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Pitches, Adrian; Cleeves, Tim - Birds New to Britain : 1980-2004

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 344 pages. 24 pages of plates. Many line drawings.
Published : T & A D Poyser, London 2005, First Edition
£24.00

Plummer, D. Brian - In Pursuit of Coney

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and with no tears. A nice copy internally with no ownership inscription or foxing. Smallish red mark (approx. 1cm x 1cm) on top edge of pages. 186 pages. Black and white illustrations. A study of rabbits and methods of controlling rabbits.
Published : The Boydell Press, Woodbridge 1991, First Edition
£13.00

Pratt Anne - The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails

Hardback. A good to very good, attractive looking, four volume set in the original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Top edges gilt. Ownership inscription in each volume. A little foxing but overall a clean set. Approx. 900 pages in total. 319 attractive colour plates which are complete although a very few are loose and a few are misplaced . A few pages are loose in volume 2.
Published : Frederick Warne, London 1889, First Edition
£180.00

Ratcliffe Derek (Editor) - A Nature Conservation Review: The Selection of Biological Sites of National Importance to Nature Conservatio in Britain Two Volumes

Hardbacks. A very good two volume set in very good dustwrappers which are now protected in clear, removable, covers. Label of a Government library in each volume but no other markings. Vol. I, pp.xvi,388. Vol. 2,pp.viii,320. Plates, maps and tables in volume one. Identifies and describes 735 sites which should be conserved to protect Britain's rich heritage of flora and fauna.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1977, First Edition
£120.00

Ray, John; Linnaeus Carl - Synopsis Methodica Stirpum Britannicarum Editio Tertia 1724; Flora Anglica 1754 & 1759

Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus complete and untorn dustwrapper which has traces of two price labels on the front panel. Facsimile reprints of two classic works with an Introduction by William T. Stearn.
Published : The Ray Society, London 1973,
£11.00

Rayner George W. - Whale Marking II Distribution of Blue, Fin and Humpback Whales Marked from 1932 to 1938

Folio. A near very good copy in grey card covers. Comprises pages 31-38 and plates V-XXII of volume XXV of Discovery Reports. These were funded by the British Colonial Office and were intended to provide the scientific background to stock management of the Antarctic whale fishery.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1948, First Edition Thus
£18.00

Regan C. Tate - The Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles

Hardback. A good copy in the original boards. Boards a bit marked with a substantial but superficial damp stain on the rear board. Old ownership stamp on front end-paper. Pp.xxv,287 + 31 page publisher's catalogue. 37 plates. 27 illustrations in the text.
Published : Methuen, London 1911, First Edition
£15.00

Reid, John - The Scots Gard'Ner

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine, but price-clipped, dustwrapper. Pp.xvii,[12],125,(14). 4 full-page figures. This is a facsimile reprint of the first Scottish gardening book which was first published in 1683. This edition has an Introduction by Annette Hope.
Published : Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 1988, First Edition Thus
£15.00

Richards John - Primula

Illustrated by Brigid Edwards.
Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable, cover. 299 pages. 116 coloured paintings on 19 plates. 51 colour photographs. 10 black and white photographs. 17 line drawings. This definitive reference work is the first full account of all the species of primula written as a single book. "It is a major taxonomic revision of the whole genus, with an emphasis on species."
Published : B.T. Batsford, London 1993, First Edition
£20.00

Rickman Philip - A Bird-Painter's Sketch Book

4to. A very good copy. Some light fore-edge foxing. 150pp. Illustrated by the author with 11 fine colour plates and 23 black and white plates.
Published : Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1931, First Edition
£38.00

Robertson Forbes W. And Mckelvie Alastair - Scottish Rock Gardening in the 20th Century

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xi,272. Frontispiece and 243 illustrations nearly all in colour. "Covers all aspects of the development of rock gardening in Scotland".
Published : The Scottish Rock Garden Club 2000, First Edition
£12.00

