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Wild Lone. The Story of a Pytchley Fox. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Foreword by Sir Charles Frederick.

By: “BB”/ WATKINS-PITCHFORD, D. J.:

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1938 1st edition:

Seller ID: 84434

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Half bound with cream cloth to spine lettered in gilt and green cloth to boards. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW, some darkening and fading, some minor dark spots to rear side, some rubbing to edges and small nicks to corners and ends of spine. Front flap price clipped. In protective sleeve.) Two faint stain patches to spine, with some minor darkening to cloth else clean and smart. Some darkening and minor light foxing to endpapers. Some occasional small spots and handling marks to pages else a very good clean and tight ...
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Image for Villa Gardening: Being Plain instructions for the proper laying-out, planting and management of small gardens; with lists of trees, shrubs, and plants most suitable.

Villa Gardening: Being Plain instructions for the proper laying-out, planting and management of small gardens; with lists of trees, shrubs, and plants most suitable.

By: "PRACTICAL HAND":

Price: £100.00

Publisher: London, “The Bazaar” Office, n.d. ca1875:

Seller ID: 82755

Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. MAroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front with decorative “plant-pot” vignette. In very good condition. Some rubbing to corners with small nick to top end of spine. Some light rubbing to boards. Endpapers clean, small bookseller label to front “Farmer & Sons, Kensington.” Inside pages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 82pp. Adverts to endpapers (undated.) Illustrated with 13 full-page b&w plates and 8 B&W figures within text.
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Image for Buffon's Natural History. Containing A Theory of the Earth, A General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c. From the French. With Notes by the Translator. In Ten Volumes, PLUS, Six Volumes, Natural History of Fish, Insects and Reptiles. Complete in Sixteen Volumes.

Buffon's Natural History. Containing A Theory of the Earth, A General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c. From the French. With Notes by the Translator. In Ten Volumes, PLUS, Six Volumes, Natural History of Fish, Insects and Reptiles. Complete in Sixteen Volumes.

By: (BUFFON) BARR'S BUFFON:

Price: £1,200.00

Publisher: Printed for the Proprietor, (Sold by H.D. Symonds) 1797 & 1808:

Seller ID: 83634

Complete in 16 Volumes (10 + 6.) Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. In fine tree calf leather bindings, with later leather spines and labels. Plain endpapers. In very good conditions. Modern spines. Some bumps to corners of boards, Some minor rubbing to edges. Modern bookplate to endpapers “K.I. Beynon.” Neat penned inscription top edges of title pages “Mary Hutchinson 1813.” Some minor marks to endpapers and prelims, some minor darkening and foxing to frontis in vol.1., some handling marks and minor spots to pages but overall very clean and tight pages. Some handling marks and a ...
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Under the Acorns. A Selection of Nature Essays. (SIGNED & LIMITED EDITION)

By: (CHOLERTON, P. & C.) JEFFERIES, RICHARD:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Horizon Handmade Books. 1982.LIMITED EDITION (650):This No.373. SIGNED BY PETER CHOLERTON.:

Seller ID: 78947

Hardback, brown cloth with gilt lettering, in illustrated paper dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition. (Near fine dustwrap.) Signed by Peter Cholerton and numbered 373/650. With cover letter signed by Carol Cholerton. 6 col.& mount.plates. 128pp.(incl.bibl.).
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Image for The Georgicks of Virgil, Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum, Libri Quatuor. With an English Translation and Notes. Illustrated with Copper Plates.

The Georgicks of Virgil, Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum, Libri Quatuor. With an English Translation and Notes. Illustrated with Copper Plates.

By: (VIRGIL) MARTYN, JOHN:

Price: £200.00

Publisher: Dublin, E. Exshaw, C. Wynne, Oli. Nelson, 1744:

Seller ID: 82193

Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. Bound in polished full calf leather, with gilt and raised banding and maroon leather spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition. Corners bumped, marks and darkening to boards. Lacks free endpapers. Inscription to insides of boards. Some minor darkening to page edges else pages all very clean and tight. Small torn corner to bottom of last index page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 117, 127, 132 + 95pp + index. Illustrated with 3 B&W engraved folding plates, (2 of atlas/world maps and 1 of plough,) and 6 engraved coloured plates of plants and flowers (4 a...
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Woodland, Moor and Stream. Being the Notes of a Naturalist. Second Edition.

