Brockman, C. Frank Illust. by Rebecca Merrilees:

Trees of North America: A Guide To Field Identification.

New York, Golden Press, 1986 Paperback, VG, spine faded, contents fine and tight, pp280. A nice sound ref. copy hardly looks opened.

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Book number: 10686

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: trees identification North America classification guide natural history Golden Field Guide 0307136582

Budd, Mavis:

Fit For A Duchess.

Newton Abbott, The Country Book Club, 1971 Hard cover green cloth bds, Good, a little shelf wear, bumping, in dust jacket, light staining in places, a little edgewear partic. at corners and spine tips, otherwise Good-, light foxing to d/j inner flaps around edges and to pge edge blocks, contents clean and tight, pp112. A nice sound reading copy.

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Book number: 13891

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: country life life memoir Southern England autobiography garden

Burkett, Molly Illust. by Elisabeth Luard:

An Owl From Pompeii.

Grantham Lincs, Lyne Printers Ltd, 1985 Soft wraps, Good, a little general age soiling, contents clean and tight, b/w illustrations, pp88. "It tells the story of the Burkett family finding a little owl, sick and dazed in a shop in Pompeii when they are on holiday in Italy and of Sophie's determination that the owl was going to fly free again..."

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Book number: 15124

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: owl Pompeii natural history fiction story Elisabeth Luard Lincolnshire Animal Rehabilitation Centre Pompy bird of prey 0948204028

Cabot, David Michael McNamee (illust.):

Irish Pond Life: No 35 of the Irish Environmental Library Series.

Folens, 1977 Soft linen style wraps, VG, very possibly signed by the author and dated at 1st pge btm, contents lovely and tight, beautifully illust in colour by Michael McNamee, pp160.

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Book number: 9805

Catalogue: natural history

Keywords: Irish pond life natural history food chains ecosystems fauna flora water beetles frog mayfly caddis-fly green hydra mosquito birds stickleback crayfish dragonfly swans aquarium

Carthy, John Illust. by Colin Threadgall:

Animal Camouflage (Natural Science Picture Book)

London, The Bodley Head, 1972 1st Ed., landscape hard cover, pictorial paper covered bds, VG, unclipped d/w, VG, contents clean and tight with lovely colour and b/w pictures, attractive green printed endpapers, neat inscript. to ffep verso, pp32. A super book aimed at children including chapters: Breaking up the Outline; Losing the Shadow; Hiding from enemies; Cryptic Colouring; Green Animals; False Eyes; Mimicry etc...

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Book number: 11534

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: animals nature camouflage children's insects Natural Science Picture Book colouring hiding leaves twigs colour false eyes mimicry transparent animals 0370015622

Cavanna, Betty Illust. by Marguerite Scott:

The First Book of Sea Shells. No. 57.

London, Edmund Ward, no date Oversized hard cover turquoise blue cloth bds, VG, unclipped dust jacket by Cecile Curtis, almost VG, a little creasing at top of spine, label shadow to spine, ex-lib with stamps to title, title verso, ffep missing, very attractive front and rear endpapers, contents clean and tight, pp39.

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Book number: 13115

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: sea shells origin shell group clams bivalves oysters pectens mussels univalves mollusc facts rare collecting nature beach Marguerite Scott Cecile Curtis children's guide book identifying

Christian, Garth drawings by C. Dampier Freeman:

The Country Life Countryman's Pocket Book.

London, Country Life Limited, 1967 Hard cover approx. 6" x 4.5", green cloth bds, Good+, corners a bit bumped, in unclipped dust jacket, VG, a little creasing to spine and corners, very minor wear to spine tip, lib. docket holder to ffep, lib. stamps to title verso, half-title, title, contents and first pge have corners creased, otherwise contents clean and tight with lovely drawings by Dampier Freeman, pp303.

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Book number: 13069

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Country Life countryman natural history C Dampier Freeman countryside geology landscape trees flowers birds mammals reptiles amphibia butterflies insects naturalist

Clegg, John (Ed.):

Pond and Stream Life. Blandford Colour Series.

Poole Dorset, Blandford Press, 1979 Hard cover blue cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, VG, unclipped dust jacket, faded at spine otherwise VG+, contents fine and tight, colour plates, pp108.

