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One Midsummer's Day. Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth.
by COCKER, Mark.:
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London: Jonathan Cape, 2023.. 1st edition. "Swifts are among the most extraordinary of all birds. Their migrations span continents , and their twelve-week stopover, when they pause to breed in European rooftops, is the very definition of summer....Mark Cocker sets out to capture their essence... over the course of one day in midsummer....These birds without borders are a perfect… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nature Cure.
by MABEY, Richard.:
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London: Chatto & Windus, 2005.. 2nd edition. Richard Mabey's experiemce of overcoming depression through a love of nature and a reawakening of the imagination. Pp.232. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has small hole next to rear fore-edge. VG/G+. Item Price
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A Manual of the Sea-Anemones Commonly Found on the English Coast.
by TUGWELL, Rev. George.:
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London: John Van Voorst, 1856.. 1st edition. Contents: I.What is a Sea-Anemone? II.Where is it to be found? III.What is its name? IV.How can I keep it alive? V.What will it do when I have got it? VI.Supplementary and Critical. On the Distinctions of Genera and Species. Appendix I. Specimen of Naturalist's Diary; Appendix II. Habitats of Actiniae; Appendix… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bafut Beagles. (Illustrated by Ralph Thompson).
by DURRELL, Gerald.:
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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954.. 1st edition. "The Bafut Beagles was the name which Gerald Durrell gave to the pack of Africans and mongrel dogs with which he hunted and captured many of the oddest and most elusive creatures of the Cameroons." Pp.232, 40 illustrations by Ralph Thompson. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has edge tears with losses to top… Read more about this item Item Price
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Secret Gardens of East Anglia: A Private Tour of 22 Gardens with photographs by Marcus Harpur
by SEGALL, Barbara / HARPUR, Marcus ( Photographer ) / CHATTO, Beth ( Foreword ) .:
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London: Francis Lincoln, 2017 .. First Francis Lincoln Edition. pp.144. 27.5cm x 23.5cm x 1.5cm . A very good book with a very good illustrated dustwrapper. Well illustrated throughout. VG/VG . Item Price
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Insects and Their World.
by OLDROYD, Harold.:
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London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1966.. Second Edition. Pp.viii/144, colour frontispiece + 60 black & white plates, owner's name to half-title page. Paperback, minor creasing to spine. VG. Item Price
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Paper Birds. (Puffin Picture Book No.52).
by TALBOT KELLY, R.B.:
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Harmondsworth: Penguin /Puffin, nd. (c.1947).. 1st edition. Children's nature book. The birds in this book are designed to cut out and make up in three different ways. As simple flat silhouettes, as folded solid figures, or with a little more skill by curving the paper to make them more realistic and by creating background settings using bark, pebbles or… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Naturalist's Holiday.
by STEP, Edward.:
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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1905.. 1st edition. Idle Hours on the Cornish Coast. Pp.316/2(publisher's catalogue), 75 illustrations by Theo. Carreras, Mabel E.Step (the author's daughter) and by Edward Step himself, colour frontispiece, endpapers toned. Blue/green illustrated cloth, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine. G+. Item Price
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African Violets. In Search of the Wild Violets. (signed).
by RAISTRICK, Reinhild.:
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Privately published, 2006.. 1st edition. A monograph on the genus Saintpaulia byReinhild Raistrick, a botanical artist who was born in Tanzania and lives in Suffolk. "Because it is so well-known to the general public, the African violet has become an important flag-ship for plant consevation in East Africa....Reinhild's beautiful watercolour illustrations show clearly what might be lost if… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Little Book About Mistletoe.
by BRIGGS, Jonathan.:
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Stonehouse: Potamogeton Press, 2010.. 1st edition. An illustrated introduction to all aspects of mistletoe - its biology as a parasitic plant, role in traditions and legends, harvest and use at Christmas, and other uses in decorative art and medicine. This book also includes information on mistletoe conservation and control, plus step-by-step guidance on how to grow your own. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Let's Go For A Walk. (signed).
