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London: T & A D Poyser Natural History, 1999. Book. Illus. by Priscilla Barrett and Derek Yalden. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 305, b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine, slight fading to the spine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, very faint dust soiling to the top of the text block only, no foxing. A near fine bright copy..

China: Science and Technology Publishing House of Guangdong Province, 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 4to. 553 pages' 8 few colour plates; black and white diagrams and illustrations. Text in Chinese with a few abstracts in English, scientific names in latin. Card covers. A little general wear, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy overall. Includes a section on entomology..

China: Science and Technology Publishing House of Guangdong Province, 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 4to. 553 pages' 8 few colour plates; black and white diagrams and illustrations. Text in Chinese with a few abstracts in English, scientific names in latin. Card covers. A little general wear, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy overall. Includes a section on entomology..

The North Western Naturalist, 1953. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo. 190- 207 and continued 370- 383, includes plates. Printed card covers and content very good, a little light foxing, small posthumous bookplate, no inscriptions. A very good crisp copy.From the library of John Mitchell, author of New Naturalist Loch Lomondside..

London: John Van Voorst, 1845. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 53 pages; illustrated with wood-engravings. Original card wrappers, front detached, edges worn. Contents clean and tight, paper is toned and a little fragile, no inscriptions. A good original supplement in original wrappers..

London: John Van Voorst, 1871. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 8vo. Revised and enlarged fourth edition 1871-1874, generally considered to be the best edition; vols. I and II revised by Alfred Newton, vols. III and IV by Howard Saunders; vol. I: 1871-'74; vol. II: 1976- '82; vol. III: 1882-'84; vol IV :1882-'85; pp. vol. I: 646; vol. II; 494pp; vol. III: 684pp; vol. IV: 531.Uniformly bound in in original blue cloth with gilt lettering tothe spines. Bindings good and strong, a few splits tot he cloth along hinges, light rubbing to edges and corners with a little loss. Contents clean and tight; P.T. Clay stamp to each volume, no foxing or marks within text, black endpapers lightly marked, no inscriptions. A good set of this more favored edition..

St Austell: Bee Books New & Old, 1999. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. Large 8vo. vii & 153 pages. Card covers fine, slight fading to rear cover. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

Bridgwater: Bee Books New & Old, 1993. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. Large 8vo. 16 pages. Card covers fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine copy. Scarce..

Faber and Faber, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 120pp + numerous b/w plts & diags. A useful guide and an insight into the efforts of the pioneering bird photographers..

London: Country Life Limited, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 210 pages; b/w photographic plates. Dust jacket very good, a little rubbed to edges, spine lettering faded, not price-clipped, now presented in an archival sleeve. Original cloth with gilt lettering, very good. Contents clean and tight, Eric Hosking's bookplate to the front pastedown, internally clean and unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy with an interesting provenance. Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in… Read More

Societe ornithologique de France, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 575 pages; colour plates and line drawings. Original dust jacket very good, a little faded on the spine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publications, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 166 pages; numerous colour and b/w illustrations. Original hardback binding, near fine with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Russia: Not Known (United Nations?), 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Seemingly a Russian military manual for United Nations peacekeeking operations, this copy has covers and title page in Russian but the content is in English. 212 pages. This copy has a fascination provenance as the front end paper is signed and inscribed to "Peter" from various intenational military pesonnel (officers), many evidently Russian; a typical inscription reads "We were opponents. Now and forever we're partners Lt. Col. Ilya Kosyanov". Original red cloth backed boards, very good, slightly marked. contents clean and tight. A fascinating and unique item..

London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo. 206 pp, dj worn (mainly at head) but protected in archival sleeve, inscribed by author, orange cloth binding, contents clean and tight, a good to very good copy..

London: Collins, 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 209, b/w illustrations. Dust jacket near fine, very bright, no fading , a couple of short closed tears, edges crisp, price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no foxing, no inscriptions or marks. A fine book in a near fine jacket..

London: Collins, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 311, colour and b/w plates. Dust jacket very good, bright spine, top, bottom of spine and corners a little rubbed, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve, not price-clipped. Green buckram boards very good with a little fading. Contents clean, bright and tight, unmarked , no inscriptions. A very good copy in a very good jacket. [Bibliographic note. Collecting the New Naturalist, Collins "Clearly not a rare book, but the pink to the first edition jacket is particularly fugitive, that on the spine should have the same richness of colour as that on the front cover, but it never does. I have yet to see a first edition copy that is even only slightly faded." T. Loe .[Collecting the New Naturalists NN12A].

London: Collins, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 311, colour and b/w plates. Dust jacket near fine, bright spine, unusual to have such a bright spine with plenty of pink remaining edges crisp, closed tear and crease to the rear panel only, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve, not price-clipped. Green buckram boards near fine with a little fading. Contents clean, bright and tight, unmarked , no inscriptions. A near fine crisp copy in a near fine jacket complete with a Collins promotional card . [Bibliographic note. Collecting the New Naturalist, Collins "Clearly not a rare book, but the pink to the first edition jacket is particularly fugitive, that on the spine should have the same richness of colour as that on the front cover, but it never does. I have yet to see a first edition copy that is even only slightly faded." T. Loe .[Collecting the New Naturalists NN12A].

London: Collins, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 311, colour and b/w plates. Dust jacket near fine, bright spine, a little faded, edges crisp, protected in a clear removable archival sleeve, not price-clipped. Green buckram boards with some fading. Contents clean, bright and tight, name to front free endpaper, no inscriptions. A near fine very clean copy.[Collecting the New Naturalists NN12A]..

London: Collins, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 311, colour and b/w plates. Dust jacket bright, not price-clipped, soe fading to the spine. Green buckram boards clean, a little faded. Contents clean, bright and tight, light spotting to endpapers, name to FFEP, no inscriptions. A very good bright clean copy. [Bibliographic note. Collecting the New Naturalist, Collins "Clearly not a rare book, but the pink to the first edition jacket is particularly fugitive, that on the spine should have the same richness of colour as that on the front cover, but it never does. I have yet to see a first edition copy that is even only slightly faded." T. Loe.

London: Collins, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. pp xvi, 311, colour and b/w plates. Dust jacket good, general browning, dust soiled, not price-clipped. Buckram boards clean, gilt bright. Contents clean and tight, endpapers a little marked, fore-edges dust soiled and spotted. A near fine clean copy..