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A and C Black Publishers Ltd, 1969 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback.

Cambridge University Press, 1991 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback. This book describes the bird life of the various upland regions of the British Isles and presents the various species from an ecological standpoint. The book relates the bird distribution and abundance to the various environmental influences of climate, topography, geology, soil type and human land use. The book initially sets the scene by describing and examining the changes and bird fauna following the major climatic shift since the end of the Ice Age. T

Ancient House, Ipswich, 1978 VG/VG (dj very slight rubs to one edge. not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback

London: H F & G Witherby, 1953 VG each volume. price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copies. hardback. some very minot tarnish points to front cover of volume 1, but only mentioned for completeness - not unsightly. First edition. Two volumes, complete. HB. Blue cloth with gilt title to spines, no dustjackets. Blue tinted top page edges. Volume I: xv, 510pp, large quarto. With 49 plates, some of them in colour from watercolours by the author, others b&w photos, and a line map. Volume 2: vii, 315pp. With 31 plates, again with mix of colour reproductions of watercolours by the author, and b&w photos, plus a colouted map of migration. extra postage will be needed. overseas buyers please ask for a postage quote - it will be considerable!

Rob Macklin, 2007 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback. author has signed to ffep

Michael Joseph London 1946 Vg/Vg (intact dj lightly worn round edges and small tears at corners, clean green cloth with silver titles on spine, gift inscription front free endpaper, few light speckles endpapers and outside page edges else a good clean copy) octavo 216pp. First edition. The English countryside, its wildlife, its people and their ways. B/w protrait frontis.

Harper Collins/TSP, London, 1993 VG. softcovers. no dj thus. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. A heavy book which may well incur postal costs in excess of Abe's estimate.

Hodder & Stoughton, 2007 VG/VG 1st edition. not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback. The second volume in Robyn Young`s internationally bestselling Brethren trilogy, this is gripping historical fiction that reads like tomorrow`s headlines--portraying a rising tide of political pressures that led East and West to war in the thirteenth century.The year is 1274, and, after years of bloodshed, peace reigns in the Middle East, in part due to the efforts of a mysterious group known as the Brethren.

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1991 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback.

Pelham Books, 1987 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback. author has signed to ffep

Oxford University Press, 1980 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback. 1st Edition. 695 pages inc a 5 page index. Fully illustrated in colour plates, diagrams, drawings and charts. heavy volume that will attract extra postage .

Macmillan, London, 1998 VG. softcovers. no dj thus. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. Tries to bring out the uniqueness and variety of London's history as well as trying to make sense of it. A heavy book which may well incur postal costs in excess of Abe's estimate.

Icon Books, 2019 VG/VG 1st edition. not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardcopy. Greenland: a remote, mysterious, ice-covered rock with a population of just 56,000, has evolved from one of earth's last physical frontiers to its largest scientific laboratory. Locked within that vast 'white desert' are some of our planet's most profound secrets. As the Arctic climate warms, and Greenland's ice melts at an accelerating rate, the island is evolving into an economic and climatological hub, on which the future of the world turns.J

Bodley Head London 1954 VG/VG FIRST EDITION (dj very slightly tarnished and with slight edgewear without loss) INCLUDES A WEDDING INVITATION to Mrs Torke and Miss Harris to the wedding of Pamela Wendy Adamson to Mr Michael John Bell (son of the author). Book is inscribed to Olive Torke but not by the author. 12mo 190pp

M.Joseph, 1989 VG/VG 1st edition. not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy, but there is tanning to outer edges of the text hardcopy. fully wrapped in loose-fitting plastic cover which has preserved all beautifully. 1st

George G Harrap and Co London 1979 Vg/G (clean unclipped dj chipped at head of spine and edges lightly rubbed, clean brown cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine, a very good square crisp bright copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 320pp. First edition. Interesting collection of extracts from old newspapers including stories of murder and smuggling, witchcraft and old customs, and other events that influenced the lives of country people between the years 1750 and 1850. Nearly all of the stories are compiled from provincial newspapers from different regions of the country. With facsimile illustrations in the text.

Bantam Press, 2018 VG/VG 1st edition. not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardcopy. fully wrapped in loose-fitting plastic cover which has preserved all beautifully.

Radcliffe Press 2001 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy. hardback. 1st Edition.

Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums VG. No dj . softcovers with faint rubs to some edges and a creasing to top right hand corner. no inscriptions or marginalia.. lovely clean copy.

Profile Books, 2012 VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions or marginalia. there is a small a tear to the DJ, at the lower front fold of the spine panel, otherwise a lovely clean copy. hardback. 1st Edition.