By: A NATURALIST:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Smith Elder & Co. 1890 (2nd.).:

Seller ID: 83913

Hardback, Demy 8vo. approx 7.5 x 5 inches. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and small vignette to front. Black endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor handling marks to cover, corners bumped and slightly rubbed, some rubbing and small nicks to ends of spine, with small nick to cloth on rear spine edge. Some minor darkening and small foxing spots to prelims and title page, some minor spots to inside pages. No penned inscriptions or marks, else a very clean and tight copy. 224pp.
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Dogs of Character. Written and illustrated by Cecil Aldin.

By: ALDIN, CECIL:

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Bracken Books. 1986 reprint.:

Seller ID: 84803

Hardback, approx 11 x 7.5 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W. Spine slightly faded. Not price clipped. In protective plastic wrap). Else a clean and tight copy. 117pp. Many illustrations, in part colour (some full-pg.). A charming book for dog lovers. Stories and anecdotes from the author’s own experiences.
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Nature Studies New Edition.

By: ALLEN: WILSON: FOSTER: CLODD: PROCTOR:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1893 new ed:

Seller ID: 80291

Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Maroon cloth with silver lettering to spine. Brown endpapers. In very good condition. Slight fading to spine with some minor rubbing to ends. Some light foxing to pages. Else a very clean and tight copy. 342pp + 24pp cat. Illustrated with B&W figures within text.
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(arranged by): Miniature Flowers and Vases. Introd.by N.Streatfeild.

By: ASHBERRY,ANNE

Price: £6.00

Publisher: C.A.Pearson 1955 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 54499

Bound in original green cloth with dustwrapper. Lacks free front endpaper. Else vg in vg/g dw (dw: trifle marked, sm. tear). 129 photo.plates. 190pp. Signed by A.Ashberry on title-page.
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Birds and Beasts in Africa Depicted by the Chief Scout...

By: BADEN-POWELL, LORD:

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co. 1938 1st:

Seller ID: 79270

Hardback, approx 8 x 6 inches. In cream cloth with red lettering and black figure illustrations to front and spine. In original illustrated dustrapper. In very good condition with very good rare dustwrapper. (DW; edges rubbed, small chips to corners, tears/loss at ends of spine, some darkening to rear. In protective sleeve. NOT price clipped.) Some slight darkening to spine and edges of cloth on cover, else cloth & printing bright. Neat inscription to front endpaper “Sylvia Read, 1938, Raymond.” Slight darkening to rear of frontis plate, some mild foxing spots to title page and...
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Fruit Growing. Modern Cultural Methods.

By: BAGENAL, N. B.;

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co. 1946:

Seller ID: 75063

Size approx 6 x 9 inches. In green cloth with black lettering to front and spine. With original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (DW edges rubbed, corners chipped w/some minor loss. Spine rubbed. In protective sleeve.) Inside neat owners inscription to front endpaper. The odd minor foxing spot else a very clean and tight copy. Colour plates bright and vivid. 8 nice colour plates of the various fruits. 60 photo.ills.,& many diagrams. 399pp.
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Image for Greenhouse & Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-Leaved, Palms, Ferns, and Lycopodiums, with full details of the propagation and cultivation of 500 Families of Plants, embracing all the best kinds in cultivation, suitable for growing in the greenhouse, intermediate house, and stove.

Greenhouse & Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-Leaved, Palms, Ferns, and Lycopodiums, with full details of the propagation and cultivation of 500 Families of Plants, embracing all the best kinds in cultivation, suitable for growing in the greenhouse, intermediate house, and stove.

By: BAINES, Thomas:

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, John Murray, 1885:

Seller ID: 80802

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed on front. Black/navy endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Neat inscription to top of title page “W.J. Smith. 1890.” A couple of faint spots to page edges else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 362pp + 2pp cat.
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Image for The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa. With a Foreword by Sir Alan Burns. With 54 full-page plates of which 30 are in colour and 433 figures in the text. In Two Volumes.

The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa. With a Foreword by Sir Alan Burns. With 54 full-page plates of which 30 are in colour and 433 figures in the text. In Two Volumes.

By: BANNERMAN, David A.:

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953 (1st.):

Seller ID: 84466

2 vols. Hardbacks, Tall 8vo. 9 x 6 inches. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spines. In B&W dustwrappers with colour plates to fronts. In very good conditions with very good dustwrappers. (DW’s some minor rubbing to edges and corners, some small chips/nicks to ends of spines, some minor darkening & handling marks to rear sides. Price clipped at front flaps.) Cloths clean and smart. some minor foxing spots to outer page edges (rough cut.) Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. No penned inscriptions or marks. Els e very clean and tight copies. 795 - 1526pp. 30 Colour ...
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Sea-Coast Gardens and Gardening

By: BARDSWELL, Frances A.:

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, Sherratt & Hughes, 1908 1st:

Seller ID: 82723

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Blue/grey cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners and edges, some slight fading to spine. Some darkening and mild foxing to endpapers/halftitle. Two neat inscriptions to front one dated 1909, and the other “Robert Cooke, Athelhampton 1961.” Some light foxing to some inside pages else a very clean and tight copy. 145pp + 12pp cat. Illustrated with 16 B&W photo plates. From the Library at Athelhampton House, Dorset.
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Dog Days. With Drawings in Colour and Black & White.