by WESTELL, W. Percival.:
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London: The Pilgrim Press, nd. (c.1940).. 1st edition. Illustrated book about the flora and fauna to be found in the British countryside. Pp.144, colour frontispiece + occasional further black & white plates, inscribed by the author "To my esteemed friends, Mr & Mrs Williams, and David, as a memento of their stay in letchworth Garden City. From the author… Read more about this item Item Price
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Forest Ecosystems.
by PERRY, David A.:
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Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press,1996.. A textbook for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies as well as a reference for professionalsin these fields, 'Forest Ecosystems' offers a comprehensive survey of the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems worldwide: temperate, tropical and boreal" 25cms x 17.5cms x 3cms. Pp.xviii/649, many figure illustrations throughout.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Natural Woodland. Ecology and Conservation in Northern Temperate Regions.
by PETERKEN, George F.:
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.. 1st edition. "George Peterken uses examples of virgin and old growth forests in Europe and North America to outline the dynamics and structure of natural temperate woodland. This knowledge is then applied to nature conservation issues in British woods and forests, particularly the maintenance of 'untouched' reserves, the management of native broadleaved woods, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Millennium Atlas of Suffolk Butterflies.
by STEWART, Richard.:
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Ipswich: Suffolk Naturalists Society, 2001.. 1st edition. 1995-1999 with additional records up to Spring 2001. 21.5cms x 15cms x 1cm. Pp.140. Illustrated boards. VG. Item Price
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
by CORBEET Jim.:
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New York: Oxford University Press,1946.. 1st US edtion. 6th printing. Jim Corbett's own story of his experiences with the man-eating tigers of the Kumaon hills which lie in the Himalayas in the far north of India. "Whole communities became disorganized when the dread man-eaters, maddened by wounds or hunger, struck suddenly and with deadly results, carrying off the people… Read more about this item Item Price
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In the Wilderness with Uncle Mac.
by McCULLOCH, Derek. (Uncle Mac).:
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Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd, nd. (c.1948).. A Ladybird Book. Series 455. Wild animals from around the world, by Derek McCulloch - Uncle Mac of the B.B.C. Unpaginated, illustrated in colour by Sep. E. Scott. Prize presentaton message to reverse of front free endpaper. Illustrated paperr covered boards have edge wear and tear to spine with chipping to top… Read more about this item Item Price
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Enid Blyton's Nature Lover's Book. (illustrated by Noel Hopking).
by BLYTON, Enid.:
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London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1947.. Reprint of New edition. Natue book for children. Contents: Nature Walks; Poems of the Open Air; Some Interesting Things To Do; Do You Know These Flowers? Do You Know These Birds? Do You Know These Poems? Do You Know This Tree? Nature Stories. 25cms x 19cms x 2cms. Pp.256, 16 colour plates by Noel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Brook And River Trouting. Edmonds And Lee 1916. Reproduced in Facsimile from the Standard Edition published privately in 1916 by the Authors. Introduction and notes by J. Oliver Edwards of Wakefield.
by EDMONDS, Harfield H. and LEE, Norman N.:
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Ilkley, Yorkshire: The Orange Partridge Press, 1980 .. This is a limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is copy number 710". A very good book in the original slip-case. [8pp.]/pp.106 + 18 plates (including 10 coloured on various flies). 8.75" x6.5" x 1.25". Clean brown buckram with bright gilt titles to front board and spine. Limited… Read more about this item Item Price
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Butterflies and Moths of the United Kingdom.
by KIRBY, Egmont W.:
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London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd, nd. (c.1928).. Third edition. With a Systematic Arrangement of Families and Genera, Indexes of Scientific and Popular Names, and 70 Coloured Plates. Pp.lii/468, 70 coloured plates, occasional minor spotting mainly affecting closed page edges, owner's name to front free endpaper. Green ckloth, gilt butterflies illustration to front board, gilt title to spine, wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Round the Year with Enid Blyton: Summer Book.
by BLYTON, Enid.:
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London: Evans Brothers Ltd, nd. (c.1934).. A Year's Nature Study in Four Books of which this is the second. 19.5cms x 13.5cms. Pp.96, many black & white photos and figure illustrations, endpapers browned, top corner of front free endpaper clipped. Fawn illustrated card covers (2 rabbits),slight toning to cover, spine rubbed with chipped loss to base of spine. G+. Item Price
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