Robinson Phil - Birds of the Wave and Woodland

4to. A very good copy in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Some fading to upper board which also has a wrinkle in the cloth. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription and very little foxing. 224pp + adverts. Many illustrations by Charles Whymper and others.
Published : Isbister and Company, London 1894, First Edition
£18.00

Robinson Tim - William Roxburgh the Founding Father of Indian Botany

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is price-clipped but otherwise complete and untorn. Card of previous owner (a University Professor) pasted to front end-paper. Pp.xviii,286. Frontispiece and 129 figures, mostly in colour. 26 tables + 7 further tables in Appendices. The first full biography of the founding father of Indian botany.
Published : Phillimore in Association with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2008, First Edition
£35.00

Roland, Arthur (Edited By Wil;liam H. Ablett - Tree-Planting for Ornamentation or Profit, Suitable to Every Soil and Situation

Hardback. A good plus copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on upper board. Previous owner's signature on upper board and front end-paper. Pp.viii,157. A fair amount of pencilled side-lining to text.
Published : Chapman and Hall, London 1892, New Edition
£20.00

Rountree F. R. G. - Birds of Sark As at 31 December 1972

A very good copy in green card covers illustrated on upper cover. Minor tears at foot of spine. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.v,82. Folding map of the island. Bibliography. Index.
Published : Sark Ornithological Committee 1974, First Edition
£20.00

Rousseau Jean-Jacques - Botany a Study of Pure Curiosity Botanical Letters and Notes Towards a Dictionary of Botanical Terms

Illustrated by P.J. Redoute.
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 154pp. Colour illustrations by Redoute. This is a translation of letters written by Rousseau to his friends concerning botany which he studied during the last years of his life.
Published : Michael Joseph, London 1979, First Edition Thus
£6.00

Russell Valerie - Shetland Ponies

Hardback. A very good copy in laminated boards. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 224 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Map.
Published : Whittet Books Ltd, Stowmarket, Suffolk 1998, Reprint
£12.00

Ruttledge Robert F. - Ireland's Birds Their Distribution and Migrations

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which shows a little edge wear. Publisher's compliments slip loosely inserted sending this copy for review. No ownership inscription. Pp.xv,207. Map. 11 plates. "This book summarises in concise form the status, distribution and migrations of birds that are found in Ireland."
Published : H. F. & G. Witherby, London 1966, First Edition
£12.00

Sacheverell Sitwell; Osbert Sitwell; Sir George Sitwell; Reresby Sitwell - Hortus Sitwellianus

Illustrated by Meriel Edmunds.
Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorm but with some fading to spine lettering. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. 128 pages. 8 full-page illustrations.
Published : Michael Russell, Salisbury 1984, First Edition
£9.00

Salomonsen Finn - Fugletraekket Og Dets Gader

Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's pale blue/grey cloth with title in dark blue on spine, which is bumped at the top and foot. No inscriptions. 333 pages.Frontispiece and 87 figures. Very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. Text in Danish.
Published : Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1967, Second Revised Edition
£18.00

Saunders Howard (Revised and Enlarged By William Eagle Clarke) - Manual of British Birds

A good, tight, copy. Rebound in green cloth with old spine laid down. New endpapers. 834pp. 405 figures.
Published : Gurney & Jackson, London 1927, Third (Revised and Enlarged) Edition
£8.00

Scarlett Meta Humphrey - A Space of Flowers : a Celebration of Some of the Fabulous Flowers That Grow in Our Highland Glens and Gardens

Softback. A very good copy. This is no. 76 of 100 copies. Signed by the author. Unpaginated - approx. 80 pages. Text on each left-hand page with sketch of flowers on each right-hand page. A scarce item by the author of the much better known "In the Glens Where I Was Young."
Published : Privately Published 1994, First Edition
£24.00

Schlich W. - Schlich's Manual of Forestry Volume II Sylviculture

Hardback. A good copy in dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. A little wear to spine ends. A stain to the fore-edge does not affect the book internally. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.viii,393. 87 illustrations.
Published : Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London 1904, Third Edition, Revised
£25.00