By: BARKER, K.F.:

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann, 1938 1st:

Seller ID: 83847

Hardback, Lg.4to; 11 x 8.5 inches. Green cloth with dark green lettering to front and spine. 12 full colour plates of the various dogs & many b/w pencil sketches, mostly full-pg; In very good condition. Spine faded, some minor handling marks to cover. Neat inscription to front endpaper “Diana Baker.” Some minor light foxing to blank endpapers, with minor mark to contents page. Else pages and plates all very clean and tight. 146pp. Illustrated with 12 full colour plates and many sketch drawings in B&W.
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Image for British Pyralid and Plume Moths. Containing a descriptive history of all the British species of moths of the families Pyralidae, Pterophoridae, and Orneodidae. With 405 Figures.

British Pyralid and Plume Moths. Containing a descriptive history of all the British species of moths of the families Pyralidae, Pterophoridae, and Orneodidae. With 405 Figures.

By: BEIRNE, Bryan P.

Price: £80.00

Publisher: London Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1952 1st edition:

Seller ID: 83201

Hardback. Size 7 x 5 inches. In blue pebbled-cloth covers with gilt to spine and front with gilt vignette to front. In original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW Minor rubbing to edges, small removed label mark & written number lower spine. Small mark lower front cover. In protective sleeve.) Not price clipped. Last blank page has been written on. Inside a clean and tight copy. 208, 16 col plates, 189 text figs.
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Image for A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetaceae. Second Edition. Revised and Partly Re-Written by the Author and assisted by Robert F. Tomes and Edward R. Alston. Illustrated by 160 Woodcuts.

A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetaceae. Second Edition. Revised and Partly Re-Written by the Author and assisted by Robert F. Tomes and Edward R. Alston. Illustrated by 160 Woodcuts.

By: BELL, THOMAS:

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, John Van Voorst, 1874 2nd:

Seller ID: 83960

Hardback, Tall 8vo. approx 9 x 6 inches. Black cloth with very fine ‘zig-zag’ pattern/texture, blind paneled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Black endpapers. In very good condition. Corners bumped and slightly nicked at top end. Two small nicks/chips to cloth at bottom end and one to top end of spine. Some minor light rubbing to boards. Front hinge cracked between endpapers, small previous owners labels to corner of endpaper “A.J. Wise.” Small chip to top inside edge of loose front endpaper. Some minor foxing to blank endpaper sides, inside pages all very clean, brigh...
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Flora of the Isle of Wight. With geological chapter by Dr A. Insole. Edited by O.H.Frazer.

By: BEVIS, J. / KETTELL, R. / SHEPARD, B.:

Price: £9.00

Publisher: I.O.W. Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1978 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 70785

Size 5.75 x 8.25 inches. In illustrated blue limp card covers. In very good condition. Spine slightly rubbed along edges. Small address label inside front cover. Else a clean and tight copy. 114pp. With distribution map. Comprehensive guide to the flora of the Isle of Wight. With historical notes and a chapter on geology.
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A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick. The Second Edition.

By: BEWICK, THOMAS:

Price: £250.00

Publisher: Newcastle Upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, Bewick &c. 1791 2nd:

Seller ID: 79703

Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5 inches. Full calf leather binding,maroon leather spine label. Gilt edging to boards, blind embossed decoration to spine. In very good condition. Later leather to spine and corners, professionally rebacked, contemporary endpapers. Original leather boards rubbed with small chips/bumps to edges. Neat inscriptions to edges of title page (faded) “William Alexander, Gt. Yarmouth, 1792,” and “Sarah ... Southeran(?).” Some very minor handling marks to a couple of pages else a very clean, bright and tight copy. Profusely illustrated with B&W wood-eng...
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The Kingfisher. Signed copy.

By: BOAG, DAVID:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Blandford Press. Poole, Dorset. 1982 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73454

Size 6.25 x 9.5 inches. In pale blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Dark green endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Not price clipped). Small address label to front endpaper. Author’s neat inscription to half title page, dated 1982. Else a very clean and tight copy. 120pp. With colour photographs. Based on the author’s seven year study of the Kingfisher, with 66 unique colour photographs.
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