based upn the standard work @ The Birds of the British Isles' by T. A. Coward. Edited and with Introductory Chapters upon the General Habits and Characteristics of Birds by Enid Blyton. Presentation label on the front pastedown. Red covers with black line decoration & title on front & spine

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Book number: 17507

Catalogue: Ornothology Birds Wayside Woodland Corvidae to Tetraonidae Nature Enid Blyton

Keywords: Ornothology Birds Wayside Woodland Corvidae to Tetraonidae Nature Enid Blyton

Darling, F. Fraser and Boyd, J. Morton Boyd:

The Highlands and Islands. ( The New Naturalist series);

London, Bloomsbury Books, 1973; Reprint. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dust jacket Nr fine. xvi, 336pp with many black/white photographs, maps & diagrams. Cream covers with gilt title on spine. Protected dust jacket has price intact. No inscriptions. A very nice copy.

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Book number: 21522

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: Scottish Highlands and Islands Nature 1 870630 98 X

Denis, Armand:

On Safari. The Story of My Life;

London, Collins, 1963; 1st Edition; HBk; Very good/ Dw Good-; 320pp with lovely photographs & Maps on endpapers; Yellow covers with title on spine; Dust wrappe4r has creases, small closed tears, edge wear, price intact. Denis Armand relates his travels in Africa, Australasia, and South America.

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Book number: 5688

Catalogue: Travel Africa, Australasia, South America. Nature, Autobiography

Keywords: Travel Africa, Australasia, South America. Nature, Autobiography.

Dunn, Euan:

The Colourful World of Birds;

London, Sundial, 1976; 1st edition. Hardback. 4to. 12" x 9". Very good/ No dj. 128pp profusely illustrated in colour. Blue covers with gilt flying outline of birds as decoration. Small corner snipped from title page.

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Book number: 14018

Catalogue: Birds, Nature

Keywords: Birds, Nature 0 904230 16 3

Evans, William:

On the Occurrence of Glomeris Perplexa, Latz., Near Edinburgh; With a Revised List of Forth Myriapods;

Edinburgh, 1919; Softcover booklet. Good condition. 7pp. Reprinted from "The Scottish Naturalist" May-June 1919.

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Book number: 18142

Catalogue: Glomeris Perplexa, Latz., Near Edinburgh Nature

Keywords: Glomeris Perplexa, Latz., Near Edinburgh Nature