Schmid Wolfram George - The Genus Hosta

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 428pp. Profusely illustrated including 208 colour photographs, many black and white photographs, maps, charts and drawings. A definitive reference work on the Hosta.
Published : B. T. Batsford Ltd, London 1991, First Edition
£34.00

Scott Walter and Palmer Richard - The Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Shetland Islands

Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.ix,468. Colour frontispiece and 16 colour plates. 26 maps. Lists 827 species with distribution, habitat and frequency of each. Described as "the most complete account of the higher plants of the Shetland Islands that has yet appeared."
Published : Shetland Times Ltd., Lerwick 1987, First Edition
£45.00

Scott Walter S. - White of Selborne and His Times

4to. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. 166pp. Frontispiece and 12 illustrations. Gives a rounded picture of White rather than concentrating on his abilities as a naturalist.
Published : John Westhouse, London 1946, First Edition
£10.00

Scrase, David - Flower Drawings (Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks)

Hardback. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. Bookplate of David McClintock (one of the foremost plantsmen of his generation and President of the Botanical Society of the British Isles). Pp.vii,134. 64 beautiful colour plates of flowers on each right-hand page with commentary on the artist and painting on the left-hand page. The illustrations are taken from a selection of drawings of flowers held in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The book is arranged chronogically from the 15th century to the present day.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1997, First Edition
£35.00

Seago M.J. - Birds of Norfolk

A very good copy in a good, complete dustwrapper with one small tear and a little edge wear. Gift inscription. 148pp. Colour illustrations.
Published : Jarrold & Sons, Norwich 1967, First Edition
£7.50

Seebohm Henry - The Birds of Siberia; a Record of a Naturalist's Visits To the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine. Light fore-edge foxing. Pp.xix,512. Illustrations. Folding map. Some, mainly pencilled, comments in the early part of the text. First published in 1901 this is a record of travel as well as ornithology.
Published : Alan Sutton 1976, Reprint
£26.00

Seigne J.W. - A Bird Watcher's Note Book Studies of Woodcock, Snipe and Other Birds

Hardback. A good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Splashmark at top of rear board. Some, mainly end-paper foxing. Previous owner's name and address on front fixed end-paper. Pp.viii,[4],226. Coloured frontispiece and 16 black and white plates. Includes three chapters on woodcock and snipe and two chapters on vermin, one from the bird-lover's point of view and one from the shooting man's point of view.
Published : Philip Allan, London 1930, First Edition
£18.00

Selous Edmund - Realities of Bird Life Being Extracts from the Diaries of a Life-loving Naturalist

Har4dback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xvi,351.
Published : Constable, London 1927, First Edition
£10.00

Sharrock, J. T. R. - Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland

A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper, which is otherwise complete and untorn. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 191 pages. 12 plates. 14 tables. 129 figures.
Published : T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted 1974, First Edition
£58.00

Shaw David - Tragedy of the Salmon: The Scottish Fishery and the 1986 Salmon Act

Hardback. A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Just a little bumped to lower board tips. Pp.xiv,341. Illustrations, maps and tables. A study of the decline of the wild Atlantic salmon and what might be done to remedy the situation.
Published : The Hillfield Press 1995, First Edition
£10.00

Simpson A. Nicol - Sketches in Angus: Being a Series of Papers on the Natural History of Forfarshire

Hardback. A good copy in rather soiled yellow cloth with paper title label on spine. Some browning to end-papers but otherwise quite clean and with no ownership inscription. 248 pages.
Published : Printed at The Arbroath Herald Office, Arbroath 1894, First Edition
£40.00

Sinclair George - Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: Or, an Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses and Other Plants Used as the Food of the More Valuable Domestic Animals: Instituted By John, Duke of Bedford

