MATTHEWS, G.V.T. AND OGILVIE, M.A. (EDITORS)

WILDFOWL 28

Slimbridge. Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, 1977., Softback. 176 pages, with b./w. line drawings by Peter Scott. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Very good card cover but slightly rubbed on the back. Priced £3.50. 24.25cm. x 15.5cm. 1977

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Book number: 8148

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Bewicks swans Goldeneye waterfowl Ruddy duck Slimbridge Mallard

MATTHEWS, G.V.T., AND OGILVIE, M.A. (EDITORS).

WILDFOWL 29.

Slimbridge. The Wildfowl Trust Slimbridge, 1978., Softback. 176 pages, with b./w. photographs and.line drawings by Peter Scott and Paul A. Johnsgard. Contents clean, no inscription, but stiff card cover is lightly rubbed on edges, priced £3.50. 24.5cm. x 15.25cm. 1978

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Book number: 8149

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Bewick swan Mallard goose waterfowl Goldeneye ducks eider ducks Leif Nilsson

MATTHEWS, G.V.T. AND OGILVIE, M.A.

WILDFOWL 30.

Slimbridge. The Wildfowl Trust, 1979., Softback. 176 pages, illustrated with b./w. photographs, line drawings & diagrams. Contents near fine, no inscription, but edges of card cover are slightly rubbed. Priced £4.00. 24cm. x 15.25cm. 1979

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Book number: 8150

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Bewick Mute swan wildfowl Mandarin duck Usselmeer shelducks Teal Pochard Tufted duck Estonia Barnacle Goose Trumpeter Swan Torrent Duck Snow Goose

MATTHEWS, G.V.T., AND OGILVIE, M.A.

WILDFOWL 35.

Slimbridge. The Wildfowl Trust, 1984., Softback. 184 pages, illustrated with b./w. photographs, drawings, diagrams & charts. Contents are near fine, no inscription or marks, edges of card cover slightly rubbed. Priced £7.00. 24cm. x 15.5cm. 1984

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Book number: 8151

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Whooper Swan Tule Goose Barnacle goose Black Duck Crane Camargue Nova Scotia

MCPHAIL, RODGER.

OPEN SEASON. AN ARTIST'S SPORTING YEAR.

Shrewsbury. Airlife Publishing / Tryon Gallery, 1986., First edition. A lovely book, with beautiful paintings, mainly its 2 pages in colour followed by 2 in sepia. Most of them are studies of birds and animals & their young. Also people at work or relaxing in the countryside, fishing & shooting etc.. Some of the colour ones are double paged panoramas. The pages are not numbered, but there are about 120. Contents and cover are near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. priced £15.95.

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Book number: 7744

Catalogue: Natural History / Art & Design / Sport

Keywords: 5719 birds animals countryside fishing shooting Roger McPhail

MEE, MARGARET

IN SEARCH OF FLOWERS OF THE AMAZON FORESTS..

London. Nonesuch Expeditions, 1989., Reprint, first published 1988. "Diaries of an English artist reveal the beauty of the vanishing rainforests." 303 pages, illustrated throughout with beautiful watercolour paintings by Margaret Mee, mainly of flowers from the Amazon forests, & also the trees, natives, animals, fish, birds & creatures of the Amazon. Plus old prints, drawings & sketches throughout. 28cm. x 21.75cm. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Dust wrapper is near fine but top edge is slightly bumped.. 1989

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Book number: 8751

Catalogue: Natural History / Art & Design

Keywords: Margaret Mee Amazon orchids Brazil

MICHAEL, PAMELA (TEXT) AND KING, CHRISTABEL (ILLUSTRATOR)

ALL GOOD THINGS AROUND US.

London. Book Club / Ernest Benn, 1980., Reprint, first published 1980. " A beautifully illustrated cookbook and guide to the recognition & uses of over 90 wild plants and herbs." 240 pages, including bibliography. Special features include ..." A seasonal calendar for plant gathering. 87 full colour botanical paintings showing the edible parts of the plants at their best time for picking. Over 380 recipes tested by author & publisher, plus history & folklore of each plant."...10¾" x 8¾". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. Besides recipes for cooking, it also includes recipes for hand lotion, herbal surgical spirit, cold cream, moth repellent, hair tonic, deodorant (from goosegrass !!) & other useful things, such as instructions for making walking sticks from Ash, Blackthorn, Hazel or Holly. 1980

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Book number: 4515

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: herb flower plant cooking recipes walking stick Jun1022i folklore bkchll

MILIO, JIM AND PELTIER, MELISSA JOE, WITH MILLAN, CESAR.