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Book number: 14715

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blandford Colour Series pond stream life insects animals crustaceans worms aquatic larvae mosquitoes caddis flies mussels toads frogs copepods freshwater 0713706414

Clegg, John:

Studying Insects: The Wonderful World Of Nature.

Watford, Bruce & Gawthorn Ltd, no date H/B red cloth bds, VG, contents nice and tight, title pge creased, illust. with photographs by the Author and colour plates and drawings by E. C. Mansell, pp96. With chapters on Rearing Silkworms; Rearing Wild Caterpillars; Keeping Aquatic Insects; Bees Ants and Wasps and Making A Collection of Insects.

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Book number: 10792

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: insects study biology zoology E C Mansell silkworms moths butterflies pond bees beetles animals 0000

St Neots Bird And Wildlife Club:

1996 Breeding Birds Of Paxton Pits + Little Paxton Village And Surrounding Area. (Including 1995/96 Non Breeding Bird Report & Butterfly and Dragonfly Lists).

St Neots Bird And Wildlife Club with RSPB, 1996 Oversized pamphlet, spiral bound, VG, contents fine and tight, pp27.

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Book number: 9301

Catalogue: natural history

Keywords: natural history Paxton Pits St Neots Bird Wildlife club butterflies dragonflies 1996 report non-breeding birds ornithology study species RSPB

Cox, Herbert E.:

A Handbook of The Coleoptera Or Beetles, Of Great Britian and Ireland. Volume I (One).

London, E. W. Janson, 1874 Hard cover blue cloth bds, some age-darkening and shading in places otherwise Good, gilt lettering to spine, pge edge blocks a bit dusty, contents nice and tight, pp527, some light foxing in places, no names inscriptions etc... A nice sound reference copy.

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Book number: 11919

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Coleoptera beetles Great Britain Ireland handbook species habitat description classification 000000000

Dixon, Dougal Illust. by Andrew Robinson & David Johnston:

The Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia.

New York, Gallery Books (an imprint of W H Smith Publishers Inc.), 1989, Oversized hard cover glazed pictorial bds, VG+, dust jacket Good+, closed tear and a little wear to spine base, small amount of edgewear and v. small closed tear to top upper corner, two white labels to top of front pastedown and ffep prob. covering prev. owners' names, neat name and address to title verso, illust. in colour and b/w, with over 250 pictures, maps and photographs - the complete story of the dinosaurs.

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Book number: 14102

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: dinosaurs evolution lifestyle history geological time spread extinction field guide Andrew Robinson David Johnston fossils Precambrian Triassic Jurassic Diplodocus Brachiosaurus Allosaurus Plateosauru 0831748338

Douglas-Home, Henry Sir Peter Scott Robert Gillmor (line drawings by):

The Birdman: Memories of Birds by Henry Douglas-Home.

London, Collins, 1978 Rep., Hard cover green cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, Nr Fine, clipped but still priced dust jacket, VG, light crease down front, a little surface indents in places, very attractive endpapers with a variety of painted birds including nightjar, swallow, green woodpecker etc... contents fine and tight with b/w line drawings and photographs, pp175.

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Book number: 13734

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: birds ornithology Henry Douglas-Home Sir Peter Scott Robert Gillmor ornithology birdwatching Scotland naturalist natural history The Hirsel nesting migration broadcasting seabirds owls gulls game swan 0002190141

Duncan, F. Martin & L. T.:

Animal Life In Africa. Wonders of Animal Life.

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1942 Rep., slim hard cover orange decorated cloth bds, Good, some rubbing at edges and hinges, a little bumping to corners, names to front pastedown, title has a closed tear to lower part of hinge, contents clean and tight, b/w plates, pp90, very tiny burn mark to the centre of pges 15-22.

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Book number: 14883

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: animals Africa zoo Wonder of Animal Life gorilla hippopotamus giraffes antelopes rhinoceros elephant jumping hare hyaena jackal porcupine children's jerboas meerkat monkeys

Durrell, Gerald Illust. by Ralph Thompson:

The Drunken Forest.

London, The Quality Book Club, no date Hard cover green cloth bds, VG, small bump to leading edge, in VG d/w, showing some age-spotting, small closed tear to btm of spine at hinge by M Wilson, contnts crisp and tight, pp239.

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Book number: 9596

Catalogue: natural history

Keywords: natural history Ralph Thompson M Wilson Argentina Argentinian pampas Chaco territory Paraguay owl snakes birds animals