Hardback. A good copy in a leather binding. Rebacked. Presentational label/bookplate by members of the Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles on front fixed end-paper. Small gilt stamp of Oxford University library on spine and one cancelled library stamp at page v. Otherwise very good internally. Pp.xx,438 + 6pp adverts. Numerous uncoloured illustrations.
Published : James Ridgway, London 1825, Second Edition
£85.00

Sinclair Ian and Hockey Phil - The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

A very good copy of this substantial softcover book. 448pp. Profusely illustrated in colour by Peter Hayman and Norman Arlott. The most comprehensive guide to the region's birds.
Published : Struik Publishers, Cape Town 1997, Second Impression
£16.00

Sitwell, Sacheverell; Sitwell, Reresby; Sitwell, George; Sitwell Osbert - Hortus Sitwellianus

Illustrated by Meriel Edmunds.
Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Ownership inscription and blind-stamp on front end-paper. 128 pages. 8 line illustrations. Contains Sir George Sitwell's "On The Making of Gardens", first published in 1909, together with a foreword, introduction to the 1947 edition and an account of the gardens at Renishaw today.
Published : Michael Russell, Salisbury 1984, First Edition
£15.00

Smiles Samuel - The Life of a Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward Associate of the Linnean Society

A good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Gift inscription. Pp.xxxv,392. Illustrated.
Published : John Murray, London 1905, Popular Edition
£7.00

Smith Annie Lorrain - Lichens

A good copy in original green cloth decorated in black on the upper board and lettered in gilt. Smallish tear in cloth at edge of spine. Some underlining etc. in the text. 464pp. 135 figures in text. A very substantial work which includes a 24pp bibliography.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1921, First Edition
£10.00

Smith G.F. & Lowe D.B. - Androsaces

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 139pp. Photographic plates, illus. in text and sketch maps. A description of the various species and their cultivation.
Published : The Alpine Garden Society, Woking 1977, First Edition
£5.00

Smith L.H. - The Lyrebirds of Sherbrooke

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Gift inscription. Pp.xii,54. Profusely illustrated. A book of the author's experiences seeking to photograph lyrebirds in Sherbrooke Forest near Melbourne, Australia.
Published : Georgian House, Melbourne 1951, First Edition
£7.00

Smout Anne-Marie - The Birds of Fife an Outline of Their Status and Distribution

A very good copy. Paperback. 274 pages. Illustrations. Distribution maps.
Published : John Donald, Edinburgh 1986, First Edition
£7.00

South Richard - The Moths of the British Isles First and Second Series

A very good two volume set form the Wayside and Woodland series in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A lovely clean set without foxing or ownership inscription. First Series,360pp. 159 plates including colour. Second series,399pp. 159 plates including colour.
Published : Frederick Warne, London 1943, Reprint
£18.00

Sowerby R.R. - Sowerby of China - Arthur de Carle Sowerby F.R.G.S., F.Z.S.

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is now protected by a clear removable sleeve. Pp.[viii],58. Six illustrations including a folding genealogical table. The biography of a pioneer naturalist in China who was also a scientist, explorer, author artist and editor.
Published : Titus Wilson & Son, Kendal 1956, First Edition
£18.00

St. John Charles - A Tour in Sutherlandshire with Extracts from the Field-Books of a Sportsman and Naturalist (2 Vols. Complete)

Hardbacks. A very good two volume set in green cloth lettered in gilt. Just a little bubbling to the front board of volume one. Previous owner's smallish ex libris plate on the front fixed endpaper of each volume. Not foxed. Pp.xxvi,296; x,374 + 2pp publisher's adverts. 11 full-page plates + tail-pieces. This second edition has a new Appendix on the Fauna of Sutherland by J.A. Harvie-Brown and T.E. Buckley.
Published : David Douglas, Edinburgh 1884, Second Edition
£48.00

St. John Charles - Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands

Illustrated by G. Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander.
Hardback. A near very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. A little wear and tear at spine ends. A clean copy with little foxing. Pp.xxix,472. Well illustrated including many full-page colour plates. A good edition of this classic work on Highland wild life.
Published : Gurney and Jackson, London 1927,
£15.00

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