DOG WHISPERER. Lessens From Cesar's TV Dogs and Their Owners.

New York. Fireside / Simon & Schuster, 2008, Softback. 348 pages. Colour and b./w. photographs. Very good condition. Priced on back $18.00. 23.25cm. x 18.75cm. 2008

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Book number: 9045

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: dogs canine kennels

MILLS, DICK.

You And Your Aquarium. The Complete Guide To Collecting & Keeping Aquarium Fishes.

Godalming. Colour Library Books, 1989., First published 1986 by Dorling Kindersley. Illustrated board covers. 287 pages, including index of fishes. Illustrated on almost every page with colour photographs or drawings. 8½" x 6". Near fine, no inscription or marks, but bottom of spine slightly worn. Price on back £9.95. ISBN 0862837332. 1989

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Book number: 3054

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: fish aquarium

MONKMAN, NOEL.

Quest of the Curly-tailed Horses.

Sydney, Australia. Angus & Robertson, c.1962., Ex Library, with library stamps, ticket pocket and a bit of old label on front endpages, otherwise very good. The title page is missing, so date & place of publication not available. (I've guessed them.) Endpages are slightly marked with brown lines where sleeve covering d./w. was taped on. 213 pages. 52 colour and b./w. photographs on 20 pages. 22cm. x 14cm. 8329

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Book number: 8329

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: seahorse sea-horse Moeraki marine diatom Great Barrier Reef

MORRIS, REV. F.O., AND SOPER, TONY.

BRITISH BIRDS.

London. Spring Books / Hamlyn,1987:, Facsimile reprint. First published 1895 in 6 volumes, with illustrations in colour of British birds painted by A. F. Lydon & engraved by Benjamin Fawcett. For this edition Tony Soper chose a selection from the original books, & wrote an introduction. This was first published 1981 by Web & Bower. 240 pages, & 100 plates of the engravings in colour. 12" x 8¼". Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but corners of cover slightly bumped. With a Spring Books wrapper, printed "Original Price £20.00, now £6.95." ISBN 0600554104 1987

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Book number: 4739

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: birds ornithology Rev. F.O. Morris Benjamin Fawcett

MUNDAY, ETHEL.

THE YORKSHIRE TERRIER.

London. Popular Dogs Publishing,1968., 4th printing, first published 1958, this is a revised reprint. 168 pages including a list of champions from 1947 -1967. 26 b./ w. photographs & 6 drawings within text. Near fine, except a small pale grey date stamp (March 1972) on back endpaper. D./w. is price clipped, slightly worn on edges, o./w. near fine. 8½" x 5½". 090389131. 1968

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Book number: 2443

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Yorkshire terrier dog breeds kennels

MURRAY, WALTER J,C.

Nature's Undiscovered Kingdom.

London. George Allen & Unwin, 1946., 98 pages, with 16 black & white photographs. Contents near fine, clean, no inscription or marks. No d./w. Orange cloth cover is near fine but spine slightly faded. 1946

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Book number: 8525

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: birds moth grass snake Bee Orchid lapwing starlings

MUUS, BENT J., AND DAHLSTROM, PREBEN.

COLLINS GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF BRITAIN & EUROPE.

London. Collins, 1971., First published 1967 in Denmark. 135 colour illustrations by Preben Dahlstrom of fish & creatures that live in water, like crayfish & mussels. 222 pages, with lists of foreign fish names, scientific names & English names. Near fine. Slightly worn d./w. priced £2.25. 8" x 5". Interesting newspaper cuttings on fish & fishing included. ISBN 0002120569. 1971

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Book number: 1958

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: fish freshwater fishes angling fishing lakes ponds rivers

N./A.

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOK OF DOGS.

Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 1958., A lovely National Geographic book, with paintings by Walter Weber, Edwin Megargee, Edward Miner, Robert Lougheed & other artists. 432 pages. 112 recognized breeds are described with their origins, habits, stories, etc. 342 illustrations, photographs, drawings, prints etc., 189 of them in colour. 10¼" x 7". Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering and contents are near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w is rubbed on all edges, front flap was separated, but taped back on, on the inside. A 1½" tear front top & ½" tear on front bottom edge. (Priced $9.85 - 50 years ago!) Coated paper, so heavy. 1958

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Book number: 3606

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: dogs puppies canine National Geographic hound terrier